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|image=The Ancestor Cell.jpg
|image = The Ancestor Cell.jpg
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
|number in range = 36
|number in range = 36
|series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
|number= 36  
|number= 36  
|doctor=Eighth Doctor  
|doctor = Eighth Doctor  
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Compassion]]  
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Compassion]]  
|setting= [[Romana III's Gallifrey|Gallifrey]], the [[Rassilon Era]]
|setting= [[Romana III's Gallifrey|Gallifrey]], the [[Rassilon Era]]
|enemy= [[Faction Paradox]], [[Grandfather Paradox]]  
|enemy= [[Faction Paradox]], [[Grandfather Paradox]]  
|writer= [[Peter Anghelides]] and [[Stephen Cole]]
|writer= Peter Anghelides, Stephen Cole
|publisher= BBC Books  
|publisher= BBC Books  
|release date= [[3 July (releases)|3 July]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]]
|release date= 3 July 2000
|format= Paperback Book; 51 Chapters, 288 Pages  
|format= Paperback Book; 51 Chapters, 288 Pages  
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53809-0
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53809-0
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* [[Compassion]]
* [[Compassion]]
* [[Romana III (The Shadows of Avalon)|Lady President Romana]]
* [[Romana III (The Shadows of Avalon)|Lady President Romana]]
* [[Withycombe]]
* [[Ostler]]
* [[Mali]]
* [[Mali]]
* [[Nivet|Technician Nivet]]
* [[Nivet|Technician Nivet]]
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* [[Vozarti]]
* [[Vozarti]]
* [[Third Doctor]] ('ghost')
* [[Third Doctor]] ('ghost')
* [[Trantres]]
* [[Ditrec]]
* [[Fremest]]
* [[Branastigert]]
* [[Djarshar]]
* [[Tragdorvigan]]
* [[Klenchron]]
* [[Samax]]
* [[Ryssal]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[Biodata virus|Faction virus]] which infected the Doctor during his paradoxical regeneration on [[Dust (planet)|Dust]] continues to affect him.
* The [[Biodata virus|Faction virus]] which infected the Doctor during his paradoxical regeneration on [[Dust (planet)|Dust]] continues to affect him.
* Fitz knows of the [[Faction Paradox]] either from his encounter on Earth in [[San Francisco]] [[2002]] or on Earth in [[1996]], or when he was part of [[the Remote]] prior to his re-remembering by [[the TARDIS]].
* Fitz knows of the [[Faction Paradox]] either from his encounter on Earth in [[San Francisco]] [[2002]] or on Earth in [[1996]], or when he was part of [[the Remote]] prior to his re-remembering by [[the TARDIS]].
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* Father Kreiner mentions the [[T'hiili]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dominion (novel)|Dominion]]'') and [[Vega Station (Demontage)|Vega Station]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Demontage (novel)|Demontage]]'') Fitz retaliates with tales of [[Drebnar]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Frontier Worlds (novel)|Frontier Worlds]]'')
* Father Kreiner mentions the [[T'hiili]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dominion (novel)|Dominion]]'') and [[Vega Station (Demontage)|Vega Station]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Demontage (novel)|Demontage]]'') Fitz retaliates with tales of [[Drebnar]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Frontier Worlds (novel)|Frontier Worlds]]'')
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Spinning Jenny (novel)|Spinning Jenny]]'' states that there are different conflicting accounts of Faction Paradox's destruction.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Spinning Jenny (novel)|Spinning Jenny]]'' states that there are different conflicting accounts of Faction Paradox's destruction.
* In the aftermath of Gallifrey's destruction, time travel became essentially unregulated leading to various new methods of time travel popping up. In turn this led to the creation of (one version of) the Time Agency, time travel experiments on Isolation Station Forty, the Blithe Pinking Shears, the timeship Jonah ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Trading Futures (novel)|Trading Futures]]''), and the Book of the Still along with the rise of non-linear anthropology ([[PROSE]]: (''[[The Book of the Still (novel)|The Book of the Still]]'').


== External links ==
== External links ==

Latest revision as of 17:45, 13 May 2024

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The Ancestor Cell was the thirty-sixth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Peter Anghelides and Stephen Cole, released 3 July 2000 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Compassion. It marked the end of Stephen Cole's role as editor of the BBC Books ranges.

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The Doctor's not the man he was. But what has he become? An old enemy — Faction Paradox, a cult of time-travelling voodoo terrorists — is finally making him one of its own. These rebels have a mission for him, one that will deliver him into the hands of his own people, who have decreed that he must die. Except now, it seems, the Time Lords have a mission for him too...

A gargantuan structure, hewn from solid bone, has appeared in the skies over Gallifrey. Its origin and purpose are unknown, but its powers threaten to tear apart the web of time and the universe with it. Only the Doctor can get inside... but soon he will learn that nothing is safe and nothing sacred.

Shot by both sides, confronted by past sins and future crimes, the Doctor finds himself a prisoner of his own actions. With options finally running out, he must face his most crushing defeat or take one last, desperate chance for salvation...

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