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writer= [[Kate Orman]] | | writer= [[Kate Orman]] | | ||
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | ||
release date= | release date= March, 1996 | | ||
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | | format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | | ||
isbn= 0426204654 | | isbn= 0426204654 | | ||
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==Publisher's Summary== | ==Publisher's Summary== | ||
'''‘Stay the hell out of my mind,’ hissed | '''‘Stay the hell out of my mind,’ hissed Forrester. ‘Just stay away from me.’ She turned and stalked out of the room. Chris put his head in his hands.''' | ||
The | The Earth colony on Yemaya 4 is a very ordinary place. The colonists spend their time farming, building homes, raising families. | ||
But when | But when the Doctor and his companions arrive they find a virus sweeping through the population, unleashing the colonists’ latent psychic powers. The Doctor and Chris fall prey to the infection, and discover telepathy is not the only symptom. Chris is unable to resist the call of an ancient place of sacrifice, while Roz and Benny travel back in time to the origin of the virus, and uncover a desperate bid for immortality. | ||
And all the while the Doctor is playing a dangerous game with troopers of the [[Dione-Kisumu company]], who have come either to reclaim the stolen biotechnology -- or to sterilize the planet. | And all the while the Doctor is playing a dangerous game with troopers of the [[Dione-Kisumu company]], who have come either to reclaim the stolen biotechnology -- or to sterilize the planet. | ||
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==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
[[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]] | [[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]] | ||
* Bleeds from the eyes when Dot Smith-Smith tries to read his mind. | |||
[[Bernice Summerfield]] | [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
* Authored ''[[An Eye for Wisdom: Repetitive Poems of the Early Ikkaban Period]]''. | |||
[[Chris Cwej]] | [[Chris Cwej]] | ||
* Has a psi ability. | |||
[[Roz Forrester]] | [[Roz Forrester]] | ||
* Doesn't like telepaths. | |||
[[GRUMPY]] | [[GRUMPY]] | ||
* An AI developed as a model of the human brian. | |||
[[SLEEPY]] | [[SLEEPY]] | ||
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Dot Smith-Smith | Dot Smith-Smith | ||
[[Death]] | |||
* The Doctor wins a bet with Death. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
[[HADS]] | *The [[HADS]] are once again functioning. | ||
* [[The Doctor's Beach House | The Doctor's Beach House (Sydney, Australia)]]; he bought it while his [[The Doctor's House | house in Kent]] was being painted. | |||
* The [[Yemaya Temple]] has some [[Exxilon]] and [[Osiran]] archtecture. | |||
* There is some [[Ikkaba | Ikkaban]] poetry read throughout the novel (something about a turtle and death). | |||
*[[Dione-Kisumu Company]] conducted medical experiments on the colonists of Yemeya 4. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
' | * This is another of Kate Orman's novels to feature pyramids. | ||
==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
[[Death to the Daleks]] | * The Exxilons first appeared in [[Death to the Daleks]] | ||
* [[FLORENCE]] first appeared in [[Transit]] | |||
* The Doctor spent his 1000th birthday on board a ship with two broken ribs [[Set Piece]] | |||
* The Doctor searched for The Brotherhood in[[Christmas on a Rational Planet]] and battles them in [[The Death of Art]] and [[So Vile A Sin]]. | |||
* Some AIs from this story pop up in [[Seeing I]]. | |||
* The Doctor can read a person's dreams by touch, which he does again in [[The Girl in the Fireplace]]. | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 05:06, 15 March 2007
Publisher's Summary
‘Stay the hell out of my mind,’ hissed Forrester. ‘Just stay away from me.’ She turned and stalked out of the room. Chris put his head in his hands.
The Earth colony on Yemaya 4 is a very ordinary place. The colonists spend their time farming, building homes, raising families.
But when the Doctor and his companions arrive they find a virus sweeping through the population, unleashing the colonists’ latent psychic powers. The Doctor and Chris fall prey to the infection, and discover telepathy is not the only symptom. Chris is unable to resist the call of an ancient place of sacrifice, while Roz and Benny travel back in time to the origin of the virus, and uncover a desperate bid for immortality.
And all the while the Doctor is playing a dangerous game with troopers of the Dione-Kisumu company, who have come either to reclaim the stolen biotechnology -- or to sterilize the planet.
Characters
- Bleeds from the eyes when Dot Smith-Smith tries to read his mind.
- Has a psi ability.
- Doesn't like telepaths.
- An AI developed as a model of the human brian.
Dot Smith-Smith
- The Doctor wins a bet with Death.
References
- The HADS are once again functioning.
- The Doctor's Beach House (Sydney, Australia); he bought it while his house in Kent was being painted.
- The Yemaya Temple has some Exxilon and Osiran archtecture.
- There is some Ikkaban poetry read throughout the novel (something about a turtle and death).
- Dione-Kisumu Company conducted medical experiments on the colonists of Yemeya 4.
Notes
- This is another of Kate Orman's novels to feature pyramids.
Continuity
- The Exxilons first appeared in Death to the Daleks
- FLORENCE first appeared in Transit
- The Doctor spent his 1000th birthday on board a ship with two broken ribs Set Piece
- The Doctor searched for The Brotherhood inChristmas on a Rational Planet and battles them in The Death of Art and So Vile A Sin.
- Some AIs from this story pop up in Seeing I.
- The Doctor can read a person's dreams by touch, which he does again in The Girl in the Fireplace.
External Links
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