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|image = The Year of Intelligent Tigers.jpg | |||
| | |range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures | ||
| | |number in range = 46 | ||
|series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | |series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | ||
|number= 46 | |number= 46 | ||
|doctor=Eighth Doctor | |doctor = Eighth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Anji Kapoor]] | |companions= [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Anji Kapoor|Anji]] | ||
|enemy= [[Hitchemus Tiger]]s | |enemy= [[Hitchemus Tiger]]s, [[Hitchemus colonist]]s | ||
| | |setting= [[Port Any]], [[Hitchemus]], [[22nd century]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Kate Orman | ||
|publisher= | |publisher= BBC Books | ||
|release date= | |release date= 4 June 2001 | ||
|format= Paperback Book, | |format= Paperback Book; 18 Chapters, 277 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53831-7 | |isbn= ISBN 0-563-53831-7 | ||
|prev= Eater of Wasps (novel) | |prev= Eater of Wasps (novel) | ||
next= The Slow Empire (novel)}} | |next= The Slow Empire (novel) | ||
'''''The Year of Intelligent Tigers''''' was the forty-sixth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Kate Orman]] | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
== | '''''The Year of Intelligent Tigers''''' was the forty-sixth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Kate Orman]], released [[4 June (releases)|4 June]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Anji Kapoor]]. | ||
''"Doctor!" said Anji. This | |||
== Publisher's summary == | |||
''"Doctor!" said [[Anji Kapoor|Anji]]. This couldn't be happening, he couldn't just walk out on them! "Look, give them a chance, they're frightened, they're only —" '' | |||
''"Human?" The Doctor took a deep breath, as though to stop himself from saying anything more. "Now, stay!"'' | ''"Human?" [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] took a deep breath, as though to stop himself from saying anything more. "Now, stay!"'' | ||
The weather is going to hell. The tigers are coming to town. And the Doctor has taken his violin and vanished. | The weather is going to hell. The tigers are coming to town. And the Doctor has taken his violin and vanished. | ||
The island world of [[Hitchemus]] is home to a colony of musicians and seemingly harmless alien animals. When the storms and the tigers break loose, the Doctor tries to protect the humans | The island world of [[Hitchemus]] is home to a colony of musicians and seemingly harmless alien animals. When the storms and the tigers break loose, the Doctor tries to protect the humans — but the [[human]]s don't want him. When he ventures into the wilderness in search of the tigers' secrets, [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]] and Anji find themselves on their own, trying to prevent a war. | ||
With both sides eager for blood, and hurricanes on the horizon, the Doctor must decide whether this time | With both sides eager for blood, and hurricanes on the horizon, the Doctor must decide whether this time he's on the side of the human race. | ||
== Chapter titles == | |||
First Verse | |||
* Chapter One | |||
* Chapter Two | |||
* Chapter Three | |||
* Break: 1935 | |||
First Chorus | |||
* Chapter Four | |||
* Chapter Five | |||
Solo | |||
* Chapter Six | |||
Second Verse | |||
* Chapter Seven | |||
* Chapter Eight | |||
* Chapters Nine Ten Eleven Twelve | |||
Second Chorus | |||
* Chapter Thirteen | |||
* Chapter Fourteen | |||
Bridge | |||
* Break: 1962 | |||
* Chapter Fifteen | |||
Third Verse | |||
* Chapter Sixteen | |||
* Chapter Seventeen | |||
* Chapter Eighteen | |||
Coda | |||
* Chapter Nineteen | |||
== Plot == | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Eighth | * [[Eighth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Fitz Kreiner]] | * [[Fitz Kreiner]] | ||
* [[Anji Kapoor]] | * [[Anji Kapoor]] | ||
* [[Karl Sadeghi]] | * [[Karl Sadeghi]] | ||
* [[Ajamu Quick]] | * [[Ajamu Quick]] | ||
* [[Besma Grieve]] | * [[Besma Grieve]] | ||
* [[Hitchemus Tiger]]s: | |||
** [[Chew You]] | |||
** [[Bounce]] | |||
** [[Longbody]] | |||
** [[Big (The Year of Intelligent Tigers)|Big]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* The [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] is mentioned. | |||
* The [[Vocoder]] is used by the Hitchemus tigers to enable them to create speech. | |||
* [[Gidi]] and [[Lvan]] are Earth colonies. [[Chi Bootis]] is the closest Earth colony to Hitchemus. | |||
== | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[Vocoder]] | |||
* [[Gidi]] and [[Lvan]] are Earth colonies. | |||
* The Doctor mentions [[Lorenzo Smitt]] and [[Felix Pink]] as people he knows that have died. | * The Doctor mentions [[Lorenzo Smitt]] and [[Felix Pink]] as people he knows that have died. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Anji is able to essentially "ignore" the TARDIS's attempts to [[Translation circuit|translate]] the language of the tigers due to her inability to accept that the tigers are sentient in themselves. | |||
[[File:DWM 307 THE YEAR OF INTELLIGENT TYGERS.JPG|thumb|Art by [[Roger Langridge]] from [[DWM 307]]]] | |||
* This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store. | * This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store. | ||
* A short story sequel to this novel, called ''The Caterpillar Room'' and also written by [[Kate Orman]], was published in [[Obverse Books]]' [[charity publication|charity anthology]] ''A Second Target for Tommy''. | |||
=== Reprint === | |||
* [[BBC Books]] announced that a "print on demand" reprint edition of this novel would be made available as of [[30 September (releases)|30 September]] 2011 as the imprint revisited adventures featuring the first eight Doctors. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Power mad triplets ([[PROSE]]: ''[[EarthWorld (novel)|EarthWorld]]'') and killer wasps ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eater of Wasps]]'') are mentioned | * Power mad triplets ([[PROSE]]: ''[[EarthWorld (novel)|EarthWorld]]'') and killer wasps ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eater of Wasps (novel)|Eater of Wasps]]'') are mentioned. | ||
* Fitz remembers Maddy and living in [[1967]] | * Fitz remembers Maddy and living in [[1967]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Revolution Man (novel)|Revolution Man]]'') | ||
* The Doctor carries a picture of [[Miranda]] in his wallet ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Father Time]]'') | * The Doctor carries a picture of [[Miranda Dawkins|Miranda]] in his wallet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Father Time (novel)|Father Time]]'') | ||
* | * The Doctor's hair grows faster than that of a human. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fear Itself (novel)|Fear Itself]]'') | ||
* Fitz uses his name of Fitz Fortune. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[EarthWorld (novel)|EarthWorld]]'') | * Fitz uses his name of Fitz Fortune. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[EarthWorld (novel)|EarthWorld]]'') | ||
* In the flashback to his exile on Earth, in 1935, the Doctor has saved a newspaper clipping about “a cloud of wasps attacking a train near Arandale”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eater of Wasps (novel)|Eater of Wasps]]'') He intends to follow up on it one day. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|whobbc46.htm|The Year of Intelligent Tigers}} | |||
* {{whoniverse| | * {{whoniverse|ed46|The Year of Intelligent Tigers}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/yeartigr.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Year of Intelligent Tigers'''] | |||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406225138/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13688.shtml Interview: Jonathan Blum] | |||
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