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|image | |image = The blood cell.jpg | ||
|number = 56 | |||
|number | |doctor = Twelfth Doctor | ||
|doctor | |companions = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] | ||
|companions | |featuring = | ||
|featuring | |enemy = [[Judge (The Blood Cell)|The Judge]] | ||
|enemy | |setting = [[The Prison]] | ||
|setting | |writer = James Goss | ||
|writer | |cover = [[Lee Binding]] | ||
|read by | |read by = [[Colin McFarlane]] | ||
|publisher | |publisher = BBC Books | ||
|release date = | |release date = 11 September 2014 | ||
|isbn | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84990-774-3 | ||
|format | |soundcloudclip = https://soundcloud.com/penguin-books/doctor-who-the-blood-cell | ||
|prev | |format = {{il|Hardback (UK)|Paperback (US)}}, 256 pages, 14 chapters | ||
|next | |series = [[BBC New Series Adventures|BBC ''New Series Adventures'']] | ||
|prev = Engines of War (novel) | |||
|next = Silhouette (novel) | |||
'''''The Blood Cell''''' was the fifty- | }} | ||
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'''''The Blood Cell''''' was the fifty-sixth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[James Goss]] and featured the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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* [[Marla (The Blood Cell)|Marla]] | * [[Marla (The Blood Cell)|Marla]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Clara suggests that the Doctor [[Regeneration|regenerate]] to fix his broken [[toe]]. | * Clara suggests that the Doctor [[Regeneration|regenerate]] to fix his broken [[toe]]. | ||
* The Doctor says if the Governor hadn't destroyed Clara's [[mobile phone]], he would have used it to show him how annoying [[Candy Crush]] was. | * The Doctor says if the Governor hadn't destroyed Clara's [[mobile phone]], he would have used it to show him how annoying [[Candy Crush]] was. | ||
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* The Doctor says that the walls were painted pink in [[Alcatraz]]. | * The Doctor says that the walls were painted pink in [[Alcatraz]]. | ||
* The Doctor discusses how the citizens of [[Dachau]] claimed not to be aware of the "[[Concentration camp|death camps]]" during [[World War II]]. | * The Doctor discusses how the citizens of [[Dachau]] claimed not to be aware of the "[[Concentration camp|death camps]]" during [[World War II]]. | ||
* When ''[[Arabian Nights]] ''is mentioned, the Doctor remembers when he flew on a [[flying carpet]]. | * When ''[[Arabian Nights]] ''is mentioned, the Doctor remembers when he flew on a [[Magic carpet|flying carpet]]. | ||
* The Doctor hums ''[[The Entry of the Toreadors]]'' from ''[[Carmen (opera)|Carmen]]''. | * The Doctor hums ''[[The Entry of the Toreadors]]'' from ''[[Carmen (opera)|Carmen]]''. | ||
* The Doctor talks about [[Clockwork Droid|clockwork robots]] and [[Cybermen|"living silver suits of armour"]]. | * The Doctor talks about [[Clockwork Droid|clockwork robots]] and [[Cybermen|"living silver suits of armour"]]. | ||
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* The Doctor is blamed for things he didn't do. ([[TV]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'', et al) | * The Doctor is blamed for things he didn't do. ([[TV]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'', et al) | ||
* The Doctor has previously been imprisoned (a fact he alludes to himself by suggesting he should write a book on the subject). ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]] ''et al.) | * The Doctor has previously been imprisoned (a fact he alludes to himself by suggesting he should write a book on the subject). ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]] ''et al.) | ||
* The Governor suspects Clara may be infatuated with the Doctor or his wife. She had flirted with him in his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] and considered him her "boyfriend", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]] ''et al.) something the Doctor also believed ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'') | * The Governor suspects Clara may be infatuated with the Doctor or his wife. She had flirted with him in his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] and considered him her "boyfriend", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]] ''et al.) something the Doctor also believed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'') Clara also considered travelling with the Doctor be "an addiction". ([[TV]]: ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'') | ||
* Clara mentions that [[Danny Pink|Danny]] is a fellow teacher in her school. The Governor suspects he is her boyfriend. ([[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'' et al.) | * Clara mentions that [[Danny Pink|Danny]] is a fellow teacher in her school. The Governor suspects he is her boyfriend. ([[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'' et al.) | ||
* Reference is made to [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]] ''et al.) | * Reference is made to [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]] ''et al.) | ||