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novel name= Conundrum|
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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[List of Virgin New Adventures Stories | Virgin New Adventures]] |
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number= 22 |
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
|range = Virgin New Adventures
companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] |
|number in range = 22
enemy= [[Writer of the Land of Fiction]] |
|number = 22  
writer= [[Steve Lyons]] |
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
release date= |
|featuring = Norman Power
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages |
|featuring2 = Gillian Who
isbn= 0426204085 }}
|featuring3 = John Who
|enemy= [[Jason (Conundrum)|Jason]], [[Phil Chambers]]
|setting = [[Land of Fiction]]
|writer = Steve Lyons
|cover = [[Jeff Cummins]]
|publisher = Virgin Books
|release date= 20 January 1994
|format = Paperback Book;<br/>17 Chapters, 261 Pages
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20408-5
|prev = The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)
|next = No Future (novel)
|series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]]
|prev2 = The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)
|next2 = No Future (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
{{you may|Conundrum (short story)|n1=the short story of the same name}}
'''''Conundrum''''' was the twenty-second novel in the [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Steve Lyons]], and was published by [[Virgin Books]] in [[1994 (releases)|1994]]. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]]. It featured a return to the [[Land of Fiction]], introduced twenty-six years earlier in the [[Season 6 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 6]] [[Patrick Troughton]] television story ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]''.


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
''''Doctor, we’re talking about an old man who used to dress up in a skintight white jump suit and fly around [[New York]] catching super-villains. Don’t you think there’s something just a bit unusual about that?''''
"Doctor, we're talking about an old man who used to dress up in a skintight white jump suit and fly around [[New York City|New York]] catching super-villains. Don't you think there's something just a bit unusual about that?"


A killer is stalking the streets of the village of [[Arandale]]. The victims are found one each day, drained of blood. And if that seems strange, it’s nothing compared to the town’s inhabitants.  
A killer is stalking the streets of the village of [[Arandale]]. The victims are found one each day, drained of [[blood]]. And if that seems strange, it's nothing compared to the town's inhabitants.


[[The Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] think they’re investigating a murder mystery. But it’s all much more bizarre than that. And much more dangerous.  
The [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] think they're investigating a [[murder]] mystery. But it's all much more bizarre than that. And much more dangerous.


Someone has interfered with the Doctor’s past again, and he’s landed in a place he knows he once destroyed. This time there can be no escape.  
Someone has interfered with the Doctor's past again, and he's landed in a [[Land of Fiction|place]] he knows he once destroyed. This time there can be no escape.


==Notes==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Norman Power]]
* [[Jason (Conundrum)|The Master of the Land of Fiction]]
* [[Malcolm Blyth]]
* [[Jack Corrigan (Conundrum)|Jack Corrigan]]
* [[Karen Davies]]
* [[Mason Grimshaw]]
* [[Tina Grimshaw]]
* [[Matthew Shade]]
* [[Mel Joseph]]
* [[Phil Chambers]]
* [[Rosemary Chambers]]
* Father [[Kenneth Sheridan]]
* [[Gary Chambers]]
* [[Michelle Chambers]]
* [[Tracey Daniels]]
* [[Tim Mitchell]]
* [[Alan Brown (Conundrum)|Alan Brown]]
* [[Eileen (Conundrum)|Eileen]]
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* [[Carson (Conundrum)|Carson]]
* [[Rosemary's familiar]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
=== Energy and radiation ===
* [[McAllerson's Radiation]] does exist, but does not give people super powers as the Land of Fiction suggests.
 
=== Games ===
* Whilst in prison, the Doctor plays [[Scrabble]] against the Master of the Land of Fiction.
 
=== Supposed deities ===
* The [[Gods of Ragnarok]] originally built the [[Land of Fiction]] but grew bored with it and abandoned it.
 
=== TARDIS ===
* Ace knows how to operate the [[chameleon circuit]].


=== Theories and concepts ===
* Ace [[dream]]s of a [[Artemis (No Future)|woman in red]] and a door that she cannot open.
* [[Word Association]] is an aspect of the Land of Fiction.


==Characters==
=== Food and beverages ===
''to be added''
* Ace and Bernice bond over several pints of fictional [[cider]].


== Notes ==
* In the [[Land of Fiction]] library, Ace sees novels of several of her own adventures including ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', ''[[Dragonfire (novelisation)|Dragonfire]]'' and ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]''.
* This is part of the "Meddling Monk" pentalogy, also known as the "Alternate Universe Arc".
* The destruction of the [[Silurian Earth]] and the [[Althosian system]] continues to put a strain on relationships within the TARDIS.
* A [[Prelude Conundrum (short story)|prelude]] for this novel was published in [[DWM 208]].
* The novel ''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]'' is a sequel to ''Conundrum''.
* The Doctor and Benny encounter the Dredlox, which are originally from a [[Doctor Who pastiches#Comics|Doctor Who pastiche]] published by [[Marvel Comics]].


==External Links==
== Continuity ==
* [http://drwhoguide.com/who_na22.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Conundrum''']
* The Doctor previously visited the Land of Fiction during his [[Second Doctor|second]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'') [[Fourth Doctor|fourth]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crooked Man (audio story)|The Crooked Man]]'') and [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnations]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Legend of the Cybermen (audio story)|Legend of the Cybermen]]'')
* The Master of the Land of Fiction turns up at Benny's wedding to [[Jason Kane]] in [[Cheldon Bonniface]] on [[24 April]] [[2010]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'')
* The Doctor plays the spoons again. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'', ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')


{{Virgin New Adventure Series Box | before = [[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]] | after = [[No Future]]}}
== External links ==
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona22p.htm Prelude to '''Conundrum''' as published in DWM #208]
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* {{whoniverse|na22|Conundrum}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/conu.htm The Cloister Library: '''Conundrum''']
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#na022 Beyond the Book: Conundrum by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43]
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Latest revision as of 20:30, 3 June 2024

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You may be looking for the short story of the same name.

Conundrum was the twenty-second novel in the New Adventures series. It was written by Steve Lyons, and was published by Virgin Books in 1994. It featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice. It featured a return to the Land of Fiction, introduced twenty-six years earlier in the Season 6 Patrick Troughton television story The Mind Robber.

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

"Doctor, we're talking about an old man who used to dress up in a skintight white jump suit and fly around New York catching super-villains. Don't you think there's something just a bit unusual about that?"

A killer is stalking the streets of the village of Arandale. The victims are found one each day, drained of blood. And if that seems strange, it's nothing compared to the town's inhabitants.

The Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice think they're investigating a murder mystery. But it's all much more bizarre than that. And much more dangerous.

Someone has interfered with the Doctor's past again, and he's landed in a place he knows he once destroyed. This time there can be no escape.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Energy and radiation[[edit] | [edit source]]

Games[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Whilst in prison, the Doctor plays Scrabble against the Master of the Land of Fiction.

Supposed deities[[edit] | [edit source]]

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Theories and concepts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Food and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Ace and Bernice bond over several pints of fictional cider.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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