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novel name= The Room With No Doors|
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{{Infobox Story SMW
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[List of Virgin New Adventures Stories | Virgin New Adventures]] |
|image= NA059 theroomwithnodoors.jpg
number= 59 |
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
|range = Virgin New Adventures
companions= [[Chris Cwej | Chris]] |
|number in range = 59
enemy= ??? |
|number= 59
writer= [[Kate Orman]] |
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|companions= [[Chris Cwej|Chris]]
release date= |
|featuring = Penelope Gate
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages |
|featuring2 = Joel Mintz
isbn= 0426205006 }}
|enemy= [[Te Yene Rana]]
|setting= [[Japan]], [[1560]]
|writer= Kate Orman
|cover= [[John Sullivan]]
|publisher= Virgin Books
|release date= 18 February 1997
|format= Paperback Book; 30 Chapters, 256 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20500-6
|prev= Eternity Weeps (novel)
|next= Lungbarrow (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifty-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It was the second-last novel in the New Adventures series to feature the [[Seventh Doctor]]. It was the last novel to feature ''just'' the Seventh Doctor and [[Chris Cwej]] pairing.


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
'''‘Dear Doctor,’ wrote Chris, ‘I give up.’'''
''"Dear Doctor", wrote Chris, "I give up"''.


Swordplay, samurai, demons, magic, aliens, adventure, excitement... Who needs them?  
Swordplay, [[samurai]], demons, [[magic]], aliens, adventure, excitement... Who needs them?


[[The Doctor]] and [[Chris Cwej | Chris]] travel to [[16th century|16th-century]] [[Japan]], a country gripped by civil war as feudal lords vie for control. Anything could tip the balance of power. So when a god falls out of the sky, everyone wants it.  
[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] travel to [[16th century|16th-century]] [[Japan]], a country gripped by civil war as feudal lords vie for control. Anything could tip the balance of power. So when a god falls out of the sky, everyone wants it.


As villagers are healed and crops grow far too fast, the Doctor and Chris try to find the secret of the miracles -- before the two rival armies can start a war over who owns the god. Chris soon finds himself alone -- except for an alien slaver, a time-travelling [[Victorian]] inventor, a gang of demons, an old friend with suspicious motives, a village full of innocent bystanders, and several thousand samurai.  
As villagers are healed and crops grow far too fast, the Doctor and Chris try to find the secret of the miracles — before the two rival armies can start a war over who owns the god.


Without the Doctor, someone has to take up the challenge of adventure and stop the god from falling into the wrong hands. Someone has to be a hero -- but Chris isn’t sure he wants to be a hero any more.  
Chris soon finds himself alone — except for an alien slaver, a time-travelling [[Victorian]] inventor, a gang of demons, an old friend with suspicious motives, a village full of innocent bystanders, and several thousand samurai.


==Notes==
Without the Doctor, someone has to take up the challenge of adventure and stop the god from falling into the wrong hands. Someone has to be a hero — but Chris isn't sure he wants to be a hero any more.
 
== Plot ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Chris Cwej]]
* [[Penelope Gate]]
* [[Joel Mintz]]
* [[Te Yene Rana]]
* [[Psychokinetic]]
* [[Talker]]
* [[Kadoguchi]]
* [[Chiyono]]
* [[Aoi]]
* [[Aoi's father]]
* [[Gufuu Kocho]]
* [[Kiiro]]
* [[Kosen]]
* [[Kame]]
* [[Umemi]]
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Biology ===
* [[Regeneration]] was never meant to be an emergency procedure.
=== Corporations ===
* [[Caxtarid]] mining corporations have strip mined several worlds.
=== Culture ===
* Joel wears a ''[[Real Ghostbusters]]'' [[t-shirt]].


==References==
=== Individuals ===
''to be added''
* The death of [[Liz Shaw]] weighs heavy on Chris.
 
=== History ===
* Joel tries to advance the [[Japan]]ese and manipulate history.
* Joel handled the [[Gaffney Incident]].
 
