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|image = SkyPoint.jpg | |image = SkyPoint.jpg | ||
|series = [[BBC Torchwood novels]] | |series = [[BBC Torchwood novels]] | ||
|number = 8 | |number = 8 | ||
|main character = [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] | |main character = [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] | ||
|featuring = Rhys Williams | |||
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|enemy = [[Besnik Lucca]], [[Mr Pickles]] | |enemy = [[Besnik Lucca]], [[Mr Pickles]] | ||
|setting | |setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2008]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Phil Ford | ||
|publisher = BBC Books | |publisher = BBC Books | ||
|release date = | |release date = 20 November 2008 | ||
|format = Hardcover Book, | |format = Hardcover Book, 256 pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 1-84607-575-0 | |isbn = ISBN 1-84607-575-0 | ||
|prev = Pack Animals (novel) | |prev = Pack Animals (novel) | ||
|next = Almost Perfect (novel) | |next = Almost Perfect (novel) | ||
}} | }}{{Prose stub}} | ||
'''''SkyPoint''''' was the eighth release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series. It was the final novel to feature [[Owen Harper]] and [[Toshiko Sato]]. | '''''SkyPoint''''' was the eighth release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series. It was the final novel to feature [[Owen Harper]] and [[Toshiko Sato]]. | ||
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* [[Alison Lloyd]] | * [[Alison Lloyd]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Rhys and Gwen have just returned from their ten-day honeymoon to [[Cuba]]. | * Rhys and Gwen have just returned from their ten-day honeymoon to [[Cuba]]. | ||
* Owen hears [[Evanescence]] playing from one of the flats in [[SkyPoint]]. | * Owen hears [[Evanescence]] playing from one of the flats in [[SkyPoint]]. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The novel takes place at the exact same time as the short story ''[[Plant Life (short story)|Plant Life]]'', both featuring Gwen's first day back to work after her honeymoon. In both Gwen tells Jack that she is retaining her name professionally. | * The novel takes place at the exact same time as the short story ''[[Plant Life (short story)|Plant Life]]'', both featuring Gwen's first day back to work after her honeymoon. In both Gwen tells Jack that she is retaining her name professionally. | ||
* This book is | * This book is set just over two weeks after ''Something Borrowed'', and Toshiko mentions that it's [[September]]. However the novel ''[[Pack Animals (novel)|Pack Animals]]'' takes place in early [[November]], just after Halloween, and is set before Gwen's wedding in ''Something Borrowed''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Gwen remembers getting pregnant on her hen night ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'') and the first time she saw a [[Weevil]] in the [[Cardiff Royal Infirmary|Royal Cardiff Infirmary]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') | * Gwen remembers getting pregnant on her hen night ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'') and the first time she saw a [[Weevil]] in the [[Cardiff Royal Infirmary|Royal Cardiff Infirmary]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') The reference is made to the fact that Rhys has encountered a few aliens in the past few months. ([[TV]]: ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]'', ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Harm's Way (short story)|Harm's Way]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Pack Animals (novel)|Pack Animals]]'') | ||
* Gwen suspects that Brian Shaw was taken by [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|the Rift]], a concept that is further explored in [[TV]]: ''[[Adrift (TV story)|Adrift]]''. | * Gwen suspects that Brian Shaw was taken by [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|the Rift]], a concept that is further explored in [[TV]]: ''[[Adrift (TV story)|Adrift]]''. | ||
* It has been two months since [[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'' and just under two weeks since [[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]''. | * It has been two months since [[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'' and just under two weeks since [[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]''. | ||
* Jack recalls his last day on the [[Boeshane Peninsula]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]'') | * Jack recalls his last day on the [[Boeshane Peninsula]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]'') | ||
* Jack remembers his first death, by [[Dalek]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') | * Jack remembers his first death, by [[Dalek]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') | ||
* Jack had visited SkyPoint. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Conspiracy (audio story)|The Conspiracy]]'') | |||
* The book mentions that Gwen and Rhys' honeymoon took place in [[Cuba]], despite it being placed in [[Paris]] in [[TV]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain (TV story)|From Out of the Rain]]''. | |||
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