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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image=White darkness.jpg | |image = White darkness.jpg | ||
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] | |series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] | ||
|range = Virgin New Adventures | |||
|number in range = 15 | |||
|number= 15 | |number= 15 | ||
|doctor=Seventh Doctor | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | ||
|enemy= [[Gilles Lemaitre|Mait | |enemy= [[Gilles Lemaitre|Mait]] | ||
|setting= [[Haiti]], [[1915]] | |setting= [[Haiti]], [[1915]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= David A. McIntee | ||
|cover= [[Peter Elson]] | |||
|publisher= Virgin Books | |publisher= Virgin Books | ||
|release date= | |release date= 17 June 1993 | ||
|format= Paperback Book; | |format= Paperback Book; 24 Chapters, 244 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20395-X | |isbn= ISBN 0-426-20395-X | ||
|prev= Lucifer Rising (novel) | |prev= Lucifer Rising (novel) | ||
|next= Shadowmind (novel) | |next= Shadowmind (novel) | ||
|series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' | |series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]] | ||
|prev2= Final Genesis (comic story) | |prev2= Final Genesis (comic story) | ||
|next2= Shadowmind (novel) | |next2= Shadowmind (novel) | ||
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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
:''"We believe that death should always be part of life."'' | :''"We believe that death should always be part of life."'' | ||
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* [[Clairvius Dubois]] | * [[Clairvius Dubois]] | ||
* [[Gilles Lemaitre|Gilles "Mait" Lemaitre]] | * [[Gilles Lemaitre|Gilles "Mait" Lemaitre]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Henri Duval]] | ||
* [[Eugene Petion|Captain Eugene Petion]] | * [[Eugene Petion|Captain Eugene Petion]] | ||
* [[Vincent (White Darkness)|Vincent]] | * [[Vincent (White Darkness)|Vincent]] | ||
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* [[Woodrow Wilson]] | * [[Woodrow Wilson]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Books === | === Books === | ||
* [[Howard Phillips]] has a copy of an Eocene ''[[Necronomicon]]'', which was given to him by [[Aleister Crowley]]. | * [[Howard Phillips]] has a copy of an Eocene ''[[Necronomicon]]'', which was given to him by [[Aleister Crowley]]. | ||
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* There are [[James Bond]] references. | * There are [[James Bond]] references. | ||
* The Doctor is compared to "our man in [[Havana]]" because of his linen [[suit]]. | * The Doctor is compared to "our man in [[Havana]]" because of his linen [[suit]]. | ||
=== Planets === | |||
* The inhabitants of [[Veltroch]] learned of the Great Old Ones. | |||
=== Species === | === Species === | ||
The Doctor can read [[Eocene]] | * The Doctor can read [[Eocene]]. | ||
==== Time Lords ==== | ==== Time Lords ==== | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* In [[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', the [[Great Old One]] [[Gilles Lemaitre|Mait]] was trying to release is identified as [[Cthulhu]]. | * In [[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', the [[Great Old One]] [[Gilles Lemaitre|Mait]] was trying to release is identified as [[Cthulhu]]. | ||
* The brooch the Doctor wears on his suit was given to his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] by [[Cameca]], his accidental [[fiancé]] from the past, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]'') although he had forgotten about it after [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] returned home. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase]]'') It seemingly re-entered his possession after the First Doctor used it to buy suits and top hats for himself and [[Steven Taylor]] in [[London]] in [[1912]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Suffering]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] would later give it to his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]] as a [[Christmas]] present. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Relative Dimensions (audio story)|Relative Dimensions]]'') | * The brooch the Doctor wears on his suit was given to his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] by [[Cameca]], his accidental [[fiancé]] from the past, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') although he had forgotten about it after [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] returned home. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') It seemingly re-entered his possession after the First Doctor used it to buy suits and top hats for himself and [[Steven Taylor]] in [[London]] in [[1912]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Suffering (audio story)|The Suffering]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] would later give it to his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]] as a [[Christmas]] present. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Relative Dimensions (audio story)|Relative Dimensions]]'') | ||
* The Doctor mentions having experience as a President. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'') | * The Doctor mentions having experience as a President. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'') | ||
* The Doctor tells Ace not to prevent a massacre as it is part of recorded [[history]], having had a similar discussion after he helped [[Hitler]] in the [[Beer Hall Putsch]] of [[1923]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') | * The Doctor tells Ace not to prevent a massacre as it is part of recorded [[history]], having had a similar discussion after he helped [[Hitler]] in the [[Beer Hall Putsch]] of [[1923]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') | ||
* | * The feeling that the presence of the Great Old One gives the Doctor reminds him of [[the Dark Tower]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') | ||
== Cover gallery == | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
White darkness.jpg|Original cover | |||
White darkness textless cover.jpg|Textless cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [ | * [https://doctorwho.guide/whona15p.htm Prelude to '''White Darkness''' as published in DWM #201] | ||
{{dwrefguide|who_na15.htm|White Darkness}} | {{dwrefguide|who_na15.htm|White Darkness}} | ||
* {{whoniverse|na15|White Darkness}} | * {{whoniverse|na15|White Darkness}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/whit.htm The Cloister Library: '''White Darkness'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/whit.htm The Cloister Library: '''White Darkness'''] | ||
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv35/btb-whitedarkness.html Beyond the Book: White Darkness by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 35] | |||
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[[Category:Bernice Summerfield | [[Category:Bernice Summerfield sources]] | ||
[[Category:NA novels]] | [[Category:NA novels]] | ||
[[Category:Seventh Doctor novels]] | [[Category:Seventh Doctor novels]] | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in World War I]] | [[Category:Stories set in World War I]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1750]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1750]] | ||