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|image = Grimm Reality.jpg
|name= Grimm Reality  
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
|image=Grimm Reality.jpg
|number in range = 50
|series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
|number= 50  
|number= 50  
|doctor=Eighth Doctor  
|doctor = Eighth Doctor  
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Anji Kapoor]]  
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Anji Kapoor|Anji]]
|enemy= Inhabitants of [[Albert (planet)|Albert]]  
|enemy= Inhabitants of [[Albert (planet)|Albert]]  
|setting= [[Albert (planet)|Albert]], [[2890]]  
|setting= [[Albert (planet)|Albert]], [[2890]]  
|writer= [[Simon Bucher-Jones]] and [[Kelly Hale]]
|writer= Simon Bucher-Jones, Kelly Hale
|publisher= BBC Books  
|publisher= BBC Books  
|release date= [[1 October (releases)|1 October]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]]
|release date= 1 October 2001
|format= Paperback Book; 20 Chapters, 288 Pages  
|format= Paperback Book; 20 Chapters, 288 Pages  
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53841-4
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53841-4
|prev= The City of the Dead (novel)
|prev= The City of the Dead (novel)
|next= The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)}}
|next= The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)
'''''Grimm Reality''''' was the fiftieth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Simon Bucher-Jones]] and [[Kelly Hale]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Anji Kapoor]].
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== Publisher’s summary ==
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''There is a world where wishes can come true. Where any simpleton can become a king and any scullery maid might be a princess in disguise. Kindness and virtue are rewarded, and the wicked are made to dance in red-hot shoes until they die. But a witch’s oven will cook both the virtuous and the wicked alike, and many a frog-prince is crushed beneath the wheels of a cart before he gets that magic kiss.''
'''''Grimm Reality''''' was the fiftieth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Simon Bucher-Jones]] and [[Kelly Hale]], released [[1 October (releases)|1 October]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Anji Kapoor]].


This world has its own rules and it doesn’t care that a certain Doctor Know-All and his friends don’t know them.
== Publisher's summary ==
''There is a world where wishes can come true. Where any simpleton can become a king and any scullery maid might be a princess in disguise. Kindness and virtue are rewarded, and the wicked are made to dance in red-hot shoes until they die. But a witch's oven will cook both the virtuous and the wicked alike, and many a frog-prince is crushed beneath the wheels of a cart before he gets that magic kiss.''
 
This world has its own rules and it doesn't care that a certain [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor Know-All]] and his friends don't know them.


Now other outsiders have come to the world — traders from the stars seeking the treasures that fell from the rip in the sky. There are riddles to be solved, contests to win, flax to spin. The world to survive.
Now other outsiders have come to the world — traders from the stars seeking the treasures that fell from the rip in the sky. There are riddles to be solved, contests to win, flax to spin. The world to survive.
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But the World of Wishes is itself in danger from a race of beings with only one wish. And there is a Princess asleep, and a beast awake — and Giants.
But the World of Wishes is itself in danger from a race of beings with only one wish. And there is a Princess asleep, and a beast awake — and Giants.


== Chapter Titles ==
== Chapter titles ==
* Prologue: The Prince Who Was Curious
Prologue - The Prince Who Was Curious
# The Cunning Forest
# The Cunning Forest
# The Goblin Market
# The Goblin Market
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# How the Sisters Got Their First Wish
# How the Sisters Got Their First Wish
# The Wishing Game
# The Wishing Game
# The Hut, or What Was Next for the Pot
# The Hut, or What Was Next For the Pot
# The Duke of Sighs
# The Duke of Sighs
# The Golden Acorns of the Wood
# The Golden Acorns of the Wood
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# The Master-Maid
# The Master-Maid
# Tests of True Love
# Tests of True Love
# The Contest of Hit [or, The Apple and the Doctor]
# The Contest of Wit (or, The Apple and the Doctor)
# Four White Horses
# Four White Horses
# The Glass Tower
# The Glass Tower
# The Cabinet of Other Worlds [or, The Third Brother and What Became of Him]
# The Cabinet of Other Worlds (or The Third Brother and What Became of Him)
# The Beast With Three Faces
# The Beast With Three Faces
# Journey's End in White Sand Weddings
# Journey's End in White Sand Weddings
* Epilogue
Epilogue
 
