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novel name= Seeing I | | novel name= Seeing I | | ||
image=[[ | image=[[File:Seeing_I.jpg|250px]]| | ||
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | | series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br />[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | | ||
number= 12 | | number= 12 | | ||
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] | | doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] | | ||
companions= [[Samantha Jones | Sam Jones]] | | companions= [[Samantha Jones|Sam Jones]] | | ||
enemy= [[I|The I]]<br>[[INC]] | | enemy= [[I|The I]]<br />[[INC]] | | ||
year= [[Ha'olam]], [[Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre]], [[22nd century]] (for the Doctor)<br>[[Ha'olam]], [[22nd century]] (for Sam) | | year= [[Ha'olam]], [[Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre]], [[22nd century]] (for the Doctor)<br />[[Ha'olam]], [[22nd century]] (for Sam) | | ||
writer= [[Jonathan Blum]] & [[Kate Orman]] | | writer= [[Jonathan Blum]] & [[Kate Orman]] | | ||
publisher= [[BBC Books]] | | publisher= [[BBC Books]] | | ||
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next story= [[Placebo Effect]]}} | next story= [[Placebo Effect]]}} | ||
==Publisher’s Summary== | == Publisher’s Summary == | ||
He has no idea why Samantha Jones ran away from him. | He has no idea why Samantha Jones ran away from him. | ||
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Faced with these mysteries, separated by half a world, Sam and the Doctor each face a battle - Sam to rebuild her life, the Doctor to stay sane. And if they find each other again, what will be left of either of them? | Faced with these mysteries, separated by half a world, Sam and the Doctor each face a battle - Sam to rebuild her life, the Doctor to stay sane. And if they find each other again, what will be left of either of them? | ||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
*[[Eighth Doctor |The Doctor]] | * [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] | ||
:* Uses the alias James Alistair Bowman | :* Uses the alias James Alistair Bowman | ||
:*Goes into detail of how he was held prisoner by the [[Tractite]]s. | :* Goes into detail of how he was held prisoner by the [[Tractite]]s. | ||
:*Seems to indicate he was taught by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] | :* Seems to indicate he was taught by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] | ||
:*Still carries [[Promethean Everlasting Matches|everlasting matches]]. | :* Still carries [[Promethean Everlasting Matches|everlasting matches]]. | ||
:*Becomes a little bit claustrophobic after three years of being locked awayas a prisoner. | :* Becomes a little bit claustrophobic after three years of being locked awayas a prisoner. | ||
*[[Samantha Jones |Sam Jones]] | * [[Samantha Jones|Sam Jones]] | ||
:*When Sam left the Doctor she was nearly seventeen. She is now nearly eighteen. | :* When Sam left the Doctor she was nearly seventeen. She is now nearly eighteen. | ||
:*She spends three years on [[Ha'olam]] and is now twenty-one. | :* She spends three years on [[Ha'olam]] and is now twenty-one. | ||
:*Sam remembers sleeping with a bat ([[Jasper]] in the TARDIS). | :* Sam remembers sleeping with a bat ([[Jasper]] in the TARDIS). | ||
:*Mentions the [[Dalek]]s and the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]. | :* Mentions the [[Dalek]]s and the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]. | ||
:*At the novel's end Sam gives the Doctor a long passionate kiss, and feels no compulsion to do it again...though she wouldn't say no. | :* At the novel's end Sam gives the Doctor a long passionate kiss, and feels no compulsion to do it again...though she wouldn't say no. | ||
*[[Shoshana Rubenstein]] | * [[Shoshana Rubenstein]] | ||
:*Sam's flatmate for a while. | :* Sam's flatmate for a while. | ||
:*Gets an eye implant / replacement. | :* Gets an eye implant / replacement. | ||
*[[Paul Hamani]] | * [[Paul Hamani]] | ||
:* Sam’s first lover. | :* Sam’s first lover. | ||
*[[Orin]] | * [[Orin]] | ||
:*Was in the wars. | :* Was in the wars. | ||
:*Another of Sam's lovers. | :* Another of Sam's lovers. | ||
*Dr [[David Akalu]] | * Dr [[David Akalu]] | ||
:*Is Moral Facilitator at the Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre. | :* Is Moral Facilitator at the Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre. | ||
*[[DOCTOR]] | * [[DOCTOR]] | ||
