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|image = The Wheel of Ice.jpg | |image = The Wheel of Ice.jpg | ||
|series = | |series = (informally) BBC Books past Doctor novels | ||
|number = | |number = | ||
|doctor = Second Doctor | |doctor = Second Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] | |companions = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] | ||
|enemy = {{il| | |enemy = {{il|[[Blue Doll]]s|[[Blue Soldier]]s|[[Florian Hart]]}} | ||
|setting | |setting = {{il|[[Sol System]], [[Distant past|5 billion BC]]|[[The Mnemosyne Cincture]], [[21st century]]|[[Enceladus]], [[21st century]]|[[Titan]], [[21st century]]|[[London]], [[1890]]|[[London]], [[14 July]] [[1930]]|[[Scotland]], [[1970]]|[[Scotland]], [[21st century]]|[[Sol System]], [[Distant past|50 million BC]]|[[Earth]], [[Distant past|100 million BC]]}} | ||
|writer = | |writer = Stephen Baxter | ||
|read by=[[David Troughton]] | |read by = [[David Troughton]] | ||
|publisher = BBC Books | |publisher = BBC Books | ||
|release date = | |release date = 16 August 2012 | ||
|cover = | |cover = | ||
|format = Hardback, Paperback, Kindle ebook, audio CD, 57 Chapters, | |format = Hardback, Paperback, Kindle ebook, audio CD, 57 Chapters, 311 Pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84990-182-6 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84990-182-6 | ||
|next = Harvest of Time (novel) | |next = Harvest of Time (novel) | ||
}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novel to feature one of the incarnations of [[the Doctor]] from the "classic series" since ''[[Atom Bomb Blues (novel)|Atom Bomb Blues]]'' in | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novel to feature one of the incarnations of [[the Doctor]] from the "classic series" since ''[[Atom Bomb Blues (novel)|Atom Bomb Blues]]'' in December 2005. It was also the first since the relatively recent ''[[Code of the Krillitanes (novel)|Code of the Krillitanes]]'' to centre on a past Doctor, and the first since 2005's ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'' to use the [[Second Doctor]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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Aboard the Wheel, [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] find a critical situation — and they are suspected by some as the source of the sabotage. They soon find themselves caught in a mystery that goes right back to the creation of the solar system. A mystery that could kill them all. | Aboard the Wheel, [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] find a critical situation — and they are suspected by some as the source of the sabotage. They soon find themselves caught in a mystery that goes right back to the creation of the solar system. A mystery that could kill them all. | ||
== Plot == | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
*[[Second Doctor]] | * [[Second Doctor]] | ||
*[[Jamie McCrimmon]] | * [[Jamie McCrimmon]] | ||
*[[Zoe Heriot]] | * [[Zoe Heriot]] | ||
*[[Phee Laws]] | * [[Phee Laws]] | ||
*[[Sam Laws]] | * [[Sam Laws]] | ||
*[[Josephine Laws|Jo Laws]] | * [[Josephine Laws|Jo Laws]] | ||
*[[Casey Laws]] | * [[Casey Laws]] | ||
*[[MMAC]] | * [[MMAC]] | ||
*[[Sinbad Omar]] | * [[Sinbad Omar]] | ||
*[[Florian Hart]] | * [[Florian Hart]] | ||
*[[Sonia Paley]] | * [[Sonia Paley]] | ||
*[[Arkive]] | * [[Arkive]] | ||
*[[First]] | * [[First]] | ||
*[[Luis Reyes]] | * [[Luis Reyes]] | ||
*[[Dai Llewellyn]] | * [[Dai Llewellyn]] | ||
*[[Sanjay]] | * [[Sanjay (The Wheel of Ice)|Sanjay]] | ||
*[[Mindy Brewer]] | * [[Mindy Brewer]] | ||
*[[Harry Matthews]] | * [[Harry Matthews]] | ||
*[[Bella Kage]] | * [[Bella Kage]] | ||
*[[Karen Madl]] | * [[Karen Madl]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The [[Kystra]] were a race of traders. | * The [[Kystra]] were a race of traders. | ||
* The Doctor has a book in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] called ''[[Brave New World]]'' by [[Aldous Huxley]]. | * The Doctor has a book in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] called ''[[Brave New World]]'' by [[Aldous Huxley]]. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store. | * This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store. | ||
* This is the first novel to feature the particular "TARDIS team" of the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe since [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Indestructible Man (novel)|The Indestructible Man]]'' in | * This is the first novel to feature the particular "[[TARDIS team]]" of the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe since [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Indestructible Man (novel)|The Indestructible Man]]'' in November 2004. | ||
