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Anachrophobia
''Anachrophobia'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Jonathan Morris and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji. Plot Whilst travelling in time, the TARDIS suddenly shakes violently. The Eighth Doctor shuts it down, concluding that it is tearing itself apart attempting to escape a force that is forcing it to land. As the Doctor, Anji and Fitz emerge onto a wasteland, they are captured by soldiers. They learn that they have landed on a planet that is host to a war between two factions of humans: the Plutocratic empire and rebels known as Defaulters. Both sides have weapons that can slow the flow of time, or speed it up in small areas, but because of this, both sides have reached a stalemate. The soldiers take the Doctor to an officer called Lane. She assumes that the Doctor is the time expert the Plutocrats were sending, and the Doctor decides to agree. Lane takes them to a military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Morris (author)
Jonathan Morris (born in Taunton, England), is an author who writes various kinds of '' Doctor Who'' spin-off material. Career Writing His path to prominence in writing professional ''Doctor Who'' fiction was notable in part because he was commissioned to write a novel after only his first attempt under the BBC's "Open Submission" policy. He has written for the Eighth Doctor Adventures and Past Doctor Adventures. He has also written for Big Finish Productions' range of audio and printed material. Among his ''Doctor Who'' literary credits are short stories in the Big Finish Short Trips anthologies; the novels '' Festival of Death'', '' Anachrophobia'', and '' The Tomorrow Windows''; and the audio adventures '' Bloodtide'', '' Flip-Flop'', '' Max Warp'', '' The Haunting of Thomas Brewster'', ''A Perfect World'', '' Mary's Story'', '' Hothouse'', '' The Cannibalists'', '' The Eternal Summer'', ''Protect and Survive'' and '' 1963: The Space Race''. ''Festival of Death'' received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabbath (Doctor Who)
Sabbath is the name of a recurring villain from the Eighth Doctor Adventures — spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. The character was created by Lawrence Miles and first appeared in ''The Adventuress of Henrietta Street''. Originally, Miles had intended Sabbath to be a one-off character, but BBC Books editor Justin Richards asked to use the character in a continuing story arc. Sabbath was born in 1740. He was educated at Cambridge before being initiated into the Secret Service in 1762. He then defected from the service in 1780. The Doctor first encountered Sabbath in 1782. In appearance, Sabbath was a large muscular man with a shaven head. He commanded intelligent ape creatures called Babewyns which also crewed his ship, the ''Jonah''. Visually, the ''Doctor Who'' version is said to be based on Orson Welles. Despite suggestions to the contrary, Sabbath is not based on the equally corpulent character Sunday from the novel ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eighth Doctor Adventures
The ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'' (sometimes abbreviated as EDA or referred to as the EDAs) are a series of Doctor Who spin-offs, spin off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and published under the BBC Books imprint. 73 books were published overall. Publication history Between 1991 and 1997, Virgin Publishing had been producing a successful series of spin off novels under the ''Virgin New Adventures, New Adventures'' and ''Virgin Missing Adventures, Missing Adventures'' ranges. However, following the ''Doctor Who'' Doctor Who (1996), television movie which introduced the Eighth Doctor in 1996, the BBC did not renew Virgin Publishing's license to continue publishing ''Doctor Who'' material, instead opting to publish their own range. Virgin's last ''New Adventures'' novel, ''The Dying Days'' by Lance Parkin, featured the Eighth Doctor. The first BBC Books release was a novelisation of the television movie (considered a standalon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hope (Doctor Who)
''Hope'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Clapham and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji. Plot The Doctor tries to push the TARDIS to its limit, but is forced to land when it begins to break up. They land on the surface of a frozen sea of acid on the planet Endpoint, in the distant future. When the ice begins to break up, The Doctor, Fitz and Anji, flee to the nearby city of Hope, only to see the TARDIS sink to the bottom of the sea. On the city, a policeman investigating a decapitation explains that the planet is toxic, so the humans had to evolve to survive, but recently a serial killer has been decapitating people. The policeman then tells them to go to a casino for help. When they arrive The Doctor buys entry with an apple core (which is long extinct) from his pocket. Inside the casino, a group of cyborgs, calling themselves the Brotherhood of the Silver Fist, burst in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trading Futures
''Trading Futures'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji. One of the enemies in the book are the Onihr, a large rhinoceros-like species, notable due to their similarity to the Judoon. The cover and elements of the story are spoofs of the James Bond movies. The novel features a Bond-like character named Jonah Cosgrove, described by the author thus: “Cosgrove is (and I mean ‘is’ here in the very precise, non-trademark violating, sense of the word) the Sean Connery Bond, but one who never retired and who's been a secret agent for fifty years. So he's about eighty, and all the time he's just been piling on more muscles and getting more wrinkled, and ever more set in his ways and bitter and anachronistic. He's Sean Connery in The Rock, as drawn by Frank Miller, and by now he's been promoted to M.” See also * Outline of J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Death
