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|writer = | |writer = Tom Dexter | ||
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|editor = [[Andy Frankham-Allen]], [[Shaun Russell]], [[Keren Williams]] | |editor = [[Andy Frankham-Allen]], [[Shaun Russell]], [[Keren Williams]] | ||
|cover = [[Lee Sullivan]] | |cover = [[Lee Sullivan]] | ||
|illustrator = Martin Baines | |||
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|publisher = Candy Jar Books | |publisher = Candy Jar Books | ||
|release date = | |release date = 12 August 2022 | ||
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|series = ''[[The Analysis Bureau (series)|The Analysis Bureau]]'' novels | |series = ''[[The Analysis Bureau (series)|The Analysis Bureau]]'' novels | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a spin-off novel of ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'', released by [[Candy Jar Books]] | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a spin-off novel of ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'', released by [[Candy Jar Books]] on [[12 August (releases)|12 August]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
The Analysis Bureau does not exist. Ask any questions about it, and the same answers always greet you. There's no trace of any department matching that name in any branch of Government, only speculation and wild rumours. | The [[Analysis Bureau]] does not exist. Ask any questions about it, and the same answers always greet you. There's no trace of any department matching that name in any branch of [[Government]], only speculation and wild rumours. | ||
At the beginning of the | At the beginning of the [[1960]]s, some [[conspiracy theorist]]s even started to claim that there was a [[village]], once the home to an entire community, abandoned during the [[Second World War]] due to [[flood]]ing. They said it’s where experiments and tests are being carried out. Some even claim that the Analysis Bureau used the village as a base of operations, and that there were underground [[bunker]]s built way beneath the rural façade of [[cottage]]s, [[shop]]s and even a village green. | ||
Of course, those who got anywhere near the truth disappeared just as quickly as the people who asked too many questions, because they were the ones who refused to believe that there was no such thing as the Analysis Bureau. | Of course, those who got anywhere near the truth disappeared just as quickly as the people who asked too many questions, because they were the ones who refused to believe that there was no such thing as the Analysis Bureau. | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] | * [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] | ||
* [[Edward Travers]] | * [[Professor]] [[Edward Travers|Travers]] | ||
* [[Tobias Vaughn]] | * [[Tobias Vaughn]] | ||
*Packer | * [[Packer (The Invasion)|Packer]] | ||
*Mr Quebec | * [[Mr Quebec]] | ||
*Professor Amelia Stone (aka Flower) | * [[Professor]] [[Amelia Stone]] (aka Flower) | ||
*Corporal Thomas Banks | * [[Corporal]] [[Thomas Banks (The Analysis Bureau)|Thomas Banks]] | ||
*The Minister | * [[The Minister (The Analysis Bureau)|The Minister]] | ||
*Tosher | * [[Tosher]] | ||
*Grubber | * [[Grubber]] | ||
*Staff Sergeant Powell | * [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Powell (The Analysis Bureau)|Powell]] | ||
*Station Master Edgar Rumble | * Station Master [[Edgar Rumble]] | ||
*Sir John Wilder | * Sir [[John Wilder]] | ||
*Professor Watkins | * [[Professor]] [[Joseph Watkins|Watkins]] | ||
*Ronnie | * [[Ronnie (The Analysis Bureau)|Ronnie]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Amelia Stone was friends with a performer named David Jones, the birth name of {{w|David Bowie}}. | * Amelia Stone was friends with a performer named David Jones, the birth name of {{w|David Bowie}}. | ||
* Mr Quebec is implied to have taken the blame for the events of [[Background (DWPM 7 short story)|the original ''Quatermass'' story]]. Grubber was arrested for stealing fragments of a capsule at [[Knightsbridge]], referencing ''{{w|Quatermass and the Pit}}''. | * Mr Quebec is implied to have taken the blame for the events of [[Background (DWPM 7 short story)|the original ''Quatermass'' story]]. Grubber was arrested for stealing fragments of a capsule at [[Knightsbridge]], referencing ''{{w|Quatermass and the Pit}}''. | ||
* Mr Quebec refers to "Dr Quist's team", "Sir Michael Gerrard", and "the Ministry of Research" as other people who could investigate in Incident Two. Quist was the lead of the 1970s show ''[[Doomwatch]]''. Sir Michael was the lead in mid-60s show ''{{w|R3_(TV_series)|R3}}'' about a unit working for a Ministry of Research. | * Mr Quebec refers to "Dr Quist's team", "Sir Michael Gerrard", and "the Ministry of Research" as other people who could investigate in Incident Two. Quist was the lead of the 1970s show ''[[Doomwatch]]''. Sir Michael was the lead in mid-60s show ''{{w|R3_(TV_series)|R3}}'' about a unit working for a Ministry of Research. | ||
