Blue Box (novel)

Blue Box is a BBC Books original novel written by Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Sixth Doctor and Peri, written from a first-person perspective by a fictional journalist, in a similar manner to Who Killed Kennedy by David Bishop. The character Ian Mond is named after a well-known fan who is a member of various internet forums including Jade Pagoda and the Outpost Gallifrey forums.

AuthorKate Orman

SeriesDoctor Who book:
Past Doctor Adventures

Release number

59

SubjectFeaturing:
Sixth Doctor
Peri

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Blue Box

Author	Kate Orman
Series	Doctor Who book: Past Doctor Adventures
Release number	59
Subject	Featuring: Sixth Doctor Peri
Set in	Period after The Two Doctors
Publisher	BBC Books
Publication date	March 2003
Pages	269
ISBN	0-563-53859-7
Preceded by	Fear of the Dark
Followed by	Loving the Alien

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The title of this novel does not refer to the TARDIS, but to the blue box used by phreakers, and by analogy, the alien hacking tool that is the book's MacGuffin.