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|image= Dead Romance.jpg
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|series= [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures|Virgin <br /> Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]]
Dead Romance.jpg|1999
|number= 19
Dead Romance (Mad Norwegian Press).jpg|2004</gallery>
|main character= [[Christine Summerfield]]
|series         = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
|featuring= [[Chris Cwej]]
|range          = Virgin New Adventures
|enemy= [[The Horror]]
|number in range = 80
|setting= [[Bottle universe]]: {{il|[[London]], [[1970]]}}'Real' Universe: {{il|[[Simia KK98]]|[[Cygni 8.9]]|[[Gallifrey|The Homeworld]]}}
|number          = 80
|writer= [[Lawrence Miles]]
|main character = [[Christine Summerfield|Christine]]
|publisher= Virgin Books
|featuring       = [[Chris Cwej|Chris]]
|release date= [[1 March (releases)|1 March]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]
|enemy           = [[The Horror]]
|format= Paperback Book, 294 Pages
|setting         =  
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20532-4
|reprint        = Dead Romance (anthology)
|prev= The Mary-Sue Extrusion (novel)
|writer          = Lawrence Miles
|next= Tears of the Oracle (novel)
|cover          = [[David Wyatt]]
|series2= [[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox (Mad Norwegian Press)]]
|publisher       = Virgin Books
|prev2= This Town Will Never Let Us Go (novel)
|release date   = 1 March 1999
|next2= Of the City of the Saved... (novel)
|format         = Paperback Book, 294 Pages
}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is the nineteenth [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] novel and the second in a row not to feature [[Bernice Summerfield]] in the main narrative. This story almost entirely focuses on [[Christine Summerfield]] and [[Chris Cwej]]. In 2004, it was reprinted as part of the [[Mad Norwegian Press]] [[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]] line.
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|next           = Tears of the Oracle (novel)
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|next2           = Toy Story (short story)
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'''''Dead Romance''''' was the eightieth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel and the second in a row not to feature [[Bernice Summerfield]] in the main narrative. This story almost entirely focuses on [[Christine Summerfield]] and [[Chris Cwej]]. In [[2004 (releases)|2004]], it was [[Dead Romance (anthology)|reprinted]] by [[Mad Norwegian Press]] as a "tie-in" to their ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' line.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''"All right, let's start with the basics. The world ended on the [[12 October|twelfth of October]], [[1970|Nineteen Seventy]]..."''
''"All right, let's start with the basics. The world ended on the [[12 October|twelfth of October]], [[1970|Nineteen Seventy]]..."''


I don't know why I'm writing this. It's not like anybody's going to read it. At least, nobody who cares about the fact that I'm a desperate, dying, 23-year-old human being who's just had the whole of history taken away from her.
I don't know why I'm writing [[Dead Romance|this]]. It's not like anybody's going to read it. At least, nobody who cares about the fact that I'm a desperate, dying, 23-year-old human being who's just had the whole of history taken away from her.


To whoever's out there, to whatever's left, this is the way things were, just before the end. This is the story about the last days of London, about murder and love and waking up in the ruins, about all the people buried in the wreckage...
To whoever's out there, to whatever's left, this is the way things were, just before the end. This is the story about the last days of [[London]], about [[murder]] and [[love]] and waking up in the ruins, about all the people buried in the wreckage...


I'm lying, obviously. This is my story. This is what I was doing, when October the twelfth came. Because, let's face it, I'm the only one who really matters.
I'm lying, obviously. This is my story. This is what I was doing, when October the twelfth came. Because, let's face it, I'm the only one who really matters.
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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== First notebook (128 pages) ===
''to be added''
=== Second notebook (128 pages, 12 missing) ===
''to be added''
=== Third notebook (128 pages, 8 blank) ===
''to be added''
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Christine Summerfield]]
* [[Christine Summerfield]]
* [[Elliot Bishop]]
* [[Chris Cwej]]
* [[Chris Cwej]]
* [[Khiste]]
* [[Khiste]]
* [[The Horror]]
* [[The Horror]]
* [[Time Lord|Cwej's employers]]
* [[Great Houses|Cwej's employers]]
* [[Sphinx (Dead Romance)|The Sphinxes]]
* [[Sphinx (Dead Romance)|Sphinxes]]
* [[Lady Diamond]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Biology ===
=== Biology ===
* Cwej's employers have altered his biology to make him more suited to dealing in their affairs. They also changed his memory of his time with [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]], making him the "Evil Renegade" instead.
* Cwej's employers give [[regeneration|regenerative]] powers to their agents, Chris Cwej included.
* The Time Lords give [[regeneration|regenerative]] powers to their agents, Chris Cwej included.


