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{{Infobox Story | |image = The Space Age.jpg | ||
|image=The Space Age.jpg | |||
|series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | |series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | ||
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures | |||
|number in range = 34 | |||
|number= 34 | |number= 34 | ||
|doctor=Eighth Doctor | |doctor = Eighth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Compassion]] | |companions= [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Compassion]] | ||
|enemy= [[Maker (The Space Age)|The Makers]], | |enemy= [[Maker (The Space Age)|The Makers]], [[Mod]]s & [[Rocker]]s | ||
|setting= [[ | |setting= [[England]], [[1965]] / a city on a [[planetoid]], [[3012]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Steve Lyons | ||
|publisher= | |publisher= BBC Books | ||
|release date= | |release date= 1 May 2000 | ||
|format= Paperback Book, 237 Pages | |format= Paperback Book; 15 Chapters, 237 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53800-7 | |isbn= ISBN 0-563-53800-7 | ||
|prev= Coldheart (novel) | |prev= Coldheart (novel) | ||
|next= The Banquo Legacy (novel)}} | |next= The Banquo Legacy (novel) | ||
'''''The Space Age''''' was the thirty-fourth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Steve Lyons]] | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
== | '''''The Space Age''''' was the thirty-fourth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Steve Lyons]], released [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Compassion]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | |||
This is the city: a technological paradise built by an advanced race. Its glittering towers reach proudly for the stars, and its spires are looped by elevated roadways. | This is the city: a technological paradise built by an advanced race. Its glittering towers reach proudly for the stars, and its spires are looped by elevated roadways. | ||
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The city is self-cleansing. Its systems harness solar power and static electricity. Its buildings are constructed from a metal that will never rust or tarnish. It will stand forever as a monument to the achievements of the human race. | The city is self-cleansing. Its systems harness solar power and static electricity. Its buildings are constructed from a metal that will never rust or tarnish. It will stand forever as a monument to the achievements of the human race. | ||
This is Earth. The year is [[2000|2000 AD]]. This is your future. | This is [[Earth]]. The year is [[2000|2000 AD]]. This is your future. | ||
Welcome to the Space Age. | Welcome to the Space Age. | ||
== Plot == | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Eighth | * [[Eighth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Fitz Kreiner]] | * [[Fitz Kreiner]] | ||
* [[Compassion]] | * [[Compassion]] | ||
* [[Davey (The Space Age)|Davey]] | * [[Davey (The Space Age)|Davey]] | ||
* [[Deborah (The Space Age)|Deborah]] | |||
* [[Vince (The Space Age)|Vince]] | |||
* [[Alec Redshaw]] | * [[Alec Redshaw]] | ||
* [[Deborah]] | * [[Gillian Davis]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Rick McBride]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Sandra McBride]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Kenny (The Space Age)|Kenny]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Jono (The Space Age)|Jono]] | ||
* [[Deborah's mother (The Space Age)|Deborah's mother]] | |||
* [[Mark (The Space Age)|Mark]] | |||
* [[Tom (The Space Age)|Tom]] | |||
* [[Margaret (The Space Age)|Margaret]] | |||
* [[Greg (The Space Age)|Greg]] | |||
* [[Matt (The Space Age)|Matt]] | |||
* [[Bennett (The Space Age)|Bennett]] | |||
* [[Joey Roberts]] | |||
* [[Jack McBride]] | |||
* [[Phil McBride]] | |||
* [[Mrs McBride]] | |||
* [[Phil (The Space Age)|Phil]] | |||
* [[Michelle Watkins]] | |||
* [[Mike (The Space Age)|Mike]] | |||
* [[Bill (The Space Age)|Bill]] | |||
* [[Andy (The Space Age)|Andy]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== The Doctor === | === The Doctor === | ||
* The Doctor carries a metal comb and a silver [[yo-yo]] in his pockets. | * The Doctor carries a metal comb and a silver [[yo-yo]] in his pockets. | ||
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=== Drugs and medicines === | === Drugs and medicines === | ||
* Fitz ''still'' carries [[cigarette]]s in his pocket. | * Fitz ''still'' carries [[cigarette]]s in his pocket. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The | * The people in the city believe they are on post-[[nuclear war]] Earth in the year 2019, but they are really on an unnamed planetoid in [[3012]]. | ||
* | * In [[2022 (releases)|2022]], BBV Productions launched a spin off series featuring the Makers. The first entry was ''Maker's Wish: After Dark - Slalvok''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor | * The Doctor attempts to defeat the Maker's supercomputer using the riddle he used on [[BOSS]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'' and his Nelly the pink elephant riddle from [[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'', but accepts his failure by musing that at least it shows people are make these computers properly. | ||
* The Doctor recalls meeting Fitz in [[1963]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taint (novel)|The Taint]]'') | |||
* The Doctor mentions [[Macra]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Macra Terror (TV story)|The Macra Terror]]'') | |||
* The Doctor recalls meeting Fitz in [[1963]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taint]]'') | * Fitz mentions his time spent in [[Mechta]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallel 59 (novel)|Parallel 59]]'') | ||
* The Doctor mentions [[Macra]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Macra Terror]]'') | * The [[Maker (The Space Age)|Maker]]s would go on to appear in ''[[The Makers (series)|The Makers]]'', beginning with [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Maker's Wish: After Dark - Slalvok (audio story)}}. | ||
* Fitz mentions his time spent in Mechta. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallel 59 (novel)|Parallel 59]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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* {{whoniverse| | {{dwrefguide|whobbc34.htm|The Space Age}} | ||
* {{whoniverse|ed34|The Space Age}} | |||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/spaca.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Space Age'''] | |||
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[[Category:Stories set in England]] | [[Category:Stories set in England]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1965]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1965]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in | [[Category:Stories set in 3012]] |