The Slow Empire is a BBC Books original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.

This novel has a number of allusions to popular culture:

• Anji has consecutively watched every episode of Quantum Leap due to her boyfriend, Dave.^[1]
• A small screen graphic of the TARDIS is described as having a "video echo effect from a 1970s Top of the Pops."^[2]
• The several console terminals on the planet Goronos reminded Anji of that film done by the man who did Time Bandits and was originally going to be titled 1984 and a Half.^[3]

• The man who wakes Anji has been confirmed to be Sabbath in disguise
• The Collectors also appeared in Heart of TARDIS and Sky Pirates!.

• The Cloister Library - The Slow Empire
• The Slow Empire title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database