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|series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
|number in range = 29
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
|number= 29  
|number= 29  
|doctor=Eighth Doctor  
|doctor = Eighth Doctor  
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Compassion]]  
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Compassion]]
|enemy= [[Raab]]  
|enemy= [[Raab]]  
|setting= [[Drebnar]]  
|setting= [[Drebnar]]  
|writer= [[Peter Anghelides]]
|writer= Peter Anghelides
|publisher= BBC Books  
|publisher= BBC Books  
|release date= [[29 November (releases)|29 November]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]
|release date= 29 November 1999
|format= Paperback Book; 29 Chapters, 288 Pages  
|format= Paperback Book; 29 Chapters, 273 Pages  
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-55589-0
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-55589-0
|prev= The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)
|prev= The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)
|next= Parallel 59 (novel)}}
|next= Parallel 59 (novel)
'''''Frontier Worlds''''' was the twenty-ninth release in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Peter Anghelides]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Compassion]]. It featured insights into how the Doctors pockets work (he rips the lining out) and how the TARDIS translation system functions; the TARDIS does the best it can based on what the people it is translating for (and to) are thinking leading to some translation problems.
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'''''Frontier Worlds''''' was the twenty-ninth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Peter Anghelides]], released [[29 November (releases)|29 November]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Compassion]].
 
It featured insights into how the Doctor's pockets work (he rips the lining out) and how [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] [[Translation circuit|translation system]] functions; the TARDIS does the best it can based on what the people it is translating for (and to) are thinking leading to some translation problems.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
What strange attraction lures people to the planet Drebnar? When the TARDIS is dragged there, the Doctor determines to find out why.
What strange attraction lures people to the planet [[Drebnar]]? When [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] is dragged there, [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] determines to find out why.


He discovers that scientists from the mysterious Frontier Worlds Corporation have set up a base on the planet, and are trying to blur the distinction between people and plants. The TARDIS crew plan to prevent a biological catastrophe — but their plan goes wrong all too soon.
He discovers that scientists from the mysterious Frontier Worlds Corporation have set up a base on the planet, and are trying to blur the distinction between people and plants. The TARDIS crew plan to prevent a biological catastrophe — but their plan goes wrong all too soon.


Compassion finds her undercover work so engrossing she risks losing her detachment. Fitz seems too distracted by the local population to keep his eye on Compassion. So when the Doctor gets trapped in a freezing wilderness, who can stop him falling victim to a lethal experiment in genetic modification?
[[Compassion]] finds her undercover work so engrossing she risks losing her detachment. [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]] seems too distracted by the local population to keep his eye on Compassion. So when the Doctor gets trapped in a freezing wilderness, who can stop him falling victim to a lethal experiment in [[Genetic engineering|genetic modification?]]


For something else has been lured to Drebnar, something that Frontier Worlds Corporation will ruthlessly exploit without care for the consequences — an ancient organism which threatens to snuff out Drebnar's solar system.
For something else has been lured to Drebnar, something that Frontier Worlds Corporation will ruthlessly exploit without care for the consequences — [[Raab|an ancient organism]] which threatens to snuff out Drebnar's solar system.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]] (also under the alias of James Bowman)
* [[Eighth Doctor]] / under the alias of James Bowman
* [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz Kreiner (under the alias of) Frank Sinatra]]
* [[Fitz Kreiner]] / under the alias [[Frank Sinatra]]
* [[Compassion|Compassion (under the alias of) Nancy Sinatra]]
* [[Compassion]] / under the alias [[Nancy Sinatra]]
* [[Shaz Mozarno]]
* [[Marog Mozarno]]
* [[Shaz Mozarno's father]]
* [[Alura Trebul]]
* [[Alura Trebul]]
* [[Dewfurth]]
* [[Klenton Dewfurth]]
* [[Griz Ellis]]
* [[Griz Ellis]]
* [[Kupteyn]]
* [[Kupteyn]]
* [[Shaz Mozarno]]
* [[Temm Sempiter]]
* [[Temm Sempiter]]
* [[Temm Sempiter's father]]
* [[Temm Sempiter's mother]]
* [[Hannaw Applin]]
* [[Direk Merdock]]
* [[Direk Merdock's mother]]
* [[Stinricz Lowfer]]
* [[Rhadoon Haroon]]
* [[Brab Tonquis]]
* [[Bragnor Regot]]
* [[Nadaly Allder]]
* [[Nilloc Jascot]]
* [[Pora Darg]]
* [[Jiulyan Larruge]]
* [[Joey (Frontier Worlds)|Joey]]
* [[Sorrel Linoir]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Tuckson-Jacker Pulses]]
* [[Raab]]
* [[Sonic screwdriver]]
* [[Remembrance Tank]]s
 
