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'''Ace raised her blaster. 'You've already killed me once, girl,' Kreer said. 'Didn't you learn anything from that?'''' | '''Ace raised her blaster. 'You've already killed me once, girl,' Kreer said. 'Didn't you learn anything from that?'''' | ||
When [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] asks to see the dawn of the space age, [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] takes the [[TARDIS]] to the [[United States of America]] in [[1957]] - and into the midst of distrust and paranoia. The [[Cold War]] is raging, bringing the world to the brink of atomic destruction. | When [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] asks to see the dawn of the space age, [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] takes the [[TARDIS]] to the [[United States of America]] in [[1957]] - and into the midst of distrust and paranoia. The [[Cold War]] is raging, bringing the world to the brink of atomic destruction. | ||
But the threat facing America is far more deadly than Communist [[Russia]]. The militaristic [[Tzun Confederacy]] have made [[Earth]] their next target for conquest - and the aliens are already among us. | But the threat facing America is far more deadly than Communist [[Russia]]. The militaristic [[Tzun Confederacy]] have made [[Earth]] their next target for conquest - and the aliens are already among us. | ||
Two nuclear warheads have been stolen; there are traitors to the human species in the highest ranks of the army; and alien infiltrators have assumed human form. Only one person seems to know what’s going on: the army’s mysterious scientific advisor, the enigmatic Major Kreer. | Two nuclear warheads have been stolen; there are traitors to the human species in the highest ranks of the army; and alien infiltrators have assumed human form. Only one person seems to know what’s going on: the army’s mysterious scientific advisor, the enigmatic Major Kreer. | ||
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*The Master reappears to cause havoc for Benny in [[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]''. | *The Master reappears to cause havoc for Benny in [[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]''. | ||
*A [[Kitling]] last appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]''. | *A [[Kitling]] last appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]''. | ||
==[[Seventh Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]== | |||
*This story takes place after [[NA]]: ''[[Strange England]]'' | |||
*This story takes place before [[NA]]: ''[[St Anthony's Fire]]'' | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 00:42, 24 June 2010
Publisher's summary
Ace raised her blaster. 'You've already killed me once, girl,' Kreer said. 'Didn't you learn anything from that?'
When Bernice asks to see the dawn of the space age, the Doctor takes the TARDIS to the United States of America in 1957 - and into the midst of distrust and paranoia. The Cold War is raging, bringing the world to the brink of atomic destruction.
But the threat facing America is far more deadly than Communist Russia. The militaristic Tzun Confederacy have made Earth their next target for conquest - and the aliens are already among us.
Two nuclear warheads have been stolen; there are traitors to the human species in the highest ranks of the army; and alien infiltrators have assumed human form. Only one person seems to know what’s going on: the army’s mysterious scientific advisor, the enigmatic Major Kreer.
Characters
- The Doctor
- Has Majestic clearance with the US government.
- Ace
- Will be 27 in a few months.
- Can fly a Hercules miltary plane, thanks to what the Doctor refers to as the 'narrow minded military'. keeping things similar in all airborne craft.
- She used to fly a spacehopper in the Spacefleet.
- Bernice Summerfield
- Thinks of the Doctor and Ace as her only family.
- Is immune to the Master's hypnotism.
- Imagines the Doctor marrying the TARDIS.
- Major Kreer
- Was able to recover enough following his fight with the Doctor on the Cheetah Planet to teleport back to Earth, however the explosion of the planet transported him back 32 years.
- Used Tzun genetic engineering to remove the Trakenite DNA from his body to restore him to a full Time Lord.
- The Master regenerates after Ace shoots him in the back.
- He respects Bernice for her paper on Martian Feudalism.
- Claims to be a Time Lord of the First Rank.
References
- The Nestene Consciousness controls a section of the Tau Qudrant.
- The Seventh Doctor claims that Dimensions in Time was a dream.
- Bandraginus Five was a shipyard for the Vegans.
- Before being trapped on the Cheetah World the Master tried to start a war between Antari Two and Antari Three.
- The Cheetah World had an atmosphere rich in artron energy.
- The Master has read Bernice's paper on Martian Feudalism.
- The Master regenerates into someone a little bit taller than his previous body (which had been infected with the Cheetah Virus). The body has a high forehead, glossy moustache, neat beard, aristocratic nose and a lean face, and was intended to resemble actor Basil Rathbone.
- The Master uses his Tissue Compression Eliminator once more.
- The Master and Ace can detect each other due to them both being infected with the Cheetah Virus.
- The Master constructs a Stattenheim remote control to retrieve his TARDIS.
- The Tzun are from the planet S'Arl.
- There is some discussion of Dimensional Transcendence, which in turn leads to discussions of Gallifreyan warp matrix engineering and Block Transfer Computations.
- It is best (supposedly) to have five arms and five legs when using Venusian Aikido.
- The Sidhe are mentioned.
Notes
- The Master regenerates from the 'Anthony Ainley' body into a new body, which places Destiny of the Doctors sometime before this novel
- Sophie Aldred later posed for photographs wearing an outfit based upon that worn by Ace on the cover of this novel, for her memoir, Ace! The Inside Story of the End of an Era.
- A prelude was published for this novel in DWM Issue 216.
Continuity
- The Master aquired the Trakenite DNA after stealing Tremas's body in DW: The Keeper of Traken.
- The Master last appeared in DW: Survival.
- The Sidhe (mentioned in this novel) appear in EDA: Autumn Mist.
- The Tzun appear in PDA: Mission: Impractical.
- A single Tzun appears in NA: Return of the Living Dad.
- Bandraginus Five was mined and squashed to a ball in DW: The Pirate Planet.
- The Master reappears to cause havoc for Benny in NA: Happy Endings.
- A Kitling last appeared in DW: Survival.
Timeline
- This story takes place after NA: Strange England
- This story takes place before NA: St Anthony's Fire
