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|image = The Face of the Enemy.jpg | |image = The Face of the Enemy.jpg | ||
|series = | |series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | ||
|number = 7 | |number = 7 | ||
|main character = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The | |main character = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]], {{Delgado|c}} | ||
|featuring = Ian Chesterton | |featuring = Ian Chesterton | ||
|featuring2 = Barbara Wright | |featuring2 = Barbara Wright | ||
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|featuring4 = John Benton | |featuring4 = John Benton | ||
|featuring5 = Tom Osgood | |featuring5 = Tom Osgood | ||
| | |featuring6 = Carol Bell{{!}}Bell | ||
|enemy = [[The Conclave]], [[Republican Security Forces]] | |||
|setting = [[Earth]], [[1970s]] | |setting = [[Earth]], [[1970s]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = David A. McIntee | ||
|publisher = BBC Books | |publisher = BBC Books | ||
|release date = | |release date = 5 January 1998 | ||
|format = Paperback Book; 22 Chapters, 288 Pages | |format = Paperback Book; 22 Chapters, 288 Pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-40580-5 | |isbn = ISBN 0-563-40580-5 | ||
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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''The Doctor and Jo have gone off in the TARDIS, leaving the Brigadier and UNIT facing a deadly mystery — and a moral dilemma...'' | ''[[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant|Jo]] have gone off in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], leaving [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] and [[UNIT]] facing a deadly mystery — and a moral dilemma...'' | ||
Robbery and murder are on the increase in Britain as disputes between underworld gangs escalate into open warfare on the streets. The Master seems inextricably linked to the chaos — despite the fact he is safely under lock and key. | Robbery and murder are on the increase in [[Britain]] as disputes between underworld gangs escalate into open warfare on the streets. [[The Master (Terror of the Autons)|The Master]] seems inextricably linked to the chaos — despite the fact he is safely under lock and key. | ||
Meanwhile UNIT is called in when a plane missing in strange circumstances is rediscovered — contaminated with radiation and particle damage that cannot possibly have occurred on Earth. | Meanwhile UNIT is called in when a plane missing in strange circumstances is rediscovered — contaminated with [[radiation]] and particle damage that cannot possibly have occurred on [[Earth]]. | ||
As the mystery deepens, what little light they can shed on the matter leads the Brigadier to believe that with the Doctor away, Earth's only hope may lie with its greatest enemy... | As the mystery deepens, what little light they can shed on the matter leads [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] to believe that with the Doctor away, Earth's only hope may lie with its greatest enemy... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* {{Delgado|c}} | * {{Delgado|c}} | ||
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] | * [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] | ||
* [[Mike Yates]] | * [[Mike Yates|Captain Mike Yates]] | ||
* [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]] | |||
* [[Ian Chesterton]] | * [[Ian Chesterton]] | ||
* [[Barbara Wright|Barbara Wright Chesterton]] | * [[Barbara Wright|Barbara Wright Chesterton]] | ||
* [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]] | * [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]] | ||
* [[Osgood | * [[Tom Osgood|Sergeant Osgood]] | ||
* [[Carol Bell|Corporal Bell]] | * [[Carol Bell|Corporal Bell]] | ||
* [[Harry Sullivan]] | * [[Harry Sullivan]] | ||
* [[Bennetts]] | * [[Bennetts]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Beresford]] | ||
* [[Carswell (The Face of the Enemy)|Carswell]] | * [[Carswell (The Face of the Enemy)|Carswell]] | ||
* [[Frederick Jackson]] | * [[Frederick Jackson]] | ||
* [[George Boucher]] | * [[George Boucher|Detective Inspector George Boucher]] | ||
* [[George Boucher (Inferno Earth)|Company Leader George Boucher]] | |||
* [[Joseph Barron]] | * [[Joseph Barron]] | ||
* [[Marianne Kyle]] | * [[Marianne Kyle]] | ||
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* [[Williams (The Face of the Enemy)|Williams]] | * [[Williams (The Face of the Enemy)|Williams]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* Ian and Barbara's [[son]] [[Johnny Chess|John]] is in primary school. | * Ian and Barbara's [[son]] [[Johnny Chess|John]] is in primary school. | ||
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* The Brigadier is now divorced from [[Fiona Lethbridge-Stewart|his wife]]. | * The Brigadier is now divorced from [[Fiona Lethbridge-Stewart|his wife]]. | ||
* The Doctor has tutored the Brigadier in how to disable a [[Time Lord]], just in case someone needs to stop the Master again. | * The Doctor has tutored the Brigadier in how to disable a [[Time Lord]], just in case someone needs to stop the Master again. | ||
* Jo and Benton are not fans of [[Woody Allen]]. Benton prefers the ''[[Carry On]]'' | * Jo and Benton are not fans of [[Woody Allen]]. Benton prefers the ''[[Carry On]]'' films. | ||
=== The Master === | === The Master === | ||
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=== Inferno Earth individuals === | === Inferno Earth individuals === | ||
