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|image= NA039 originalsin.jpg | |image= NA039 originalsin.jpg | ||
|adapted into = Original Sin (audio story) | |adapted into = Original Sin (audio story) | ||
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] | |series = [[Virgin New Adventures]] | ||
|range = Virgin New Adventures | |||
|number in range = 39 | |||
|number= 39 | |number= 39 | ||
|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]] | ||
|enemy= [[Tobias Vaughn]] | |enemy= [[Tobias Vaughn]] | ||
|setting= {{il|[[London|Spaceport 5 Overcity]], [[Earth]], [[ | |setting= {{il|[[London|Spaceport 5 Overcity]], [[Earth]], [[2975]]|[[Purgatory (planet)|Purgatory]], [[2975]]|[[Oolis]], [[2975]]|[[Dis]], [[2975]]}} | ||
|writer= | |writer= Andy Lane | ||
|cover= [[Tony Masero]] | |cover= [[Tony Masero]] | ||
|publisher= Virgin Books | |publisher= Virgin Books | ||
|release date= | |release date= 15 June 1995 | ||
|format= Paperback Book; 19 Chapters, 320 Pages | |format= Paperback Book; 19 Chapters, 320 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20444-1 | |isbn= ISBN 0-426-20444-1 | ||
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}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
{{you may|original sin|n1=the religious concept|Original Sin (audio story)|n2=the audio story}} | {{you may|original sin|n1=the religious concept|Original Sin (audio story)|n2=the audio story}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is the thirty-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel, first published in [[1995 (releases)|1995]]. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] and introduced new | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is the thirty-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel, first published in [[1995 (releases)|1995]]. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] and introduced two new [[companion]]s, [[Adjudicator]]s [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''"I'm playing with a [[fire]] so dangerous I could scorch eternity."'' | ''"I'm playing with a [[fire]] so dangerous I could scorch [[eternity]]."'' | ||
The last words of a dying alien send [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] to [[30th century|thirtieth-century]] [[Earth]] in an attempt to avert an unspecified disaster. Before they can even unpack they've been | The last words of a dying alien send [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] to [[30th century|thirtieth-century]] [[Earth]] in an attempt to avert an unspecified disaster. Before they can even unpack they've been [[arrest]]ed by the [[Guild of Adjudicators|Adjudicators]] and [[Death sentence|sentenced]] to [[death]] by the [[Imperial Landsknechte|Imperial army]]. Their attempts to prove their innocence take them from the mosaic planet [[Purgatory (planet)|Purgatory]] to a [[prison]] inside a [[star]]. | ||
Meanwhile, Adjudicators [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]] have their own problems. Investigating a series of apparently motiveless | Meanwhile, Adjudicators [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]] have their own problems. Investigating a series of apparently motiveless [[murder]]s, they have stumbled upon a [[conspiracy]] with [[Evil|sinister]] overtones. On the run and out of [[luck]], the only [[people]] they can turn to are their chief suspects: the Doctor and Bernice. | ||
And as they run, someone is watching them. Someone who knows the Doctor of old... | And as they [[Running|run]], [[Tobias Vaughn|someone]] is watching them. Someone who knows [[Second Doctor|the Doctor of old]]... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Avenging Injustice|Avenging Injustice And Burning With Ire]] | * [[Avenging Injustice|Avenging Injustice And Burning With Ire]] | ||
* [[Chris Cwej's mother]] | * [[Chris Cwej's mother]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Volsted Kornbluth Cwej]] | ||
* [[Helen Kristiansen|Divine Empress]] | |||
* [[Shythe Shahid]] | |||
* [[Evan Claple]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Krohg]] is the control nexus for the ''Skel'Ske''. | * [[Krohg]] is the control nexus for the ''Skel'Ske''. | ||
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=== Laws === | === Laws === | ||
* The [[ | * The [[Data Protection Act]] was created in [[2820]], and amended in [[2945]]. | ||
=== Locations === | === Locations === | ||
* [[Overcity|Overcities]] are large tower blocks the size of cities which have large anti-grav engines allowing them to hover over the [[undercity]] below. | * [[Overcity|Overcities]] are large tower blocks the size of cities which have large anti-grav engines allowing them to hover over the [[undercity]] below. | ||
* The [[Imperial Landsknechte]] headquarters are on [[Purgatory]]. | * The [[Imperial Landsknechte]] headquarters are on [[Purgatory (planet)|Purgatory]]. | ||
* The prison planet [[Dis]] is inside the [[photosphere]] of a [[red giant]]. | * The prison planet [[Dis]] is inside the [[photosphere]] of a [[red giant]]. | ||
* The [[Second Doctor]] and his companions moved on to "the [[Braxiatel Collection|Collection]] and that nasty business with the [[Bookworm]]s." after defeating Vaughn and the Cybermen. | * The [[Second Doctor]] and his companions moved on to "the [[Braxiatel Collection|Collection]] and that nasty business with the [[Bookworm]]s." after defeating Vaughn and the Cybermen. | ||
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* The Zygons tried to flood Earth in [[2765]]. | * The Zygons tried to flood Earth in [[2765]]. | ||
