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+{{retitle|''Project: Valhalla'' (novel)}}
 {{real world}}
-{{TitleNovel}}
+{{Infobox Story SMW
-{{Infobox Other Novels|
+|name           = ''Project: Valhalla''
-name= Project Valhalla |
+|image          = Project Valhalla.jpg
-image= Project Valhalla.jpg|
+|series         = [[Big Finish New Worlds|New Worlds]]
-series=[[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] - [[Big Finish New Worlds|New Worlds]] |
+|number         = 3
-number= 3 |
+|main character = [[William Abberton]]
-main character= [[William Abberton]]|
+|featuring      = [[Lysandra Aristedes|Aristedes]], [[Edith Crumpton|Edith]], [[Cassandra Schofield|Cassie]], [[Charles Crichton|Crichton]]
-featuring=  |
+|enemy          = [[Nyathoggoth]]
-enemy=  |
+|setting        =
-year=  |
+|writer         = Cavan Scott, Mark Wright
-writer= [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]] |
+|cover          = [[Stuart Manning]]
-publisher= [[Big Finish Productions]] |
+|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
-release date= [[November]] [[2005]]|
+|release date   = 13 December 2005
-format= Paperback Book|
+|format         = Paperback Book
-isbn= ISBN 1-84435-157-2 |
+|isbn           = ISBN 1-84435-157-2
-prev= The Coming of the Queen (novel) |
+|prev           = The Coming of the Queen (novel)
-next= }}
+}}{{prose stub}}
+{{dab page|Valhalla (disambiguation)}}
+{{wrongname|workaround=Project: Valhalla}}
+'''''Project: Valhalla''''' was a [[Big Finish Productions]] novel under the brand [[New Worlds]] published in 2005. It focused on the characters of [[William Abberton]], also known as "Nimrod", and [[Cassandra Schofield]], who both first appeared in the ''[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Doctor Who]]'' audio story ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]''. It also featured [[Martin Frith]] and [[Edith Crumpton]] from ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'' and introduced [[Lysandra Aristedes]], who would become a companion of the [[Seventh Doctor]].
 == Publisher's summary ==
-++Transmission Begins++
+:++Transmission Begins++
-From: Deputy Director, Forge Alpha Facility
+:From: Deputy Director, Forge Alpha Facility
-F.A.O: Director, Department C4, Whitehall
+:F.A.O: Director, Department C4, Whitehall
-Re: Project: Valhalla
+:Re: Project: Valhalla
-Rogue xenotech crash-site located in Lapland.
+:Rogue xenotech crash-site located in Lapland.
-Suspected negative environment effect. Local communications network down. Total satellite whiteout.
+:Suspected negative environment effect. Local communications network down. Total satellite whiteout.
-Senior Field Agent Nimrod dispatched with full extraction team for assessment and harvest. Primary reports indicate total disappearance of local Sámi community. Possible zombie infestation. Crash-site protected by forcefield.
+:Senior Field Agent Nimrod dispatched with full extraction team for assessment and harvest. Primary reports indicate total disappearance of local Sámi community. Possible zombie infestation. Crash-site protected by forcefield.
-No further communication.
+:No further communication.
-Current status of extraction team: unknown.
+:Current status of extraction team: unknown.
-Nature of xenotech: unknown.
+:Nature of xenotech: unknown.
-Threat level: unknown.
+:Threat level: unknown.
-++Transmission Ends++
+:++Transmission Ends++
+== Plot ==
+''to be added''
 == Characters ==
+=== Main characters ===
 * [[William Abberton]]
 * [[Lysandra Aristedes]]
+* [[Edith Crumpton]]
+* [[Cassandra Schofield]]
+* [[Martin Frith|Sergeant Martin Frith]]
+=== Other Forge personnel ===
+* [[Charles Crichton]]
+* Private [[Mark Bradley]]
+* [[Ricketts]]
+* Private [[Dann (Project: Valhalla)|Dann]]
+* Private [[Tebbutt]]
+* Private [[Kirk (Project Valhalla)|Kirk]]
+* Private [[Buchanan (Project: Valhalla)|Buchanan]]
+* Private [[Longworth]]
+* Private [[Curbishley]]
+* [[Nestwatcher]]
+=== Sami ===
+* [[Iver Dunfjeld]]
+* [[Jukka Somby]]
+* [[Otto Somby]]
+=== Other ===
+* [[John (Project: Valhalla)|John]]
+* [[Patricia (Project: Valhalla)|Patricia]]
+* [[Robert Wilkins]]
+==== Characters in flashbacks ====
+* [[Evelyn Smythe]]
+* [[Reggie Mead]]
+* [[William Moore]]
-== References ==
+== Worldbuilding ==
-''To be added''
+* [[The Forge]] started in the [[1890s]].
+* An unnamed woman is Director of the Forge, back in [[Whitehall]]. The Deputy-Director works at the Alpha Facility.
+* When he hears the Forge handle alien tech, Private Mark Bradley asks if it's "like [[UNIT]]". (The Forge personnel react with amusement, looking down on UNIT as "more philanthropic")
+* Bradley compares the Forge's technology to ''[[Professor X]]''.
 == Notes ==
-''To be added''
+* Lysandra calls Alpha Facility "the madhouse", as it was once a lunatic asylum; this is a nod to the Forge's origins, a Scott/Wright TV pitch where it was called ''Bedlam''.
 == Continuity ==
-''To be added''
+* Various flashbacks are shown to [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project Twilight]]'', as well as false memories Cassie has of it due to conditioned memories.
+* [[Charles Crichton]] from [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' is Deputy-Director of the Forge. In his early days in the [[British Army]], he was friends with [[William Dalton]] and [[Archie Brimmicombe-Wood]].
+* Major [[Philip Kirby]] from ''[[UNIT (audio series)|UNIT]]'' audio [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Longest Night (audio story)|The Longest Night]]'' appears as a Whitehall special envoy, not yet working as the Prime Minister's [[Press secretary|Press Secretary]].
+* [[Internal Counter-Intelligence Service|ICIS]] villain Sergeant French (from [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Coup (audio story)|The Coup]]'') was in the Forge. He's recently been promoted from corporal and transferred to ICIS when the story takes place.
 == External links ==
-* {{bigfinish|3-New-Worlds-Project--Valhalla|Project Valhalla}}
+{{bigfinish|releases/v/project-valhalla-156|Project: Valhalla}}
+{{Spin-offs}}
 {{TitleSort}}
 [[Category:New World novels]]
 [[Category:2005 novels]]
+[[Category:Stories set in 2002]]
+[[Category:Stories set in Iceland]]