* [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]] still works for the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] with [[Ailla (Inferno Earth)|Ailla]], who has already died at the hands of [[the Conclave]] and the Republican Security Forces. | * [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]] still works for the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] with [[Ailla (Inferno Earth)|Ailla]], who has already died at the hands of [[the Conclave]] and the Republican Security Forces. | ||
* Koschei was tortured to the point where he has run out of [[regeneration]]s. | |||
* The Conclave has access to space travel thanks to studying [[Bannerman]] ships. | |||
=== Foods and beverages === | |||
* The Master drinks [[absinthe]] and [[brandy]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story occurs concurrent with the Doctor and Jo's visit to [[Peladon]] in the television story ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]''. | * This story occurs concurrent with the Doctor and Jo's visit to [[Peladon]] in the television story ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]''. | ||
* This story re-examines the events of the television story ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'', and shows the after-effects of the "[[Inferno Project]]" at [[Eastchester]] on the alternate Earth which, contrary to the Doctor's assumption in that story, has not disintegrated, but has been devastated beyond recovery. | * This story re-examines the events of the television story ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'', and shows the after-effects of the "[[Inferno Project]]" at [[Eastchester]] on the alternate Earth which, contrary to the Doctor's assumption in that story, has not disintegrated, but has been devastated beyond recovery. | ||
* The Master's TARDIS is in the form of a black [[Rolls Royce Motors|Rolls-Royce]] [[limousine]] (with darkened windows) for much of the story. It takes the appearance of a thick bulkhead door when it materialises aboard HMS ''Redoubt''. When the Master sends his TARDIS to the cavern of the church at [[Devil's End]], it assumes the form of the Stone of Sacrifice; he is depicted recovering it in [[ | * The Master's TARDIS is in the form of a black [[Rolls Royce Motors|Rolls-Royce]] [[limousine]] (with darkened windows) for much of the story. It takes the appearance of a thick bulkhead door when it materialises aboard HMS ''Redoubt''. When the Master sends his TARDIS to the cavern of the church at [[Devil's End]], it assumes the form of the Stone of Sacrifice; he is depicted recovering it in the novel ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''. | ||
* After dying in a road accident, George Boucher is taken to the [[afterlife]] by his nephew Rob Thorpe, who had been killed earlier in the story. Making ''The Face of the Enemy'' one of a small number of officially licenced ''Doctor Who'' stories to explicitly touch on, if subtly, the concept of an afterlife with no scientific or pseudoscientific explanation. While it could be rationalised as Boucher hallucinating in his final moments, just seconds earlier he was still lucid enough to attempt to send a message to UNIT about the activities of the parallel Earth infiltrators. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Jo recalls her previous trip in the TARDIS to [[Uxarieus]] on [[23 March]] [[2472]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]'') | * Jo recalls her previous trip in the TARDIS to [[Uxarieus]] on [[23 March]] [[2472]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]'') | ||
* Ian and Barbara returned to Earth on [[26 June]] [[1965]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Travellers (novel)|The Time Travellers]]'') | * Ian and Barbara returned to Earth on [[26 June]] [[1965]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Travellers (novel)|The Time Travellers]]'') | ||
* Ian and Barbara are married. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'') | * Ian and Barbara are married. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera (novel)|Goth Opera]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'') | ||
* Ian and Barbara recall leaving [[Shoreditch]] in [[November]] [[1963]], ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') their first encounter with the [[Dalek]]s on [[Skaro]] and the trouble caused by the supposedly damaged [[fluid link]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') | * Ian and Barbara recall leaving [[Shoreditch]] in [[November]] [[1963]], ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') their first encounter with the [[Dalek]]s on [[Skaro]] and the trouble caused by the supposedly damaged [[fluid link]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') the search for the fault in the Doctor's TARDIS, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]'') the sandstorm in the [[Gobi Desert]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'') the [[Voord]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]'') the [[Aztec]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') flying in [[rocket]]s in the [[28th century]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'') being imprisoned in the Conciergerie Prison during the [[French Revolution]] in [[July]] [[1794]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'') being imprisoned in [[Salem Village|Salem]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Witch Hunters]]'') [[Roboman|Robomen]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') the city of [[Bikugih]] on [[Venus]] in [[BC|3,000,000 BC]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Venusian Lullaby (novel)|Venusian Lullaby]]'') lecherous [[Roman]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'') the [[Zarbi]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'') and jumping [[time track]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'') | ||
