Tragedy Day

1994 novel by Gareth Roberts

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Tragedy Day is an original novel written by Gareth Roberts and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Roberts, appeared in Doctor Who Magazine #210.

Synopsis

Empire City on the planet Olleril is experiencing 'Tragedy Day', where the well-off give charitably to the poor. However, this specific day has much more to offer, with murders, weaponry and plots that could destroy everything.

The Doctor, Bernice and Ace all want to leave, but have been captured by various factions within minutes of arrival.

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So Vile a Sin
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Related	Decalog Faction Paradox Files The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery The Essential Book of K9
See also	Novelisations Audiobooks BBC Short Trips Big Finish Short Trips Torchwood The Sarah Jane Adventures Collection

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v t e Doctor Who stories by Gareth Roberts
Television	"The Shakespeare Code" "The Unicorn and the Wasp" "Planet of the Dead" "The Lodger" "Closing Time" "The Caretaker"
Audio	The One Doctor Bang-Bang-a-Boom!
Books	The Highest Science Tragedy Day The Romance of Crime Zamper The English Way of Death The Plotters The Well-Mannered War Only Human I Am a Dalek Shada
See also	"Attack of the Graske" The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith

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Season 25	Remembrance of the Daleks The Happiness Patrol Silver Nemesis The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Season 26	Battlefield Ghost Light The Curse of Fenric Survival
Minor appearances	Doctor Who "The Day of the Doctor" "The Power of the Doctor"
See also	Dimensions in Time "The Name of the Doctor"

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The Monthly Adventures	The Sirens of Time The Genocide Machine The Rapture Zagreus Red Nocturne The Death Collectors & Spider's Shadow The Prisoner's Dilemma Enemy of the Daleks The Angel of Scutari House of Blue Fire Protect and Survive Black and White The Shadow Heart Daleks Among Us Fiesta of the Damned
Novel adaptations	The Highest Science Damaged Goods Cold Fusion
Other	Death Comes to Time The Seventh Doctor Adventures The Lost Stories Return of the Daleks Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code The Four Doctors Dominion Shockwave Classic Doctors, New Monsters River Song
Minor appearances	Thicker Than Water The Final Amendment Doom Coalition

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Missing Adventures	Cold Fusion
Past Doctor Adventures	Matrix Storm Harvest Prime Time Independence Day Bullet Time Relative Dementias Heritage Loving the Alien The Colony of Lies The Algebra of Ice Atom Bomb Blues
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Season 8	The Tub Full of Cats The Judas Gift The End of the World The Final Amendment The Wake
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Books

New Adventures

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The Highest Science
The Pit
Lucifer Rising
White Darkness
Shadowmind
Birthright
Blood Heat
The Dimension Riders
The Left-Handed Hummingbird
Conundrum
No Future
Tragedy Day
Legacy
Blood Harvest
Strange England
St Anthony's Fire
Falls the Shadow
Parasite
Warlock
Set Piece
Infinite Requiem
Sanctuary
Human Nature
Original Sin
Sky Pirates!
Zamper
Toy Soldiers
Head Games
The Also People
Shakedown
Just War
Warchild
Sleepy
Death and Diplomacy
Happy Endings
Return of the Living Dad
Eternity Weeps
The Dying Days

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