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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was the thirtieth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel and featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. This novel also featured the first in-novel regeneration of a character from the [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series]]; [[the Master]]. It is one of three novels written by [[David A. McIntee]] that feature the Master with [[Virgin Missing Adventures]]' ''[[The Dark Path]]'' following in [[1997]] and [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]' ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'' being published in [[1998]].


==Publisher's summary==
==Publisher's summary==
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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.
==Plot==
''to be added''


==Characters==
==Characters==
*[[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]]
*[[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]]
**Has Majestic clearance with the US government.
*[[Ace]]
*[[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]]
*[[Bernice Summerfield]]
**Thinks of the Doctor and Ace as her only family.
**Is immune to the Master's [[hypnosis|hypnotism]].
**Imagines the Doctor marrying the TARDIS.
*[[The Master (First Frontier)|Major Kreer]]
*[[The Master (First Frontier)|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.
*[[Shadow (Kitling)|Shadow]]
*[[Shadow (Kitling)|Shadow]]
**[[Kitling]] named by the Master, it took him to 1950's America from the Cheetah World.
*[[Joe Manco]]
*[[Joe Manco]]


==References==
==References==
* The [[Nestene Consciousness]] controls a section of the [[Tau Quadrant]].
===[[:Category:Biology|Biology]]===
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] claims that ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'' was a [[dream]].
* The Master and Ace can detect each other due to them both being infected with the [[Cheetah Virus]].
*The Master used [[Tzun]] genetic engineering to remove the [[Trakenite]] [[DNA]] from his body to restore him to a full [[Time Lord]].
 
===[[:Category:Cultural references from the real world|Cultural references from the real world]]===
* The Doctor makes a sly reference to [[Santa Mira]], thus making the film, ''[[wikipedia:Invasion of the Body Snatchers|Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'', something that actually happened in the [[Doctor Who universe|DWU]].
 
===[[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]]===
*The Doctor has Majestic clearance with the US government.
 
===[[:Category:Documents|Documents]]===
* The Master respects Bernice and has read her paper on ''[[Martian Feudalism]]''.
 
===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]===
*[[Ace]] will be 27 in a few months.
*[[Bernice Summerfield]] thinks of the Doctor and Ace as her only family.
*Bernice imagines the Doctor marrying the TARDIS.
*[[Shadow (Kitling)|Shadow]] is the name of a [[Kitling]] named by the Master, it took him from the Cheetah World to [[1950]]'s America.
 
===[[:Category:The Master|The Master]]===
*[[The Master (First Frontier)|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.
* The Master [[Regeneration|regenerates]] regenerates after Ace shoots him in the back. He turns 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.
 
===[[:Category:Planets|Planets]]===
* [[Bandraginus Five]] was a shipyard for the [[Vegan (The Monster of Peladon)|Vegan]]s.
* [[Bandraginus Five]] was a shipyard for the [[Vegan (The Monster of Peladon)|Vegan]]s.
* Before being trapped on the [[Cheetah World]] [[the Master]] tried to start a war between [[Antari Two]] and [[Antari Three]].
* 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 [[Cheetah World]] had an atmosphere rich in [[artron energy]].
* The Master has read Bernice's paper on ''[[Martian Feudalism]]''.
 
* The Master [[Regeneration|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.
===[[:Category:Psychology|Psychology]]===
* The Master uses his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] once more.
*Bernice is immune to the Master's [[hypnosis|hypnotism]].
* The Master and Ace can detect each other due to them both being infected with the [[Cheetah Virus]].
 
===[[:Category:Races and species|Races and species]]===
* The [[Nestene Consciousness]] controls a section of the [[Tau Quadrant]].
* The [[Tzun]] are from the planet [[S'Arl]].
* The [[Sidhe]] are mentioned.
 
===[[:Category:Sports|Sports]]===
* It is best (supposedly) to have five arms and five legs when using [[Venusian aikido]].
 
===[[:Category:TARDIS|TARDISes]]===
* The Master constructs a [[Stattenheim remote control]] to retrieve his TARDIS.
* The Master constructs a [[Stattenheim remote control]] to retrieve his TARDIS.
* The [[Tzun]] are from the planet [[S'Arl]].
 
===[[:Category:Theories and concepts|Theories and concepts]]===
* There is some discussion of [[dimensional transcendence]], which in turn leads to discussions of [[Gallifreyan]] [[warp matrix engineering]] and [[Block Transfer Computation]]s.
* There is some discussion of [[dimensional transcendence]], which in turn leads to discussions of [[Gallifreyan]] [[warp matrix engineering]] and [[Block Transfer Computation]]s.
* It is best (supposedly) to have five arms and five legs when using [[Venusian aikido]].
 
* The [[Sidhe]] are mentioned.
===[[:Category:Time Lords|Time Lords]]===
* The Doctor makes a sly reference to [[Santa Mira]], thus making the film, ''[[wikipedia:Invasion of the Body Snatchers|Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'', something that actually happened in the [[Doctor Who universe|DWU]].
 
