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Terminus

John Lydecker (1983)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age10

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Captivity

Heroine archetypes

Scientist

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / PartnersTime-Displaced

Synopsis

When the TARDIS console is wilfully sabotaged, the Doctor's time machine becomes dimensionally unstable and begins to dissolve. The area immediately affected is the room where Nyssa is working by herself. As the creeping instability closes in on her, the TARDIS locks onto the nearest passing spacecraft, and the process of collapse is halted-but there is no sign of Nyssa. Hoping that she has escaped onto the strangely deserted host liner, the Doctor goes looking for her. Whether or not he finds her, getting back to the TARDIS will be no easy business...

Is Terminus appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 10 and up.

A science fiction adventure featuring the Doctor searching for his companion Nyssa aboard a mysteriously deserted spacecraft. Mild peril and tension with no graphic content or strong language.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include captivity.

Who'll love this

Readers who love time travel mysteries and sci-fi adventures will enjoy this story of a rescue mission aboard a strange, empty spaceship.

Tags

Science FictionTime Travel AdventureSpace Opera