* It's easy to believe that this is the first novel with a "past Doctor" since the end of the [[Past Doctor Adventures]] line. | * It's easy to believe that this is the first novel with a "past Doctor" since the end of the [[Past Doctor Adventures]] line. However, there were a number of "late" [[Tenth Doctor]] novels, both in print and audio, that were released between the [[BBC One]] premieres of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' and ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]''. | ||
* The German release of the novel | * The German release of the novel calls the Doctor "Doktor Who" in the plot summary on the back of the book. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* Jamie tells MMAC that the [[Glaswegian]]s fought on the side of [[George II|King George II]] and the English during the [[Jacobite|Jacobite Rising]] of [[1745]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') | * Jamie tells MMAC that the [[Glaswegian]]s fought on the side of [[George II|King George II]] and the English during the [[Jacobite|Jacobite Rising]] of [[1745]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') | ||
* The pro-[[Earth]] extremist group [[Pull Back to Earth]] is active by this time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'') | * The pro-[[Earth]] extremist group [[Pull Back to Earth]] is active by this time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'') | ||
* Zoe frequently mentions her native time and her encounter with the [[Cyberman | * Zoe frequently mentions her native time and her encounter with the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] on [[Space Station W3]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'') | ||
* Zoe mentions the [[Ice Warrior]]s and their use of the [[T-Mat]] network in the late [[21st century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'') | * Zoe mentions the [[Ice Warrior]]s and their use of the [[T-Mat]] network in the late [[21st century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'') | ||
* The Doctor recognises one of the early [[Mars Probe 7|British probes]] which was sent to [[Mars]] in the [[1970s]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'') | * The Doctor recognises one of the early [[Mars Probe 7|British probes]] which was sent to [[Mars]] in the [[1970s]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'') | ||
* The Doctor tells MMAC that he was an exhibit in a [[Space Museum|museum]] himself on one occasion. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'') | * The Doctor tells MMAC that he was an exhibit in a [[Space Museum|museum]] himself on one occasion. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'') | ||
* The Doctor tells Jamie that [[Saturn]] is now the sixth planet in the [[Sol system]], though it was once the seventh ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' | * The Doctor tells Jamie that [[Saturn]] is now the sixth planet in the [[Sol system]], though it was once the seventh ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'') and that, in the [[far future]], [[Pluto]] will be made habitable for [[human]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'') | ||
* Jamie recalls being chased by the [[Robot Yeti]] in [[Tibet]] in [[1935]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'') | * Jamie recalls being chased by the [[Robot Yeti]] in [[Tibet]] in [[1935]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'') | ||
* [[Josephine Laws]] wonders if the [[Allohistorical lure]] could have been made by [[Li H'sen Chang]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | * [[Josephine Laws]] wonders if the [[Allohistorical lure]] could have been made by [[Li H'sen Chang]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | ||
* On [[14 July]] [[1930]], [[Josephine Laws|Josephine Laws McRae]] tells her daughter [[Josie Laws McRae|Josie]] that the [[BBC]] is considering producing a [[television|televisor]] adaptation of ''[[Black Orchid (book)|Black Orchid]]'' by [[George Cranleigh]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') | * On [[14 July]] [[1930]], [[Josephine Laws|Josephine Laws McRae]] tells her daughter [[Josie Laws McRae|Josie]] that the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] is considering producing a [[television|televisor]] adaptation of ''[[Black Orchid (book)|Black Orchid]]'' by [[George Cranleigh]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') | ||
* Zoe recalls her Space Station W3 colleagues [[Leo Ryan]] and [[Gemma Corwyn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'') | * Zoe recalls her Space Station W3 colleagues [[Leo Ryan]] and [[Gemma Corwyn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'') | ||
* Upon his arrival on [[Titan]], the bleak landscape reminds Jamie of the [[Land of Fiction]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'') | * Upon his arrival on [[Titan]], the bleak landscape reminds Jamie of the [[Land of Fiction]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'') | ||
