num_pages: 230
description: Mesopotamia -- the cradle of civilization. In the fertile crescent of land on the banks of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, mankind is turning from hunter gatherer into farmer, and from farmer into city-dweller. Gilgamesh, the first hero-king, rules the city of Uruk. An equally legendary figure arrives, in a police telephone box: the TARDIS has brought the Doctor and his companion Ace to witness the first steps of mankind's long progress to the stars. And from somewhere amid those distant points of light an evil sentience has tumbled. To her followers in the city of Kish she is known as Ishtar the goddess; to the Doctor’s forebears on ancient Gallifrey she was a mythical terror -- the Timewyrm.
language: English
title: Doctor Who: Timewyrm-Genesys
titlecomplete: Doctor Who: Timewyrm-Genesys
characters: Ace, Gilgamesh, The Doctor, The Seventh Doctor
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Media Tie In, Doctor Who, Science Fiction Fantasy, Time Travel, Novels, Fantasy
ratings_count: 906
places: Sumer
series: Timewyrm, Doctor Who: Virgin New  Adventures
publisher: Virgin Publishing