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{{Infobox | |image = Atom Bomb Blues.jpg | ||
|series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | |||
image= | |number = 74 | ||
series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
number= | |companions = [[Ace]] | ||
doctor= | |enemy = [[Lady Silk]], [[Imperial Lee]] | ||
companions= [[Ace]] | | |setting = [[New Mexico]] and [[California]], [[1945]] | ||
enemy= Lady Silk | |writer = Andrew Cartmel | ||
|publisher = BBC Books | |||
writer= | |cover = [[Black Sheep]] | ||
|release date = 25 December 2005 | |||
release date= December | |format = Paperback Book;<br/>15 Chapters, 277 Pages | ||
format= Paperback Book, | |isbn = ISBN 0-563-48635-X | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-563-48635-X | | |prev = The Time Travellers (novel) | ||
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'''''Atom Bomb Blues''''' was the seventy-fourth and final novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Andrew Cartmel]], released [[25 December (releases)|25 December]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] and featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]]. | |||
It became the final novel in the range after which the imprint began to focus exclusively on publishing books featuring the then-current television incarnation of [[the Doctor]] (the [[Ninth Doctor]]). It was the last full-length ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novel to date to be published in the traditional mass market paperback format (a number of shorter novellas have been published in trade paperback editions, however). | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Los Alamos]], [[New Mexico]], [[1945]]. [[ | [[Los Alamos]], [[New Mexico]], [[1945]]. The [[Second World War]] is coming to its bloody conclusion, and in the [[American]] [[desert]] the race is on to build an [[atomic bomb]]. The fate of [[earth|the world]] is at stake in more ways than one. | ||
Someone, or something, is trying to alter the course of history at this most delicate point. And destroy the [[human]] race. Posing as a nuclear scientist with [[Ace]] as his research assistant, [[the Doctor]] plays detective among the [[Manhattan]] | Someone, or something, is trying to alter the course of history at this most delicate point. And destroy the [[human]] race. Posing as a nuclear scientist with [[Ace]] as his research assistant, [[the Doctor]] plays detective among the [[Manhattan Project]] [[scientist]]s, while desperately trying to avoid falling under suspicion himself. | ||
As the minutes tick away to the world's first atom bomb blast, | As the minutes tick away to the world's first atom bomb blast, the Doctor and Ace find themselves up to their necks in [[spy|spies]], [[alien]]s of the [[flying saucer]] variety, and some very nasty saboteurs from another [[dimension]]. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Seventh | * [[Seventh Doctor]] | ||
* [[Ace]] | * [[Ace]] | ||
* [[John Henbest]] | |||
* [[Ray Morita]] | |||
* [[Lady Silk]] | |||
* [[Imperial Lee]] | |||
* [[Rosalita]] | |||
* [[Major]] [[Rex Butcher]] | |||
* Dr [[Judson]] | |||
* [[Robert Oppenheimer]] | |||
* [[Kitty Oppenheimer]] | |||
* [[Edward Teller]] | |||
* [[Abner Apple]] | |||
* [[Albert Storrow]] | |||
* [[Dobbs (Atom Bomb Blues)|Dobbs]] | |||
* [[Elina Storrow]] | |||
* [[Klaus Fuchs]] | |||
* [[Black Eyes]] | |||
* [[Scar (Atom Bomb Blues)|Scar]] | |||
* [[Sun Runner]] | |||
* [[Zorg (Atom Bomb Blues)|Zorg]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Ace mentions the bands Foo Fighters and [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], and meets [[Duke Ellington]]. | |||
=== Foods and beverages === | |||
* Ace drinks [[martini]]s and eats [[chilli]] and later has [[waffle]]s, [[sausage]]s, [[honey]] and white country [[butter]] for [[breakfast]]. She and the Doctor later share [[steak]], baked [[potato]]es and [[tomato]] [[salad]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This was the final novel to be published under the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|BBC's Past Doctor range]]. | * This was the final paperback novel to be published under the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|BBC's Past Doctor range]]. Until 2012, all consequent novels featured the current Doctor appearing on television — [[Christopher Eccleston]], [[David Tennant]] or [[Matt Smith]]. However, BBC Books resumed irregular publication of original fiction featuring past Doctors with the hardback novel, ''[[The Wheel of Ice (novel)|The Wheel of Ice]]'', in 2012. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[Ace]] remembers meeting [[Courtney Pine]] and getting his autograph | * [[Ace]] remembers meeting [[Courtney Pine (in-universe)|Courtney Pine]] and getting his autograph, referencing the events in [[TV]]: {{cs|Silver Nemesis}}. There is a slight discrepancy between the sources, with the novel stating that it was a CD she got signed, while in the TV story it was an audio cassette. | ||
* Ace takes alien fish oil pills which stimulate the centres of the brain involved in abstract thinking, specifically mathematical calculation. The [[Krillitane]]s in the future use [[Krillitane oil]] to similar effect in increasing intelligence to work out mathematical sums. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'') | |||
* The Doctor mentions [[Bessie]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' et al) | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|whobbk76.htm|Atom Bomb Blues}} | |||
* {{whoniverse| | * {{whoniverse|pd75|Atom Bomb Blues}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/atom.htm The Cloister Library: '''Atom Bomb Blues'''] | |||
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