Stories Book Target Collection Doctor Who and the State of Decay 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews Statistics Related Stories Quotes 1 Overview Released Thursday, January 14, 1982 Written by Terrance Dicks Publisher Target Books Pages 125 Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Vampires Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) E-Space Location (Potential Spoilers!) E-Space, Vampire planet Synopsis The Doctor, Romana and K9 – and a young stowaway called Adric – are trapped in the alternative universe of E-Space. Seeking help, they land on an unknown planet – and find a nightmare world where oppressed peasants toil for the Lords who live in the Tower, and where all learning is forbidden – a society in a state of decay. What is the terrifying secret of the Three Who Rule? What monstrous creature stirs beneath the Tower, waking from its thousand-year sleep? The Doctor discovers that the oldest and deadliest enemy of the Time Lords is about to spring into horrifying action. Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Fourth Doctor Adric King Vampire The Great Vampires K9 Mark II Romana II Show All Characters (6) How to read Doctor Who and the State of Decay: Books Doctor Who and the State of Decay Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics AVG. Rating303 members 3.65 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating303 votes 3.65 / 5 Member Statistics Read 26 Favourited 1 Reviewed 0 Saved 0 Skipped 5 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Classic Who S18 • Serial 4 · (4 episodes) State of Decay Rating: 3.70 Story Skipped Television Reviews(7) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Season 18 Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Set of Stories: Fourth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Audio Adaptations State of Decay (Audio Adaptation) Rating: 3.65 Story Skipped Audio Book Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Audio Adaptations Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite 'I'm afraid I can't think in billions,' said Romana. 'I can only think of Adric - alone and a prisoner in this Tower. You go to the TARDIS, I'll join you as soon as I can.' — Romana II, Doctor Who and the State of Decay