''City of Death'' is the second serial of the seventeenth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor. It was produced by the BBC and first broadcast in four weekly parts between 29 September 1979 and 20 October 1979 on BBC1. The serial was written by "David Agnew" – a pseudonym for David Fisher, Douglas Adams, and Graham Williams – and directed by Michael Hayes. ''City of Death'' features the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and his companion Romana (Lalla Ward). Set mainly in Paris in 1979, the plot concerns a scheme by Count Scarlioni (Julian Glover), in reality an alien called Scaroth, to steal the ''Mona Lisa'' to finance experiments in time travel in the hope of averting the accident that killed the remainder of his race four hundred million years previously, which began the existence of life on the planet as well. The serial's original storyline was devised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romana (Doctor Who)
Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar (), is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. A Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, she is a companion to the Fourth Doctor. As a Time Lord, Romana is able to regenerate, having had two on-screen incarnations with somewhat different personalities (dubbed Romana I and Romana II by fans). Romana I was played by Mary Tamm from 1978 to 1979. When Tamm chose not to sign on for a second season, the part was recast. Romana II was played by Lalla Ward from 1979 to 1981. A third incarnation of Romana has been depicted in some of the spin-off novels, and a fourth (performed by Juliet Landau) has been featured in several audio dramas released by Big Finish Productions in 2013 and 2014, and appeared again in early 2015. Romana is one of only two members of the Doctor's own race to travel with him in the original television series, the first being his granddaughter Susan Foreman (though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Time (Doctor Who)
''Father Time'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Eighth Doctor The Eighth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Paul McGann. The character was introduced in the 1996 TV film ''Doctor Who'', a back-door pilo ... and introduces the Doctor's adopted daughter Miranda. External linksThe Cloister Library - ''Father Time''* 2001 British novels 2001 science fiction novels Eighth Doctor Adventures British science fiction novels Novels by Lance Parkin Fiction about amnesia {{DoctorWho-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sometime Never
''Sometime Never...'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz, Trix, and Miranda. Continuity The epilogue of the novel offers a possible explanation to the fan asked question of how the Doctor can still exist after the destruction of Gallifrey in ''The Ancestor Cell''. In that novel, time is reversed to stop Gallifrey or the Time Lords from ever existing, provoking confusion among fans. This novel shows the Doctor giving one of the council of Eight (Soul) some of his life energy to keep him alive. When Soul and Miranda's daughter Zezanne leave in Sabbath's time ship (the ''Jonah''), Soul takes on the form of an old man who resembles the First Doctor. They both lose their memories, but believe they are the First Doctor and Susan. The ''Jonah'' arrives, disguised as a Police Box in 1963, with Octan's Starkiller (replacing the Hand of Om ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slow Empire
''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. Popular culture allusions This novel has a number of allusions to popular culture: *Anji has consecutively watched every episode of '' Quantum Leap'' due to her boyfriend, Dave. *A small screen graphic of the TARDIS is described as having a "video echo effect from a 1970s '' Top of the Pops''." *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''.Page 195. Continuity *The man who wakes Anji has been confirmed to be Sabbath In Abrahamic religions, the Sabbath () or Shabbat (from Hebrew ) is a day set aside for rest and worship. According to the Book of Exodus, the Sabbath is a day of rest on the seventh day, commanded by God to be kept as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faction Paradox
''Faction Paradox'' is a series of novels, audio stories, short story anthologies, and comics set in and around a "War in Heaven", a history-spanning conflict between godlike "Great Houses" and their mysterious enemy. The series is named after a group originally created by author Lawrence Miles for BBC Books' ''Doctor Who'' novels. Overviews Originally a subplot in the Eighth Doctor Adventures, the War involves several characters and concepts evolved from the original ''Doctor Who'' set-up. In several cases, the ''Faction Paradox'' series still features these groups, albeit with names changed for reasons both literary (most of the groups or items mentioned are described from different perspectives) and legal (the Faction and the Enemy are Miles's creations, but other elements are not – thus the Great Houses are the Faction Paradox range's equivalent to ''Doctor Whos Time Lords). Faction Paradox themselves are ''not'' the enemy in this War, and play a neutral part, willing to act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