=== The Doctor ===
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor uses the the alias of James Bowman.
* The Doctor uses the the [[alias]] of James Bowman.
* The seemingly impossible capacity of the Doctor's pockets is explained: he and his other regenerations habitually tear the stitches in their pockets so the entire lining of their coats can be used as a massive pocket. Apparently this can become an issue if, say, the sonic screwdriver is put in one of these pockets only to be lost along the back of the coat, out of reach.
* The Doctor's DNA has sixty-nine chromosomes divided into twenty-three homogenous triads.


=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* Fitz uses the alias of [[Frank Sinatra]].
* Fitz uses the alias of [[Frank Sinatra]].
* Fitz isn't quite thirty years old yet.
* Compassion uses the alias of [[Nancy Sinatra]].
* Compassion uses the alias of [[Nancy Sinatra]].
* Compassion is still using her earpiece despite agreeing with the Doctor not to use it any more.
* Compassion considers Fitz the most well-balanced and practical person she's met, because the Doctor is prone to flights of fancy and Compassion is too detached.
* Compassion kills a man with an axe.
* [[Alura Trebul]] is murdered by the company while it was hunting Fitz and Compassion
* [[Alura Trebul]] is murdered by the company while it was hunting Fitz and Compassion


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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor's shadow turns too slowly for his body. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'')
* The Doctor's shadow turns too slowly for his body. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One]]'')
* There is references to the [[remembrance tank]]s on [[Anathema]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'')
* There is references to the [[remembrance tank]]s on [[Anathema]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'')
* The Doctor uses the alias given to him by Grace in [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]''.
* The Doctor uses the alias given to him by [[Grace Holloway|Grace]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]''.


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/frontw.htm The Cloister Library: '''Frontier Worlds''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/frontw.htm The Cloister Library: '''Frontier Worlds''']
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406223221/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13730.shtml Interview: Peter Anghelides]
* [https://peteranghelides.wordpress.com/category/novels/frontier-worlds/ Frontier Worlds | The Red Lines Page - Peter Anghelides - WordPress.com]
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Frontier Worlds was the twenty-ninth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Peter Anghelides, released 29 November 1999 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Compassion.

It featured insights into how the Doctor's pockets work (he rips the lining out) and how the TARDIS translation system functions; the TARDIS does the best it can based on what the people it is translating for (and to) are thinking leading to some translation problems.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

What strange attraction lures people to the planet Drebnar? When the TARDIS is dragged there, the Doctor determines to find out why.

He discovers that scientists from the mysterious Frontier Worlds Corporation have set up a base on the planet, and are trying to blur the distinction between people and plants. The TARDIS crew plan to prevent a biological catastrophe — but their plan goes wrong all too soon.

Compassion finds her undercover work so engrossing she risks losing her detachment. Fitz seems too distracted by the local population to keep his eye on Compassion. So when the Doctor gets trapped in a freezing wilderness, who can stop him falling victim to a lethal experiment in genetic modification?

For something else has been lured to Drebnar, something that Frontier Worlds Corporation will ruthlessly exploit without care for the consequences — an ancient organism which threatens to snuff out Drebnar's solar system.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor uses the the alias of James Bowman.

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This novel is part of a pentalogy of sorts around Compassion and her development into a sentient TARDIS.
  • How the TARDIS translation system works is described in this novel; it does the best it can based on what the people it is translating for (and to) are thinking. Consequently it once translated the slogan "Coke adds life" as “Class A drugs brings your ancestors back from the grave”.
  • The Doctor dances with a lady in a dress during a dream sequence. The lady is implied to be the TARDIS.
  • Compassion sums up the TARDIS crew via metaphor - saying that when they look up at the sky, the Doctor sees animal shapes in the clouds and rocket trails, Compassion could list the scientific names for the cloud formations while Fitz would say that the only reason they can see the clouds is because someone has stolen their tent. She's trying to say that the three of them need each other.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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