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{{Infobox Other Novels|
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novel name= Tempest |
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image= [[Image:Tempest.jpg|250px]] |
{{Infobox Story SMW
series=[[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures | Virgin <br> Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] |
|image           = Tempest.jpg
number= 9 |
|series         = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
main character= [[Bernice Summerfield]]|
|range          = Virgin New Adventures
featuring= |
|number in range = 70
enemy= Nathan Costermann |
|number         = 9
year= [[Tempest]], [[2594]] |
|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]]
writer= [[Christopher Bulis]] |
|featuring       =  
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|enemy           = [[Nathan Costermann|Costermann]]
release date= January, 1998 |
|setting        = [[Tempest (planet)|Tempest]], [[2594]]
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages |
|writer          = Christopher Bulis
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20523-5 |
|cover          = [[Peter Elson]]
previous story= [[Mean Streets]] |
|publisher       = Virgin Books
next story= [[Walking to Babylon]]}}
|release date   = 2 January 1998
|format         = Paperback Book; 22 Chapters, 265 Pages
|isbn           = ISBN 0-426-20523-5
|prev            = Mean Streets (novel)
|next            = Walking to Babylon (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''Tempest''''' was the seventieth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel, published in [[1998 (releases)|1998]]. This was [[Christopher Bulis]]' final contribution to the Virgin New Adventures range.


==Publisher's summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
'''Smith consulted his watch very deliberately. 'You have one hour to find the Imnulate and hand it over to me. If you do not, I will tear this train and its passengers apart piece by piece!''''
''[[Smith (Tempest)|Smith]] consulted his watch very deliberately. "You have one hour to find the Imnulate and hand it over to me. If you do not, I will tear this train and its passengers apart piece by piece!"''


Tempest: a wild and untamed world perpetually wreathed in cloud and storms. The only means of long-distance travel across its surface are the great transcontinental monorails that traverse its lonely and dangerous wastelands. Returning home from a lucrative lecture, Professor Bernice Summerfield finds herself on the most celebrated of these mighty trains.
[[Tempest (planet)|Tempest]]: a wild and untamed world perpetually wreathed in cloud and storms. The only means of long-distance travel across its surface are the great transcontinental monorails that traverse its lonely and dangerous wastelands. Returning home from a lucrative lecture, [[Bernice Summerfield|Professor Bernice Summerfield]] finds herself on the most celebrated of these mighty trains.


The Drell Imnulate: a fabulous and unique religious idol. Precious enough to kill for. So important to those rival factions who follow the way of its maker that they will dare anything to ensure its return.
The [[Drell Imnulate]]: a fabulous and unique religious idol. Precious enough to kill for. So important to those rival factions who follow the way of its maker that they will dare anything to ensure its return.


Isolated in the wilderness and far from civilisation, death strikes the luxurious Polar Express, and a routine journey turns into a nightmare. But can Bernice save a train on the brink of disaster?  
Isolated in the wilderness and far from civilisation, death strikes the luxurious Polar Express, and a routine journey turns into a nightmare. But can Bernice save a train on the brink of disaster?


==Characters==
== Chapter titles ==
*[[Bernice Summerfield]]
* Prologue
**Has a full environmental suit rating trained to function in 0 – 100 atmospheres.
# Tempest
# Mr Smith
# Departure
# Murder on the Polar Express
# Suspect
# Shadows
# Technical Matters
# Special Duty
# Detection by Numbers
# Under Pressure
# Heavy Weather
# Landslide
# A Shadow Explained
# Deceptions and Rewards
# Ultimatum
# The Battle of the Train
# Flight
# Jigsaw
# Anatomy of a Crime
# Justice
* Epilogue


*Ferlane
== Plot ==
''to be added''
 
== Characters ==
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Nathan Costermann]]
* [[Gerv Ferlane]]
* [[Jordan Tyne]]
* [[Dell Lankril]]
* [[Tralbet]]
* [[Montague Klemp]]
* [[Lucas Sommers]]
* [[Clarris Sommers]]
* [[Owen Rosen]]
* Mr and Mrs [[Versons]]
* [[Merch]]
* [[Smith (Tempest)|Tempest]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Thaon 5]] orbits the gas giant [[Thaon]].
* [[Klondyke]] is a mining world.
* [[Hecten City]] is on [[Mondor]].


*Smith
=== Foods and beverages ===
* Benny manages to absolve herself of any crime on the train by being too [[Alcohol|drunk]] to do anything.


*Tralbert
=== Objects ===
* Benny has a full [[environmental suit]] rating trained to function in 0–100 atmospheres.
* The [[Drell Imnulate]] is the crystal everyone seems to want.


==References==
=== Species ===
* [[Narg (Tempest)|Nargs]] are a race employed for physical labour.
 
=== Writers ===
* Benny mentions [[Agatha Christie]].
* Benny mentions [[Agatha Christie]].


* The [[Drell]] Imnulate  is the crystal everyone seems to want.
== Notes ==
* The setting and style of this novel is quite similar to Agatha Christie.


==Notes==
== Continuity ==
* The setting and style of this novel is quite similar to Agatha Christie.
* Benny mentions Agatha Christie. The [[Tenth Doctor]] would meet her in person during the events of {{cs|The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)}}.


==Continuity==
== External links ==
''to be added''
{{dwrefguide|who_na70.htm|Tempest}}
* {{whoniverse|na70|Tempest}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/tempest.htm The Cloister Library: '''Tempest''']
{{BNA}}
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==External Links==
[[Category:Bernice Summerfield sources]]
*{{dwrefguide|who_na70.htm|Tempest}}
*{{whoniverse|bs09.php|Tempest}}
[[Category:1998 novels]]
[[Category:1998 novels]]
[[Category:Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]]
[[Category:BNA novels]]
[[Category:Stories set in 2594]]

Latest revision as of 20:36, 3 November 2024

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prose stub

Tempest was the seventieth Virgin New Adventures novel, published in 1998. This was Christopher Bulis' final contribution to the Virgin New Adventures range.

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

Smith consulted his watch very deliberately. "You have one hour to find the Imnulate and hand it over to me. If you do not, I will tear this train and its passengers apart piece by piece!"

Tempest: a wild and untamed world perpetually wreathed in cloud and storms. The only means of long-distance travel across its surface are the great transcontinental monorails that traverse its lonely and dangerous wastelands. Returning home from a lucrative lecture, Professor Bernice Summerfield finds herself on the most celebrated of these mighty trains.

The Drell Imnulate: a fabulous and unique religious idol. Precious enough to kill for. So important to those rival factions who follow the way of its maker that they will dare anything to ensure its return.

Isolated in the wilderness and far from civilisation, death strikes the luxurious Polar Express, and a routine journey turns into a nightmare. But can Bernice save a train on the brink of disaster?

Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Prologue
  1. Tempest
  2. Mr Smith
  3. Departure
  4. Murder on the Polar Express
  5. Suspect
  6. Shadows
  7. Technical Matters
  8. Special Duty
  9. Detection by Numbers
  10. Under Pressure
  11. Heavy Weather
  12. Landslide
  13. A Shadow Explained
  14. Deceptions and Rewards
  15. Ultimatum
  16. The Battle of the Train
  17. Flight
  18. Jigsaw
  19. Anatomy of a Crime
  20. Justice
  • Epilogue

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Benny manages to absolve herself of any crime on the train by being too drunk to do anything.

Objects[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Nargs are a race employed for physical labour.

Writers[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The setting and style of this novel is quite similar to Agatha Christie.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Benny mentions Agatha Christie. The Tenth Doctor would meet her in person during the events of The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"].

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

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