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| | The Grandfather Infestation (novel).jpg|2016 | ||
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|series = ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' novels | |series = ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' novels | ||
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|main character = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] | |||
|enemy = The [[Ymir]], [[The Grandfathers]] | |enemy = The [[Ymir]], [[The Grandfathers]] | ||
|setting = [[September]] [[1969]] | |setting = [[September]] [[1969]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = John Peel | ||
|publisher = Candy Jar Books | |publisher = Candy Jar Books | ||
|release date = | |release date = 29 July 2016 (original) | ||
|release date2 = 18 August 2023 (illustration) | |||
|cover = | |cover = | ||
|format = | |format = | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventh novel in the ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' series. It was the first of the series to feature [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]] as a brigadier and not a colonel. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventh novel in the ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' series. It was the first of the series to feature [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]] as a brigadier and not a colonel. Additionally, it was the first to feature the [[Home-Army Fifth Operational Corps]], which was a British military organisation led by Lethbridge-Stewart that investigated alien actions. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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[[DJ]] [[Mary Wilde]] is second-guessing herself, and her career choice - is she a fool to think she can succeed in a man's world? But such problems are soon put into sharp relief when something emerges from the depths of the [[North Sea]], and drops [[Radio Crossbones]] down. | [[DJ]] [[Mary Wilde]] is second-guessing herself, and her career choice - is she a fool to think she can succeed in a man's world? But such problems are soon put into sharp relief when something emerges from the depths of the [[North Sea]], and drops [[Radio Crossbones]] down. | ||
Meanwhile, [[Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart]] has to contend with the politics of running the [[Home-Army Fifth Operational Corps]], but he's soon pulled away from such tedious back-patting when a nuclear [[submarine]] is lost with all hands while investigating the strange occurrences in the North Sea. | Meanwhile, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] has to contend with the politics of running the [[Home-Army Fifth Operational Corps]], but he's soon pulled away from such tedious back-patting when a nuclear [[submarine]] is lost with all hands while investigating the strange occurrences in the North Sea. | ||
What are the [[Ymir]], and why is it important for them to collect so many humans for [[the Grandfathers|their Grandfathers]]? And why does their success spell certain doom for [[Edinburgh]]? Lethbridge-Stewart, [[Anne Travers]] and Mary Wilde are about to learn the shocking truth first hand. | What are the [[Ymir]], and why is it important for them to collect so many humans for [[the Grandfathers|their Grandfathers]]? And why does their success spell certain doom for [[Edinburgh]]? Lethbridge-Stewart, [[Anne Travers]] and Mary Wilde are about to learn the shocking truth first hand. | ||
== Plot == | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* Brigadier [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]] | |||
* [[Anne Travers]] | |||
* 2nd Lieutenant [[William Bishop]] | |||
* Regimental Sergeant Major [[Samson Ware]] | |||
* Lieutenant Colonel [[Walter Douglas]] | |||
* Lance Corporal [[Sally Wright]] | |||
* Private [[Gwynfor Evans]] | |||
* [[Harold Chorley]] | |||
* [[Mary Wilde]] | |||
* Sergeant [[Jean Maddox]] | |||
* Petty Officer Wren [[Maisie Hawke]] | |||
* [[Peyton Bryden]] | |||
* [[Peter Grant]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The illustrated edition included a free copy of {{cs|The Grandfather Club (novel)}} released at the same time. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[DN6]] pesticide is used on the island of [[Strommach]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'') | * [[DN6]] pesticide is used on the island of [[Strommach]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[House of Giants (short story)|House of Giants]]'') | ||
* Following on from his training at Mons College, William Bishop holds the rank second lieutenant, having previously been a rifleman in the Royal Green Jackets and a lance corporal in the Scots Guards. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'', ''[[Beast of Fang Rock]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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