Frayed is the eleventh Telos novella. It features the First Doctor and Susan.

Plot

On a blasted world, the Doctor and Susan find themselves in the middle of a war they cannot understand. With Susan missing and the Doctor captured, who will save the people from the enemies from both outside and within.

Dialogue Triumps

• 'I am a scientist and an engineer. A pioneer in both fields, you could say.'

Continuity

• Frayed is set before the first televised story, An Unearthly Child.
• The chameleon circuit still works. The TARDIS appears as a boulder.
• After the Doctor is given a doctor's uniform to wear, he adopts the name he would almost never cease to use afterwards. Before this he is always referred to as "the old man".
• This story is the first time the Doctor meets humans.