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* [[Anne Travers (Inferno Earth)|Anne Travers]] | * [[Anne Travers (Inferno Earth)|Anne Travers]] | ||
* [[Edward Travers (Inferno Earth)|Edward Travers]] | * [[Edward Travers (Inferno Earth)|Edward Travers]] | ||
* [[The Leader]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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* Excerpts from a suppressed memoir are used to worldbuild and exposit on the Party's ideology, a possible reference to a banned memoir doing the same in ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. | * Excerpts from a suppressed memoir are used to worldbuild and exposit on the Party's ideology, a possible reference to a banned memoir doing the same in ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. | ||
* Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart refers to Britain killing Charles de Gaulle and ensuring France retained Algeria: in our timeline, from 1960 to 1972 there were attempts at coups and assassinations against De Gaulle by nationalists afraid he'd accept Algerian independence. | * Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart refers to Britain killing Charles de Gaulle and ensuring France retained Algeria: in our timeline, from 1960 to 1972 there were attempts at coups and assassinations against De Gaulle by nationalists afraid he'd accept Algerian independence. | ||
* Anne Travers and her father work at [[The Vault (The Scales of Injustice)|The Vault]]. | * Anne Travers and her father work at [[The Vault (The Scales of Injustice)|The Vault]], as Anne would in the ''Lethbridge-Stewart'' books - here, they're running it. Rather than being part of the Department of Technology, it's the Department of Energy and is concerned with Britain's power needs. | ||
* Lethbridge-Stewart fought in [[Aden]], a detail from the books about his counterpart - but this version of Lethbridge-Stewart committed massacres of civilians to win. | * Lethbridge-Stewart fought in [[Aden]], a detail from the books about his counterpart - but this version of Lethbridge-Stewart committed massacres of civilians to win. | ||
* A painting of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walpole Robert Walpole], the ''de facto'' first [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], hangs in the Cabinet meeting room. | * A painting of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walpole Robert Walpole], the ''de facto'' first [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], hangs in the Cabinet meeting room. | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dougall Robert Dougall] hosts ''Nine O'Clock News'' as he did in real life (though in real life it started in 1970). | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dougall Robert Dougall] hosts ''Nine O'Clock News'' as he did in real life (though in real life it started in 1970). | ||
* Lethbridge-Stewart threatens to have someone sent to [[Cromer]], implied to be a labour camp and site of executions - also a reference to the famous line in [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''. | |||
* The Party and its true believers repeatedly invoke the decadence of the old rulers, while Party officials are shown having a high standard of living while the masses are deprived. | |||
* The Resistance plan is codenamed "the Italian Job", referencing the famous British crime film. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Leader is implied at points to be a version of the Doctor, as first established in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]''. (This is not explicitly confirmed for legal reasons) The Leader refers to "hearts", which is taken as a slip due to ill health; there's a rumour from zealots that he could [[regeneration|extend his life]] once but has lost the ability; when Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart starts refering to alien infiltration, the Leader initially seems about to have him dragged away (which Gordon takes as meaning he's not convincing him). | |||
* All non-white Britons were deported and used as slave labour in the Carribean in 1943; the death toll is between sixty to eighty percent. There are also labour camps all over the Home Counties. | |||
* Knight remembers meeting the 'false' [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] nine years ago, as depicted in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Schizoid Earth (novel)|The Schizoid Earth]]''. That puts this story in 1968 - the same year that the first ''Lethbridge-Stewart'' books were set. | * Knight remembers meeting the 'false' [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] nine years ago, as depicted in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Schizoid Earth (novel)|The Schizoid Earth]]''. That puts this story in 1968 - the same year that the first ''Lethbridge-Stewart'' books were set. | ||
* The book states the Bolsheviks lost the Russian Civil War and Knight is relieved not to be captured by "Tsarists"; the White Russians winning was started by ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]''. | * The book states the Bolsheviks lost the Russian Civil War and Knight is relieved not to be captured by "Tsarists", while Britain's uneasy American allies are headquartered in Richmond; the White Russians winning the civil war and a [[Confederate States of America]] existing was started by ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]''. | ||
* Oblique references are made to Alastair having a covered-up past. ''[PROSE]]: ''[[The Schizoid Earth (novel)|The Schizoid Earth]]'' had him come from an alternate timeline.'' | * Oblique references are made to Alastair having a covered-up past. ''[PROSE]]: ''[[The Schizoid Earth (novel)|The Schizoid Earth]]'' had him come from an alternate timeline.'' | ||
* The Republic has an RAAF instead of an RAF. | |||
* Alastair's [[Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart|great-uncle]] was executed at Cromer. | |||
* The RSF has rumours of odd things at [[Loch Ness]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]''), "shaggy ghosts" on the Underground and a strange intelligence ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''), and spotted [[Tibetan Yeti]] while doing surveillance on China in the 50s. | |||
== Errors == | == Errors == | ||
* Travers had died in Tibet in ''[PROSE]]: ''[[The Schizoid Earth (novel)|The Schizoid Earth]]'' but is alive here. | |||
* Knight refers to meeting the 'false'' Lethbridge-Stewart eight years ago a few paragraphs after saying it was nine years. '' | * Knight refers to meeting the 'false'' Lethbridge-Stewart eight years ago a few paragraphs after saying it was nine years. '' | ||
* Alastair doesn't believe in the existence of aliens and his father knows about previous incidents as rumours & old reports, even as the book uses worldbuilding elements from ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'' where the RSF have fought aliens since 1959. | |||
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Revision as of 16:13, 14 November 2020
I, Alastair was the sixth novel in the seventh series of Lethbridge-Stewart, released under the banner of Bloodlines, by Candy Jar Books in 2020.