=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* [[Christine Summerfield]] is probably no relation to [[Bernice Summerfield]], except in name. She lost her virginity at fifteen.
* [[Christine Summerfield]] is probably no relation to [[Bernice Summerfield]], except in name.
* [[Chris Cwej]] is an agent of a group implied to be the [[Time Lord|Great Houses of the Time Lords]].
* [[Chris Cwej]] is an agent of the [[Great House]]s.
* After meeting with the [[Dalek]]s, Chris comes back to Christine and has [[sex]] with her, to make himself feel [[human]].
* After meeting with [[Dalek|the machine peoples]], Chris comes back to Christine and has [[sex]] with her to make himself feel [[human]].
* [[Khiste]] has regenerated at least once (quite possibly more than once). He has sex with Christine to prove a point.
* Chris Cwej recalls [[Roz Forrester]]'s death.
* Chris Cwej recalls [[Roz Forrester]]'s death.
* [[The Horror]] is a gestalt of all the stuff lost in the [[Time Vortex|Vortex]].
* [[The Horror]] is a gestalt of all the stuff lost in [[Time Vortex|the Vortex]].
* [[Father Kreiner]] appears as the voice of [[the Horror]] that Christine speaks to and negotiates with.
* [[Father Kreiner]] appears as the voice of [[the Horror]] that Christine speaks to and negotiates with.
* The large machine intelligence is [[Pool (Deceit)|Pool]], the gestalt from above [[Arcadia (planet)|Arcadia]].
* The large machine intelligence is [[Pool (Deceit)|Pool]], the gestalt from above [[Arcadia (planet)|Arcadia]].
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=== Literature ===
=== Literature ===
* Christine writes much of her journal in the ruins of [[Gallifrey|Cwej's employers' Homeworld]].
* Christine writes much of ''[[Dead Romance]]'' in the ruins of [[the Homeworld (Dead Romance)|the Homeworld]]'s [[The Capitol|capitol]].


=== Locations ===
=== Locations ===
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=== Planets ===
=== Planets ===
* The [[bottle universe]] is located at [[Simia KK98]].
* The [[bottle universe]] is kept on [[Simia KK98]].
* [[Simia KK98]] is the base of Cwej's employers. Inside is an eight-armed statue of [[Rassilon]] holding various [[artefacts of Rassilon|artefacts]].
* [[Simia KK98]] is a colony of Cwej's employers. Inside is an eight-armed statue of [[Rassilon|their founder]] holding various artefacts.
* Cwej takes Christine to a market on [[Cygni 8.6]], where she sees some Liquid Cats, which may be related to [[wetworks facility]] technology.
* Cwej takes Christine to a market on [[Cygni 8.6]], where she sees some [[liquid cat]]s, which may be related to [[wetworks facility]] technology.
* [[Shada (prison)|Shada]] is described.  
* [[Shada]] is described.
* Christine reads about [[Tyler's Folly]].
* Christine reads about [[Tyler's Folly]].
* Khiste takes Christine to [[Ordifica]].
* Khiste takes Christine to [[Ordifica]].
* Christine, after being dropped off on Ordifica, visits a number of colony worlds including: [[Shristostophon]], [[Gardener's World]], [[Hai Dow Seven]], [[Lubellin]], [[Shatner's Climax]], [[Ultra Caprisis]], then onto [[Gallifrey]] before heading towards [[Dellah]].
* Christine, after being dropped off on [[Ordifica]], visits a number of colony worlds including [[Shristostophon]], [[Gardener's World]], [[Hai Dow Seven]], [[Lubellin]], [[Shatner's Climax]], [[Ultra Caprisis]], then onto [[the Homeworld (Dead Romance)|the Homeworld]], before heading towards [[Dellah]].


