Stories Book Time Trips The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, September 4, 2014 Written by Joanne Harris Pages 50 Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Cloister Bell Synopsis On the point of death after absorbing a vast amount of radiation during his final encounter with the Spider Queen on Metebelis III, the Third Doctor stumbles out of the TARDIS, searching for Sarah Jane Smith. Instead, he finds himself in an isolated Time Paradox ruled by an unknown psychic force, stuck on Saturday 8 April, and populated by people without names. Anyone disobeying the rules or showing any sign of dissent is swept up into the Gyre. Can the Doctor persuade whatever – or whoever – controls the Gyre to free the Village, before he dies of radiation poisoning? 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 Third Doctor How to read The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller: Books Time Trips 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 26 May 2025 · 26 words Review by 6-and-7 From a creepy, too-happy dystopia to a truly heart-wrenching final confrontation. I don't mind admitting that this one got a tear or two out of me. 6-and-7 View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating208 members 3.96 / 5 Member Statistics Read 22 Favourited 2 Reviewed 1 Saved 3 Skipped 2 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
