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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]], [[2975]]|[[Purgatory]], [[2975]]|[[Oolis]], [[2975]]|[[Dis]], [[2975]]}} | |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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'''''{{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]] | * [[Helen Kristiansen|Divine Empress]] | ||
* [[Shythe Shahid]] | * [[Shythe Shahid]] | ||
* [[Evan Claple]] | * [[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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=== 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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== 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 == | ||
* The Doctor promised to take Bernice to see the [[Oolian]]s of [[Oolis]] at the end of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]''. | * The Doctor promised to take Bernice to see the [[Oolian]]s of [[Oolis]] at the end of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]''. | ||
* Vaughn scavenged Cyberman bodies from [[1985]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'') | * 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]]: | * 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]]. | |||
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Original Sin frontispiece.jpg|Frontispiece | |||
Chris and Roz casual.jpg|End piece | |||
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== 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'''] | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:31, 6 February 2024
- You may be looking for the religious concept or the audio story.
Original Sin is the thirty-ninth New Adventures novel, first published in 1995. It featured the Seventh Doctor and Bernice Summerfield and introduced two new companions, Adjudicators Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
"I'm playing with a fire so dangerous I could scorch eternity."
The last words of a dying alien send the Doctor and Bernice to thirtieth-century Earth in an attempt to avert an unspecified disaster. Before they can even unpack they've been arrested by the Adjudicators and sentenced to death by the Imperial army. Their attempts to prove their innocence take them from the mosaic 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 murders, they have stumbled upon a conspiracy with 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...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Seventh Doctor
- Bernice Summerfield
- Christopher Rodonanté Cwej
- Roslyn "Sarah" Forrester
- Professor Zebulon Pryce
- Tobias Vaughn
- Fenn Martle
- Provost-Major Beltempest
- Doc Dantalion
- Annie Falvoriss
- Olias
- Homeless Forsaken Betrayed and Alone
- Powerless Friendless And Scattered Through Space
- Hater of Humans And Leader Of Hith
- Hopeless Itinerant Taking The Blame
- Dweller In Sorrow Abandoned And Lost
- Waiting For Justice And Dreaming Of Home
- Avenging Injustice And Burning With Ire
- Chris Cwej's mother
- Volsted Kornbluth Cwej
- Divine Empress
- Shythe Shahid
- Evan Claple
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Krohg is the control nexus for the Skel'Ske.
Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Chris had a body bepple so that he looked like a teddy bear.
Colleges and universities[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Pryce is a member of the University of Sallas.
- Chris Cwej's father graduated from Ponten IV in 2905.
Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Chris made (and painted) model spaceships when he was young.
Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor enjoys lapsang souchong tea.
Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Vaughn has kept himself "alive" using Cyberman technology and also funded the BOSS, Professor Kettlewell and the National Institute for Advanced Scientific Research's robotics research and also Whitaker's Time Scoop.
- Lady Genniploritreludar taught the Doctor stellar engineering at the Academy.
- The Divine Empress rules the Empire from her palace orbiting Saturn.
- The Master frequently used regeneration as a disguise.
Laws[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Data Protection Act was created in 2820, and amended in 2945.
Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]
- 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 prison planet Dis is inside the photosphere of a red giant.
- The Second Doctor and his companions moved on to "the Collection and that nasty business with the Bookworms." after defeating Vaughn and the Cybermen.
Organisations[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Guild of Adjudicators is over 800 years old.
Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Roz spent two years training on Ponten IV.
- There is fighting on Murtaugh and Heaven.
- Dweller In Sorrow works in a fast food restaurant on Alpha Centauri.
- Florana is now a waste planet and Metebelis III is a desert wasteland.
- The Imperial fleet stamp out an insurrection on Jallafillia.
Psychology[[edit] | [edit source]]
Spacecraft[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Hith experimental craft Skel'Ske uses icarons to enter hyperspace.
- The Doctor has memorised the names, shapes and registration details of Dalek, Sess, Scumble, Drahvin and Falardi spacecraft.
- The Daleks piloted a time ship to Ghana in 1995.
Species[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Bernice sees Arcturans, Alpha Centaurans, Thrillps and Foamasi among the offworlders visiting Earth.
- An Earth Reptile band plays at a bar in Spaceport Eight Seacity.
- Hater of Humans will buy weapons from Draconians, Daleks, the Usurians, the Ook, and the Cimliss to help regain Hithis.
- Vaughn protected Earth from Daleks, Jullatii, Cybermen, Draconians, Chelonians, Ice Warriors, Sess, Kraals, Nestenes, Greld and Zygons.
- The Zygons tried to flood Earth in 2765.
- Cwej wonders whether the Skel'Ske is of Dravidian, Shlangiian or Antonine design.
Vehicles[[edit] | [edit source]]
- An Adjudicator vehicle is a flitter.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story is set a few years following the Wars of Acquisition.
- An audio adaptation was released by Big Finish Productions in 2016.
- Andy Lane originally pitched the story to Virgin Books for their Missing Adventures line, where it would have been a Third Doctor story called Broken Heroes. However, Lane remarked, it "mutated along the way."[1]
- Vaughn talks of the Cybermen from The Invasion as possessing a means of time travel. This was not established in The Invasion, but Illegal Alien, released two years later, established the invasion force as originating from the 30th century.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor promised to take Bernice to see the Oolians of Oolis at the end of PROSE: Human Nature.
- Vaughn survived the destruction of his original body. (TV: The Invasion) He scavenged Cyberman bodies from 1985, (TV: Attack of the Cybermen) 1986 (TV: The Tenth Planet) and the post-Cyber-Wars period. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen)
- The manner in which the Divine Empress is hooked into the computer system is extremely similar to the Controller in TV: Bad Wolf [+]Loading...["Bad Wolf (TV story)"].
- The Divine Empress reappears in PROSE: So Vile a Sin.
- Vaughn funded:
- BOSS (TV: The Green Death)
- Whitaker's time scoop (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)
- Professor Kettlewell's researches (TV: Robot)
- The Glittergun (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen)
- The Doctor says that Romana tried out various genetic configurations before she settled on one. (TV : Destiny of the Daleks)
- The Doctor remembers a cave on Metebelis Three and the radiation sleeting through his body. (TV: Planet of the Spiders)
- The Doctor sees a "dark figure" in his thoughts with "burning eyes raking at him from beneath a black skull cap". (TV: The Ultimate Foe)
- The Doctor quotes the Armageddon Convention. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass)
Illustrations[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Includes two illustrations by Tony Masero. A colour version of the end piece is shown in DWM 252.
Frontispiece
End piece
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Original Sin at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Original Sin at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: Original Sin
