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Goth Opera
Series:	Doctor Who - Virgin Missing Adventures
Release Number:	1
Doctor:	Fifth Doctor
Companions:	Nyssa, Tegan
Enemy:	Ruath, Yarven
Setting:	Manchester, Leek, 1993 Tasmania, 1993
Author:	Paul Cornell
Publisher:	Virgin Books
Publication:	July 1994
Format:	Paperback Book, 238 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20418-2
Previous Story:
Following Story:	Evolution

Publisher's Summary

'The time of humanity on this world has come to an end. The long night is starting. The age of the undead is upon us.'

Manchester, 1993. The vampires of Great Britain have received a message: the long-awaited arrival of their evil messiah is imminent. It’s time for a recruitment drive.

On holiday in Tasmania with Tegan and the Doctor, Nyssa is attacked by a demonic child. She escapes unharmed - except for two small wounds in her neck.

Why are the descendants of the Great Vampire so desperate to obtain the blood of a Time Lord? And what is their connection to a forbidden ancient Gallifreyan cult?

Characters

• The Doctor
  • Is bitten by vampire Nyssa.
  • Is treating Tegan with kid-gloves and feeling guilty about her suffering.
• Tegan Jovanka
  • Is still recovering from her second possession by the Mara.
  • Possesses the strength of faith to ward off vampires.
• Nyssa
  • Is bitten by, and transformed into, a vampire. The only being she feeds off is the Doctor so she is saved from being killed at the climax.
• Romana II
• Ruath
  • Willingly transforms herself into a vampire by allowing herself to be drained completely of her blood and then regenerating.
• Yarven

References

• This begins Romana's rise to Lady President of Gallifrey.

Notes

• The first Virgin Missing Adventure.
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  The original, unused cover.
  In the original cover artwork for the novel, there was much more blood on Nyssa's clothes. This was considered to be too graphic a cover image by W H Smith, the UK's largest book retailer, so the image was edited to be less graphic before publication.^[1]

Continuity

• This is a sequel to NA: Blood Harvest.

Timeline

• Goth Opera occurs after: DWM: Blood Invocation
• Goth Opera occurs before: DW: Mawdryn Undead

External Links

• Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis - Goth Opera
• The Whoniverse - The Discontinuity Guide to: Goth Opera

Footnotes