:*Is an artificial intelligence based on the Doctor, sounds a bit like [[Eighth Doctor|him]]. | :* Is an artificial intelligence based on the Doctor, sounds a bit like [[Eighth Doctor|him]]. | ||
:* Goes travelling with another AI called [[FLORENCE]] | :* Goes travelling with another AI called [[FLORENCE]] | ||
*[[Rifaat]] | * [[Rifaat]] | ||
:*Is the head guard at the Doctor's prison. | :* Is the head guard at the Doctor's prison. | ||
:*Is slowly driven mad and almost beats the Doctor to death. | :* Is slowly driven mad and almost beats the Doctor to death. | ||
*[[Ziba]] | * [[Ziba]] | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
===[[:Category:Corporations|Corporations]]=== | === [[:Category:Corporations|Corporations]] === | ||
*Sam goes to join the [[Eurogen Village]]. | * Sam goes to join the [[Eurogen Village]]. | ||
:*[[Eurogen Company]] merged with the [[Butler Institute]], to create [[Eurogen-Butler Corporation]] which later became the [[Spinward Corporation]]. | :* [[Eurogen Company]] merged with the [[Butler Institute]], to create [[Eurogen-Butler Corporation]] which later became the [[Spinward Corporation]]. | ||
*The Eurogen Village is a partially a project assisted by [[Livingspace]]. | * The Eurogen Village is a partially a project assisted by [[Livingspace]]. | ||
*The Doctor uses [[data umphs]] to search through several companies data bases including [[Imogen]] and resulting in''"Kisumu Interplantary's intranet collapsed."'' Kisumu most likely refers to the [[Dione-Kisumu]] company. The data umphs also attack [[Gray Corporation]]'s systems. | * The Doctor uses [[data umphs]] to search through several companies data bases including [[Imogen]] and resulting in''"Kisumu Interplantary's intranet collapsed."'' Kisumu most likely refers to the [[Dione-Kisumu]] company. The data umphs also attack [[Gray Corporation]]'s systems. | ||
===[[:Category:Cultural references from the real world|Cultural references]]=== | === [[:Category:Cultural references from the real world|Cultural references]] === | ||
*The Doctor describes what a [[perigosto stick]] is for; ''"...You use it in a game of four-dimensional juggling"''. | * The Doctor describes what a [[perigosto stick]] is for; ''"...You use it in a game of four-dimensional juggling"''. | ||
*The Doctor uploads fragments of ''[[Down Among the Dead Men Again]]'' (whose author would more than likely be the same as ''[[Down Among the Dead Men]]''; [[Bernice Summerfield]]). | * The Doctor uploads fragments of ''[[Down Among the Dead Men Again]]'' (whose author would more than likely be the same as ''[[Down Among the Dead Men]]''; [[Bernice Summerfield]]). | ||
===[[:Category:Foods and beverages|Foods and Beverages]]=== | === [[:Category:Foods and beverages|Foods and Beverages]] === | ||
*Sam drinks [[coffee]], she never used to after she had an experience with [[drug]]s. | * Sam drinks [[coffee]], she never used to after she had an experience with [[drug]]s. | ||
*Number 15 is a system of moves that the Doctor and Sam came up with. | * Number 15 is a system of moves that the Doctor and Sam came up with. | ||
:* Number 15 involves the Doctor using a [[banana]] and pretending it to be a gun to hold someone up, while in the confusion Sam takes the guard's gun. | :* Number 15 involves the Doctor using a [[banana]] and pretending it to be a gun to hold someone up, while in the confusion Sam takes the guard's gun. | ||
===[[:Category:Gallifrey|Gallifrey]]=== | === [[:Category:Gallifrey|Gallifrey]] === | ||
*The Doctor explains to Sam what happened to [[Savar]]; ''"It happened back when I was a student. [[Savar]] was a [[Time Lord]] who went on a mission in his [[TARDIS]], but something went wrong and he had to abandon ship."''. | * The Doctor explains to Sam what happened to [[Savar]]; ''"It happened back when I was a student. [[Savar]] was a [[Time Lord]] who went on a mission in his [[TARDIS]], but something went wrong and he had to abandon ship."''. | ||
===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]=== | === [[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]] === | ||
*Sam's [[Samantha Jones#Timeline 1|'Dark Sam']] personality is referred to several times. | * Sam's [[Samantha Jones#Timeline 1|'Dark Sam']] personality is referred to several times. | ||
*The [[DOCTOR]] mentions to the Doctor ''"I could name half a dozen of your school chums and all sorts of ancient lore and legends from [[Gallifrey]]."''. | * The [[DOCTOR]] mentions to the Doctor ''"I could name half a dozen of your school chums and all sorts of ancient lore and legends from [[Gallifrey]]."''. | ||
*The Doctor tells Sam that he met his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] whilst searching for her. | * The Doctor tells Sam that he met his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] whilst searching for her. | ||
*It's been three and a bit years since the Doctor last saw Sam, it was also the same amount of time that [[Ace]] spent in the [[Spacefleet]] (the Doctor mentions this ''"It was about three years after she left me that I saw Ace again."'') | * It's been three and a bit years since the Doctor last saw Sam, it was also the same amount of time that [[Ace]] spent in the [[Spacefleet]] (the Doctor mentions this ''"It was about three years after she left me that I saw Ace again."'') | ||
===[[:Category:Planets|Planets]]=== | === [[:Category:Planets|Planets]] === | ||
*The Doctor continues with his search for Sam, stating; ''"I know she was there on the [[Kusk]] ship, I know she was on [[Mu Camelopides IV|Mu Camelopides]] - but then where did she go?"''. | * The Doctor continues with his search for Sam, stating; ''"I know she was there on the [[Kusk]] ship, I know she was on [[Mu Camelopides IV|Mu Camelopides]] - but then where did she go?"''. | ||
*The buses on [[Ha'olam]] are [[ornithopter]]s. | * The buses on [[Ha'olam]] are [[ornithopter]]s. | ||
*Sam watches a 3D TV with news stories concerning [[Mu Camelopides IV]]. | * Sam watches a 3D TV with news stories concerning [[Mu Camelopides IV]]. | ||
*The Doctor travels to [[Gallifrey]] (to return Savar's eyes) and [[Neo-Sydney]] to have a tailor recreate his outfit. | * The Doctor travels to [[Gallifrey]] (to return Savar's eyes) and [[Neo-Sydney]] to have a tailor recreate his outfit. | ||
*[[INC]] owns 64 percent of [[Temporal Commercial Concerns]], whose main assets concerned the planet [[Hirath]]. | * [[INC]] owns 64 percent of [[Temporal Commercial Concerns]], whose main assets concerned the planet [[Hirath]]. | ||
*The Doctor babbles at one point about wanting to be on [[Stella Stora]] and [[New Mars]]. | * The Doctor babbles at one point about wanting to be on [[Stella Stora]] and [[New Mars]]. | ||
*The Doctor posits that the I moved a [[Time Tree]] from [[Hirath]] to [[Tractis]]. | * The Doctor posits that the I moved a [[Time Tree]] from [[Hirath]] to [[Tractis]]. | ||
===[[:Category:Prisons|Prisons]]=== | === [[:Category:Prisons|Prisons]] === | ||
*The Doctor is held prisoner at the [[Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre]]. | * The Doctor is held prisoner at the [[Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre]]. | ||
*The Doctor states that he's escaped from; the [[Tower of London]] to a [[Klein sphere]]. | * The Doctor states that he's escaped from; the [[Tower of London]] to a [[Klein sphere]]. | ||
===[[:Category:Species|Species]]=== | === [[:Category:Species|Species]] === | ||
*[[Lacaillan]]s and [[Caxtarid]] are some of the people that make up the population of [[Ha'olam]]. | * [[Lacaillan]]s and [[Caxtarid]] are some of the people that make up the population of [[Ha'olam]]. | ||
===[[:Category:Technology|Technology]]=== | === [[:Category:Technology|Technology]] === | ||
*The eye implants are far safer (supposedly) than the [[synch-op link]]s. | * The eye implants are far safer (supposedly) than the [[synch-op link]]s. | ||
*INC use a [[sonic cannon]] to destroy the Eurogen Village which may have been surplus from the [[Thousand Day War]]. | * INC use a [[sonic cannon]] to destroy the Eurogen Village which may have been surplus from the [[Thousand Day War]]. | ||
*INC have a [[mind probe]], which has 13 settings. | * INC have a [[mind probe]], which has 13 settings. | ||
*INC also have recovered from a crash a [[Borelli]] [[elemental compositor]], a [[tritium]] powered something, a [[Kosnax]] fruit machine. | * INC also have recovered from a crash a [[Borelli]] [[elemental compositor]], a [[tritium]] powered something, a [[Kosnax]] fruit machine. | ||
*The [[I]]'s ship is constructed patrially of [[Tinclavic]]. | * The [[I]]'s ship is constructed patrially of [[Tinclavic]]. | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
*The beginning of the book contains a quote from [[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'' by [[Paul Cornell]]. | * The beginning of the book contains a quote from [[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'' by [[Paul Cornell]]. | ||
* Continuing what could be considered a trend for Kate Orman novels, the Doctor gets tortured in extreme and interesting ways. | * Continuing what could be considered a trend for Kate Orman novels, the Doctor gets tortured in extreme and interesting ways. | ||
