Stories Book Time Trips The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, September 4, 2014 Written by Joanne Harris Pages 50 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 Characters Third Doctor How to read The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller: Books Time Trips Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics AVG. Rating208 members 3.96 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating208 votes 3.96 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating1 votes 4.00 / 5 Member Statistics Read 9 Favourited 0 Reviewed 0 Saved 2 Skipped 0 Owned 2 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote