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|image = Quantum Archangel bbcpdoc38.jpg  
|name= The Quantum Archangel
|image=Quantum Archangel bbcpdoc38.jpg  
|series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]  
|series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]  
|number= 38
|number= 37
|doctor=Sixth Doctor  
|doctor = Sixth Doctor  
|companions=  [[Melanie Bush|Mel]]  
|companions=  [[Melanie Bush|Mel]]  
|featuring= [[Third Doctor]]  
|featuring= [[Third Doctor]]  
|enemy= {{Ainley|c}}, [[the Quantum Archangel]], the [[Mad Mind of Bophemeral]]  
|enemy= {{Ainley|c}}, the [[Quantum Archangel]], the [[Mad Mind of Bophemeral]], [[Chronovore]]s
|year= [[London]], [[2003]]<br />The [[The Moon|Moon]], [[2003]]
|setting= [[London]], [[2003]];<br/>[[The Moon]], [[2003]]
|writer= [[Craig Hinton]]
|writer=Craig Hinton
|publisher= [[BBC Books]]
|publisher= BBC Books  
|release date= [[January]] [[2001]]
|release date=8 January 2001
|format= Paperback Book, 282 Pages  
|format= Paperback Book;<br/>13 Chapters, 284 Pages  
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53824-4  
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53824-4  
|prev= The King of Terror (novel)  
|prev= The King of Terror (novel)  
|next= Bunker Soldiers (novel)
|next= Bunker Soldiers (novel)
}}{{You may|The Quantum Archangel|n1=the titular being}}
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirty-eighth [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Melanie Bush]] and [[the Master]]. This novel is a sequel to the [[1972]] TV story [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]''.
{{you may|Quantum Archangel|n1=the titular being}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirty-seventh novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Craig Hinton]], released [[8 January (releases)|8 January]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]] and featured the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush]].
 
This novel was a sequel to the 1972 TV story ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
"Hear [[Kronos|me]], [[Time Lord|Lord of Time]]. We are a vengeful people. Our reach is infinite and our patience eternal. For [[The Master|your]] actions, we will have vengeance. And the vengeance of the [[Chronovore]]s is terror beyond imagining."
''"Hear me, [[Time Lord|Lord of Time]]. We are a vengeful people. Our reach is infinite and our patience eternal. For your actions, we will have vengeance. And the vengeance of the [[Chronovore]]s is terror beyond imagining."''


Five thousand years ago, the Priest-Kings of [[Atlantis]] attempted to enslave [[Kronos]], greatest of the Chronivores. They failed, with catastrophic results. Thirty years ago, {{Delgado}} sought to do the same, and barely escaped with his life.
Five thousand years ago, the Priest-Kings of [[Atlantis]] attempted to enslave [[Kronos]], greatest of the [[Chronovore]]s. They failed, with catastrophic results. Thirty years ago, {{Delgado}} sought to do the same, and barely escaped with his life.


London, 2003: torn apart by tragedy, the Doctor and Mel have gone their separate ways, only to find their paths crossing once more. While the Doctor tries to stop an old friend from making a terrible mistake, Mel is horrified to learn that her best friend has fallen under the influence of the Master.
[[London]], [[2003]]: torn apart by tragedy, [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] have gone their separate ways, only to find their paths crossing once more. While the Doctor tries to stop an old friend from making a terrible mistake, Mel is horrified to learn that her best friend has fallen under the influence of the Master.


As {{Ainley}} desperately tries to defend himself against the power of Kronos, the Doctor and Mel must overcome their differences. If they don’t, the [[Quantum Archangel]] will be triumphant. And if she is, nothing in the Universe will ever be the same again.
As {{Ainley}} desperately tries to defend himself against the power of Kronos, the Doctor and Mel must overcome their differences. If they don't, the [[Quantum Archangel]] will be triumphant. And if she is, nothing in the [[Universe]] will ever be the same again.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* {{Ainley|c}}
* {{Ainley|c}}
* [[Stuart Hyde]]
* [[Stuart Hyde]]
* [[Paul Kairos]]
* [[Arlene Cole]]
* [[Anjeliqua Whitefriar]]
* [[Anjeliqua Whitefriar]]
* [[First Rani]]
* [[Second Drax]]
* [[The Monk]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Astronomical objects ===
=== Astronomical objects ===
* The Doctor and Stuart are flung to the [[Virgo Cluster]].
* The Doctor and Stuart are flung to the [[Virgo Cluster]].
* [[Calabi-Yau Space]]
* [[Kaesov]]
* [[Klist]]
* [[Maradnias]]
* [[Plastrodus 14]]
=== Conflicts ===
* [[Millennium War]]


=== The Doctor ===
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor spent "decades" during the latter part of his second incarnation on the planet [[Darron]], learning the psychic techniques of the [[Mind Monks]].
* The Doctor spent "decades" during the latter part of [[Second Doctor|his second incarnation]] on the planet [[Darron]], learning the psychic techniques of the [[Mind Monk]]s.
* The Doctor reflects that his [[Fifth Doctor|immediate predecessor]] was not a heavy drinker, while he finds that he enjoys the chance to get drunk in his current body.


