The Shadows of Avalon (novel): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story

|name= The Shadows of Avalon  

|image=The Shadows of Avalon.jpg

|series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  

|number= 31  

|doctor=Eighth Doctor  

|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Compassion]]  

|enemy= [[Romana III]]<br />[[Gandar]]<br />[[Cavis]]  

|setting= [[Wiltshire]], [[England]], [[July]] [[2012]]<br />[[England]], [[October]] [[1967]]<br />[[Gallifrey]]

|writer= [[Paul Cornell]]

|publisher= BBC Books  

|release date= [[7 February (releases)|7 February]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]]

|format= Paperback Book; 23 Chapters, 288 Pages  

|next= The Fall of Yquatine (novel)}}

'''''The Shadows of Avalon''''' was the thirty-first novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Cornell]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Compassion]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], and introduced [[Romana III]], a [[regeneration]] following  [[Romana II|her previous incarnation]] depicted by [[Lalla Ward]].

== Publisher’s summary ==

[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier's]] wife is dead. A terrible accident. Grieving, he searches for death, and finds his way to [[Avalon (The Shadows of Avalon)|Avalon]], the other-dimensional kingdom of the [[Catuvellauni|Catuvelauni]].

The [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor]] is also in Avalon, marooned. He’s lost his companions, his [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]... and his hope for the future.

Now it seems they’ll have to make a new life for themselves with the [[Celt]]s who live in the Dreamlands. Perhaps even help in the Celts’ negotiations with the [[Unseelie]], the sinister original inhabitants of Avalon, who live far to the North.

But then a gateway opens between [[Earth]] and Avalon. The British Army arrives in force. And the Brigadier negotiates a treaty that will lead to war in the Land of Dreams.

== Chapter Titles ==

'''Part One: The Road to Avalon'''

'''Part Three: The Taking of Avalon'''

 

* Queen Regent [[Ma bab Mab Pendragon]]

* [[Constantine (The Shadows of Avalon)|King Constantine]]

** Ruled by Brona and Arwen.

** Compassion realises that they're descendants of Silurians who were also caught up in the creation of Avalon.

* [[Romana III]]

* [[Boyce]]

* [[Caldera (The Shadows of Avalon)|Caldera]]

* [[Cronin]]

* [[Joe Bryce]]

* [[Rex (The Shadows of Avalon)|Rex]]

== References ==

* Sentient TARDISs are integral to the [[The War|Future War]] with [[the Enemy]].

* [[Kraken (Unnatural History)|Krakens]], [[Chronovore]]s and [[Swimmer]]s are all predators that you are vulnerable to in the [[time vortex]].

* The Brigadier gained a younger body in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]''.

* There is a mention of the People. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People]]'')

* The Doctor mentions he is known as Merlin. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[One Fateful Knight]]'')

* Here Compassion evolves into a fully fledged sentient TARDIS (first seen in ''[[Alien Bodies]]'', a process which began in ''[[The Blue Angel]]'', and for which they (the Doctor, Fitz and Compassion) are pursued by the Time Lords through ''[[The Fall of Yquatine]]'', ''[[Coldheart (novel)|Coldheart]]'', ''[[The Space Age]]'' and ''[[The Banquo Legacy]]''.

* ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'' reveals just what happened to the TARDIS after its collision between the dimensional barriers.

* The Doctor contemplates growing a TARDIS with magic. In [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet]]'', he affirms that TARDISes are grown.

* The statement that a Time Lord can be killed (without regeneration taking place) by being stabbed through ''both'' hearts is later confirmed by [[River Song]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead]]''.

* {{dwrefguide|whobbc31.htm|The Shadows of Avalon}}

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