* While dissecting one of the [[Blue Doll]]s, the Doctor recalls either participating in or observing an alien autopsy in [[Roswell]], [[New Mexico]] in [[1947]], which was recorded. The alien in question was presumably one of the victims of the [[Roswell crash|crash]] of the [[Nedenah]] spacecraft in Roswell in [[June]] of that year. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)|The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'') Although another alien spacecraft crashed in the area at approximately the same time, its sole occupant [[Seruba Velak]] survived the crash and was held captive by the [[United States of America|United States government]] until being freed by the [[Tenth Doctor]] and her husband [[Rivesh Mantilax]] in [[1958]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'') | * While dissecting one of the [[Blue Doll]]s, the Doctor recalls either participating in or observing an alien autopsy in [[Roswell]], [[New Mexico]] in [[1947]], which was recorded. The alien in question was presumably one of the victims of the [[Roswell crash|crash]] of the [[Nedenah]] spacecraft in Roswell in [[June]] of that year. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)|The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'') Although another alien spacecraft crashed in the area at approximately the same time, its sole occupant [[Seruba Velak]] survived the crash and was held captive by the [[United States of America|United States government]] until being freed by the [[Tenth Doctor]] and her husband [[Rivesh Mantilax]] in [[1958]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'') | ||
* The Doctor tells Zoe that he | * The Doctor tells Zoe that he once saw an exhibit on the [[Kystra]] in a museum of ancient times, though noted that it was overshadowed by numerous exhibits about the [[Great Vampire]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'') | ||
* Jamie refers to [[Bonnie Prince Charlie]], with whom he had fought at the [[Battle of Culloden]] on [[16 April]] [[1746]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') | * Jamie refers to [[Bonnie Prince Charlie]], with whom he had fought at the [[Battle of Culloden]] on [[16 April]] [[1746]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') | ||
* The Doctor tells Zoe that [[mirror]]s can be used in [[time travel]] experiments as they reflect [[light]], and light is essential to the theory of time travel. ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'') He tells her that he witnessed such an experiment in [[1866]] being conducted by two [[Victorian era]] scientists, "[[Edward Waterfield|one misguided]] and the other [[Theodore Maxtible|a greedy fool]]," and noted that it attracted the attention of the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') | * The Doctor tells Zoe that [[mirror]]s can be used in [[time travel]] experiments as they reflect [[light]], and light is essential to the theory of time travel. ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'') He tells her that he witnessed such an experiment in [[1866]] being conducted by two [[Victorian era]] scientists, "[[Edward Waterfield|one misguided]] and the other [[Theodore Maxtible|a greedy fool]]," and noted that it attracted the attention of the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* In order to calm her down, Zoe tells Casey a story about the [[Karkus]], a fictional comic strip hero whose adventures are featured in the ''[[Hourly Telepress]]'' in her own time. She bases the story in part on her encounter with the Karkus in the Land of Fiction. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'') | * In order to calm her down, Zoe tells Casey a story about the [[Karkus]], a fictional comic strip hero whose adventures are featured in the ''[[Hourly Telepress]]'' in her own time. She bases the story in part on her encounter with the Karkus in the Land of Fiction. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'') | ||
* Florian Hart has read reports from [[ | * The Doctor calls Earth the "mother world". ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'') | ||
* Florian Hart has read reports from [[UNIT]] about the numerous alien incursions which the organisation covered up. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', et al.) | |||
* The Doctor is able to survive in the vacuum of space for half an hour due to his [[respiratory bypass system]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') | * The Doctor is able to survive in the vacuum of space for half an hour due to his [[respiratory bypass system]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') | ||
