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|image = Peacemaker.jpg
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|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
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|enemy = [[Clade]]s
|enemy = [[Clade]]s
|setting = [[Colorado]], [[1880s]]
|setting = [[Colorado]], [[1880s]]
|writer = [[James Swallow]]
|writer = James Swallow
|publisher = BBC Books
|publisher = BBC Books
|release date = [[26 December (releases)|26 December]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|release date = 26 December 2007
|format = Hardcover and paperback, 239 pages
|format = Hardcover and paperback, 239 pages
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-349-6
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-349-6
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|next = Martha in the Mirror (novel)
|next = Martha in the Mirror (novel)
|read by = [[Will Thorp]]
|read by = [[Will Thorp]]
|cover = [[Lee Binding]]
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{{you may|Peacemaker (weapon)|n1=the titular gun}}
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* [[Zachariah Hawkes]]
* [[Zachariah Hawkes]]
* [[Joseph Pitt]]
* [[Joseph Pitt]]
* [[K-9]]
* [[K9]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Mickey Smith]]
* [[Mickey Smith]]
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* [[Jack Harkness]]
* [[Jack Harkness]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor refers to the starship ''[[Brilliant]]''.
* The Doctor refers to the starship ''[[Brilliant]]''.
* The Doctor took some [[Nanogene]]s from [[New New York Hospital]] which help save a woman's life.
* The Doctor took some [[Nanogene]]s from [[New New York Hospital]] which help save a woman's life.
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* When asking Martha what movie she wants to see, the Doctor suggests ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean VI]]'', ''[[The Starship Brilliant Story]]'', and ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''.
* When asking Martha what movie she wants to see, the Doctor suggests ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean VI]]'', ''[[The Starship Brilliant Story]]'', and ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''.
* The Doctor mentions [[Peacemaker (weapon)|Peacemakers]].
* The Doctor mentions [[Peacemaker (weapon)|Peacemakers]].
* [[Redwater]] and [[Denver]] are located in Colorado Territory. [[Dekkerville]], [[Ironhill]] and [[St Louis]] are places in the [[US]].
* Martha remembers riding a horse in the [[Lake District]].
* [[Kansas]] is a territory located along the [[Smoky Hill Trail]].
* Other territories include [[Dakota]] and the [[Black Hills]].
* The Doctor mentions [[Utah]] and [[Roswell]].
=== Food and Beverages ===
* The Doctor orders a sarsaparilla in Redwater.
* Martha eats [[honey]] [[cake]] in Redwater. She buys [[corned beef]] [[sandwich]]es in Redhill.
=== Science and Technology ===
* The Doctor describes the metal found in Godlove's box as a fractal construction, an artificially manufactured metal, spun from an atomic lattice loom in a zero-gravity environment with a bio-organic component, cultured metastatic cellular membranes for electro-chemical data transfer and energy flux regulation.
** Similar structures are on Gagrant Necro-Harvesters and Earth Empire bio-colony transporters.
** Scans of the metal with the sonic shows signs of hyperspatial vortex fractures, and forced gravitational alignment in the molecular structure.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
[[File:Bbcnewaudio19.jpg|thumb|right|The Audiobook cover.]]


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor previously visited the Wild West in [[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Town Called Fortune (audio story)|A Town Called Fortune]]''. He will do so again in his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh]] incarnation in [[TV]]: ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]''.
* The Doctor previously visited the Wild West in [[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Town Called Fortune (audio story)|A Town Called Fortune]]''. He will do so again in his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh]] incarnation in [[TV]]: ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]''.
* The starship ''Brilliant'' last appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Pirate Loop]]''.
* The starship ''Brilliant'' last appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Pirate Loop (novel)|The Pirate Loop]]''.
* Martha recalls wearing a long, broad black dress a while ago and that wasn't her style. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')
* Martha recalls wearing a long, broad black dress a while ago and that wasn't her style. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')
* The Doctor sings the [[Venusian lullaby]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'')
* The Doctor sings the [[Venusian lullaby]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'')
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* When talking of things that could alter the minds of townsfolk, the Doctor mentions "something buried beneath a church". In his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]] incarnation, he encountered an [[Malus|alien]] that was buried behind the walls of a church and was using its psychic abilities to influence the residents of the village. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'')
* When talking of things that could alter the minds of townsfolk, the Doctor mentions "something buried beneath a church". In his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]] incarnation, he encountered an [[Malus|alien]] that was buried behind the walls of a church and was using its psychic abilities to influence the residents of the village. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'')


== Audio releases ==
== Audiobook ==
* An abridged reading of the story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by [[Will Thorp]].
* This novel was released as an audiobook on [[10 July (releases)|10 July]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Will Thorp]].
 
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== External links ==
== External links ==

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Peacemaker was the twenty-first novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by James Swallow and featured the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones.

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

The peace and quiet of a remote homestead in the 1880s American West is shattered by the arrival of two shadowy outriders searching for 'the healer'. When the farmer refuses to help them, they raze the house to the ground, using guns that shoot bolts of energy instead of bullets...

In the town of Redwater, the Doctor and Martha learn of a snake-oil salesman whose patent medicines actually cure his patient. But when the Doctor and Martha investigate, they discover the truth is stranger, and far more dangerous. Caught between the law of the gun and the deadly plans of intergalactic mercenaries, the Doctor and Martha are about to discover just how wild the West can become...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Food and Beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Science and Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor describes the metal found in Godlove's box as a fractal construction, an artificially manufactured metal, spun from an atomic lattice loom in a zero-gravity environment with a bio-organic component, cultured metastatic cellular membranes for electro-chemical data transfer and energy flux regulation.
    • Similar structures are on Gagrant Necro-Harvesters and Earth Empire bio-colony transporters.
    • Scans of the metal with the sonic shows signs of hyperspatial vortex fractures, and forced gravitational alignment in the molecular structure.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor previously visited the Wild West in TV: The Gunfighters and AUDIO: A Town Called Fortune. He will do so again in his eleventh incarnation in TV: A Town Called Mercy.
  • The starship Brilliant last appeared in PROSE: The Pirate Loop.
  • Martha recalls wearing a long, broad black dress a while ago and that wasn't her style. (TV: Human Nature)
  • The Doctor sings the Venusian lullaby. (TV: The Curse of Peladon)
  • The Doctor and Martha share another kiss, this particular incident being the first time Martha kisses the Doctor. Like their kiss in TV: Smith and Jones, it was not fully intended to be romantic, but it was indeed necessary in order to save everybody's lives.
  • Martha finds Rose's jacket in the TARDIS. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
  • The Doctor "borrowed" a medical kit from the hospital on New Earth when he last visited there with Rose. (TV: New Earth)
  • When talking of things that could alter the minds of townsfolk, the Doctor mentions "something buried beneath a church". In his fifth incarnation, he encountered an alien that was buried behind the walls of a church and was using its psychic abilities to influence the residents of the village. (TV: The Awakening)

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

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