=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* [[Mad Mind of Bophemeral]]
* [[Quantum Archangel]]
* Stattenheim and Waldorf created working plans for a TARDIS during the [[16th century|sixteenth century]].
* Stattenheim and Waldorf created working plans for a TARDIS during the [[16th century|sixteenth century]].
* The [[Eternal]] known as [[Elektra]] mated with the Chronovore [[Prometheus (The Quantum Archangel)|Prometheus]] in order to conceive Kronos to lead the Chronovores against the Great Old One known as [[Nyarlathotep]], who Elektra feared.
* The [[Eternal]] known as [[Elektra]] mated with the Chronovore [[Prometheus (The Quantum Archangel)|Prometheus]] in order to conceive Kronos to lead the Chronovores against the Great Old One known as [[Nyarlathotep]], whom Elektra feared.
*The Master uses the alias "Branko Gospodar".
* The Master uses the [[The Master's aliases|alias]] "Branko Gospodar".
* [[Stuart Hyde]] is now Emeritus Professor of Physics at West London University.
* Stuart is now Emeritus Professor of [[Physics]] at [[West London University]].


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
*The Master is fleeing from a disastrous alliance with the [[Kroton]]s.
* The Master is fleeing from a disastrous alliance with the [[Kroton (species)|Krotons]].
*The Master still has the [[Chronovore]]s pursuing him after the Atlantis incident.
* The Master still has the [[Chronovore]]s pursuing him after the Atlantis incident.
* [[Transcendental Being]]
* The [[Chronovore]]s are composed of non-[[baryonic matter]]. In their natural forms they are six-dimensional polymorphic lattices of photinos and [[chronon]]s bound together with super-strings.
* [[Lurlak]]
* [[Owse]]
* [[Plath]]
* The [[Chronovore]]s are composed of [[non-baryonic matter]]. In their natural forms they are six-dimensional polymorphic lattices of photinos and [[chronon]]s bound together with super-strings.


=== TARDIS ===
=== TARDIS ===
* The Doctor says [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] is ''not'' the [[Iris Wildthyme's TARDIS|Number 22 bus to Putney Common]].
* The Doctor says [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] is ''not'' the [[Iris Wildthyme's TARDIS|Number 22 bus to Putney Common]].
* The Master's TARDIS is changed to a [[Type 94]].


=== Technology ===
=== Technology ===
* [[The Source|The Source of Traken]] has exhausted its energy, and he's now looking for a way to achieve immortality and simultaneously destroy all the Chronovores.
* [[The Source (The Keeper of Traken)|The Source of Traken]] has exhausted its energy, and the Master is now looking for a way to achieve immortality and simultaneously destroy all the Chronovores.
* [[TITAN Array]]
* [[TOMTIT]]
* [[Profane Virus of Rassilon]]