*At one point there was an explicit reference that Sam was bisexual however | * At one point there was an explicit reference that Sam was bisexual however | ||
<blockquote>''the line about "three years and three relationships under the bridge" was originally something like "three years and a couple of boyfriends and a couple of girlfriends under the bridge".''<ref>[http://p102.ezboard.com/fthedoctorwhoforumfrm4.showMessageRange?topicID=7.topic&start=26&stop=50 Ask Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum - The Doctor Who Forum at Outpost Gallifrey (Page 2) (ezyboard membership required)]</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>''the line about "three years and three relationships under the bridge" was originally something like "three years and a couple of boyfriends and a couple of girlfriends under the bridge".''<ref>[http://p102.ezboard.com/fthedoctorwhoforumfrm4.showMessageRange?topicID=7.topic&start=26&stop=50 Ask Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum - The Doctor Who Forum at Outpost Gallifrey (Page 2) (ezyboard membership required)]</ref></blockquote> | ||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
*Imogen (company) first appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[Transit]]''. | * Imogen (company) first appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[Transit]]''. | ||
*Dione-Kisumu company appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[Sleepy]]''. | * Dione-Kisumu company appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[Sleepy]]''. | ||
*Gray Corporation appeared in [[EDA]]: ''[[Kursaal (novel)|Kursaal]]''. | * Gray Corporation appeared in [[EDA]]: ''[[Kursaal (novel)|Kursaal]]''. | ||
*The Doctor's alias (James Alistair Bowman) comes primarily from [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''. | * The Doctor's alias (James Alistair Bowman) comes primarily from [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''. | ||
*Synch-op links were seen in [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep]]''. | * Synch-op links were seen in [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep]]''. | ||
*In [[DW]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'' the Doctor mentions the Tower of London. In [[BFA]]: ''[[Circular Time]]'' the Doctor ends up in the Tower. | * In [[DW]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'' the Doctor mentions the Tower of London. In [[BFA]]: ''[[Circular Time]]'' the Doctor ends up in the Tower. | ||
*The Doctor first mentioned a perigosto stick in [[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]''. | * The Doctor first mentioned a perigosto stick in [[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]''. | ||
*Eurogen Company merged from/with the Butler Institute which occured in [[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'', to create Eurogen-Butler Corp. They play a significant role in [[BNA]]: ''[[Another Girl, Another Planet]]''. Later they became the Spinward Corporation, seen in [[NA]]: ''[[Deceit]]''. | * Eurogen Company merged from/with the Butler Institute which occured in [[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'', to create Eurogen-Butler Corp. They play a significant role in [[BNA]]: ''[[Another Girl, Another Planet]]''. Later they became the Spinward Corporation, seen in [[NA]]: ''[[Deceit]]''. | ||
*The Doctor was held prisoner and (effectively) tortured by Tractites in [[EDA]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]''. | * The Doctor was held prisoner and (effectively) tortured by Tractites in [[EDA]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]''. | ||
*Sam refers to having seen cloned humans ([[EDA]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]''). | * Sam refers to having seen cloned humans ([[EDA]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]''). | ||
*Sam witnesses a warehouse full of company-designed babies created for testing. This imagery would be used as a source for other media images in [[EDA]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]''. | * Sam witnesses a warehouse full of company-designed babies created for testing. This imagery would be used as a source for other media images in [[EDA]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]''. | ||
*Savar's final fate is seen in [[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]''. | * Savar's final fate is seen in [[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]''. | ||
