This lengthy excerpt is taken from the science fiction novel Doctor Who: The Death of Art by Simon Bucher-Jones, first published in 1996. The text presents a complex narrative centered around the alien Time Lord, the Doctor, and his companions, Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej, as they contend with powerful psychic energies and time disruptions in late nineteenth-century Paris. The plot involves an ongoing conflict between two mystical factions: the Brotherhood, led by the antagonist Montague, who manipulate human politics and use psychic powers, and the secretive Family (including characters like Emil, Dominic, and Johann), who are shape-changers and descendants of Montague.

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“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.