Where Angels Fear is an original novel by Rebecca Levene and Simon Winstone featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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| Author | Rebecca Levene and Simon Winstone |
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| Cover artist | Jon Sullivan |
| Series | Doctor Who book: Virgin New Adventures |
Release number | 17 |
| Subject | Featuring: Bernice Summerfield |
| Publisher | Virgin Books |
Publication date | December 1998 |
| ISBN | 0-426-20530-8 |
| Preceded by | Beige Planet Mars |
| Followed by | The Mary-Sue Extrusion |
Levene had been editor of the New Adventures for some years, with Winstone latterly her deputy and then her successor. Where Angels Fear was commissioned as Levene handed over to Winstone and it sets up a story arc that ran through to the final New Adventure, Twilight of the Gods.
Synopsis
editBernice's home planet of Dellah, once a place of learning, is being overrun by a new religious movement. Closer investigation reveals the major powers of the universe are literally running in fear from said movement.