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Storm Harvest
''Storm Harvest'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Mike Tucker and Robert Perry and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the c .... External links * 1999 British novels 1999 science fiction novels Past Doctor Adventures Seventh Doctor novels British science fiction novels Novels by Mike Tucker Novels by Robert Perry {{1990s-sf-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Tucker (special Effects Artist)
Mike Tucker (born in South Wales) is a Welsh special effects expert who worked for many years at the BBC Television Visual Effects Department, and now works as an Effects Supervisor for his own company, The Model Unit. He is also the author of a variety of spin-offs relating to the television series '' Doctor Who'' and novelisations based on episodes of the television series '' Merlin''. He sometimes co-writes with Robert Perry. Effects work Tucker's early work for the BBC was as a holiday relief assistant on the 1982 history series ''Timewatch''. Following this, he became a full-time member of the BBC Visual Effects Department working on practical effects and models for a range of BBC programmes including ''Casualty'', ''Top of the Pops'', '' EastEnders'', ''The Singing Detective'', ''Proust'' and ''Tomorrow's World'' among many others. He was one of the principal effects crew for '' Red Dwarf'' series 1 - 7 and worked as an effects assistant on the final four series of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millennium Shock
''Millennium Shock'' 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 Fourth Doctor and Harry, and is a sequel to Richards' Virgin Missing Adventures novel '' System Shock''. Premise In 1999, the Doctor and Harry deal with a plot by the Voracianshybrids of alien reptiles and malevolent office equipmentto take advantage of the Y2K problem The year 2000 problem, also known as the Y2K problem, Y2K scare, millennium bug, Y2K bug, Y2K glitch, Y2K error, or simply Y2K refers to potential computer errors related to the formatting and storage of calendar data for dates in and after ... to conquer the Earth. External links * 1999 British novels 1999 science fiction novels Past Doctor Adventures Fourth Doctor novels Novels by Justin Richards New Year novels Fiction set in 1999 Fiction set in 2000 Turn of the third millennium {{1990s-DoctorWho-novel-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Science Fiction Novels
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Seventh Doctor Novels
Seventh is the ordinal form of the number seven. Seventh may refer to: * Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution * A fraction (mathematics), , equal to one of seven equal parts Film and television *"The Seventh", a second-season episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' Music * A seventh (interval), the difference between two pitches ** Diminished seventh, a chromatically reduced minor seventh interval ** Major seventh, the larger of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span seven diatonic scale degrees ** Minor seventh, the smaller of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span seven diatonic scale degrees ** Harmonic seventh, the interval of exactly 4:7, whose approximation to the minor seventh in equal temperament explains the "sweetness" of the dominant seventh chord in a major key ** Augmented seventh, an interval * Leading-tone or subtonic, the seventh degree and the chord built on the seventh degree * Seventh chord, a chord consisting of a triad pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Science Fiction Novels
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1999 British Novels
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Science Fiction On Television
Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality. Story creation and scientific accuracy Science fiction tries to blend fiction and reality seamlessly so that the viewer can be immersed in the imaginative world. This includes characters, settings, and tools. Viewers often critique the scientific plausibility and accuracy of technology and technological concepts. In the 2020 series ''Away (TV series), Away'' a notable plot point in the eight episode, ''Vital Signs'' has astronauts listen intently for a sound boom picked up by a real-life Mars rover called InSight. Similarity, in 2022 scientists used InSight to listen for the landing of a real spacecraft. Visual production process and methods The need to portray imaginary settings or char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Final Sanction (novel)
''The Final Sanction'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features the Second Doctor, Zoe and Jamie. It was the last book in the series to use the "silver" version of the film logo. Synopsis It is the second and so far final encounter between the Doctor and the Selachians Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimo ..., first introduced by Lyons in his previous Second Doctor novel, '' The Murder Game''. The year is 2204. The Doctor is caught in human history. When the TARDIS is stolen and Zoe is kidnapped by a Selachian he is forced to intervene in a war. The Doctor most make a painful choice which is more important the flow of a time stream or the lives of his compani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Books
BBC Books (also formerly known as BBC Publishing) is an imprint majority-owned and managed by Penguin Random House through its Ebury Publishing division. The minority shareholder is BBC Studios, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The imprint has been active since the 1980s. BBC Books publishes a range of books connected to BBC radio and television programming, including cookery, natural history, lifestyle, and behind the scenes "making-of" books. There are also some non-programme related biographies and autobiographies of various well-known personalities in its list. Amongst BBC Books' best known titles are cookery books by former TV cook Delia Smith, wildlife titles by Sir David Attenborough and gardening titles by Alan Titchmarsh. In the BBC Publishing days, it turned down ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', a book which has now sold over 14,000,000 copies worldwide. ''Doctor Who'' Since 1996, BBC Books has also produced a range of tie-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Perry (writer)
Robert Perry (born in South Wales) is a Welsh novelist and television screenwriter. He was script-editor on the BBC Television, BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', as well as writing for the television series ''Family Affairs'' and ''Is Harry on the Boat?''. He has also worked as a storyliner on ''Emmerdale''. He is also known for a writing partnership with Mike Tucker (special effects artist), Mike Tucker on a variety of Doctor Who spin-offs, spin-offs relating to the television series ''Doctor Who'', specifically for the character of the Seventh Doctor. Prose Writing Perry's first writing work was the short story ''Question Mark Pyjamas'' in the second volume of the Virgin Decalog anthology series: this was the first story that Perry wrote with his long-term writing partner Mike Tucker. This was followed by several stories for the BBC Short Trips anthology, again all co-written with Tucker. In October 1997, the first book in Tucker and Perry's self-styled Season 27 run was publish a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Time (Doctor Who)
''Prime Time'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Mike Tucker and based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. (1963-1989 & 2005-) It features the Seventh Doctor, played in the BBC TV Show by Sylvester McCoy, and his companion Ace An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the c .... It was published in July 2000 and follows the story of the pair on the zombie planet 'Blinni Gaar'. Synopsis Detecting a mysterious sub-space signal in the Time Vortex, the Doctor and Ace land on the planet 'Blinni Gaar'. They soon discover that the native population are little more than zombies, addicted to the programmes of the dangerously powerful Channel 400. As the Doctor investigates, he finds that the television company has a sinister agenda that ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matrix (Doctor Who Novel)
''Matrix'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Mike Tucker and Robert Perry and based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Summary It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace. It also includes appearances by the Wandering Jew and Jack the Ripper. Part of it is set in an alternate timeline, featuring parallel universe versions of Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright. The villain is the Valeyard. Inspiration Perry and Tucker originally pitched ''Matrix'' as a Virgin New Adventure, but were advised by range editor Rebecca Levene that the idea was unworkable. References As well as the obvious references to ''Trial of a Time Lord'' and the First Doctor's era, the Valeyard's schemes bring the Doctor face-to-face with dark alternate versions of his other selves who have been corrupted by the Valeyard; these include a First Doctor who murdered other Time Lords to depart Gallifrey in the first place, a Fourth Doctor who destroyed the Daleks at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