* Ian is aware of the [[Tzun]] from his time working with NASA and eventually recalls that the Master was said to be involved with them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'') | * Ian is aware of the [[Tzun]] from his time working with NASA and eventually recalls that the Master was said to be involved with them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'') | ||
* The Master was remanded in [[Stangmoor Prison]] prior to his trial. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Freedom (short story)|Freedom]]'') | * The Master was remanded in [[Stangmoor Prison]] prior to his trial. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Freedom (short story)|Freedom]]'') | ||
* The Brigadier vaguely remembers attending a briefing on the [[Chameleon (humanoid)|Chameleons]], whose attempt to invade Earth on [[20 July]] [[1966]] was foiled by the [[Second Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'') | * The Brigadier vaguely remembers attending a briefing on the [[Chameleon (humanoid)|Chameleons]], whose attempt to invade Earth on [[20 July]] [[1966]] was foiled by the [[Second Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'') | ||
* Marianne Kyle is aware of the Master's [[The Master's aliases|former aliases of Colonel Masters and Professor Emil Keller]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'') | * Marianne Kyle is aware of the Master's [[The Master's aliases|former aliases]] of Colonel Masters and Professor [[Emil Keller]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'') | ||
* In the parallel universe, the [[Republican Security Forces]] of the Republic of Great Britain battled a group of [[Bannermen]], from whom they obtained artificial gravity and fast drive technology, in [[Wales]] in [[1959]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'') | * In the parallel universe, the [[Republican Security Forces]] of the Republic of Great Britain battled a group of [[Bannermen]], from whom they obtained artificial gravity and fast drive technology, in [[Wales]] in [[1959]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'') | ||
* In the parallel universe, it was the Master's counterpart [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]] who defeated the [[Robot Yeti]] and the [[Great Intelligence]] earlier in the [[1970s]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') | * In the parallel universe, it was the Master's counterpart [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]] who defeated the [[Robot Yeti]] and the [[Great Intelligence]] earlier in the [[1970s]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:12, 16 January 2024
The Face of the Enemy was the seventh novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by David A. McIntee, released 5 January 1998 and featured the Master.
It was the first full length novel published by BBC books which does not feature the Doctor as the main character or in the story at all. It features primarily the Master in the lead role, whilst also featuring two previous companions, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor and Jo have gone off in the TARDIS, leaving the Brigadier and UNIT facing a deadly mystery — and a moral dilemma...
Robbery and murder are on the increase in Britain as disputes between underworld gangs escalate into open warfare on the streets. The Master seems inextricably linked to the chaos — despite the fact he is safely under lock and key.
Meanwhile UNIT is called in when a plane missing in strange circumstances is rediscovered — contaminated with radiation and particle damage that cannot possibly have occurred on Earth.
As the mystery deepens, what little light they can shed on the matter leads the Brigadier to believe that with the Doctor away, Earth's only hope may lie with its greatest enemy...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Master
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- Captain Mike Yates
- Sergeant Benton
- Ian Chesterton
- Barbara Wright Chesterton
- Koschei
- Sergeant Osgood
- Corporal Bell
- Harry Sullivan
- Bennetts
- Beresford
- Carswell
- Frederick Jackson
- Detective Inspector George Boucher
- Company Leader George Boucher
- Joseph Barron
- Marianne Kyle
- Rob Thorpe
- Ross Grant
- Voshinin
- Williams
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Ian and Barbara's son John is in primary school.
- Ian and Barbara eloped on the first anniversary of their returning to Earth.
- Ian and Barbara required treatment from their exposure to radiation on Skaro.
- Ian and Barbara are writing a journal to leave for Susan in 2167.
- Barbara teaches history at a local comprehensive school.
- The Brigadier meets Surgeon-Lieutenant Harry Sullivan for the first time.
- The Brigadier is now divorced from his wife.
- The Doctor has tutored the Brigadier in how to disable a Time Lord, just in case someone needs to stop the Master again.
- Jo and Benton are not fans of Woody Allen. Benton prefers the Carry On films.
