The Witch Hunters (novel)

The Witch Hunters
Author	Steve Lyons
Series	Doctor Who book:; Past Doctor Adventures
Release number	9
Subject	Featuring:; First Doctor; Barbara, Ian, and Susan
Set in	Period between; City at World's End and Planet of Giants
Publisher	BBC Books
Publication date	2 March 1998
Pages	282
ISBN	0-563-40579-1
Preceded by	Eye of Heaven
Followed by	The Hollow Men

The Witch Hunters is a BBC Books original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.^[3] It features the First Doctor, Barbara, Ian, and Susan.

This book was republished in 2015 by BBC Books as part of the History Collection.

Synopsis[]

With the Doctor wanting to repair the TARDIS in peace and quiet, Barbara, Ian and Susan decide to get some experience of living in the nearby village of Salem. But the Doctor knows about the horrors destined to engulf the village and determines that they should leave.

His friends are not impressed. His granddaughter Susan has her own ideas, and is desperate to return, whatever the cost. But perhaps the Doctor was right. Perhaps Susan's actions will lead them all into terrible danger and cause the tragedy that is already unfolding to escalate out of control.

An adventure set during the Salem witch trials (1692-1693), featuring the First Doctor as played by William Hartnell and his companions Susan, Ian and Barbara.

References[]

^ The Doctor's Timeline at The Whoniverse gives support for specific placement relative to other spin-off media.
^ Placement between The Reign of Terror and Planet of Giants confirmed by cover blurb.
^ Wolverson, E.G. "The Witch Hunters". Doctor Who Reviews. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

External links[]

The Witch Hunters title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
The Cloister Library - The Witch Hunters

[Timeline-1] The Doctor's Timeline at The Whoniverse gives support for specific placement relative to other spin-off media.

[Blurb-2] Placement between The Reign of Terror and Planet of Giants confirmed by cover blurb.

[3] Wolverson, E.G. "The Witch Hunters". Doctor Who Reviews. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

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v t Past Doctor Adventures
First Doctor	The Witch Hunters Salvation City at World's End Bunker Soldiers Byzantium! Ten Little Aliens The Eleventh Tiger The Time Travellers
Second Doctor	The Murder Game The Roundheads Dreams of Empire The Final Sanction Heart of TARDIS Independence Day Dying in the Sun Combat Rock The Colony of Lies The Indestructible Man World Game
Third Doctor	The Devil Goblins from Neptune The Face of the Enemy Catastrophea The Wages of Sin Last of the Gaderene Verdigris Rags Amorality Tale The Suns of Caresh Deadly Reunion Island of Death
Fourth Doctor	Eye of Heaven Last Man Running Millennium Shock Corpse Marker Tomb of Valdemar Heart of TARDIS Festival of Death Asylum Psi-ence Fiction Drift Wolfsbane Match of the Day
Fifth Doctor	The Ultimate Treasure Zeta Major Deep Blue Divided Loyalties Imperial Moon The King of Terror Superior Beings Warmonger Fear of the Dark Empire of Death
Sixth Doctor	Business Unusual Mission: Impractical Players Grave Matter The Quantum Archangel The Shadow in the Glass Instruments of Darkness Palace of the Red Sun Blue Box Synthespians™ Spiral Scratch
Seventh Doctor	Illegal Alien The Hollow Men 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
Eighth Doctor	Wolfsbane Fear Itself
Other	The Infinity Doctors Scream of the Shalka