Stories Book Virgin Books State of Change 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released December 1994 Written by Christopher Bulis Publisher Virgin Books Pages 272 Time Travel Past, Alternate Reality Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Anachronisms, Celebrity Historical Location (Potential Spoilers!) Terra Nova, Earth, Egypt, Rome Synopsis "In less than 25 years the Romans have invented electricity generation, airships, radio and who knows what else. Is that reasonable?" Ancient Egypt, 41 BC. The Doctor and Peri watch as Cleopatra's pleasure barge glides up the Nile in preparation for her fateful meeting with Mark Antony. And an alien presence observes the TARDIS, waits for it to dematerialise, then pounces. When the time ship lands, the Doctor and Peri find themselves in ancient Rome, in the tomb of Cleopatra. But something is very wrong. The tomb walls depict steam-driven galleys and other disturbing anachronisms. The Roman Empire is preparing for a devastating war — using weapons from the future capable of destroying the entire world. 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 Fifth Doctor Sixth Doctor Peri Brown The Rani Show All Characters (4) How to read State of Change: Books State of Change Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Default Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 29 June 2025 · 131 words Review by greenLetterT They always say "This is not a natural ability for your body form" and "There may be complications afterwards" and "Don't get carried away" they never say How was reclaiming the violence done to you Was it fun learning to fly Did you enjoy clawing that guy's face with the talons you grew? Anyway! State of Change tries to do a little bit too much in its plot, but all in all is a really solid story. The Discworld influences are incredibly obvious, especially in the various plebian characters, but that's not necessarily a bad thing because the book did enough of its own things to not just be a rip-off. I really enjoyed the world Bulis made and I think the dynamic between the Doctor and Peri was done well greenLetterT View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating23 members 3.65 / 5 Member Statistics Read 39 Favourited 3 Reviewed 1 Saved 4 Skipped 5 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
