System Shock (novel)

System Shock is an original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fourth Doctor, Sarah and Harry and is followed by the BBC Books Past Doctor Adventures novel Millennium Shock, also by Richards.

System Shock

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Author	Justin Richards
Series	Doctor Who book: Virgin Missing Adventures
Release number	11
Subject	Featuring: Fourth Doctor Sarah, Harry
Set in	Period between The Seeds of Doom and The Masque of Mandragora[1][2]
Publisher	Virgin Books
Publication date	June 1995
Pages	309
ISBN	0-426-20445-X
Preceded by	The Menagerie
Followed by	The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Plot

It is 1998, and the information age is about to take off. However, mysterious events are plaguing London. A prominent spy is killed. A hostage situation is bizarrely resolved. The Doctor receives a computer disc from a dead man. And to top it all off, it seems that an alien race is planning a takeover using Earth's ever expanding computer technology.