Publisher's summary
Hail the Leader!
Under the gentle guidance of The Leader, Britain has flourished after the removal of the dead hand of democracy and the old, corrupt aristocracy. Dominant in Europe, a great power around the world, the Republic stands as a beacon to wise, benevolent and firm leadership.
The team led by column leader Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart is the best and brightest of us all, ensuring that attempts to overthrow the natural order will be stamped into submission.
Those who stand with the leader ensure that Britain remains great, a power to be reckoned with, and a dominant force across the globe.
Unity is strength.
Plot
to be added
Characters
- Column Leader Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart
- Ben Knight
- Spencer Pemberton
- James Lethbridge-Stewart
- Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
- John Benton
- Sally Wright
- Anne Travers
- Edward Travers
- The Leader
References
- The real-life fire at Windscale nuclear facility is much worse in this timeline, killing Seascale village and causing the end of British nuclear industry.
- Excerpts from a suppressed memoir are used to worldbuild and exposit on the Party's ideology, a possible reference to a banned memoir doing the same in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
- Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart refers to Britain killing Charles de Gaulle and ensuring France retained Algeria: in our timeline, from 1960 to 1972 there were attempts at coups and assassinations against De Gaulle by nationalists afraid he'd accept Algerian independence.
- Anne Travers and her father work at The Vault, as Anne would in the Lethbridge-Stewart books - here, they're running it. Rather than being part of the Department of Technology, it's the Department of Energy and is concerned with Britain's power needs.
- Lethbridge-Stewart fought in Aden, a detail from the books about his counterpart - but this version of Lethbridge-Stewart committed massacres of civilians to win.
- A painting of Robert Walpole, the de facto first Prime Minister, hangs in the Cabinet meeting room.
- Robert Dougall hosts Nine O'Clock News as he did in real life (though in real life it started in 1970).
- Lethbridge-Stewart threatens to have someone sent to Cromer, implied to be a labour camp and site of executions - also a reference to the famous line in TV: The Three Doctors.
- The Party and its true believers repeatedly invoke the decadence of the old rulers, while Party officials are shown having a high standard of living while the masses are deprived.
- The Resistance plan is codenamed "the Italian Job", referencing the famous British crime film.
Notes
- This is the first appearance of Benton in the Lethbridge-Stewart range, and as such features a creator credit for Derrick Sherwin, who created the character for TV: The Invasion.
Continuity
- The Leader is implied at points to be a version of the Doctor, as first established in PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation. (This is not explicitly confirmed for legal reasons) The Leader refers to "hearts", which is taken as a slip due to ill health; there's a rumour from zealots that he could extend his life once but has lost the ability; when Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart starts refering to alien infiltration, the Leader initially seems about to have him dragged away (which Gordon takes as meaning he's not convincing him).
- All non-white Britons were deported and used as slave labour in the Carribean in 1943; the death toll is between sixty to eighty percent. There are also labour camps all over the Home Counties.
- Knight remembers meeting the 'false' Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart nine years ago, as depicted in PROSE: The Schizoid Earth. That puts this story in 1968 - the same year that the first Lethbridge-Stewart books were set.
- The book states the Bolsheviks lost the Russian Civil War and Knight is relieved not to be captured by "Tsarists", while Britain's uneasy American allies are headquartered in Richmond; the White Russians winning the civil war and a Confederate States of America existing was started by The Face of the Enemy.
- Oblique references are made to Alastair having a covered-up past. [PROSE]]: The Schizoid Earth had him come from an alternate timeline.
- The Republic has an RAAF instead of an RAF.
- Alastair's great-uncle was executed at Cromer.
- The RSF has rumours of odd things at Loch Ness (TV: Terror of the Zygons), "shaggy ghosts" on the Underground and a strange intelligence (TV: The Web of Fear), and spotted Tibetan Yeti while doing surveillance on China in the 50s.
Errors
- Travers had died in Tibet in [PROSE]]: The Schizoid Earth but is alive here.
- Knight refers to meeting the 'false Lethbridge-Stewart eight years ago a few paragraphs after saying it was nine years.
- Alastair doesn't believe in the existence of aliens and his father knows about previous incidents as rumours & old reports, even as the book uses worldbuilding elements from The Face of the Enemy where the RSF have fought aliens since 1959.
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