*The concept of 'Dark Sam' living in King's Cross is first seen in [[EDA]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]'' and actually seen in ''[[Unnatural History]]'' | * The concept of 'Dark Sam' living in King's Cross is first seen in [[EDA]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]'' and actually seen in ''[[Unnatural History]]'' | ||
*FLORENCE appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[Transit]]'' and ''[[Sleepy]]''. | * FLORENCE appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[Transit]]'' and ''[[Sleepy]]''. | ||
==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]== | == [[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] == | ||
*This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[Dreamstone Moon (novel)|Dreamstone Moon]]'' | * This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[Dreamstone Moon (novel)|Dreamstone Moon]]'' | ||
*This story takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[Placebo Effect]]'' | * This story takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[Placebo Effect]]'' | ||
==Reprint== | == Reprint == | ||
[[BBC Books]] has announced that a "print on demand" reprint edition of this novel will be made available as of 30th September 2011 as the imprint revisits adventures featuring the first eight Doctors. | [[BBC Books]] has announced that a "print on demand" reprint edition of this novel will be made available as of 30th September 2011 as the imprint revisits adventures featuring the first eight Doctors. | ||
== External links== | == External links == | ||
*{{dwrefguide|whobbc12.htm|Seeing I}} | * {{dwrefguide|whobbc12.htm|Seeing I}} | ||
*{{whoniverse|ED12.php|Seeing I}} | * {{whoniverse|ED12.php|Seeing I}} | ||
==Footnotes== | == Footnotes == | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
{{EDA}} | {{EDA}} | ||
Revision as of 10:17, 5 November 2011
Publisher’s Summary
He has no idea why Samantha Jones ran away from him.
Sam is homeless on the streets of the colony world of Ha'olam, trying to face what’s just happened between her and the Doctor. He’s searching for her, and for answers. While she struggles to survive in a strange city centuries from home, the Doctor comes across evidence of alien involvement in the local mega-corporation, INC - and is soon confined to a prison that becomes a hell of his own making.
Where did INC’s mysterious eye implants really come from? What is the company searching for in the deserts? What is hiding in the shadows, watching their progress?
Faced with these mysteries, separated by half a world, Sam and the Doctor each face a battle - Sam to rebuild her life, the Doctor to stay sane. And if they find each other again, what will be left of either of them?
Characters
- Uses the alias James Alistair Bowman
- Goes into detail of how he was held prisoner by the Tractites.
- Seems to indicate he was taught by Leonardo da Vinci
- Still carries everlasting matches.
- Becomes a little bit claustrophobic after three years of being locked awayas a prisoner.
- When Sam left the Doctor she was nearly seventeen. She is now nearly eighteen.
- She spends three years on Ha'olam and is now twenty-one.
- Sam remembers sleeping with a bat (Jasper in the TARDIS).
- Mentions the Daleks and the Cybermen.
- At the novel's end Sam gives the Doctor a long passionate kiss, and feels no compulsion to do it again...though she wouldn't say no.
- Sam's flatmate for a while.
- Gets an eye implant / replacement.
- Sam’s first lover.
- Was in the wars.
- Another of Sam's lovers.
- Dr David Akalu
- Is Moral Facilitator at the Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre.
- Is the head guard at the Doctor's prison.
- Is slowly driven mad and almost beats the Doctor to death.
References
Corporations
- Sam goes to join the Eurogen Village.
- Eurogen Company merged with the Butler Institute, to create Eurogen-Butler Corporation which later became the Spinward Corporation.
- The Eurogen Village is a partially a project assisted by Livingspace.
- The Doctor uses data umphs to search through several companies data bases including Imogen and resulting in"Kisumu Interplantary's intranet collapsed." Kisumu most likely refers to the Dione-Kisumu company. The data umphs also attack Gray Corporation's systems.
Cultural references
- The Doctor describes what a perigosto stick is for; "...You use it in a game of four-dimensional juggling".
- The Doctor uploads fragments of Down Among the Dead Men Again (whose author would more than likely be the same as Down Among the Dead Men; Bernice Summerfield).
Foods and Beverages
- Sam drinks coffee, she never used to after she had an experience with drugs.
