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'''''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]].
'''''Project: Valhalla''''' was a [[Big Finish Productions]] novel under the brand [[New Worlds]] published in [[2005]]. It focused on the character of [[William Abberton]], also known as "Nimrod", who first appeared in the ''[[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Doctor Who]]'' audio story ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]''.  


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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:++Transmission Ends++
:++Transmission Ends++


== Chapter titles ==
*Prologue
*1: Twilight's End
*2: The Northern Light
*3: Terror in the Dark
*4: Cassie
*5: Briefing
*6: Mind of Evil
*7: Fallen Star
*8: Suited and Booted
*9: Death on Ice
*10: The End of Innocence
*11: Night Flight
*12: Bailing Out
*13: Dead Town
*14: Stallo
*15: Deadly Radiation
*16: Flight into Danger
*17: Trapped
*18: Breaking Down the Door
*19: Ghosts of the Past
*20: Descent
*21: Attack of the Dead
*22: Ashes to Ashes, Dusk to Dusk
*23: A Crack in the Glass
*24: Nyathoggoth
*25: Connection
*26: Countdown
*27: The Final Lesson
*28: Endings and Beginnings
== Plot ==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
=== Main characters ===
* [[William Abberton]]
* [[William Abberton]]
* [[Lysandra Aristedes]]
* [[Lysandra Aristedes]]
* [[Edith Crumpton]]
* [[Edith Crumpton]]
* [[Cassandra Schofield]]
* [[Cassandra Schofield]]
* [[Frith|Sergeant Frith]]
* [[Martin Frith|Sergeant Martin Frith]]
=== Other Forge Personnel ===
 
=== Other Forge personnel ===
* [[Charles Crichton]]
* [[Charles Crichton]]
* Private [[Mark Bradley]]
* Private [[Mark Bradley]]
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* Private [[Dann (Project: Valhalla)|Dann]]
* Private [[Dann (Project: Valhalla)|Dann]]
* Private [[Tebbutt]]
* Private [[Tebbutt]]
* Private [[Kirk (Project Valhalla)|Kirk]]
* Private [[Buchanan (Project: Valhalla)|Buchanan]]
* Private [[Longworth]]
* Private [[Curbishley]]
* [[Nestwatcher]]
=== Sami ===
=== Sami ===
* [[Iver Dunfjeld]]
* [[Jukka Somby]]
* [[Jukka Somby]]
* [[Otto Somby]]
* [[Otto Somby]]
=== Other ===
=== Other ===
* [[John (Project: Valhalla)|John]]
* [[John (Project: Valhalla)|John]]
* [[Patricia (Project: Valhalla)|Patricia]]
* [[Patricia (Project: Valhalla)|Patricia]]
* [[Robert Wilkins]]
* [[Robert Wilkins]]
==== Characters in flashbacks ====
==== Characters in flashbacks ====
* [[Evelyn Smythe]]
* [[Evelyn Smythe]]
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* [[William Moore]]
* [[William Moore]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Forge started in the [[1890s]].
* [[The Forge]] started in the [[1890s]].
* According to legend, nobody ever leaves the Forge and lives.  
* An unnamed woman is Director of the Forge, back in [[Whitehall]]. The Deputy-Director works at the Alpha Facility.
* 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 ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* [[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]].  
* 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.
* Major [[Philip Kirby]] from ''UNIT'' audio [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Longest Night]]'' appears as a Whitehall special envoy, not yet working as the Prime Minister's [[Press secretary|Press Secretary]].
* [[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]].
* [[Internal Counter-Intelligence Service|ICIS]] villain Sergeant French (from [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Coup]]'') was in the Forge. He's recently been promoted from corporal and transferred to ICIS when the story takes place.
* 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}}
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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 Doctor Who audio story Project: Twilight. It also featured Martin Frith and Edith Crumpton from Project: Lazarus and introduced Lysandra Aristedes, who would become a companion of the Seventh Doctor.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

++Transmission Begins++
From: Deputy Director, Forge Alpha Facility
F.A.O: Director, Department C4, Whitehall
Re: Project: Valhalla
Rogue xenotech crash-site located in Lapland.
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.
No further communication.
Current status of extraction team: unknown.
Nature of xenotech: unknown.
Threat level: unknown.
++Transmission Ends++

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other Forge personnel[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sami[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

Characters in flashbacks[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]