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{{Infobox Story
|name= Strange England
|image= NA029 strangeengland.jpg
|image= NA029 strangeengland.jpg
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]]  
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
|number= 29  
|range = Virgin New Adventures
|doctor=Seventh Doctor  
|number in range = 29
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]  
|number= 29
|enemy= [[The Quack]]  
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
|setting= {{il|An asteroid in the [[Jupiter]] belt|[[London]], [[England]], [[1873]]}}  
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|writer= [[Simon Messingham]]  
|enemy= [[The Quack]], [[Patrick Rix|Dr. Patrick Rix]]
|publisher= Virgin Books  
|setting= {{il|An asteroid in the [[Jupiter]] belt|[[London]], [[England]], [[1873]]}}
|release date= [[18 August (releases)|18 August]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]]
|writer= Simon Messingham
|format= Paperback Book; 11 Chapters, 276 Pages  
|cover= [[Paul Campbell]]
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20419-0  
|publisher= Virgin Books
|prev= Blood Harvest (novel)  
|release date= 18 August 1994
|next= First Frontier (novel)}}
|format= Paperback Book; 11 Chapters, 276 Pages
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. This was [[Simon Messingham]]'s first novel, and his only contribution to the Virgin Books range. His next ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novel was the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel ''[[The Face-Eater]]'' in 1999.
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20419-0
|prev= Blood Harvest (novel)
|next= First Frontier (novel)
|editor = Peter Darvill-Evans
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. This was [[Simon Messingham]]'s first novel, and his only contribution to the Virgin Books range. His next ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novel was the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel ''[[The Face-Eater (novel)|The Face-Eater]]'' in 1999.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''"The more the Doctor dreams," the Quack said, "the more real I become. He has not yet dreamed me fully, but he will."''
''"The more the Doctor dreams," [[the Quack]] said, "the more real I become. He has not yet dreamed me fully, but he will."''


When [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lands in the idyllic gardens of a [[Victorian]] country house, [[Ace]] knows that something terrible is bound to happen. The Doctor disagrees. Sometimes things really are as perfect as they seem.
When [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lands in the idyllic gardens of a [[Victorian]] country house, [[Ace]] knows that something terrible is bound to happen. The Doctor disagrees. Sometimes things really are as perfect as they seem.
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* [[Galah]]
* [[Galah]]
* [[The Quack]]
* [[The Quack]]
* Dr. [[Patrick Rix]]
* Dr [[Patrick Rix]]
* [[Stephen Rix]]
* [[Stephen Rix]]
* [[Charlotte Aickland]]
* [[Charlotte Aickland]]
* [[Richard Aickland]]
* [[Richard Aickland]]
* [[Garvey]]
* [[Garvey]]
* [[Victoria]]
* [[Victoria (Strange England)|Victoria]]
* Mrs [[Irving (Strange England)|Irving]]
* Mrs [[Irving (Strange England)|Irving]]
* [[Archie Lewis]]
* [[Archie Lewis]]
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* [[Bert Robbins]]
* [[Bert Robbins]]
* [[Billy (Strange England)|Billy]]
* [[Billy (Strange England)|Billy]]
* [[Frankie]]
* [[Frankie (Strange England)|Frankie]]
* [[Gray (Strange England)|Gray]]
* [[Gray (Strange England)|Gray]]
* [[Ted (Strange England)|Ted]]
* [[Tillie]]
* [[Edith (Strange England)|Edith]]
* [[Marleen]]
* [[Alleyn]]
* [[Chamberlain (Strange England)|Chamberlain]]
* [[Madge Robbins]]
* [[Stan Lewis]]
* [[Joanna Lewis]]
* [[Old Skinner]]
* [[Mary (Strange England)|Mary]]
* [[Jane (Strange England)|Jane]]
* [[Peter (Strange England)|Peter]]
* [[Cameron (Strange England)|Cameron]]
* [[Kathy (Strange England)|Kathy]]
* [[MacKendrick]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Foods and beverages ===
=== Foods and beverages ===
* Bernice enjoys light German [[wine]] on summer days.
* The Doctor cooks [[scrambled eggs]] for Benny and the others.
* Bernice enjoys light German [[wine]] on summer days. She drinks [[tea]] with the Quack, which reminds her of the tea that the Doctor brews in the TARDIS.
* [[Cucumber sandwich]]es are often served at [[cricket]] matches.
* [[Cucumber sandwich]]es are often served at [[cricket]] matches.


