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'''Aja'ib''' was a book of strange marvels which [[Sam Jones]] stole for [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] while on [[Hyspero]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress]]'')
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The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was a [[book]] from [[Hyspero]] which told a series of stories which had some similarities to the lives of [[the Doctor]] and [[Iris Wildthyme]]. To be more specific, the ''Aja'ib'' contained tales involving "[[paradox]]es, [[time travel]], [[mind control]], virtual selves, [[cloning]], regression, [[reincarnation]], talking [[vegetable]]s, [[cybernetics]], [[regeneration]], [[prolepsis]], [[analepsis]], alternative dimensional instabilities, [[metatextuality]], [[allegory]], [[satire]], [[fantasy]], [[revisionism]], [[cliche]]s, [[plagiarism]], and [[hoodwinkery]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bafflement and Devotion (short story)|Bafflement and Devotion]]'')


==Strange marvels in Aja'ib==
[[Sam Jones]] stole the book for the [[Eighth Doctor]] while on [[Hyspero]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'')
:''The following notes in brackets are educated guesses at which stories these apply to''


*In which the hapless hero travels to a [[Atlantis|city lost under the sea]], seduces the sea witch, kills the king and unleashes the power of the [[Chronovore|great white bird]] that controls the passing of [[time]]. (Which oddly enough is part of the plot of [[DW]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'')
[[Terrance (Enter Wildthyme)|Terrance]] stole the ''Aja'ib'' from Hyspero and kept it in the [[Great Big Book Exchange]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]'')
*''"'This is all about a [[The Master|terrible rogue]],' he said tutting. 'He calls up [[Azal|the devil]] in this story! Gives everyone [[Devil's End|the runaround]]. Then he draws [[Sea Devil|evil monsters]] from the sea. They have the heads of fish and the bodies of men. He enlists monsters and rogues and djinn to destroy his hated, [[Third Doctor|perfect brother]]. Who always -' the Doctor smiled - 'manages to escape scot-free.'...'Now he's sold his good brother to his worst enemy! [[Dalek|Iron automata]] possessed by evil spirits."'' (A mix of a few stories. [[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'' (calling up the Devil), [[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' (heads of fish bodies of men), [[DW]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil]]'' (the Master enlisting monsters and djinn), ''[[Frontier in Space]]'' (iron automata))
 
*''"'Now they've found some way of making themselves invisible, on a [[Spiridon|planet]] where [[Spiridon (race)|the natives]] are naturally invisible, and can only tell where each other is by wearing immense purple fur coats.'"'' ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'')
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*''"'About the race of men built from molten silver, whose innards ran with mercury, who emerged from deep beneath the world's icy crust.'"'' (This is probably about the [[Cybermen]] and could be about [[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')
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Latest revision as of 15:42, 29 February 2024

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The Aja'ib was a book from Hyspero which told a series of stories which had some similarities to the lives of the Doctor and Iris Wildthyme. To be more specific, the Aja'ib contained tales involving "paradoxes, time travel, mind control, virtual selves, cloning, regression, reincarnation, talking vegetables, cybernetics, regeneration, prolepsis, analepsis, alternative dimensional instabilities, metatextuality, allegory, satire, fantasy, revisionism, cliches, plagiarism, and hoodwinkery". (PROSE: Bafflement and Devotion)

Sam Jones stole the book for the Eighth Doctor while on Hyspero. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress)

Terrance stole the Aja'ib from Hyspero and kept it in the Great Big Book Exchange. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme)

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