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|image= NA048 sleepy.jpg | |image= NA048 sleepy.jpg | ||
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] | |series = [[Virgin New Adventures]] | ||
|range = Virgin New Adventures | |||
|number in range = 48 | |||
|number= 48 | |number= 48 | ||
|doctor=Seventh Doctor | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] | |companions= [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] | ||
|enemy= [[Dione-Kisumu Company]] | |enemy= [[Dione-Kisumu Company]] | ||
|setting= {{il|[[Dione]], [[2227]]|[[Yemaya 4]], [[2257]]}} | |setting= {{il|[[Dione]], [[2227]]|[[Yemaya 4]], [[2257]]}} | ||
|writer= [[ | |writer= Kate Orman | ||
|cover= [[Mark Wilkinson]] | |||
|publisher= Virgin Books | |publisher= Virgin Books | ||
|release date= | |release date= 21 March 1996 | ||
|format= Paperback Book; 29 Chapters, | |format= Paperback Book; 29 Chapters, 255 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20465-4 | |isbn= ISBN 0-426-20465-4 | ||
|prev= Warchild (novel) | |prev= Warchild (novel) | ||
|next= Death and Diplomacy (novel)}} | |next= Death and Diplomacy (novel) | ||
''''' | }}'''''SLEEPY''''' was the forty-eighth novel in [[Virgin Books]]' ''[[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]]'' series. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Bernice Summerfield]], [[Chris Cwej]] and [[Roz Forrester]]. It was author [[Kate Orman]]'s third novel. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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But when the Doctor and his [[companion]]s arrive they find a [[virus]] sweeping through the population, unleashing the colonists' latent [[psychic power]]s. The Doctor and Chris fall prey to the infection, and discover [[telepathy]] is not the only symptom. Chris is unable to resist the call of an ancient place of sacrifice, while Roz and [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] travel back in time to the origin of the virus, and uncover a desperate bid for [[immortality]]. | But when the Doctor and his [[companion]]s arrive they find a [[virus]] sweeping through the population, unleashing the colonists' latent [[psychic power]]s. The Doctor and Chris fall prey to the infection, and discover [[telepathy]] is not the only symptom. Chris is unable to resist the call of an ancient place of sacrifice, while Roz and [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] travel back in time to the origin of the virus, and uncover a desperate bid for [[immortality]]. | ||
And all the while | And all the while [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] is playing a dangerous game with troopers of the [[Dione-Kisumu Company]], who have come either to reclaim the stolen [[biotechnology]] — or to sterilise the [[planet]]. | ||
== Chapter titles == | |||
=== Part One - The Voice of the Turtle === | |||
# Home by the Sea | |||
# ESP is Catching | |||
# Looking for Things | |||
# The Queen's Temple | |||
# Hear no Evil | |||
# Death in a Nest of Spices | |||
Very Short Dream Sequence | |||
# Fire with Fire | |||
# The Poetry of Madmen | |||
=== Part Two - Hit and Missions === | |||
# White | |||
# J'adoube | |||
Prelude... | |||
# Turtle Fugue | |||
Dinner with White | |||
# Thin End of the Cwej | |||
# Can't see the Forrester for the Trees | |||
Dinner with White | |||
# GRUMPY | |||
Dinner with White | |||
# A Door Made of Doors | |||
Dinner with White | |||
# Day Dreams | |||
# Techno-Seance | |||
# Prince Charming | |||
Dinner with White | |||
=== Part Three - The Phoenix and the Turtle === | |||
# Yellow | |||
# The Last Four Hours | |||
# Turtle Power | |||
# One Wedding, No Funerals | |||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Byerley St John]] | * [[Byerley St John]] | ||
* [[Zaniwe]] | * [[Zaniwe]] | ||
* [[Jenny ( | * [[Jenny (SLEEPY)|Jenny]] | ||
* [[Zinkiewicz]] | * [[Zinkiewicz]] | ||
* [[Gjovaag]] | * [[Gjovaag]] | ||
* [[Cephas Mabgwe]] | * [[Cephas Mabgwe]] | ||
* [[Dimitri Molokomme]] | * [[Dimitri Molokomme]] | ||
* [[Death ( | * [[Death (mythology)|Death]] | ||
* [[Madhanagopal]] | * [[Madhanagopal]] | ||
* [[FLORANCE]] | * [[FLORANCE]] | ||
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* [[CONNECTICUT]] | * [[CONNECTICUT]] | ||
* [[LEONARDO]] | * [[LEONARDO]] | ||
* [[WATCH OUT!]] | * [[WATCH OUT!]] | ||
* Colonel [[White ( | * Colonel [[White (SLEEPY)|White]] | ||
* Captain [[Kamotja]] | * Captain [[Kamotja]] | ||