=== Individuals ===
=== Art ===
* [[Ace]]'s skin is pale from being in space for so long.
* [[Hieronymus Bosch|Bosch]] and the [[Martian]] [[S'Klyr]] are both painters whose works have a nightmare-ish quality.
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] doesn't get hay fever.


=== Music ===
=== Music ===
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=== TARDIS ===
=== TARDIS ===
* A [[TARDIS]] [[Protyon Unit]] is the reason why some TARDISes have independent thought.
* A [[TARDIS]] [[Protyon Unit]] is the reason why some TARDISes have independent thought.
* [[The Quack]] is a creation of Galah's TARDIS trouble-shooting program.
=== Time Lords ===
* [[Galah]] is a pacifist. She lived a long tedious life as a [[Gallifreyan]] sculptor.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor, Ace, and Benny would visit another house of horrors that would be destroyed in a changing environment. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Falls the Shadow]]'')
* The Doctor, Ace, and Benny would visit another house of horrors that would be destroyed in a changing environment. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Falls the Shadow (novel)|Falls the Shadow]]'')
* The Doctor plays the spoons again. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'')
* He tells Bernice he has always believed [[evil]] to be an actual force. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Guardians of Prophecy (audio story)|The Guardians of Prophecy]]'')
* He tells Bernice he has always believed evil to be an actual force. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Guardians of Prophecy]]'')
* Bernice mentions being inside a TARDIS ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'') while Ace mentions being in an [[SARDIT|inside-out TARDIS]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') She implies this occurred relatively soon after she and the Doctor defeated the [[Timewyrm]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')
* Bernice mentions being inside a TARDIS ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'') while Ace mentions being in an [[SARDIT|inside-out TARDIS]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') She implies this occurred relatively soon after she and the Doctor defeated the [[Timewyrm]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')
* Reference is made to [[the Matrix]] within a TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
* Reference is made to [[the Matrix]] within a TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'')
* Being in the white void reminds Bernice of the [[Land of Fiction]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'') She tries to deny the reality, but it doesn't work. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* Being in the white void reminds Bernice of the [[Land of Fiction]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'') She tries to deny the reality, but it doesn't work. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* Ace calls Arthur an angel, and has had enough of Victorian England. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')
* Ace calls Arthur an angel, and has had enough of Victorian England. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'')
* She's aware that some components of a TARDIS are organic. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')
* She's aware that some components of a TARDIS are organic. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')
* Galah connects herself to the [[Architectural Configuration]] Programme. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'')
* Galah connects herself to the [[Architectural Configuration]] Programme. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'')
* The Doctor's former companion [[Sarah Jane Smith]] would encounter [[Nightmare Man|an entity]] that first appears in nightmares and then in reality. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Nightmare Man (TV story)|The Nightmare Man]]'')


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|who_na29.htm|Strange England}}
{{dwrefguide|who_na29.htm|Strange England}}
* {{whoniverse|na29|Strange England}}
* {{whoniverse|na29|Strange England}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/stra.htm The Cloister Library: '''Strange England''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/stra.htm The Cloister Library: '''Strange England''']
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#na029 Beyond the Book: Strange England by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43]
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Strange England was the twenty-ninth New Adventures novel. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield. This was Simon Messingham's first novel, and his only contribution to the Virgin Books range. His next Doctor Who novel was the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures novel The Face-Eater in 1999.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

"The more the Doctor dreams," the Quack said, "the more real I become. He has not yet dreamed me fully, but he will."

When the TARDIS lands in the idyllic gardens of a Victorian country house, Ace knows that something terrible is bound to happen. The Doctor disagrees. Sometimes things really are as perfect as they seem.

Then they discover a young girl whose body has been possessed by a beautiful but lethal insect. And they meet the people of the House: innocents who have never known age, pain, or death — until now.

Now their rural paradise is turning into a world of nightmare. A world in which the familiar is being twisted into something evil and strange. A world ruled by the Quack, whose patent medicines are deadly poisons and whose aim is the total destruction of the Doctor.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor cooks scrambled eggs for Benny and the others.
  • Bernice enjoys light German wine on summer days. She drinks tea with the Quack, which reminds her of the tea that the Doctor brews in the TARDIS.
  • Cucumber sandwiches are often served at cricket matches.

Art[[edit] | [edit source]]

Music[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor has a moment of spoon playing.

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • A prelude to this story was published in DWM 215.
  • Author Simon Messingham has commented on more than one occasion that he was unhappy with this novel.[1]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ NZDWFC: FSV 43: Beyond the Book By Paul Scoones

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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