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The Man in the Velvet Mask The Man in the Velvet Mask The Man in the Velvet Mask is an original novel written by Daniel O'Mahony and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". The novel features the First Doctor and Dodo. The story is set in an alternate universe version of the French Revolution and features the Marquis de Sade as a prominent character. The TARDIS lands in post-revolutionary France, but something is off: a futuristic structure called the New Bastille towers over a twisted version of Paris, ruled over by the tyrannical First Deputy Minski, adopted son of the infamous