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-{{Infobox Other Novels|
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-novel name= Walking to Babylon |
+{{real world}}
-image= [[Image:Walking_to_Babylon.jpg|250px]] |
+{{Infobox Story SMW
-series=[[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures | Virgin <br> Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] |
+|image           = Walking to Babylon.jpg
-number= 10 |
+|series          = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
-featuring= --- |
+|range           = Virgin New Adventures
-enemy= [[WiRgo!xu]] and [[!Ci!ci-tel]] |
+|number in range = 71
-year= [[Dellah]], [[St. Oscar's University]] [[2594]] <br> [[The People]]’s [[Worldsphere]], [[2594]] <br> [[MD 20879]], [[2594]] <br> [[Earth]], [[Babylon]], [[December]] 12th, [[1901]] <br> [[Earth]], [[Babylon]], [[570 BCE]] |
+|number          = 71
-writer= [[Kate Orman]] |
+|adapted into    = Walking to Babylon (audio story)
-publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
+|main character  = [[Bernice Summerfield]]
-release date= February, 1998 |
+|featuring       = Joseph (Oh No It Isn't!)
-format= Paperback Book, ? Pages |
+|featuring2      = Clarence
-isbn= ISBN 0-426-20521-9 |
+|featuring3      = God (The Also People)
-previous story= [[Tempest (novel) | Tempest]] |
+|featuring4      = Wolsey
-next story= [[Oblivion]]}}
+|enemy           = [[WiRgo!xu]] and [[!Ci!ci-tel]]
+|setting         = [[St Oscar's University|St Oscar's]], [[Worldsphere]], and [[MD 20879]], [[2594]]; [[Babylon]], [[12 December]] [[1901]] and [[BC#6th century BC|570 B.C.]]
+|writer          = Kate Orman
+|cover           = [[Mark Salwowski]]
+|publisher       = Virgin Books
+|release date    = 3 February 1998
+|format          = Paperback Book;<br/>14 Chapters, 256 Pages
+|isbn            = ISBN 0-426-20521-9
+|prev            = Tempest (novel)
+|next            = Oblivion (novel)
+}}{{prose stub}}
+'''''Walking to Babylon''''' is the seventy-first [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It features [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[the People]]. It was the third novel to be adapted by [[Big Finish Productions]] into a full cast audio story, which was released in [[November (releases)|November]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]].
-==Publisher's Summary==
+== Publisher's summary ==
-''''I'm scared of letting all these people down. Like the whole human race. At least if I get blown up as well, they can say I died heroically. Assuming I ever existed at all.''''
+''"I'm scared of letting all these people down. Like the whole human race. At least if I get blown up as well, they can say I died heroically. Assuming I ever existed at all."''
-When Bernice Summerfield visits the People -- an incredibly advanced civilisation living in a Dyson Sphere -- she discovers that even in utopia they still have their problems.
+When [[Bernice Summerfield]] visits [[the People]] — an incredibly advanced civilisation living in a [[Dyson sphere|Dyson Sphere]] — she discovers that even in utopia, they still have their problems.
-An illegal time travel experiment threatens a war which could destroy them all. Rather than risk it, the People and their ultra-powerful computer, God, are prepared to eradicate the source of the problem -- the ancient city of Babylon. But such action would involve the death of a quarter of a million human beings, and do incalculable damage to Earth's history.
+An illegal time travel experiment threatens a war which could destroy them all. Rather than risk it, the People and their ultra-powerful computer, [[God (The Also People)|God]], are prepared to eradicate the source of the problem — the ancient city of [[Babylon]]. But such action would involve the death of a quarter of a million human beings, and do incalculable damage to [[Earth]]'s history.
-Babylon -- and the human race -- have one hope. Benny returns to the cradle of civilisation to try and stop the interference. She has just one week to prevent a catastrophe that could mean she will never be born. Her only assistance comes from a Victorian linguist who has stumbled across the experiment himself. But he's no help at all -- even though he has a power neither of them suspects.
+Babylon — and the [[human]] race — have one hope. Benny returns to the cradle of civilisation to try and stop the interference. She has just one week to prevent a catastrophe that could mean she will never be born. Her only assistance comes from a Victorian linguist who has stumbled across the experiment himself. But he's no help at all — even though he has a power neither of them suspects.
-==Characters==
+== Chapter titles ==
-[[Bernice Summerfield]]
+* Chapter 0: An Invitation From God
+* Chapter 1: In Too Deep
+* Chapter 2: Basket Case
+* Chapter 3: Language
+* Chapter 4: The Party's Over
+* Chapter 5: Past Shock
+* Chapter 6: The Evening After the Afternoon Before
+* Chapter 7: Head Above Water
+* Chapter 8: The Shortest-Lived Profession
+* Chapter 9: Helpless
+* Chapter 10: Looking
+* Chapter 11: The Plan
+* Chapter 12: Rain and Snow
+* Chapter 13: Walking on Home
-[[God (Worldsphere)|God]]
+== Plot ==
-* Speaks through Benny’s porter [[Joseph]].