* Doctor Anthony Ridge has a brother called John, a reference to Dr John Ridge in ''Doomwatch''. | * Doctor Anthony Ridge has a brother called John, a reference to Dr John Ridge in ''Doomwatch''. | ||
* The stories predate the 1968 story ''The Invasion'', and Professor Watkins is featured in ''The Synthetic Man'', detailing his first encounter with Tobias Vaughn and Packer. | |||
* Banks goes undercover as a [[South Africa]]n mercenary called Van Hereden, pretending he assisted the failed 1966 coup in the [[Congo]]. He took the name from a pulp novel he'd read. | |||
* As "Van Hereden", Banks claims to have worked for {{w|Marien Ngouabi}}'s paratroopers. | |||
* At the end of the book, the alternate timeline is called "[[The Dark Dimension (TV story)|the dark dimension]]". | |||
* In the alternate timeline, [[World War II]] was fought by [[Neville Chamberlain]] (with [[Winston Churchill]] unknown by Travers) against [[Josef Stalin]] and the [[Soviet Union]], while Hitler was shot the day the war started. The British Rocket Group later made a publicly successful rocket launch in 1952, making Travers and Quebec famous. An excavated dinosaur skeleton at Christmas 1960 caused a "near riot". In the late Sixties, a fascist group called the Esteem Party looked set to take over the country with internment camps for IQs under 110 and class segregation, before an unnamed figure replaced each Esteem MP with his own men, then sent a militia to burn down Parliament. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Stone says it is 8th April 1967 in ''The Damocles Project''. In ''The Synthetic Man'', the "attempted revolution" in the Congo, happening in the summer of 1966, is inaccurately dated to "only a few weeks ago". | |||
* The book comprises of four short stories. The first three are interlinked. The fourth story is an unpublished 'lost' '' | * The book comprises of four short stories. The first three are interlinked. The fourth story is an unpublished 'lost' ''Lethbridge-Stewart'' story, Originally planned as a free on-line story via the Candy Jar Books website, it was held back when it was realised the theme of the Brigadier being imprisoned clashed with the plot of their book ''Mind Of Stone.'' | ||
* The story titles are ''The Reconnaissance Of Death, The Damocles Project'' and ''The Synthetic Man.'' The 'lost' story is called ''Hide In Plain Sight.'' | * The story titles are ''The Reconnaissance Of Death, The Damocles Project'' and ''The Synthetic Man.'' The 'lost' story is called ''Hide In Plain Sight.'' | ||
* The stories are referred to as 'Incidents' rather than stories, as a tribute to Philip Martin, who called each episode of his TV series, ''Gangsters,'' in the same way, instead of calling them Episode One, Episode Two, etc. Martin also worked for Candy Jar Books, who published his third ''Gangsters'' novel shortly after he passed away. | * The stories are referred to as 'Incidents' rather than stories, as a tribute to Philip Martin, who called each episode of his TV series, ''Gangsters,'' in the same way, instead of calling them Episode One, Episode Two, etc. Martin also worked for Candy Jar Books, who published his third ''Gangsters'' novel shortly after he passed away. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Grubber's Moles retrieved technology from the [[Shoreditch Incident]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') and the [[Post Office Tower]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]''). | * The empty village and Mr Quebec had previously appeared in Tom Dexter's [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cult of the Grinning Man (short story)|The Cult of the Grinning Man]]'', working for the army. That story was set in May 1969. | ||
* Grubber's Moles retrieved technology from the [[Shoreditch Incident]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') and the [[Post Office Tower]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'') | |||
* The third story shows the abduction of [[Watkins|Professor Watkins]] by Vaughn. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | |||
* Vaughn is trying to build a group of satellites that will broadcast a message into space. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Latest revision as of 10:20, 27 March 2024
The Analysis Bureau was a spin-off novel of Lethbridge-Stewart, released by Candy Jar Books on 12 August 2022.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Analysis Bureau does not exist. Ask any questions about it, and the same answers always greet you. There's no trace of any department matching that name in any branch of Government, only speculation and wild rumours.
