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{{Infobox Story | |image= Millennium Shock.jpg | ||
| | |range = BBC Past Doctor Adventures | ||
| | |number in range = 21 | ||
|series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | |series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | ||
|number= | |number= 21 | ||
|doctor=Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions=[[Harry Sullivan|Harry]] | |companions=[[Harry Sullivan|Harry]] | ||
|enemy= [[Voracian]]s, Lieutenant [[Attwood]] | |enemy= [[Voracian]]s, Lieutenant [[Attwood (Millennium Shock)|Attwood]] | ||
|setting= [[London]], [[31 December]] [[1999]] | |setting= [[London]], [[31 December]] [[1999]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Justin Richards | ||
|publisher= BBC Books | |publisher= BBC Books | ||
|release date= | |release date= 10 May 1999 | ||
|format= Paperback Book; 35 Chapters, 288 Pages | |format= Paperback Book; 35 Chapters, 288 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-55586-6 | |isbn= ISBN 0-563-55586-6 | ||
|prev=Players (novel) | |prev = Players (novel) | ||
|next=Storm Harvest (novel) }} | |next=Storm Harvest (novel) | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty- | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty-first novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Justin Richards]], released [[10 May (releases)|10 May]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]] and featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Harry Sullivan]]. | |||
This novel is a sequel to the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] novel ''[[System Shock (novel)|System Shock]]''. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''It's 1999 and the [[Millennium Bug]] is threatening to bring the world's computers to a standstill. Experts struggle to avert disaster, but a powerful force seems determined to work against them.'' | ''It's [[1999]] and the [[Y2K bug|Millennium Bug]] is threatening to bring the world's computers to a standstill. Experts struggle to avert disaster, but a powerful force seems determined to work against them.'' | ||
As the government realises the full implications of Year 2000, one company seems to promise all the technological answers... but what exactly are the methods and motives behind the operation? | As the government realises the full implications of Year [[2000]], one company seems to promise all the technological answers... but what exactly are the methods and motives behind the operation? | ||
What is the connection between the Millennium Bug, a raid on a | What is the connection between the Millennium Bug, a raid on a [[Russia]]n nuclear base, a break-in at a [[Great Britain|British]] defence contractor, and a pen that [[Sarah-Jane Smith]] kept as a memento of a past adventure? [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] and Commander [[Harry Sullivan]] of [[MI5]] must discover the truth before the world is plunged into a digital winter. | ||
No longer just an expensive miscalculation, the Millennium Bug could also be the key to an alien take-over of Earth... | No longer just an expensive miscalculation, the Millennium Bug could also be the key to an alien take-over of Earth... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[George Gardner]] | * [[George Gardner]] | ||
* [[Andi Cave]] | * [[Andi Cave]] | ||
* [[General Randall]] | * [[General]] [[Randall (Millennium Shock)|Randall]] | ||
* [[Colonel]] [[Krimkov]] | * [[Colonel]] [[Krimkov]] | ||
* [[James Bryant]] | * [[James Bryant]] | ||
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* [[Sylvia Webb]] | * [[Sylvia Webb]] | ||
* [[Terry Brooks]] | * [[Terry Brooks]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Philip Cotton]] | ||
* [[Jennifer Hamilton]] | * [[Jennifer Hamilton]] | ||
* Lieutenant [[ | * Lieutenant Colonel [[Vince Attwell]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* | * Sarah Jane Smith's [[Aunt Lavinia|aunt]] had died at some time prior to [[1998]]. | ||
* [[Terry Brooks]] is [[British Prime Minister|Prime Minister]] of [[Britain]]. | * [[Terry Brooks]] is [[British Prime Minister|Prime Minister]] of [[Britain]]. | ||
* [[Harry Sullivan]] is older than when the Doctor last met him. He's still working for [[MI5]]. | * [[Harry Sullivan]] is older than when the Doctor last met him. He's still working for [[MI5]]. | ||
=== Foods and beverages === | |||
* The Doctor offers a bag of dolly mixtures to George, but insists that they are [[Jelly baby|jelly babies]]. He produces, and drinks, numerous bottles of ginger beer from his pockets. | |||
* Harry drinks a pint of [[beer]] when meeting George. He prefers white [[coffee]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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* The name of the book on the frontispiece is misspelt ''Millenium Shock''. | * The name of the book on the frontispiece is misspelt ''Millenium Shock''. | ||
* The chapters of this novel are numbered in base-16 or hexadecimal. | * The chapters of this novel are numbered in base-16 or hexadecimal. | ||
* In the Fourth Doctor's timeline, this story is set between ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'' and ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* On the same night, the [[Sixth Doctor]] and his companion [[Melanie Bush]] saved the Earth from being taken over by [[Saraquazel]], a being from the [[after-universe]], and his servant [[Ashley Chapel]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]'') Concurrently, the [[Seventh Doctor]] and an older version of Mel gate crashed the New Year's Eve party being thrown by [[Alisha Hammerson]], the [[Auton]] head of [[Hammerson Plastic PLC]], in [[London]]. They foiled her plan to replace her guests with Auton replicas so the Earth could be dominated and absorbed by severing her link to the [[Nestene Consciousness]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Plastic Millenium (comic story)|Plastic Millennium]]'') Furthermore, in [[San Francisco]], an older version of the Seventh Doctor [[Regeneration|regenerated]] into his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]]. After an initial bout of amnesia, the newly regenerated Doctor stopped {{Roberts}} from stealing his body and destroying the Earth, with the help of [[Grace Holloway|Dr Grace Holloway]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | * On the same night, the [[Sixth Doctor]] and his companion [[Melanie Bush]] saved the Earth from being taken over by [[Saraquazel]], a being from the [[after-universe]], and his servant [[Ashley Chapel]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]'') | ||
* Concurrently, the [[Seventh Doctor]] and an older version of Mel gate crashed the New Year's Eve party being thrown by [[Alisha Hammerson]], the [[Auton]] head of [[Hammerson Plastic PLC]], in [[London]]. They foiled her plan to replace her guests with Auton replicas so the Earth could be dominated and absorbed by severing her link to the [[Nestene Consciousness]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Plastic Millenium (comic story)|Plastic Millennium]]'') | |||
* Furthermore, in [[San Francisco]], an older version of the Seventh Doctor [[Regeneration|regenerated]] into his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]]. After an initial bout of amnesia, the newly regenerated Doctor stopped {{Roberts}} from stealing his body and destroying the Earth, with the help of [[Grace Holloway|Dr Grace Holloway]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|whobbk22.htm|Millennium Shock}} | |||
* {{whoniverse|pd22|Millennium Shock}} | * {{whoniverse|pd22|Millennium Shock}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/mills.htm The Cloister Library: '''Millennium Shock '''] | |||
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