Stories Book Target Collection Doctor Who: Castrovalva 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews Statistics Related Stories Quotes 5 Overview Released Thursday, June 16, 1983 Written by Christopher H. Bidmead Pages 118 Time Travel Past, Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Cold open, Block Transfer Computation, Master of Disguise, Dawn of Time Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) Sonic Screwdriver Location (Potential Spoilers!) Castrovalva, Event One, TARDIS Synopsis Still weak and confused after his fourth regeneration, the Doctor retreats to Castrovalva to recuperate. But Castrovalva is not the haven of peace and tranquility the Doctor and his companions are seeking. Far from being able to rest quietly, the unsuspecting time-travellers are caught up once again in the evil machinations of the Master. Only an act of supreme self-sacrifice will enable them to escape the maniacal lunacy of the renegade Time Lord. Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Fifth Doctor Adric The Tremas Master Nyssa Tegan Jovanka Show All Characters (5) How to read Doctor Who: Castrovalva: Books Castrovalva Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics AVG. Rating401 members 3.66 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating401 votes 3.66 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating2 votes 3.25 / 5 Member Statistics Read 26 Favourited 4 Reviewed 0 Saved 0 Skipped 2 Owned 3 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 S19 • Serial 1 · (4 episodes) Castrovalva Rating: 3.59 Story Skipped Television Reviews(7) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Set of Stories: Fifth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Sad Nyssa laughed when Tegan told her. ‘It’s not complicated. Here’s an example. What’s the definition of an ancestor?’ Tegan thought for a minute. ‘Well, that’s simple. Your ancestor is anybody who is your father, your mother, your father’s father, your father’s mother, or your mother’s mother or...’ And as she spoke she seemed to see in her mind’s eye a long procession of Nyssa’s ancestors, a line now completely wiped out as a result of the Master’s last evil campaign. — Doctor Who: Castrovalva Show All Quotes (5) Open in new window
