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|image= NA049 deathanddiplomacy.jpg | |image = NA049 deathanddiplomacy.jpg | ||
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] | |series = [[Virgin New Adventures]] | ||
|range = Virgin New Adventures | |range = Virgin New Adventures | ||
|number in range = 49 | |number in range = 49 | ||
|number= 49 | |number = 49 | ||
|doctor=Seventh Doctor | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] | |companions = [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] | ||
|featuring = [[Jason Kane]] | |featuring = [[Jason Kane]] | ||
|enemy= [[Skrak]] | |enemy = [[Skrak]] | ||
|setting= | |setting = [[Dagellan Cluster]], c. [[2011]]|[[Moriel]], c. [[2011]] | ||
|writer= | |writer = Dave Stone | ||
|cover= [[Bill Donohoe]] | |cover = [[Bill Donohoe]] | ||
|publisher= Virgin Books | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
|release date= | |release date = 18 April 1996 | ||
|format= Paperback Book; 37 Chapters, 280 Pages | |format = Paperback Book; 37 Chapters, 280 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20468-9 | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-20468-9 | ||
|prev= | |prev = SLEEPY (novel) | ||
|next= Happy Endings (novel) | |next = Happy Endings (novel) | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is the forty-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Bernice Summerfield]], [[Chris Cwej]] and [[Roz Forrester]]. It introduces [[Jason Kane]], who by the end of the novel becomes Bernice's [[fiancé]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is the forty-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Bernice Summerfield]], [[Chris Cwej]] and [[Roz Forrester]]. It introduces [[Jason Kane]], who by the end of the novel becomes Bernice's [[fiancé]]. | ||
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== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Books === | === Books === | ||
* Roz reads ''[[All-Consuming Fire|The All-Consuming Fire]]'' by Dr [[John Watson]]. | * Roz reads ''[[All-Consuming Fire|The All-Consuming Fire]]'' by Dr [[John Watson]]. | ||
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* Jason has been away from [[Earth]] for around fifteen years. | * Jason has been away from [[Earth]] for around fifteen years. | ||
* Bernice has [[sex]] with Jason after a bar crawl. | * Bernice has [[sex]] with Jason after a bar crawl. | ||
* Shug says that Benny has an [[Electra complex]]. | |||
* Bernice goes on to say that she has had "the best [[sex]] in her entire life" with Jason. | * Bernice goes on to say that she has had "the best [[sex]] in her entire life" with Jason. | ||
* There exists footage of [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] and [[Ace]] in the bath (separately). | * There exists footage of [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] and [[Ace]] in the bath (separately). | ||
=== Locations === | === Locations === | ||
* [[Anrici IV]] is part of the Czhanos Empire and has crystalline [[forest]]s with silicate inhabitants. | * [[Anrici IV]] is part of the Czhanos Empire and has crystalline [[forest]]s with silicate inhabitants. | ||
* [[Kalas]] is a Dakhaari outpost. | * [[Kalas]] is a Dakhaari outpost. | ||
* [[Makrath]] is a [[desert]] planet and is one of the gaming centres of the Cluster. | * [[Makrath]] is a [[desert]] planet and is one of the gaming centres of the Cluster. | ||
* [[Shivri]] is a Czhan-occupied planet with an area on it known as the [[Ghost Marches]]. | * [[Shivri]] is a Czhan-occupied planet with an area on it known as the [[Ghost Marches]]. | ||
* The [[Citadel of Unending Delights]] is the closest thing on [[Jaris]] to a tourist trap. It is a three-levelled warehouse. | * The [[Citadel of Unending Delights]] is the closest thing on [[Jaris (planet)|Jaris]] to a tourist trap. It is a three-levelled warehouse. | ||
* | * Jaris explodes one thousand, four hundred and seventy local years after Bernice Summerfield's arrival, due to her materialisation on the planet causing a catastrophic environmental cascade-process. Some of the fissioning material collided with Jaris' sentient sun, leading to a metasizic chain-reaction that killed it about two million years with the stellar equivalent of [[cancer]]. | ||
=== Species === | === Species === | ||
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* This was the final release using the cover design introduced in 1991 with [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]''. | * This was the final release using the cover design introduced in 1991 with [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]''. | ||
* The final Virgin New Adventures novel to feature the Seventh Doctor as the incumbent Doctor, as [[TV]]: [[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]] would be broadcast and introduce the [[Eighth Doctor]] shortly before the release of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''. | * The final Virgin New Adventures novel to feature the Seventh Doctor as the incumbent Doctor, as [[TV]]: [[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]] would be broadcast and introduce the [[Eighth Doctor]] shortly before the release of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''. | ||
* The [[Dagellan Cluster]] is mistakenly named the 'Magellan' Cluster in the blurb. However, throughout the novel and mentions in subsequent stories it is always referred to as Dagellan. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Benny and Jason get married in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]''. | * Benny and Jason get married in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''. | ||
* Some events depicted in this novel are dramatised in flashback in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The End of the World (audio story)|The End of the World]]''. | * Some events depicted in this novel are dramatised in flashback in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The End of the World (audio story)|The End of the World]]''. | ||
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