The Taint

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Doctor Who book

The Taint
Series	Eighth Doctor Adventures
Release number	19
Featuring	Eighth Doctor Sam, Fitz Kreiner
Writer	Michael Collier
Publisher	BBC Books
ISBN	ISBN 0-563-55568-8
Release date	February 1999
Preceded by	The Face-Eater
Followed by	Demontage

The Taint (also called Doctor Who and the Taint) is an original novel written by Michael Collier and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The work features the Eighth Doctor and Sam. This also marks the introduction of a new companion, Fitz Kreiner.

Like all Doctor Who spin-off media, the way the plot fits in to the ongoing story of television series is open to interpretation. See Whoniverse#Inclusion and canonicity