* Lieutenant [[Seketo]] | * Lieutenant [[Seketo]] | ||
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* Lieutenant [[Chesinen]] | * Lieutenant [[Chesinen]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Architecture === | === Architecture === | ||
* The [[Yemaya Temple]] has some [[Exxilon (species)|Exxilon]] and [[Osiran]] architecture. | * The [[Yemaya Temple]] has some [[Exxilon (species)|Exxilon]] and [[Osiran]] architecture. | ||
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* Dot Smith-Smith is driven into near [[catatonia]] by what she sees after reading the Doctor's mind. | * Dot Smith-Smith is driven into near [[catatonia]] by what she sees after reading the Doctor's mind. | ||
* Roz doesn't like [[telepath]]s. | * Roz doesn't like [[telepath]]s. | ||
* The Doctor wins a bet with [[Death ( | * The Doctor wins a bet with [[Death (mythology)|Death]]. | ||
=== Languages === | === Languages === | ||
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=== TARDIS === | === TARDIS === | ||
* The [[HADS]] is once again functioning in the [[The Doctor's TARDIS ( | * The [[HADS]] is once again functioning in the [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Silurian Earth)|alternate universe TARDIS]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This is another of Kate Orman's novels to feature [[pyramid]]s. | * This is another of Kate Orman's novels to feature [[pyramid]]s. | ||
* Orman's back-cover author profile makes fun of the fact that, as of this book's publication, she was the only non-male | * Orman's back-cover author profile makes fun of the fact that, as of this book's publication, she was the only non-male or non-British New Adventures writer. | ||
* This was one of several NA releases to be illustrated, featuring work by Jason Towers. | * This was one of several NA releases to be illustrated, featuring work by [[Jason Towers]]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The [[Exxilons]] first appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks]]''. | * The [[Exxilon (species)|Exxilons]] first appeared in [[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]''. | ||
* [[FLORANCE]] first appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit]]''. | * [[FLORANCE]] first appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]''. | ||
* The Doctor spent his thousandth birthday with two broken ribs onboard a ship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece]]'') | * The Doctor spent his thousandth birthday with two broken ribs onboard a ship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'') | ||
* The Doctor searched for the Brotherhood in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'' and battled them in ''[[The Death of Art]]'' and ''[[So Vile a Sin]]''. | * The Doctor searched for the Brotherhood in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'' and battled them in ''[[The Death of Art (novel)|The Death of Art]]'' and ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]''. | ||
* | * [[FLORANCE]] from this story pop up in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]''. | ||
* The Doctor can read a person's dreams by touch, which he does again in [[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]''. | * The Doctor can read a person's dreams by touch, which he does again in [[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]''. | ||
* The Doctor remembers Professor [[Zebulon Pryce]] telling him "If you can't do better than that, I'm going to have to remove your eyes", after the Doctor failed to produce an argument against [[murder]] that Pryce found satisfactory. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') | |||
* The Doctor once again refers to "the [[Terrible Zodin]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' et al.) | |||
== Illustrations == | |||
* Includes two illustrations by [[Jason Towers]]. | |||
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | |||
SLEEPY frontispiece.jpg|Frontispiece | |||
TBA.jpg|End piece | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|who_na48.htm|SLEEPY}} | |||
* {{whoniverse|na48|SLEEPY}} | * {{whoniverse|na48|SLEEPY}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/sleepy.htm The Cloister Library: '''SLEEPY'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/sleepy.htm The Cloister Library: '''SLEEPY'''] | ||
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