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This is a sequel to the television story ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', which is dated as occurring in [[1973]].
* For the Master, this is after the television story ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]''.
* Reference is made to the [[entropy wave]] destroying [[Oa]] (a planet from DC comics) and a third of the [[Shi'ar Empire]] (a race from Marvel comics).
* Hinton's own notes for this novel were published in the charity publication ''Shelf Life''. They clarified many details about the [[Guardians of Time|Guardians]], [[Old Ones|the Old Ones]], the [[Eternal]]s, and the [[Chronovore]]s, and asserted that the "shift in reality" affecting the [[Six-Fold-Realm]] is actually the [[War in Heaven]]. Many of the details of these notes, lost in the finished novel, became important plot points of Hinton and Chris McKeon's self-published ''Time's Champion''.
* Hinton stated in an interview that he wished he could rewrite the novel's ending since he found it confusing.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* This is a sequel to [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]''.
* While contemplating places to go to get over his guilt, the Doctor considers returning to the [[Tempus Fugit]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'')
* For the Master this is after [[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]''.
* The Master recalls [[the Deca]], specifically [[the Rani]], [[the Monk]] and [[Drax]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'')
* The Master recalls [[the Deca]], specifically [[the Rani]], [[the Monk]] and [[Drax]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties]]'')
* The Doctor remembers crossing over into the [[Inferno Earth|Inferno universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'')
* The Doctor considers tractoring a [[neutron star]] to be one of the most ridiculous things he's ever done. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'')
* Mel's alternate timeline features a [[Third Doctor]] who never escaped his [[Exile on Earth|exile]] and makes reference to defeating a Cybermen fleet with a trap in [[1989]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'')
* When contemplating supercomputers that the Archangel might 'recruit', the Doctor tentatively identifies the Matrix, the [[Conscience of Marinus]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]'') [[Xoanon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'') the [[Dalek Emperor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') and remembers [[Logopolis]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
* The [[Millennium War]] features races such as the [[Dæmon]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') the [[Osiran]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') the [[Euterpian]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)|Invasion of the Cat-People]]'') the [[Greld]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'')- the last two using the [[Semquess]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eye of the Giant (novel)|The Eye of the Giant]]'') engineering and the power of the [[Omnethoth]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fall of Yquatine (novel)|The Fall of Yquatine]]'')- the [[Kastrian]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'') the [[Exxilon]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'') the [[Sontaran]]s and the [[Rutan]]s, the early [[Time Lord]]s led by [[Rassilon]], and [[Faction Paradox]].
* The Doctor visits a [[parallel universe]] where he leads the Time Lords during the [[War in Heaven]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'')
* There is a [[Parallel universe of the Cla'tac'teth|parallel universe]] where the [[entropy wave]] destroyed everything. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
* The Master has previously lost his Trakenite body only to regain it again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Velvet Dark (short story)|The Velvet Dark]]'')
* When reduced to his decayed form, the Master considers other options for immortality like the [[Deathworm Morphant|deathworms]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') and the [[Cheetah Planet|living planet]] of the [[Cheetah Person|Cheetah People]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'')
 
== Gallery ==
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Quantum Archangel bbcpdoc38.jpg|Official cover
Quantum Archangel pulp cover.jpg|Pulp cover from ''[[Shelf Life]]''
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{dwrefguide|whobbk38.htm|The Quantum Archangel}}
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*{{whoniverse|PD38.php|The Quantum Archangel}}
* {{whoniverse|pd38|The Quantum Archangel}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/quantum.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Quantum Archangel''']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050407071941/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/06/01/13204.shtml Interview: The Quantum Archangel]


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The Quantum Archangel was the thirty-seventh novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Craig Hinton, released 8 January 2001 and featured the Sixth Doctor and Melanie Bush.

This novel was a sequel to the 1972 TV story The Time Monster.

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

"Hear me, Lord of Time. We are a vengeful people. Our reach is infinite and our patience eternal. For your actions, we will have vengeance. And the vengeance of the Chronovores is terror beyond imagining."

Five thousand years ago, the Priest-Kings of Atlantis attempted to enslave Kronos, greatest of the Chronovores. They failed, with catastrophic results. Thirty years ago, the Master sought to do the same, and barely escaped with his life.

London, 2003: torn apart by tragedy, the Doctor and Mel have gone their separate ways, only to find their paths crossing once more. While the Doctor tries to stop an old friend from making a terrible mistake, Mel is horrified to learn that her best friend has fallen under the influence of the Master.

As the Tremas Master desperately tries to defend himself against the power of Kronos, the Doctor and Mel must overcome their differences. If they don't, the Quantum Archangel will be triumphant. And if she is, nothing in the Universe will ever be the same again.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Astronomical objects[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor spent "decades" during the latter part of his second incarnation on the planet Darron, learning the psychic techniques of the Mind Monks.
  • The Doctor reflects that his immediate predecessor was not a heavy drinker, while he finds that he enjoys the chance to get drunk in his current body.

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Master is fleeing from a disastrous alliance with the Krotons.
  • The Master still has the Chronovores pursuing him after the Atlantis incident.
  • The Chronovores are composed of non-baryonic matter. In their natural forms they are six-dimensional polymorphic lattices of photinos and chronons bound together with super-strings.

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Source of Traken has exhausted its energy, and the Master is now looking for a way to achieve immortality and simultaneously destroy all the Chronovores.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is a sequel to the television story The Time Monster, which is dated as occurring in 1973.
  • For the Master, this is after the television story The Ultimate Foe.
  • Reference is made to the entropy wave destroying Oa (a planet from DC comics) and a third of the Shi'ar Empire (a race from Marvel comics).
  • Hinton's own notes for this novel were published in the charity publication Shelf Life. They clarified many details about the Guardians, the Old Ones, the Eternals, and the Chronovores, and asserted that the "shift in reality" affecting the Six-Fold-Realm is actually the War in Heaven. Many of the details of these notes, lost in the finished novel, became important plot points of Hinton and Chris McKeon's self-published Time's Champion.
  • Hinton stated in an interview that he wished he could rewrite the novel's ending since he found it confusing.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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