*The Master claims to be a Time Lord of the First Rank.
 
===[[:Category:Vehicles|Vehicles]]===
*Ace can fly a [[Hercules military plane]], thanks to what the Doctor refers to as the 'narrow minded military'; keeping things similar in all airborne craft.
*Ace also used to fly a [[spacehopper]] in the [[Spacefleet]].
 
===[[:Category:Weapons|Weapons]]===
* The Master uses his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] once more.


==Notes==
==Notes==
* The Master regenerates from the '[[Anthony Ainley]]' body into a new body, which places ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]'' sometime before this novel  
* 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]]''.
* [[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 216]].
*A prelude was published for this novel in [[DWM 216]].


==Continuity==
==Continuity==
* The Master aquired the Trakenite DNA after stealing Tremas's body in [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]''.
* The Master acquired the Trakenite DNA after stealing Tremas's body in [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]''.
* The Master last appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]''.
* The Master last appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]''.
* The Sidhe (mentioned in this novel) appear in [[EDA]]: ''[[Autumn Mist]]''.
* The Sidhe (mentioned in this novel) appear in [[EDA]]: ''[[Autumn Mist]]''.
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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]]''.
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] states that ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'' was a [[dream]].


==[[Seventh Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
==[[Seventh Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Dwrefguide|who_na30.htm|First Frontier}}
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona30p.htm Prelude to '''First Frontier''' as published in DWM #216]
*{{Dwrefguide|who_na30.htm|First Frontier}}
*{{whoniverse|NA30.php|First Frontier}}
*{{whoniverse|NA30.php|First Frontier}}
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona30p.htm Prelude to '''First Frontier''' as published in DWM #216]


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First Frontier (novel) was the thirtieth New Adventures novel and featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield. This novel also featured the first in-novel regeneration of a character from the TV series; the Master. It is one of three novels written by David A. McIntee that feature the Master with Virgin Missing Adventures' The Dark Path following in 1997 and BBC Past Doctor Adventures' The Face of the Enemy being published in 1998.

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.

Plot

to be added

Characters

References

Biology

  • The Master and Ace can detect each other due to them both being infected with the Cheetah Virus.
  • The Master used Tzun genetic engineering to remove the Trakenite DNA from his body to restore him to a full Time Lord.

Cultural references from the real world

The Doctor

  • The Doctor has Majestic clearance with the US government.

Documents

Individuals

  • Ace will be 27 in a few months.
  • Bernice Summerfield thinks of the Doctor and Ace as her only family.
  • Bernice imagines the Doctor marrying the TARDIS.
  • Shadow is the name of a Kitling named by the Master, it took him from the Cheetah World to 1950's America.

The Master

  • 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.
  • The Master regenerates regenerates after Ace shoots him in the back. He turns 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.

Planets

Psychology

Races and species

Sports

  • It is best (supposedly) to have five arms and five legs when using Venusian aikido.

TARDISes

Theories and concepts

Time Lords

  • The Master claims to be a Time Lord of the First Rank.

Vehicles

Weapons

Notes

Continuity

Timeline

For The Doctor

For The Master

External links

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Virgin Books New Adventures
Seventh
Doctor
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
Bernice
Summerfield
1997
1998
1999


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The Master stories
Early life
Television
Prose
Comic
Audio
Webcast
"Inventor"
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War Chief
Television
Prose
UNIT era
The cycle
ending
Decayed
Master
Tremas
Master
Old
Master
Television
Prose
Bruce
Master
Android/
Echo
Webcast
Prose
"Preacher"
Comics
Reborn
Master
"Merlin"
Prose
Pryce
Television
Child
Master
Comics
War Master
Saxon Master
Missy
The Lumiat
Audio
Spy Master
Unclear
incarnation

Prose
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Other
realities
Barusa's universe
Prose
Unbound Master
Inferno Earth
Prose
The Warrior's universe
Audio
From stories
considered
not part
of the DWU
by this Wiki
"DWM"
Prose
"Battle"
Games
"Exclusive!"
Prose
"DWMS"
Comics
According to one account, the Master had the appearance of Roger Delgado while on Gallifrey. According to another, he had Anthony Ainley's likeness. According to another one, the one with James Dreyfus's appearance was the incarnation who ran away from Gallifrey.

Divided Loyalties, A Brief History of Time Lords and The Legions of Death feature, or otherwise acknowledge, the War Chief, but in the process contradicted the notion put forward by other stories that he was an incarnation of the Master.

One account suggests that the incarnation portrayed by Roger Delgado may be the same as the one portrayed by Peter Pratt while some others distinguish them.

According to one account, the incarnation portrayed by Gordon Tipple is the one portrayed by Anthony Ainley, while some others state that the Ainley one was already lost by then.

While fighting to extend his life at the end of his regeneration cycle, many bodies were possessed by the Beevers incarnation, but all kept somehow reverting to his real being until he finally regenerated into the MacQueen one. Hence, these sections cannot be strictly chronological
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