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* Cwej comes back from a meeting with machine people implied to be the [[Dalek]]s. Supposedly his employers "made a deal with them. Years ago," to let them build [[TARDIS|time machines]].
* Cwej comes back from a meeting with [[Dalek|machine people]]. Supposedly his employers "made a deal with them. Years ago," to let them build [[time machine]]s.
* Cwej's employers are the [[Time Lord|Great House]]s.
* Cwej's employers are the [[Great House]]s.
* Cwej's employers alter their treaty with [[the People]], which means they can build time machines. [[God (The Also People)|God]] was present.
* Cwej's employers alter their treaty with [[the People]], which means they can build time machines. [[God (The Also People)|God]] was present.
* [[The Enemy]] is obliquely referred to.
* [[The enemy]] is obliquely referred to.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* At the start of the novel is a note from Miles which states:
* At the start of the original novel was a note from Miles which stated:
::''Note for continuity purists and nobody else: the universe in which much of 'Dead Romance' takes place - the universe of the Gods, the planet Dellah and Bernice Summerfield - is the same universe in which 'Christmas on a Rational Planet, 'Down' and indeed every other New Adventure takes place. However, this absolutely and positively isn't the same universe in which any other books I might have written are set.''
::''Note for continuity purists and nobody else: the universe in which much of 'Dead Romance' takes place - the universe of the Gods, the planet [[Dellah]] and Bernice Summerfield - is the same universe in which 'Christmas on a Rational Planet, 'Down' and indeed every other New Adventure takes place. However, this absolutely and positively isn't the same universe in which any other books I might have written are set.''
::''Believe me.''
::''Believe me.''
:This referred to Miles' attempt, here and in ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'' and ''[[Interference - Book Two]]''), to use the device of [[bottle universe]]s nested inside each other to establish that the [[Virgin New Adventures]] and [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] occurred in separate continuities. However, Miles admitted in a foreword to the [[Mad Norwegian Press]] edition of ''Dead Romance'' that this was a bad idea.
:This referred to Miles' attempt, here and in the novel ''[[Interference (novel)|Interference]]'', to use the device of nested [[bottle universe]]s to establish that the [[Virgin New Adventures]] and [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] occurred in separate continuities. However, Miles admitted in a foreword to the [[Mad Norwegian Press]] edition that this was a bad idea and rightfully ignored.
* Starting on page 199 is a discussion of the Summerfield family tree (from the 'real' universe, ie Bernice Summerfield's family tree).
* Starting on page 199 is a discussion of Bernice Summerfield's family tree.
* The cover of the novel is actually part of the plot. It is the photo Christine takes of London, shortly after the Time Lords take over the bottle Earth.
* The cover of the novel is the photo Christine takes of London shortly after Cwej's employers invade [[Earth (Dead Romance)|the bottle Earth]].
* The Mad Norwegian edition contains several extras: a new introduction by [[Lawrence Miles]], the essay [[The Cosmology of the Spiral Politic (short story)|The Cosmology of the Spiral Politic]], and reprints of the short stories [[Toy Story (short story)|Toy Story]] and [[Grass (short story)|Grass]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Gods (from which Cwej's employers are preparing to escape) appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Where Angels Fear]]''.
* The Gods from which Cwej's employers are preparing to escape appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Where Angels Fear (novel)|Where Angels Fear]]''.
* Chris Cwej last appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Oblivion (novel)|Oblivion]]''.
* Chris Cwej last appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Oblivion (novel)|Oblivion]]''.
* Roz Forrester died in [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin]]''.
* Roz Forrester died in [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]''.
* Father Kreiner fell into the vortex in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]''.
* Father Kreiner fell into the vortex in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference (novel)|Interference]]''.
* The Time Lord - the People treaty was first mentioned in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People]]''.
* The [[Time Lord-People Treaty]] was first mentioned in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]''.
* The concept of Time Lords regenerating for particular purposes/for war first appears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]'' and Time Lords in non-bipedal forms appear in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]''.
* The concept of Time Lords regenerating for particular purposes/for war first appears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', and Time Lords in non-bipedal forms appear in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]''.
* The bottle that appears is implied to be the bottle I.M. Foreman has in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]''. ''Interference'' also mentioned that the Time Lords are making "Ogron Lords" by altering them to be time compatible. This concept is first introduced in this novel.
* The bottle that appears is implied to be the bottle [[I.M. Foreman]] has in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference (novel)|Interference]]''. ''Interference'' also mentioned that the Time Lords are making "[[Ogron Lord]]s" by altering them to be time compatible; this concept is first introduced in this novel.
* Wetworks technology appears in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Genocide Machine]]''.
* [[Simia KK98]] was first mentioned in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'' and would later appear in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]''.
* [[Henrietta Street]] features more heavily in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]''.
* Wetworks technology appears in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Genocide Machine (audio story)|The Genocide Machine]]''.
* In [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow Play (audio story)|The Shadow Play]]'', Christine (now called Eliza) mentions that one of the Great Houses was responsible for the invasion of her Earth.
* [[Henrietta Street]] features more heavily in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]''.
* Pool appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deceit]]''.
* In [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow Play (audio story)|The Shadow Play]]'', Christine (now called Eliza) mentions that one of the [[Great House]]s was responsible for the invasion of [[Earth (Dead Romance)|her Earth]].
* The bronze spheres Christine saw above Simia KK98 were [[90-form]] [[TARDIS|timeship]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
* [[Pool (Deceit)|Pool]] appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]''.
* The bronze spheres Christine saw above Simia KK98 were [[90-form]] [[TARDIS|timeships]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
* Chris Cwej claims that the reproductive system usually the first to go once [[Nanite]]s repair a damaged body. Previously, [[Ace]] had wondered if she would still be able to get pregnant after they entered her system. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'')
* A [[Eternal War|Time Lord-Vampire war]] is mentioned. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'')
* In a newspaper, Christine reads about [[sea serpent]]s sighted on [[Tyler's Folly]] in [[2593]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Down (novel)|Down]]'')
* The message from the [[Ouija board]] includes the lines "WE ARE ALL IN THE BOTTLE AND ONE DAY THE BOTTLE WILL BREAK" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'') and "CHRISTINE ON A RATIONAL PLANET". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'')