=== Organisations ===
* The Doctor is President of the [[Intergalactic Flora Society]].
 
=== Planets ===
* The Caxatrid's home world is the fourth planet of [[Lalande 21185]].
 
=== Species ===
* [[Caxtarid]]s (or at least [[Te Yene Rana]]) have metallic red hair and eyes.
 
=== Time travel ===
* Penelope Gate's time machine has a [[Tzun]] battery powering it.


== Notes ==
* In a sequence cut from this novel, Wolsey was to have succumbed to the dreams plaguing Chris, meeting three other cats in the TARDIS: black, white and red, representing the three gods of Gallifrey. They are joined by the rose-woman later to appear in ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]''.<ref>[[DWM 252]] (''Licence to Kill'', p.28)</ref>
* [[Kate Orman]] contributed a 310-word "missing scene" from the novel to ''[[Shelf Life]]'', a [[charity publication]] dedicated to [[Craig Hinton]]. It portrayed an intimate sexual encounter between Joel and Chris.
* Penelope Gate would return obliquely in the works of [[Lance Parkin]]; she was implied in ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'' and ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'' to be the Doctor's mother.


==Characters==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Joel Mintz first met the Doctor and Chris in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]''.
* The Doctor ends this novel thinking about his next of kin and family, leading into [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]''.
* Chris thinks about [[Liz Shaw]] and her death. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps]]'')
* The Doctor claims to be an Honorary [[Kang]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'')
* Te Yene Rana tells the Doctor she was transporting [[Oolian]] [[underpants]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'')


== Cover Gallery ==


==External Links==
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* [http://drwhoguide.com/who_na59.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The Room With No Doors''']
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{{Virgin New Adventure Series Box | before = [[Eternity Weeps]] | after = [[Lungbarrow]]}}
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|who_na59.htm|The Room With No Doors}}
* {{whoniverse|na59|The Room With No Doors}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/room.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Room With No Doors''']


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== Footnotes ==
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The Room With No Doors was the fifty-ninth Virgin New Adventures novel. It was the second-last novel in the New Adventures series to feature the Seventh Doctor. It was the last novel to feature just the Seventh Doctor and Chris Cwej pairing.

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

"Dear Doctor", wrote Chris, "I give up".

Swordplay, samurai, demons, magic, aliens, adventure, excitement... Who needs them?

The Doctor and Chris travel to 16th-century Japan, a country gripped by civil war as feudal lords vie for control. Anything could tip the balance of power. So when a god falls out of the sky, everyone wants it.

As villagers are healed and crops grow far too fast, the Doctor and Chris try to find the secret of the miracles — before the two rival armies can start a war over who owns the god.

Chris soon finds himself alone — except for an alien slaver, a time-travelling Victorian inventor, a gang of demons, an old friend with suspicious motives, a village full of innocent bystanders, and several thousand samurai.

Without the Doctor, someone has to take up the challenge of adventure and stop the god from falling into the wrong hands. Someone has to be a hero — but Chris isn't sure he wants to be a hero any more.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Corporations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Caxtarid mining corporations have strip mined several worlds.

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The death of Liz Shaw weighs heavy on Chris.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Organisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time travel[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Penelope Gate's time machine has a Tzun battery powering it.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In a sequence cut from this novel, Wolsey was to have succumbed to the dreams plaguing Chris, meeting three other cats in the TARDIS: black, white and red, representing the three gods of Gallifrey. They are joined by the rose-woman later to appear in Lungbarrow.[1]
  • Kate Orman contributed a 310-word "missing scene" from the novel to Shelf Life, a charity publication dedicated to Craig Hinton. It portrayed an intimate sexual encounter between Joel and Chris.
  • Penelope Gate would return obliquely in the works of Lance Parkin; she was implied in The Infinity Doctors and The Gallifrey Chronicles to be the Doctor's mother.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Cover

    Cover

  • Textless cover

    Textless cover

  • Concept Sketch

    Concept Sketch

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ DWM 252 (Licence to Kill, p.28)
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