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
** Has a "not entirely human aura and pink bunny slipper fetish" (by his own admission…whether serious or not…)
** Sets up a stall in the market, under the alias of Doctor Know-All
* [[Fitz Kreiner]]
* [[Fitz Kreiner]]
** Fitz has read ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', seen ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'', and used to listen to ''[[The Goon Show]]''.
** The flying monkeys of ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' terrified him when he was a kid.
* [[Anji Kapoor]]
* [[Anji Kapoor]]
** Anji has an MBA
** Anji had once a friend who shoplifted lipstick from Woolworths and slipped it into her pocket so that she got the blame, and who slept with the boy she fancied at the first nightclub she ever went to, and carries a grudge for this.
* Captain [[Christina Morgenstern]]
* Captain [[Christina Morgenstern]]
* Fairy [[Belesia]]
* Fairy [[Belesia]]
* The Ogre [[Bricklebrit]]
* The Ogre [[Bricklebrit]]
** Fells in love with Anji
* [[Alex Volpe]]
* [[Alex Volpe]]
* [[Ansel]]
* [[Ansel]]
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* [[Gilfred]]
* [[Gilfred]]
* [[Inex]]
* [[Inex]]
* [[Iron Johann]]
* [[Janet (Grimm Reality)|Janet]]
* [[Janet (Grimm Reality)|Janet]]
* [[Johann]]
* [[Offram]]
* [[Offram]]
* [[Rozered]]
* [[Rozered]]
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* [[Vuim]]
* [[Vuim]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[White Hole]]
* Fitz has read ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', seen ''[[Forbidden Planet (film)|Forbidden Planet]]'', and used to listen to ''[[The Goon Show]]''.
* Fitz has read ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', seen ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'', and used to listen to ''[[The Goon Show]]''.
* The TARDIS has ''[[Delia Smith's Cooking Dictionary – Book Thirty Four: Xylocarp to Zwieback]]'' in its library.
* The TARDIS has ''Delia Smith’s Cooking Dictionary – Book Thirty Four: Xylocarp to Zwieback'' in its library.
* The Doctor used to sing a song about [[windmill]]s to [[Miranda Dawkins|Miranda]].
* The Doctor uses a gun to shoot his opponents' bullets out of the air.
* The Doctor used to sing a song about windmills to [[Miranda Dawkins|Miranda]].
* The desolate planet [[Albraxiz]] has seas of [[hydrochloric acid]], which mould its sapphire beaches into smooth gems.
* The desolate planet [[Albraxiz]] has seas of [[hydrochloric acid]], which mould its sapphire beaches into smooth gems.
* Fitz orders [[mutton stew]] with [[gravy]].
* Fitz orders [[mutton stew]] with [[gravy]].
* The flying [[monkey]]s of ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' terrified Fitz when he was a kid.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This was the 50th volume in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series.
* This was the 50th volume in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series.
* The full title of this Novel is ''Grimm Reality or The Marvellous Adventures of Doctor Know-All''.
* ''Grimm Reality'' won Best Book in the 2001 Jade Pagoda mailing list awards.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/jp/jpawards.htm
|title=Jade Pagoda awards
|year of source=2008
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922194131/http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/jp/jpawards.htm
|archivedate=22 September 2008
}}</ref>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The planet [[Albert (planet)|Albert]] shares many characteristics and stylistic features with the planet in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crooked World]]''.
* The Doctor whistles "[[Colonel Bogey March|Colonel Bogey]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* The Doctor whistles Colonel Bogey. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* The Doctor says that he is immortal on his father's side, barring accidents. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* The Doctor says that he is immortal on his father's side, barring accidents. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who]]'')
* Anji recalls seeing the Doctor ride a horse on [[Hitchemus]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Year of Intelligent Tigers (novel)|The Year of Intelligent Tigers]]'')
* Anji recalls seeing the Doctor ride a horse on [[Hitchemus]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Year of Intelligent Tigers]]'')
* The Doctor mentions the [[Kulan]]'s attempted invasion of Earth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Escape Velocity (novel)|Escape Velocity]]'')
* The Doctor mentions the [[Kulan]]'s attempted invasion of Earth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Escape Velocity]]'')
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] would later encounter a sentient planet in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Price of Paradise (novel)|The Price of Paradise]]''.
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] would later encounter a sentient planet in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Price of Paradise]]''.


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|whobbc50.htm|Grimm Reality}}
{{dwrefguide|whobbc50.htm|Grimm Reality}}
* {{whoniverse|ed50|Grimm Reality}}
* {{whoniverse|ed50|Grimm Reality}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/grimreal.htm The Cloister Library: '''Grimm Reality''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/grimreal.htm The Cloister Library: '''Grimm Reality''']
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060324071231/http://www.gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=halebucherjones Outpost Gallifrey - Interview: '''Kelly Hale''' And '''Simon Bucher-Jones''' (archived)]
== Footnotes ==
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You may be looking for the novel as it exists within the DWU.

Grimm Reality was the fiftieth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Simon Bucher-Jones and Kelly Hale, released 1 October 2001 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Anji Kapoor.

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

There is a world where wishes can come true. Where any simpleton can become a king and any scullery maid might be a princess in disguise. Kindness and virtue are rewarded, and the wicked are made to dance in red-hot shoes until they die. But a witch's oven will cook both the virtuous and the wicked alike, and many a frog-prince is crushed beneath the wheels of a cart before he gets that magic kiss.

This world has its own rules and it doesn't care that a certain Doctor Know-All and his friends don't know them.

Now other outsiders have come to the world — traders from the stars seeking the treasures that fell from the rip in the sky. There are riddles to be solved, contests to win, flax to spin. The world to survive.

But the World of Wishes is itself in danger from a race of beings with only one wish. And there is a Princess asleep, and a beast awake — and Giants.

Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]

Prologue - The Prince Who Was Curious

  1. The Cunning Forest
  2. The Goblin Market
  3. The Black Coach
  4. The Face in the Glass
  5. How the Sisters Got Their First Wish
  6. The Wishing Game
  7. The Hut, or What Was Next For the Pot
  8. The Duke of Sighs
  9. The Golden Acorns of the Wood
  10. The Giant's Treasure Chest
  11. The Master-Maid
  12. Tests of True Love
  13. The Contest of Wit (or, The Apple and the Doctor)
  14. Four White Horses
  15. The Glass Tower
  16. The Cabinet of Other Worlds (or The Third Brother and What Became of Him)
  17. The Beast With Three Faces
  18. Journey's End in White Sand Weddings

Epilogue

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Races[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This was the 50th volume in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series.
  • The full title of this Novel is Grimm Reality or The Marvellous Adventures of Doctor Know-All.
  • Grimm Reality won Best Book in the 2001 Jade Pagoda mailing list awards.[1]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Jade Pagoda awards (2008). Archived from the original on 22 September 2008.
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