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{{retitle|''Project: Valhalla'' (novel)}} | |||
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{{ | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|name = ''Project: Valhalla'' | |||
|image = Project Valhalla.jpg | |||
|series = [[Big Finish New Worlds|New Worlds]] | |||
image= Project Valhalla.jpg| | |number = 3 | ||
series= | |main character = [[William Abberton]] | ||
number= 3 | | |featuring = [[Lysandra Aristedes|Aristedes]], [[Edith Crumpton|Edith]], [[Cassandra Schofield|Cassie]], [[Charles Crichton|Crichton]] | ||
main character= [[William Abberton]]| | |enemy = [[Nyathoggoth]] | ||
featuring= | |setting = | ||
enemy= | |writer = Cavan Scott, Mark Wright | ||
|cover = [[Stuart Manning]] | |||
writer= | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
cover=[[Stuart Manning]]| | |release date = 13 December 2005 | ||
publisher= | |format = Paperback Book | ||
release date= | |isbn = ISBN 1-84435-157-2 | ||
format= Paperback Book| | |prev = The Coming of the Queen (novel) | ||
isbn= ISBN 1-84435-157-2 | | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
prev= The Coming of the Queen (novel) | {{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 == | == 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 == | == Plot == | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
=== Main characters === | |||
* [[William Abberton]] | * [[William Abberton]] | ||
* [[Lysandra Aristedes]] | * [[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]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* [[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 == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * 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 == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * 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 == | == External links == | ||
{{bigfinish|releases/v/project-valhalla-156|Project: Valhalla}} | |||
{{Spin-offs}} | |||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:New World novels]] | [[Category:New World novels]] | ||
[[Category:2005 novels]] | [[Category:2005 novels]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 2002]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in Iceland]] | |||