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[[The Doctor]]’s last three visits to the scattered [[human]] colonies of the [[third millennium]] have not been entirely successful. And now that [[Ace]] has rejoined him and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]], life on board the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is getting pretty stressful. The Doctor yearns for a simpler time and place: [[Earth]], the tropics, the early [[20th century|twentieth century]].
[[The Doctor]]'s last three visits to the scattered [[human]] colonies of the [[third millennium]] have not been entirely successful. And now that [[Ace]] has rejoined him and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]], life on board the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is getting pretty stressful. The Doctor yearns for a simpler time and place: [[Earth]], the tropics, the early [[20th century|twentieth century]].


The TARDIS lands in [[Haiti]] in the early years of the [[World War I|First World War]]. And the Doctor, Bernice and Ace land in a murderous plot involving [[voodoo|vodoun]], violent death, [[zombie]]s and [[German]] [[spy|spies]]. And perhaps something else -- something far, far worse.
The TARDIS lands in [[Haiti]] in the early years of the [[World War I|First World War]]. And the Doctor, Bernice and Ace land in a murderous plot involving [[voodoo|vodoun]], violent death, [[zombie]]s and [[German]] [[spy|spies]]. And perhaps something else — something far, far worse.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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=== Cultural references from the real world ===
=== Cultural references from the real world ===
* There are [[James Bond]] references, including {{w|Q Branch}} and {{wi|Dr. No (film)|Dr. No}}.
* There are [[James Bond]] references.
* Given the Lovecraftian flavour of the story, the presence of a character called "Howard Phillips" is a homage to ''Howard Phillips'' Lovecraft himself.
* The Doctor is compared to "our man in [[Havana]]" because of his linen [[suit]].
* The Doctor is compared to "our man in [[Havana]]" because of his linen [[suit]], which makes its debut in this story.
 
=== The Doctor's items ===
* [[Bessie]]
* [[Cameca's brooch]]
 
=== Earth locations ===
* [[Haiti]]
** [[L'Hotel Royale]]
** [[Port-au-Prince]]
** [[Gonave Gulf]]
** [[Cap-Haitien]]
** [[Presidential Palace]]
* [[United States of America]]
** [[Key West]], [[Florida]]
** [[New England]]
* [[Spain]]
* [[France]]
** [[Alsace]]
 
=== Elements ===
* [[copper]]
* [[gold]]
* [[silver]]
 
=== Foods and beverages ===
* [[Clairin]]
 
=== Drugs and medicines ===
* [[argot]]
* [[bufus]]
* [[datura|<nowiki/>]][[argot|datura]]
* [[quinine]]
* [[scopolamine]]
 
=== Gallifreyan locations ===
* [[The Dark Tower]]
 
=== Individuals ===
* Ace is familiar with a wide variety of firearms, following her training in the Spacefleet.
 
=== Minerals ===
* [[bauxite]]
 
=== Occult ===
* [[duppies]]
* [[tarot]]
* [[bocor]]
* [[obeah]]
* [[cacos]]
* [[jumbie]]
* [[Rada Loa]]
* [[coup poudre]]
* [[Petro god|Petro Gods]]
 
=== Organisations ===
* [[Secte Rouge]]
* [[Bizango]]
* [[St. Patrick]]
 
=== Poisons ===
* [[tetrodotoxin]]


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* The Doctor can read [[Eocene]].
* The Doctor can read [[Eocene]].
* [[Usurian]]s
* [[Dalek]]s
* [[Great Old One]]s
* [[Rihanssu]]
* [[Sphoeroides]]
* [[Diodon]]


==== Time Lords ====
==== Time Lords ====
* The Doctor learned hypnotism from [[the Master]].
* The Doctor learned hypnotism from [[the Master]].
==== Humans ====
* The following historical figures (and other people of note) are mentioned:
** [[Abraham Lincoln]]
** [[Aleister Crowley]]
** [[Allan Quartermain]]
** [[Ernest Hemingway]]
** [[Norman Bates]]
** [[Sherlock Holmes]]
** [[Lee van Cleef]]
** [[Toussaint L'Overture]]
** [[Peter Lorre]]
** [[Rambo]]
*Peoples
** [[Efik]]
** [[Arawak]]
=== Stars ===
* [[Fomalhaut]]
=== Planets ===
* [[Exo III]]
* [[Khul]]
* [[Veltroch]]


=== TARDIS components ===
=== TARDIS components ===
* The [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] [[HADS]] can be overridden manually.
* The [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] [[HADS]] can be overridden manually.
=== Technology ===
* [[focused neuro-pattern enhancer]]
* [[hydrophone]]
=== Theories and concepts ===
* [[Coomb's Syndrome]]


=== Timeline ===
=== Timeline ===
* The following years / eras: [[distant past|15 million BCE]], [[1744]], [[1750]], [[1908]], [[1913]], [[1934]], [[1986]], [[25th century]], [[27th century]] are referred to by various characters.
* The following years / eras, [[distant past|15 million BCE]], [[1744]], [[1750]], [[1908]], [[1913]], [[1934]], [[1986]], the [[25th century]], and the [[27th century]], are referred to by various characters.
 
=== Weapons ===
* These weapons are used by various people throughout the novel:
** [[Steyr 1912]]
** [[Kar 96 rifle]]
** [[gelignite]]
** [[Luger]]


== Notes ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 05:01, 4 August 2015

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White Darkness is the fifteenth New Adventure novel published by Virgin Publishing in the 1990s. The story is set in Haiti in 1915. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield. The book was written by David A. McIntee, who derived much of the story's material from Wade Davis' The Serpent and the Rainbow, a research into the practice of vodoun and zombification in Haiti and the Cthulhu Mythos created by H. P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft's name was given to one of the principal characters in the story, Dr. Howard Phillips, who at one point presents the Doctor with a copy of the Necronomicon in the original Eocene, given to him by Aleister Crowley.

Publisher's summary

"We believe that death should always be part of life."

The Doctor's last three visits to the scattered human colonies of the third millennium have not been entirely successful. And now that Ace has rejoined him and Bernice, life on board the TARDIS is getting pretty stressful. The Doctor yearns for a simpler time and place: Earth, the tropics, the early twentieth century.

The TARDIS lands in Haiti in the early years of the First World War. And the Doctor, Bernice and Ace land in a murderous plot involving vodoun, violent death, zombies and German spies. And perhaps something else — something far, far worse.

Plot

to be added

Characters

Haitians

Germans

Americans

References

Books

Cultural references from the real world

  • There are James Bond references.
  • The Doctor is compared to "our man in Havana" because of his linen suit.

Species

Time Lords

TARDIS components

Timeline

Notes

  • Prelude White Darkness was published in DWM 201.
  • This is the first novel to feature the Doctor wearing his new white linen suit, as seen on the cover.

Continuity

External links

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