At the beginning of the 1960s, some conspiracy theorists even started to claim that there was a village, once the home to an entire community, abandoned during the Second World War due to flooding. They said it’s where experiments and tests are being carried out. Some even claim that the Analysis Bureau used the village as a base of operations, and that there were underground bunkers built way beneath the rural façade of cottages, shops and even a village green.
Of course, those who got anywhere near the truth disappeared just as quickly as the people who asked too many questions, because they were the ones who refused to believe that there was no such thing as the Analysis Bureau.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
- Professor Travers
- Tobias Vaughn
- Packer
- Mr Quebec
- Professor Amelia Stone (aka Flower)
- Corporal Thomas Banks
- The Minister
- Tosher
- Grubber
- Staff Sergeant Powell
- Station Master Edgar Rumble
- Sir John Wilder
- Professor Watkins
- Ronnie
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Amelia Stone was friends with a performer named David Jones, the birth name of David Bowie.
- Mr Quebec is implied to have taken the blame for the events of the original Quatermass story. Grubber was arrested for stealing fragments of a capsule at Knightsbridge, referencing Quatermass and the Pit.
- Mr Quebec refers to "Dr Quist's team", "Sir Michael Gerrard", and "the Ministry of Research" as other people who could investigate in Incident Two. Quist was the lead of the 1970s show Doomwatch. Sir Michael was the lead in mid-60s show R3 about a unit working for a Ministry of Research.
- Doctor Anthony Ridge has a brother called John, a reference to Dr John Ridge in Doomwatch.
- The stories predate the 1968 story The Invasion, and Professor Watkins is featured in The Synthetic Man, detailing his first encounter with Tobias Vaughn and Packer.
- Banks goes undercover as a South African mercenary called Van Hereden, pretending he assisted the failed 1966 coup in the Congo. He took the name from a pulp novel he'd read.
- As "Van Hereden", Banks claims to have worked for Marien Ngouabi's paratroopers.
- At the end of the book, the alternate timeline is called "the dark dimension".
- In the alternate timeline, World War II was fought by Neville Chamberlain (with Winston Churchill unknown by Travers) against Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union, while Hitler was shot the day the war started. The British Rocket Group later made a publicly successful rocket launch in 1952, making Travers and Quebec famous. An excavated dinosaur skeleton at Christmas 1960 caused a "near riot". In the late Sixties, a fascist group called the Esteem Party looked set to take over the country with internment camps for IQs under 110 and class segregation, before an unnamed figure replaced each Esteem MP with his own men, then sent a militia to burn down Parliament.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Stone says it is 8th April 1967 in The Damocles Project. In The Synthetic Man, the "attempted revolution" in the Congo, happening in the summer of 1966, is inaccurately dated to "only a few weeks ago".
- The book comprises of four short stories. The first three are interlinked. The fourth story is an unpublished 'lost' Lethbridge-Stewart story, Originally planned as a free on-line story via the Candy Jar Books website, it was held back when it was realised the theme of the Brigadier being imprisoned clashed with the plot of their book Mind Of Stone.
- The story titles are The Reconnaissance Of Death, The Damocles Project and The Synthetic Man. The 'lost' story is called Hide In Plain Sight.
- The stories are referred to as 'Incidents' rather than stories, as a tribute to Philip Martin, who called each episode of his TV series, Gangsters, in the same way, instead of calling them Episode One, Episode Two, etc. Martin also worked for Candy Jar Books, who published his third Gangsters novel shortly after he passed away.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The empty village and Mr Quebec had previously appeared in Tom Dexter's PROSE: The Cult of the Grinning Man, working for the army. That story was set in May 1969.
- Grubber's Moles retrieved technology from the Shoreditch Incident (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) and the Post Office Tower. (TV: The War Machines)
- The third story shows the abduction of Professor Watkins by Vaughn. (TV: The Invasion)
- Vaughn is trying to build a group of satellites that will broadcast a message into space. (TV: The Invasion)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Analysis Bureau page at Candy Jar Books