+''to be added''
-[[John Lafayette]]
+== Characters ==
-* Is a [[time sensitive]] and thus was able to walk [[The Path]].
+* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
+* [[God (The Also People)|God]]
+* [[John Lafayette]]
+* [[Clarence]]
+* [[Cin-ta!x]]
+* [[Ninan]] (High Princess)
+* [[WiRgo!xu]]
+* [[!Ci!ci-tel]]
+* [[!qu-!qu-tala]]
-[[Clarence]]
+== Worldbuilding ==
-* Collects Benny from St Oscar’s.
+=== Biology ===
+* Bernice once had [[sex]] with some [[Citdbtbed]]s by shaking hands with them.
-[[Cin-ta!x]]
+=== Groups ===
-* Spokesperson for the [[Temporal Interest Group]].
+* Several Interest Groups are mentioned, including the [[Obscure and Unlikely Civilisations Interest Group]], the [[Abnormal Psychology Interest Group]], the [[Weird Aviation Interest Group]], the [[Seriously Primitive Societies Interest Group]], the [[Apathy Interest Group]], the [[Wilderness Gardening Interest Group]], the [[Temporal Interest Group]], the [[Interpersonal Dynamics Interest Group]], the [[Weapons Development Interest Group]], the [[Primitive Cooking Interest Group]], the [[Freak Accidents Interest Group]], the [[Ke Chedani Interest Group]], the [[Immortality Through Not Pissing Off God Interest Group]], the [[Solar Mechanics Interest Group]], the [[Creative Writing Interest Group]], and the [[Celibacy Interest Group]].
+* [[Cin-ta!x]] is a spokesperson for the Temporal Interest Group.
-[[Ninan]] (High Princess)
+=== Individuals ===
-* Basically the head whore.
+* [[God (The Also People)|God]] speaks through Benny's porter [[Joseph (Oh No It Isn't!)|Joseph]].
-* But she was a virgin (giving herself only to the gods).
+* [[Clarence]] collects Benny from [[St Oscar's University|St Oscar's]].
+* [[!qu-!qu-tala]] is a [[drone]] accompanying !Ci!ci-tel and WiRgo!xu. The drone is also a veteran of the war.
-[[WiRgo!xu]]
+=== Literature ===
-*  Is a veteran of the People’s war with ‘them’.
+* Bernice Summerfield is studying some [[D'nasian]] poetry.
-[[!Ci!ci-tel]]
+=== Planets ===
-*  Is a veteran of the People’s war with ‘them’.
+* Bernice mentions the planet [[Jalkejai]].
-* Aged to death by temporal energy stored in John Lafayette.
-[[!qu-!qu-tala]]
-* The drone accompanying !Ci!ci-tel and WiRgo!xu, the drone is also a veteran of the war.
-==References==
-* [[The People]] can’t develop [[Time travel]] because of their treaty with the [[Time Lords]].
-* [[Temporal Flexibility]] is the ability build up in frequent time travelers to not store up potential temporal energy (as a result of some forms of time travel).
+=== Time travel ===
+* [[The People]] can't develop [[time travel]] because of their [[Time Lord-People Treaty|treaty]] with the [[Time Lord]]s.
+* [[John Lafayette]] is a [[Time sensitivity|time sensitive]] and thus was able to walk the [[Time Path]].
+* [[Temporal Flexibility]] is the ability to store up potential temporal energy (as a result of some forms of time travel).
 * [[The Path]] is an unstable temporal path leading back to ancient Babylon.
+=== Weapons ===
 * The People decide to send back a [[Singularity Bomb]] to shut down the path, which would also destroy Babylon.
+== Notes ==
+* This novel was adapted into an audio story by [[Big Finish Productions]] by [[Jacqueline Rayner]]. (see [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon (audio story)|Walking to Babylon]]'')
-==Notes==
+== Continuity ==
-* This novel was adapted for Big Finish by [[Jacqueline Rayner]].
+* The People first appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]''.
+* Benny agreed to become an agent of the People in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]''.
-==Continuity==
+* The People make a deal regarding time travel in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]''.
-* The People first appeared in [[The Also People]].
+* Benny tells the story of her solo dig on [[Capella Four]]. This was first mentioned in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Parasite (novel)|Parasite]]'' and expanded upon in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Steal from the World (short story)|Steal from the World]]''.
-* Benny agreed to become an agent of The People in [[Oh No It Isn't!]].
-==External Links==
+== External links ==
-[http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na71.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: Walking to Babylon]
+{{dwrefguide|who_na71.htm|Walking to Babylon}}
+* {{whoniverse|na71|Walking to Babylon}}
+* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/walk.htm The Cloister Library: '''Walking to Babylon''']
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+[[Category:Novels set on Dellah]]