The Crystal Brucephalus by Craig Hinton

The provided text offers excerpts from "The Crystal Bucephalus", an original Doctor Who novel by Craig Hinton, published in 1994. The narrative centers around the Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough, and Kamelion, who are wrongly accused of murder at a futuristic, time-traveling restaurant patronized by galactic elite. To prove their innocence, they must unravel a 5,000-year-old conspiracy involving a religious organization called the Lazarus Intent, led by the seemingly immortal Arrestis, and a rival temporal scientist, Ladygay Matisse, who operates her own time-projecting establishment. The Doctor, revealed to be an owner of the "Bucephalus," races against time to prevent the collapse of history itself while navigating complex relationships and battling against powerful, technologically advanced adversaries.