* Zoe tells MMAC that, according to the Doctor, the [[Dalek]]s used [[taranium]] to construct an ultimate weapon known as the [[Time Destructor]], which could accelerate or reverse the flow of [[time]] with devastating effect, in the [[40th century]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') | * Zoe tells MMAC that, according to the Doctor, the [[Dalek]]s used [[taranium]] to construct an ultimate weapon known as the [[Time Destructor]], which could accelerate or reverse the flow of [[time]] with devastating effect, in the [[40th century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') They also used taranium to power their [[Dalek time machine|time machines]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|The Chase]]'') | ||
== | == Additional cover images == | ||
* The | <gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | ||
The Wheel of Ice paperback.jpg|2013 BBC Books paperback edition | |||
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== Editions published outside Britain == | |||
* Published in the USA by Ace Books in 2012 as a hardback edition and 2014 as a paperback edition, it was one of three books published by them in the 2010's. | |||
* Published in Germany by Cross Cult in 2014 as a hardback edition, it was one of five books published by them in the 2010's. | |||
* Published in France by Milady in 2015 as a hardback edition, it was one of three books published in the 2010's. | |||
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1stAmericanWheelOfIce.jpg|US Hardback edition | |||
2ndAmericanWheelOfIce.jpg|US Paperback edition | |||
The Wheel of Ice german.jpg|German edition | |||
FrenchWheelOfIce.jpg|French edition | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Audiobook == | |||
* This novel was released as an audiobook on [[16 August (releases)|16 August]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[David Troughton]]. | |||
* The audiobook is also available as a download from the [[AudioGo]] website. | * The audiobook is also available as a download from the [[AudioGo]] website. | ||
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Wheel of Ice audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover | Wheel of Ice audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* | * {{whoniverse|pd76|The Wheel of Ice}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/wheelice.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Wheel of Ice'''] | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:52, 8 March 2024
The Wheel of Ice was the first Doctor Who novel to feature one of the incarnations of the Doctor from the "classic series" since Atom Bomb Blues in December 2005. It was also the first since the relatively recent Code of the Krillitanes to centre on a past Doctor, and the first since 2005's World Game to use the Second Doctor.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Wheel. A ring of ice and steel turning around a moon of Saturn, and home to a mining colony supplying a resource-hungry Earth. It's a bad place to live. Worse to grow up.
The colony has been plagued by problems. Maybe it's just gremlins, just bad luck. But the equipment failures and thefts of resources have been increasing, and there have been stories among the children of mysterious creatures glimpsed aboard the Wheel. Many of the younger workers refuse to go down the warren-like mines anymore. And then sixteen-year-old Phee Laws, surfing Saturn's rings, saves an enigmatic blue box from destruction.
Aboard the Wheel, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find a critical situation — and they are suspected by some as the source of the sabotage. They soon find themselves caught in a mystery that goes right back to the creation of the solar system. A mystery that could kill them all.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Second Doctor
- Jamie McCrimmon
- Zoe Heriot
- Phee Laws
- Sam Laws
- Jo Laws
- Casey Laws
- MMAC
- Sinbad Omar
- Florian Hart
- Sonia Paley
- Arkive
- First
- Luis Reyes
- Dai Llewellyn
- Sanjay
- Mindy Brewer
- Harry Matthews
- Bella Kage
- Karen Madl
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Kystra were a race of traders.
- The Doctor has a book in the TARDIS called Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
- The TARDIS has only partial records of the Talsiccian language family.
- Pedleron particles are an indicator of time travel.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
- This is the first novel to feature the particular "TARDIS team" of the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe since PROSE: The Indestructible Man in November 2004.
- It's easy to believe that this is the first novel with a "past Doctor" since the end of the Past Doctor Adventures line. However, there were a number of "late" Tenth Doctor novels, both in print and audio, that were released between the BBC One premieres of The End of Time and The Eleventh Hour.
