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|image = Ghost Ship standardcover.jpg | |||
|caption1=Hardback | |||
|captino2 = Paperback | |||
caption1=Hardback| | |image2=Ghost Ship paperbackcover.jpg | ||
captino2=Paperback| | |cover = [[Dariusz Jasiczak]] | ||
image2= | |series=[[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos ''Doctor Who'' novellas]] | ||
cover=[[Dariusz Jasiczak]]| | |number= 4 | ||
series=[[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos ''Doctor Who'' novellas]]| | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
number= 4| | |companions= | ||
doctor=Fourth Doctor | | |enemy = [[Peter Osbourne]] | ||
companions= | | |setting = ''The Queen Mary'', sailing from [[Southampton]] to [[New York City|New York]], [[October]] [[1963]] | ||
enemy= | | |writer= Keith Topping | ||
|publisher= Telos Publishing | |||
writer= | |release date= 22 August 2002 | ||
publisher= | |format= Hardback Book, ? Pages | ||
release date= | |isbn= ISBN 1-903889-08-1 (Standard), ISBN 1-903889-09-X (Deluxe), ISBN 1-903889-32-4 (Paperback) | ||
format= Hardback Book, ? Pages | | |prev= Nightdreamers (novel) | ||
isbn= ISBN 1-903889-08-1 (Standard) | |next= Foreign Devils (novel) | ||
prev= Nightdreamers (novel) | | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
next= Foreign Devils (novel) }} | {{you may|The Ghost Ship (comic story)|n1=the comic story}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth [[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos ''Doctor Who'' novella]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fourth [[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos ''Doctor Who'' novella]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]]. Unusually for a long-form ''Doctor Who'' story, this is primarily told from the Doctor's point of view in a first person narrative. This is [[Keith Topping]]'s only Fourth Doctor novel. However, he has written other novels featuring the [[First Doctor|First]], [[Second Doctor|Second]], [[Third Doctor|Third]], [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Perhaps sensing the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s deepening mood of introspective melancholy, | Perhaps sensing the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s deepening mood of introspective melancholy, [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lands in the most haunted place on [[Earth]], the luxury [[ocean liner]] the ''[[RMS Queen Mary|Queen Mary]]'' on its way from [[Southampton]] to [[New York City|New York]] in the [[year]] [[1963]]. | ||
But why do [[ghost]]s from the past, the present, and perhaps even the future, seek out the Doctor? What appalling secret is hidden in [[Cabin 672]]? | But why do [[ghost]]s from the [[past]], the [[present]], and perhaps even the [[future]], seek out the Doctor? What appalling secret is hidden in [[Cabin 672]]? | ||
And will the Doctor be able to preserve his sanity as he struggles to save the lives of the passengers against mighty forces which even he does not fully understand? | And will the Doctor be able to preserve his [[sanity]] as he struggles to save the [[Life|lives]] of the passengers against mighty forces which even he does not fully understand? | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Fourth Doctor]] | * [[Fourth Doctor]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Irene Lamb]] | ||
* [[Raymond Bryce]] | |||
* [[Bryce]] | |||
* [[Peter Osbourne]] | * [[Peter Osbourne]] | ||
* [[Simpkins (Ghost Ship)|Simpkins]] | |||
* [[Jarvis (Ghost Ship)|Jarvis]] | |||
* [[John Deekes]] | |||
* [[Jerry Illingsworth]] | |||
* [[Jessica Deekes]] | |||
* [[Rachel Illingsworth]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== The Doctor === | === The Doctor === | ||
* The Doctor is mistaken for Doctor Svengali; Master of [[Mesmerism]], Prestidigitation, Chicanery and Sleight-of-hand. | * The Doctor is mistaken for Doctor Svengali; Master of [[Mesmerism]], Prestidigitation, Chicanery and Sleight-of-hand. | ||
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=== TARDIS === | === TARDIS === | ||
* The Doctor uses | * The Doctor uses [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] [[fast return switch]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Much of the story is written in first person narrative from the Doctor's point of view. | * Much of the story is written in first person narrative from the Doctor's point of view. This was also done with the later novel ''[[Scratchman (novelisation)|Scratchman]]'' in [[2019 (releases)|2019]]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor | * The Doctor has just left [[Gallifrey]] after fighting {{Pratt}}. He wishes he could have saved [[Goth]]'s life. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'') | ||
* The Doctor reflects on the decision he made not to change history on [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') | |||
* The Doctor recalls the "ghosts" haunting [[Auderly House]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'') | |||
* The Doctor would soon encounter another "haunted" ship. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghost Trap (audio story)|The Ghost Trap]]'') | |||
* The Doctor has personal knowledge of [[George Gordon Byron|Byron]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|telos04.htm|Ghost Ship}} | |||
* {{whoniverse|TE04.php|Ghost Ship}} | * {{whoniverse|TE04.php|Ghost Ship}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/ghostship.htm The Cloister Library: '''Ghost Ship'''] | |||
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[[Category:Stories set in 1963]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1963]] | ||
[[Category:Fourth Doctor novels]] | [[Category:Fourth Doctor novels]] | ||