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== Cover gallery ==
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Dead Romance was the eightieth Virgin New Adventures novel and the second in a row not to feature Bernice Summerfield in the main narrative. This story almost entirely focuses on Christine Summerfield and Chris Cwej. In 2004, it was reprinted by Mad Norwegian Press as a "tie-in" to their Faction Paradox line.

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

"All right, let's start with the basics. The world ended on the twelfth of October, Nineteen Seventy..."

I don't know why I'm writing this. It's not like anybody's going to read it. At least, nobody who cares about the fact that I'm a desperate, dying, 23-year-old human being who's just had the whole of history taken away from her.

To whoever's out there, to whatever's left, this is the way things were, just before the end. This is the story about the last days of London, about murder and love and waking up in the ruins, about all the people buried in the wreckage...

I'm lying, obviously. This is my story. This is what I was doing, when October the twelfth came. Because, let's face it, I'm the only one who really matters.

I'm the only one who got out alive.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

First notebook (128 pages)[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Second notebook (128 pages, 12 missing)[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Third notebook (128 pages, 8 blank)[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Cwej's employers give regenerative powers to their agents, Chris Cwej included.

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Literature[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Cwej comes back from a meeting with machine people. Supposedly his employers "made a deal with them. Years ago," to let them build time machines.
  • Cwej's employers are the Great Houses.
  • Cwej's employers alter their treaty with the People, which means they can build time machines. God was present.
  • The enemy is obliquely referred to.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • At the start of the original novel was a note from Miles which stated:
Note for continuity purists and nobody else: the universe in which much of 'Dead Romance' takes place - the universe of the Gods, the planet Dellah and Bernice Summerfield - is the same universe in which 'Christmas on a Rational Planet, 'Down' and indeed every other New Adventure takes place. However, this absolutely and positively isn't the same universe in which any other books I might have written are set.
Believe me.
This referred to Miles' attempt, here and in the novel Interference, to use the device of nested bottle universes to establish that the Virgin New Adventures and BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures occurred in separate continuities. However, Miles admitted in a foreword to the Mad Norwegian Press edition that this was a bad idea and rightfully ignored.
  • Starting on page 199 is a discussion of Bernice Summerfield's family tree.
  • The cover of the novel is the photo Christine takes of London shortly after Cwej's employers invade the bottle Earth.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

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