Doctor Who: Nightshade
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Doctor Who: Nightshade is a 1992 science fiction novel in the Doctor Who New Adventures range, featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace in a story blending alien horror with themes of nostalgia and fading celebrity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Doctor Who: Nightshade canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9112568 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctor Who: Nightshade Context triple: [Mark Gatiss, wrote, Doctor Who: Nightshade]
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A.
Doctor Who: Flux
Doctor Who: Flux is the thirteenth series of the long-running British science fiction television show Doctor Who, presented as a single serialized story arc featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor.
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B.
Doctor Who: Hell Bent
Doctor Who: Hell Bent is a 2015 episode of the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who, serving as the Series 9 finale and featuring the Twelfth Doctor’s dramatic return to Gallifrey.
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C.
Doctor Who: Bad Wolf
"Doctor Who: Bad Wolf" is a 2005 episode of the revived British science fiction series Doctor Who in which the Ninth Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack find themselves trapped in deadly futuristic game shows orchestrated by a mysterious force.
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D.
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity is a 1983 serial from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the Fifth Doctor in a story set partly on the Time Lords’ home planet of Gallifrey.
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E.
Doctor Who: The Movie
Doctor Who: The Movie is a 1996 television film that revived the long-running British sci-fi series by introducing Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor in an American co-produced adventure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doctor Who: Nightshade Target entity description: Doctor Who: Nightshade is a 1992 science fiction novel in the Doctor Who New Adventures range, featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace in a story blending alien horror with themes of nostalgia and fading celebrity.
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A.
Doctor Who: Flux
Doctor Who: Flux is the thirteenth series of the long-running British science fiction television show Doctor Who, presented as a single serialized story arc featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor.
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B.
Doctor Who: Hell Bent
Doctor Who: Hell Bent is a 2015 episode of the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who, serving as the Series 9 finale and featuring the Twelfth Doctor’s dramatic return to Gallifrey.
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C.
Doctor Who: Bad Wolf
"Doctor Who: Bad Wolf" is a 2005 episode of the revived British science fiction series Doctor Who in which the Ninth Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack find themselves trapped in deadly futuristic game shows orchestrated by a mysterious force.
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D.
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity is a 1983 serial from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the Fifth Doctor in a story set partly on the Time Lords’ home planet of Gallifrey.
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E.
Doctor Who: The Movie
Doctor Who: The Movie is a 1996 television film that revived the long-running British sci-fi series by introducing Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor in an American co-produced adventure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Doctor Who New Adventures novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Mark Gatiss ⓘ |
| basedOn | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Tony Masero ⓘ |
| featuresAntagonistType | alien entity ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Ace
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Edmund Trevithick ⓘ Jill Mason ⓘ Robin Yeadon ⓘ Seventh Doctor ⓘ |
| featuresCompanion | Ace ⓘ |
| featuresDoctorIncarnation | Seventh Doctor ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
fading celebrity
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memory ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| followedBy | Doctor Who: Tragedy Day ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
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science fiction ⓘ tie-in fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | blending alien horror with human drama ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Doctor Who novels ⓘ |
| precededBy | Doctor Who: Love and War ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher | Virgin Books ⓘ |
| series | Virgin New Adventures ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Crook Marsham ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1968 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Doctor Who: Nightshade Description of subject: Doctor Who: Nightshade is a 1992 science fiction novel in the Doctor Who New Adventures range, featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace in a story blending alien horror with themes of nostalgia and fading celebrity.
Referenced by (1)
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