The Master[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Following his arrest in Devil's End, the Master is held in Aylesbury Grange Detention Centre.
- The Master is prepared to work with UNIT as long as it benefits him.
- He takes action against the government of the Republic of Great Britain because of how they treated his parallel self.
Inferno Earth individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Koschei still works for the Celestial Intervention Agency with Ailla, who has already died at the hands of the Conclave and the Republican Security Forces.
- Koschei was tortured to the point where he has run out of regenerations.
- The Conclave has access to space travel thanks to studying Bannerman ships.
Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story occurs concurrent with the Doctor and Jo's visit to Peladon in the television story The Curse of Peladon.
- This story re-examines the events of the television story Inferno, and shows the after-effects of the "Inferno Project" at Eastchester on the alternate Earth which, contrary to the Doctor's assumption in that story, has not disintegrated, but has been devastated beyond recovery.
- The Master's TARDIS is in the form of a black Rolls-Royce limousine (with darkened windows) for much of the story. It takes the appearance of a thick bulkhead door when it materialises aboard HMS Redoubt. When the Master sends his TARDIS to the cavern of the church at Devil's End, it assumes the form of the Stone of Sacrifice; he is depicted recovering it in the novel The Eight Doctors.
- After dying in a road accident, George Boucher is taken to the afterlife by his nephew Rob Thorpe, who had been killed earlier in the story. Making The Face of the Enemy one of a small number of officially licenced Doctor Who stories to explicitly touch on, if subtly, the concept of an afterlife with no scientific or pseudoscientific explanation. While it could be rationalised as Boucher hallucinating in his final moments, just seconds earlier he was still lucid enough to attempt to send a message to UNIT about the activities of the parallel Earth infiltrators.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jo recalls her previous trip in the TARDIS to Uxarieus on 23 March 2472. (TV: Colony in Space)
- Ian and Barbara returned to Earth on 26 June 1965. (TV: The Chase, PROSE: The Time Travellers)
- Ian and Barbara are married. (PROSE: Goth Opera, COMIC: Hunters of the Burning Stone)
- Ian and Barbara recall leaving Shoreditch in November 1963, (TV: An Unearthly Child) their first encounter with the Daleks on Skaro and the trouble caused by the supposedly damaged fluid link, (TV: The Daleks) the search for the fault in the Doctor's TARDIS, (TV: The Edge of Destruction) the sandstorm in the Gobi Desert, (TV: Marco Polo) the Voords, (TV: The Keys of Marinus) the Aztecs, (TV: The Aztecs) flying in rockets in the 28th century, (TV: The Sensorites) being imprisoned in the Conciergerie Prison during the French Revolution in July 1794, (TV: The Reign of Terror) being imprisoned in Salem, (PROSE: The Witch Hunters) Robomen, (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth) the city of Bikugih on Venus in 3,000,000 BC, (PROSE: Venusian Lullaby) lecherous Romans, (TV: The Romans) the Zarbi (TV: The Web Planet) and jumping time tracks. (TV: The Space Museum)
- Ian is aware of the Tzun from his time working with NASA and eventually recalls that the Master was said to be involved with them. (PROSE: First Frontier)
- The Master was remanded in Stangmoor Prison prior to his trial. (PROSE: Freedom)
- The Brigadier vaguely remembers attending a briefing on the Chameleons, whose attempt to invade Earth on 20 July 1966 was foiled by the Second Doctor. (TV: The Faceless Ones)
- Marianne Kyle is aware of the Master's former aliases of Colonel Masters and Professor Emil Keller. (TV: Terror of the Autons, The Mind of Evil)
- In the parallel universe, the Republican Security Forces of the Republic of Great Britain battled a group of Bannermen, from whom they obtained artificial gravity and fast drive technology, in Wales in 1959. (TV: Delta and the Bannermen)
- In the parallel universe, it was the Master's counterpart Koschei who defeated the Robot Yeti and the Great Intelligence earlier in the 1970s. (TV: The Web of Fear)
- While he was posted at the Faslane submarine base, Harry was occasionally visited by Esther Bland, the sister of his close friend Teddy Bland. (PROSE: Harry Sullivan's War)
- Anne Travers is now working at Whitehall. (TV: The Web of Fear, PROSE: Millennial Rites)
- The Brigadier mentions Professor Rachel Jensen. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Face of the Enemy at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: The Face of the Enemy at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: The Face of the Enemy
- Doctor Who Bewildering Reference Guide to The Face of the Enemy, with notes from David A. McIntee
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