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{{Infobox | |image = Mission Impractical.jpg | ||
|series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | |||
image=Mission Impractical.jpg| | |number= 12 | ||
series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
number= 12 | | |companions= [[Frobisher]] | ||
doctor= | |featuring = Sabalom Glitz | ||
companions= [[Frobisher]]| | |featuring2= Dibber | ||
enemy= [[Niccolo Mandell]], [[Sha'ol]], [[Karthakh]], [[The Valeyard|Zimmerman]] | | |enemy= [[Niccolo Mandell]], [[Sha'ol]], [[Karthakh]], [[The Valeyard|Zimmerman]] | ||
|setting= | |||
writer= | |writer= David A. McIntee | ||
publisher= | |publisher= BBC Books | ||
release date= | |release date= 8 June 1998 | ||
format= Paperback Book, | |format= Paperback Book; 21 Chapters, 280 Pages | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-563-40592-9| | |isbn= ISBN 0-563-40592-9 | ||
prev= Catastrophea (novel)| | |prev= Catastrophea (novel) | ||
next= Zeta Major (novel) | |next= Zeta Major (novel) | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twelfth [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twelfth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[David A. McIntee]], released [[8 June (releases)|8 June]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]] and featured the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Frobisher]] and [[Sabalom Glitz]]. | |||
It was the first BBC Books novel to feature a character created in another medium — [[Frobisher]], who first appeared in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'s'' comic stories alongside the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]. As the cover indicates, this story also features [[Sabalom Glitz]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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Pursued by bounty hunters, the [[Sixth Doctor]] and his shapeshifting companion [[Frobisher]] run into old acquaintances [[Sabalom Glitz|Glitz]] and [[Dibber]] — notorious rogues who have become involved in something big: a covert government agency on [[Vandor Prime]] is forcing the pair to turn their criminal talents to its own ends. | Pursued by bounty hunters, the [[Sixth Doctor]] and his shapeshifting companion [[Frobisher]] run into old acquaintances [[Sabalom Glitz|Glitz]] and [[Dibber]] — notorious rogues who have become involved in something big: a covert government agency on [[Vandor Prime]] is forcing the pair to turn their criminal talents to its own ends. | ||
The Doctor and Frobisher are soon drawn into the mysterious scheme themselves | The Doctor and Frobisher are soon drawn into the mysterious scheme themselves — but what game is truly being played by the authorities? How is the group of [[Ogron]] raiders involved? And who is so desperate to see the Doctor dead? | ||
Caught in a web of deceit and pursued by ruthless killers, the Doctor's mission — should he decide to accept it — is to join Glitz's gang and pull off the crime of the century. And failure will result in an interstellar war costing the lives of millions... | Caught in a web of deceit and pursued by ruthless killers, the Doctor's mission — should he decide to accept it — is to join Glitz's gang and pull off the crime of the century. And failure will result in an interstellar war costing the lives of millions... | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Sixth | * [[Sixth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Frobisher]] | * [[Frobisher]] | ||
* [[Sabalom Glitz]] | * [[Sabalom Glitz]] | ||
* [[Dibber]] | |||
* [[Jack Chance]] | * [[Jack Chance]] | ||
* [[Niccolo Mandell]] | * [[Niccolo Mandell]] | ||
* [[Kala Mandell]] | |||
* [[Sha'ol]] | * [[Sha'ol]] | ||
* [[Karthakh]] | * [[Karthakh]] | ||
* [[The Valeyard|Zimmerman]] | * [[The Valeyard|Zimmerman]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Brokhal]] | ||
* [[Chat (Mission: Impractical)|Chat]] | |||
* [[Liang]] | |||
* [[Cronan]] | |||
* | * [[Hoffman]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Monty Kast]] | ||
* [[Oskar (Mission: Impractical)|Oskar]] | |||
* [[Heera]] | |||
=== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Sha' | === Species === | ||
* Sha'ol is a [[Tzun]], while Karthakh is a [[Veltrochni|Veltrochini]]. By this point, the [[Tzun Confederacy]] has been destroyed. | |||
=== | === Planets === | ||
* The "walking mountains" are located on the planet [[Haskor]]. | * The "walking mountains" are located on the planet [[Haskor]]. There are one of the [[Wonders of the Universe]]. | ||
*[[Elchur]] was an agrarian colony until biochemical weapons in an ancient war sterilised its surface. | * [[Elchur]] was an agrarian colony until biochemical weapons in an ancient war sterilised its surface. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This was the first ''Doctor Who'' novel to take place between two issues of ''[[DWM comic stories|Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic strips rather than two television serials. | * This was the first ''Doctor Who'' novel to take place between two issues of ''[[DWM comic stories|Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic strips rather than two television serials. However, the chosen placement of ''[[War-Game (comic story)|War-Game]]'' and ''[[Funhouse (comic story)|Funhouse]]'' creates a continuity problem. Events in ''Funhouse'', directly tie into Peri's reintroduction in ''[[Abel's Story (comic story)|Abel's Story]]'', featuring an involuntary sabbatical in New York on Earth. The novel may, therefore, be better placed following ''[[The Age of Chaos (comic story)|The Age of Chaos]]'', which reintroduces Frobisher and addresses aspects of the Doctor's trial. | ||
* This was the first full-length story featuring Frobisher to be published in a non-comic medium. | * This was the first full-length story featuring Frobisher to be published in a non-comic medium. | ||
* The title of this story is a reference to ''[[Mission: Impossible]]''. | |||
* This story is set between ''[[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' and ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * Dibber is killed, which explains why the Doctor does not ask after him on [[Svartos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') | ||
* Frobisher thinks about the [[Wallarian]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'') | |||
* The [[Ninth Doctor]] and a [[very tall woman (Have You Seen This Man?)|very tall woman]] would later see ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' in [[Commodore Cinema, Aberystwyth|a cinema]] in [[Aberystwyth]] in 1977. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|whobbk12.htm|Mission: Impractical}} | |||
* {{whoniverse| | * {{whoniverse|pd12|Mission: Impractical}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/missi.htm The Cloister Library: '''Mission: Impractical'''] | |||
{{PDA}} | {{PDA}} | ||
{{Valeyard stories}} | {{Valeyard stories}} | ||
{{Ogron stories}} | |||
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[[Category:1998 novels]] | [[Category:1998 novels]] | ||
[[Category:Ogron | [[Category:Ogron novels]] | ||
[[Category:The Valeyard | [[Category:The Valeyard novels]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1977]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1977]] | ||
[[Category:Multi-Doctor novels]] | |||