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{{Infobox Story
|image       = Wooden Heart.jpg
|image = Wooden Heart.jpg
|series       = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|name = Wooden Heart
|number       = 15
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|doctor       = Tenth Doctor
|number = 15
|companions   = [[Martha Jones|Martha]]
|doctor = Tenth Doctor
|setting      = The ''[[Castor (spacecraft)|Castor]]''
|companions = [[Martha Jones]]
|writer       = Martin Day
|year = The Castor
|publisher   = BBC Books
|writer = [[Martin Day]]
|release date = 19 April 2007
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
|format       = Hardcover Book, 247 Pages
|release date = [[19 April (releases)|19 April]] [[2007]]
|isbn         = ISBN 1-84607-226-3
|format = Hardcover Book, 247 Pages
|prev         = The Last Dodo (novel)
|isbn = ISBN 1-84607-226-3
|next         = Forever Autumn (novel)
|prev = The Last Dodo (novel)
|clip        = Doctor Who Wooden Heart
|next = Forever Autumn (novel)
|read by      = [[Adjoa Andoh]]
|cover        = [[Henry Steadman]]
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'''''Wooden Heart''''' was the ninth [[BBC New Series Adventures|Tenth Doctor novel]] released.
'''''Wooden Heart''''' was the fifteenth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Martin Day]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''The Castor'', a vast starship, seemingly deserted, spinning slowly in the void of deep space. Martha and the Doctor explore the drifting tomb, and discover that they may not be alone after all... Who survived the disaster that overcame the rest of the crew? What continues to power the vessel? And why has a stretch of wooded countryside suddenly appeared in the middle of the craft? As the Doctor and Martha journey through the forest, they find a mysterious, fogbound village — a village traumatised by missing children and tales of its own destruction...
''The Castor'', a vast starship, seemingly deserted, spinning slowly in the void of deep space. Martha and the Doctor explore the drifting tomb, and discover that they may not be alone after all... Who survived the disaster that overcame the rest of the crew? What continues to power the vessel? And why has a stretch of wooded countryside suddenly appeared in the middle of the craft? As the Doctor and Martha journey through the forest, they find a mysterious, fogbound village — a village traumatised by missing children and tales of its own destruction...
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
* Petr
* [[Petr]]
* Kristine
* [[Kristine (Wooden Heart)|Kristine]]
* Saul
* [[Saul (Wooden Heart)|Saul]]
* Jude
* [[Jude (Wooden Heart)|Jude]]
* The Dazai
* [[The Dazai]]
* Thom
* [[Thom (Wooden Heart)|Thom]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Organisations ===
* [[Herot]] is a village.
* [[New Rome Institute]]
* [[Pacific Rim Cooperative]]


=== Planets ===
=== Food and Beverages ===
* [[Aractus]]
* The Doctor eats two banana splits. He later eats two [[cookie]]s and pockets a third. He produces a packet of [[crisp]]s. He drinks hot chocolate with Etta.
* [[Ralafea]]
* Martha drinks a [[cappuccino]].
 
=== Species ===
* [[Ralafean]]
*  A creature with prominent, ridged bones, eviscerating skin, slender limbs and scarlet eyes. It has an emaciated lizard-like face and body, huge bat wings and a large spiked tail.
* An animal with a bristly brown hide, a mouth full of tusks and black eyes. A purplish creature with thick, multijointed legs, stunted wings covered with barbs and pustules, a tapering neck, a vertically flattened face and lidless black eyes.
* A creature with globular appendages that pulse with internal light and might be extra brains or heads, as well as smaller limbs that ebb and flow like hair, and a central body made up of rounded shapes
 
=== Technology ===
* ''[[Castor]]''
* [[Chimera Project]]
* ''[[Pollux]]''


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
[[File:Bbcnewaudio10.jpg|thumb|right|The Audiobook cover.]]


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor mentions trying to believe "Six impossible things before breakfast" a reference to. [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' and ''Through the Looking Glass'' by Lewis Carrol.
* The Doctor mentions trying to believe "Six impossible things before breakfast" a reference to [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' and ''Through the Looking Glass'' by Lewis Carrol.
* Martha reflects on blood-sucking monsters. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'')
* Martha reflects on [[Plasmavore|blood-sucking monsters]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'')
* The Doctor talks about [[time window]]s and makes a reference to [[Madame de Pompadour]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')
* The Doctor talks about [[time window]]s and makes a reference to [[Madame de Pompadour]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')
* Martha recalls encountering '[[Judoon|rhino-headed storm troopers]]' ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'') and 'witches on broomsticks' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'')
* Martha recalls encountering "[[Judoon|rhino-headed storm troopers]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') and "[[Carrionite|witches on broomsticks]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')
* Martha mentions that the Doctor could have his arm chop off and he'll grow a new one. ([[TV]]: ''[[Christmas Invasion]]'')
* Martha mentions that the Doctor could have his arm chopped off and he'll grow a new one. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')


== Audio release ==
== Audiobook ==
* The story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by [[Adjoa Andoh]].
* This novel was released as an audiobook on [[2 July (releases)|2 July]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Adjoa Andoh]].
* The audiobook is also available as a download from the [[AudioGo]] website.
* This novel was released again as an audiobook by the RNIB and read by [[Tim Bruce]]. It was only available for the registered blind.
 
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Wooden Heart audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|whobb915.htm|Wooden Heart}}
* {{Penguin|1074382/doctor-who--wooden-heart/}}
 
{{dwrefguide|whobb915.htm|Wooden Heart}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/woodenheart.htm The Cloister Library: '''Wooden Heart''']
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Wooden Heart was the fifteenth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Martin Day and featured the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones.

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

The Castor, a vast starship, seemingly deserted, spinning slowly in the void of deep space. Martha and the Doctor explore the drifting tomb, and discover that they may not be alone after all... Who survived the disaster that overcame the rest of the crew? What continues to power the vessel? And why has a stretch of wooded countryside suddenly appeared in the middle of the craft? As the Doctor and Martha journey through the forest, they find a mysterious, fogbound village — a village traumatised by missing children and tales of its own destruction...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Food and Beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor eats two banana splits. He later eats two cookies and pockets a third. He produces a packet of crisps. He drinks hot chocolate with Etta.
  • Martha drinks a cappuccino.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This novel was released as an audiobook on 2 July 2007 by BBC Audio and read by Adjoa Andoh.
  • This novel was released again as an audiobook by the RNIB and read by Tim Bruce. It was only available for the registered blind.

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