Placebo Effect (novel)

Placebo Effect
AuthorGary Russell
SeriesDoctor Who book:
Eighth Doctor Adventures
Release number
13
SubjectFeaturing:
Eighth Doctor
Sam, Stacy, Ssard
PublisherBBC Books
Publication date
July 1998
ISBN0-563-40587-2
Preceded bySeeing I 
Followed byVanderdeken's Children 

Placebo Effect is an original novel written by Gary Russell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor and Sam and includes brief appearances by the characters of Stacy and Ssard, created by Russell for the Radio Times Doctor Who comic strip.

The novel features brief appearances by both the Foamasi, originally featured in The Leisure Hive, and the Wirrn, originally featured in The Ark in Space.