- Number 15 is a system of moves that the Doctor and Sam came up with.
- Number 15 involves the Doctor using a banana and pretending it to be a gun to hold someone up, while in the confusion Sam takes the guard's gun.
Gallifrey
- The Doctor explains to Sam what happened to Savar; "It happened back when I was a student. Savar was a Time Lord who went on a mission in his TARDIS, but something went wrong and he had to abandon ship.".
Individuals
- Sam's 'Dark Sam' personality is referred to several times.
- The DOCTOR mentions to the Doctor "I could name half a dozen of your school chums and all sorts of ancient lore and legends from Gallifrey.".
- The Doctor tells Sam that he met his granddaughter Susan whilst searching for her.
- It's been three and a bit years since the Doctor last saw Sam, it was also the same amount of time that Ace spent in the Spacefleet (the Doctor mentions this "It was about three years after she left me that I saw Ace again.")
Planets
- The Doctor continues with his search for Sam, stating; "I know she was there on the Kusk ship, I know she was on Mu Camelopides - but then where did she go?".
- The buses on Ha'olam are ornithopters.
- Sam watches a 3D TV with news stories concerning Mu Camelopides IV.
- The Doctor travels to Gallifrey (to return Savar's eyes) and Neo-Sydney to have a tailor recreate his outfit.
- INC owns 64 percent of Temporal Commercial Concerns, whose main assets concerned the planet Hirath.
- The Doctor babbles at one point about wanting to be on Stella Stora and New Mars.
- The Doctor posits that the I moved a Time Tree from Hirath to Tractis.
Prisons
- The Doctor is held prisoner at the Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre.
- The Doctor states that he's escaped from; the Tower of London to a Klein sphere.
Species
- Lacaillans and Caxtarid are some of the people that make up the population of Ha'olam.
Technology
- The eye implants are far safer (supposedly) than the synch-op links.
- INC use a sonic cannon to destroy the Eurogen Village which may have been surplus from the Thousand Day War.
- INC have a mind probe, which has 13 settings.
- INC also have recovered from a crash a Borelli elemental compositor, a tritium powered something, a Kosnax fruit machine.
- The I's ship is constructed patrially of Tinclavic.
Notes
- The beginning of the book contains a quote from NA: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible by Paul Cornell.
- Continuing what could be considered a trend for Kate Orman novels, the Doctor gets tortured in extreme and interesting ways.
- At one point there was an explicit reference that Sam was bisexual however
the line about "three years and three relationships under the bridge" was originally something like "three years and a couple of boyfriends and a couple of girlfriends under the bridge".[1]
Continuity
- Imogen (company) first appeared in NA: Transit.
- Dione-Kisumu company appeared in NA: Sleepy.
- Gray Corporation appeared in EDA: Kursaal.
- The Doctor's alias (James Alistair Bowman) comes primarily from DW: Doctor Who.
- Synch-op links were seen in DW: Warriors of the Deep.
- In DW: The Sensorites the Doctor mentions the Tower of London. In BFA: Circular Time the Doctor ends up in the Tower.
- The Doctor first mentioned a perigosto stick in DW: The Green Death.
- Eurogen Company merged from/with the Butler Institute which occured in NA: Cat's Cradle: Warhead, to create Eurogen-Butler Corp. They play a significant role in BNA: Another Girl, Another Planet. Later they became the Spinward Corporation, seen in NA: Deceit.
- The Doctor was held prisoner and (effectively) tortured by Tractites in EDA: Genocide.
- Sam refers to having seen cloned humans (EDA: Vampire Science).
- Sam witnesses a warehouse full of company-designed babies created for testing. This imagery would be used as a source for other media images in EDA: Interference - Book Two.
- Savar's final fate is seen in PDA: The Infinity Doctors.
- The concept of 'Dark Sam' living in King's Cross is first seen in EDA: Alien Bodies and actually seen in Unnatural History
- FLORENCE appeared in NA: Transit and Sleepy.
Timeline
- This story takes place after EDA: Dreamstone Moon
- This story takes place before EDA: Placebo Effect
Reprint
BBC Books has announced that a "print on demand" reprint edition of this novel will be made available as of 30th September 2011 as the imprint revisits adventures featuring the first eight Doctors.
