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|image = The Algebra of Ice.jpg
|image       = The Algebra of Ice.jpg
|series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
|series       = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
|number = 67
|number       = 66
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
|doctor       = Seventh Doctor
|companions = [[Ace]]
|companions   = [[Ace]]
|featuring = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]]
|featuring   = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]]
|enemy = The [[Ice Equation]]
|enemy       = The [[Ice Equation]]
|setting=
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|writer = [[Lloyd Rose]]
|writer       = Lloyd Rose
|publisher = BBC Books
|publisher   = BBC Books
|cover=[[Black Sheep]]
|cover       = [[Black Sheep]]
|release date = [[6 September (releases)|6 September]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|release date = 6 September 2004
|format = Paperback Book; 28 Chapters, 279 Pages
|format       = Paperback Book; 28 Chapters, 279 Pages
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-48621-X
|isbn         = ISBN 0-563-48621-X
|prev = Synthespians™ (novel)
|prev         = Synthespians™ (novel)
|next = The Indestructible Man (novel)
|next         = The Indestructible Man (novel)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixty-seventh novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Lloyd Rose]], released [[6 November (releases)|6 November]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]] and featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixty-sixth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Lloyd Rose]], released [[6 November (releases)|6 November]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]] and featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]].


This is the first Past Doctor Adventures novel to feature this line up of Doctor, companion and Lethbridge-Stewart.
This is the first Past Doctor Adventures novel to feature this line up of Doctor, companion and Lethbridge-Stewart.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
A genius maths nerd, a weird webzine publisher, and the Doctor's old ally, the Brigadier, find themselves helping the Doctor and Ace solve what should be a simple puzzle: the appearance of a crop circle in the Kentish countryside.
A genius maths nerd, a weird webzine publisher, and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor's]] old ally, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], find themselves helping the Doctor and [[Ace]] solve what should be a simple puzzle: the appearance of a [[crop circle]] in the [[Kent]]ish countryside.


Hardly uncommon. But there are some peculiar features. It's not a circle but a series of square-sided shapes. It's filled with ice. And it draws the Doctor and Ace into a confrontation with a reality right next to zero.
Hardly uncommon. But there are some peculiar features. It's not a circle but a series of square-sided shapes. It's filled with [[ice]]. And it draws the Doctor and Ace into a confrontation with a reality right next to zero.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Jessica Tilbrook]]
* [[Jessica Tilbrook]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* [[Paul Erdős]] is considered to be "the last of the great abstract thinkers".
 
=== Foods and beverages ===
* The Doctor drinks [[orange juice]] and serves [[butter]]ed [[toast]] and [[honey]] to Ace and Ethan for [[breakfast]].
* Ace drinks hot [[chocolate]]. She also likes [[beer]] and gets drunk here.
* The Brigadier starts the day with [[coffee]].
* The food machine makes Bourneville Fruit and Nut bars on demand.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This novel had an illustrated preview in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 347|issue 347]]. It was illustrated by [[Daryl Joyce]].  
* This novel had an illustrated preview in [[DWM 347]]. It was illustrated by [[Daryl Joyce]].
[[File:The Algebra of Ice preview comic.jpg|thumb|Illustrated preview ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 347|issue 347]].]]
[[File:The Algebra of Ice preview comic.jpg|thumb|Illustrated preview ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[DWM 347|issue 347]].]]


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor recalls destroying [[Skaro]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') but also mentions he hasn't destroyed [[Gallifrey|his own homeworld]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* The Doctor recalls destroying [[Skaro]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') but also mentions he hasn't destroyed [[Gallifrey|his own homeworld]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* The Brigadier is familer with Seventh Doctor and Ace is familer with the Brigdier. Ace refers to UNIT taking unnamed individuals to a secret prison and she presumes they are still there, a likely reference to [[Morgaine]] and [[Mordred]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') Ace also mentions [[Fenric]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')
* The Brigadier is familiar with Seventh Doctor and Ace is familiar with the Brigadier. Ace refers to [[UNIT]] taking unnamed individuals to a secret prison and she presumes they are still there, a likely reference to [[Morgaine]] and [[Mordred]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') Ace also mentions [[Fenric]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')
:* These details place this novel during or after [[1997]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'')
** These details place this novel during or after [[1997]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'')
* Visiting [[Ethan Amberglass]] whilst in [[hospital]], the Doctor mentions that he has just visited both his own mind and [[the Moon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')
* Visiting [[Ethan Amberglass]] whilst in [[hospital]], the Doctor mentions that he has just visited both his own mind and [[the Moon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')
* Earlier in his personal timeline, the [[Seventh Doctor]] visited [[Pompeii]] on [[23 August]] [[79]] [[AD]] in the company of [[Melanie Bush]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fires of Vulcan]]'') and would later do so again in his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]] in the company of [[Donna Noble]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
* Earlier in his personal timeline, the [[Seventh Doctor]] visited [[Pompeii]] on [[23 August]] [[79]] [[AD]] in the company of [[Melanie Bush]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fires of Vulcan (audio story)|The Fires of Vulcan]]'') and would later do so again in his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]] in the company of [[Donna Noble]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
* The Doctor mentions the destruction of [[Inferno Earth|the Earth in an alternative universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'')
* The Doctor mentions the destruction of [[Inferno Earth|the Earth in an alternative universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'')


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The Algebra of Ice was the sixty-sixth novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Lloyd Rose, released 6 November 2004 and featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.

This is the first Past Doctor Adventures novel to feature this line up of Doctor, companion and Lethbridge-Stewart.

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

A genius maths nerd, a weird webzine publisher, and the Doctor's old ally, the Brigadier, find themselves helping the Doctor and Ace solve what should be a simple puzzle: the appearance of a crop circle in the Kentish countryside.

Hardly uncommon. But there are some peculiar features. It's not a circle but a series of square-sided shapes. It's filled with ice. And it draws the Doctor and Ace into a confrontation with a reality right next to zero.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Paul Erdős is considered to be "the last of the great abstract thinkers".

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Illustrated preview Doctor Who Magazine issue 347.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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