* Cwej wonders whether the ''Skel'Ske'' is of [[Dravidian]], [[Shlangiian]] or [[Antonine]] design. | * Cwej wonders whether the ''Skel'Ske'' is of [[Dravidian]], [[Shlangiian]] or [[Antonine]] design. | ||
=== Vehicles === | |||
* An Adjudicator vehicle is a [[flitter]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story is set a few years following the [[Wars of Acquisition]]. | * This story is set a few years following the [[Wars of Acquisition]]. | ||
* An [[Original Sin (audio story)|audio adaptation]] was released by [[Big Finish Productions]] in [[2016 (releases)|2016]]. | |||
* Andy Lane originally pitched the story to [[Virgin Books]] for their ''[[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]]'' line, where it would have been a [[Third Doctor]] story called ''Broken Heroes''. However, Lane remarked, it "mutated along the way."<ref>[https://davidj.richardson.name/drwho/prose_interview_andylane.html David J. Richardson interview of Andy Lane for ''Sonic Screwdriver'' #86 (September 1994)]</ref> | |||
* Vaughn talks of the Cybermen from ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' as possessing a means of [[time travel]]. This was not established in ''The Invasion'', but ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'', released [[1997 (releases)|two years later]], established the invasion force as originating from the [[30th century]]. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Vaughn scavenged Cyberman bodies from [[1985]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'') | * The Doctor promised to take Bernice to see the [[Oolian]]s of [[Oolis]] at the end of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]''. | ||
* The manner in which the Divine Empress is hooked into the computer system is extremely similar to the [[Controller (Bad Wolf)|Controller]] in [[TV]]: | * Vaughn survived the destruction of his original body. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') He scavenged Cyberman bodies from [[1985]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') [[1986]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') and the post-[[Cyber-Wars]] period. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
* The manner in which the Divine Empress is hooked into the computer system is extremely similar to the [[Controller (Bad Wolf)|Controller]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Bad Wolf (TV story)}}. | |||
* The Divine Empress reappears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]''. | * The Divine Empress reappears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]''. | ||
* Vaughn funded: | * Vaughn funded: | ||
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*: [[Whitaker (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)|Whitaker]]'s [[time scoop]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') | *: [[Whitaker (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)|Whitaker]]'s [[time scoop]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') | ||
*: [[J.P. Kettlewell|Professor Kettlewell's]] researches ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'') | *: [[J.P. Kettlewell|Professor Kettlewell's]] researches ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'') | ||
*: [[Glittergun]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'') | *: The [[Glittergun]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
* The Doctor says that [[Romanadvoratrelundar|Romana]] tried out various genetic configurations before she settled on one. ([[TV]] : ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') | * The Doctor says that [[Romanadvoratrelundar|Romana]] tried out various genetic configurations before she settled on one. ([[TV]] : ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The Doctor remembers a cave on [[Metebelis Three]] and the radiation sleeting through his body. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') | * The Doctor remembers a cave on [[Metebelis Three]] and the radiation sleeting through his body. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') | ||
* The Doctor sees a "[[The Valeyard|dark figure]]" in his thoughts with "burning eyes raking at him from beneath a black skull cap". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'') | * The Doctor sees a "[[The Valeyard|dark figure]]" in his thoughts with "burning eyes raking at him from beneath a black skull cap". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'') | ||
* The Doctor quotes the [[Armageddon Convention]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'') | * The Doctor quotes the [[Armageddon Convention]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'') | ||
== Illustrations == | |||
* Includes two illustrations by [[Tony Masero]]. A colour version of the end piece is shown in [[DWM 252]]. | |||
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | |||
Original Sin frontispiece.jpg|Frontispiece | |||
Chris and Roz casual.jpg|End piece | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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* {{whoniverse|na39|Original Sin}} | * {{whoniverse|na39|Original Sin}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/orig.htm The Cloister Library: '''Original Sin'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/orig.htm The Cloister Library: '''Original Sin'''] | ||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Bernice Summerfield | |||
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[[Category:Seventh Doctor novels]] | [[Category:Seventh Doctor novels]] | ||
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[[Category:Novels set on Earth]] | [[Category:Novels set on Earth]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 2975]] | [[Category:Stories set in 2975]] | ||
[[Category:The Valeyard novels]] |