- The German release of the novel calls the Doctor "Doktor Who" in the plot summary on the back of the book.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor has heard tales of a sentient race that lived before humanity. However, he would not encounter them until his third incarnation. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians)
- Florian Hart's father invented the T-Mat. (TV: The Seeds of Death)
- Arkive tried to lure the Silurians to Saturn but failed when they hid underground as a rogue planet was heading towards Earth. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians, Warriors of the Deep, Cold Blood)
- Jamie tells MMAC that the Glaswegians fought on the side of King George II and the English during the Jacobite Rising of 1745. (TV: The Highlanders)
- The pro-Earth extremist group Pull Back to Earth is active by this time. (TV: The Wheel in Space)
- Zoe frequently mentions her native time and her encounter with the Cybermen on Space Station W3. (TV: The Wheel in Space)
- Zoe mentions the Ice Warriors and their use of the T-Mat network in the late 21st century. (TV: The Seeds of Death)
- The Doctor recognises one of the early British probes which was sent to Mars in the 1970s. (TV: The Ambassadors of Death)
- The Doctor tells MMAC that he was an exhibit in a museum himself on one occasion. (TV: The Space Museum)
- The Doctor tells Jamie that Saturn is now the sixth planet in the Sol system, though it was once the seventh (TV: The Tenth Planet, Image of the Fendahl) and that, in the far future, Pluto will be made habitable for humans. (TV: The Sun Makers)
- Jamie recalls being chased by the Robot Yeti in Tibet in 1935. (TV: The Abominable Snowmen)
- Josephine Laws wonders if the Allohistorical lure could have been made by Li H'sen Chang. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
- On 14 July 1930, Josephine Laws McRae tells her daughter Josie that the BBC is considering producing a televisor adaptation of Black Orchid by George Cranleigh. (TV: Black Orchid)
- Zoe recalls her Space Station W3 colleagues Leo Ryan and Gemma Corwyn. (TV: The Wheel in Space)
- Upon his arrival on Titan, the bleak landscape reminds Jamie of the Land of Fiction. (TV: The Mind Robber)
- While dissecting one of the Blue Dolls, the Doctor recalls either participating in or observing an alien autopsy in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, which was recorded. The alien in question was presumably one of the victims of the crash of the Nedenah spacecraft in Roswell in June of that year. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune) Although another alien spacecraft crashed in the area at approximately the same time, its sole occupant Seruba Velak survived the crash and was held captive by the United States government until being freed by the Tenth Doctor and her husband Rivesh Mantilax in 1958. (TV: Dreamland)
- The Doctor tells Zoe that he once saw an exhibit on the Kystra in a museum of ancient times, though noted that it was overshadowed by numerous exhibits about the Great Vampires. (TV: State of Decay)
- Jamie refers to Bonnie Prince Charlie, with whom he had fought at the Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746. (TV: The Highlanders)
- The Doctor tells Zoe that mirrors can be used in time travel experiments as they reflect light, and light is essential to the theory of time travel. (TV: Turn Left) He tells her that he witnessed such an experiment in 1866 being conducted by two Victorian era scientists, "one misguided and the other a greedy fool," and noted that it attracted the attention of the Daleks. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks)
- In order to calm her down, Zoe tells Casey a story about the Karkus, a fictional comic strip hero whose adventures are featured in the Hourly Telepress in her own time. She bases the story in part on her encounter with the Karkus in the Land of Fiction. (TV: The Mind Robber)
- The Doctor calls Earth the "mother world". (TV: Kinda)
- Florian Hart has read reports from UNIT about the numerous alien incursions which the organisation covered up. (TV: The Invasion, et al.)
- The Doctor is able to survive in the vacuum of space for half an hour due to his respiratory bypass system. (TV: Pyramids of Mars)
- Zoe tells MMAC that, according to the Doctor, the Daleks used taranium to construct an ultimate weapon known as the Time Destructor, which could accelerate or reverse the flow of time with devastating effect, in the 40th century. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan) They also used taranium to power their time machines. (PROSE: The Chase)
Additional cover images[[edit] | [edit source]]
2013 BBC Books paperback edition
Editions published outside Britain[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Published in the USA by Ace Books in 2012 as a hardback edition and 2014 as a paperback edition, it was one of three books published by them in the 2010's.
- Published in Germany by Cross Cult in 2014 as a hardback edition, it was one of five books published by them in the 2010's.
- Published in France by Milady in 2015 as a hardback edition, it was one of three books published in the 2010's.
US Hardback edition
US Paperback edition
German edition
French edition
Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This novel was released as an audiobook on 16 August 2012 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by David Troughton.
- The audiobook is also available as a download from the AudioGo website.
Audiobook cover
