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{{Infobox Novel|
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novel name= Original Sin|
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{{Infobox Story SMW
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Virgin New Adventures]] |
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number= 39 |
|adapted into = Original Sin (audio story)
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
companions= [[Bernice Summerfield | Benny]], [[Roz Forrester | Roz]], [[Chris Cwej | Chris]] |
|range = Virgin New Adventures
enemy= [[Tobias Vaughn]] |
|number in range = 39
year= [[Earth]], Spaceport 5 Overcity <br> [[Purgatory]] <br> [[Oolis]] <br> [[Dis]] |
|number= 39
writer= [[Andy Lane]] |
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|companions= [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Chris Cwej|Chris]]
release date= June, 1995 |
|enemy= [[Tobias Vaughn]]
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages |
|setting= {{il|[[London|Spaceport 5 Overcity]], [[Earth]], [[2975]]|[[Purgatory (planet)|Purgatory]], [[2975]]|[[Oolis]], [[2975]]|[[Dis]], [[2975]]}}
isbn= ISBN 0426204441|
|writer= Andy Lane
previous story= [[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]|
|cover= [[Tony Masero]]
next story= [[Sky Pirates!]] }}
|publisher= Virgin Books
|release date= 15 June 1995
|format= Paperback Book; 19 Chapters, 320 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20444-1
|prev= Human Nature (novel)
|next= Sky Pirates! (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
{{you may|original sin|n1=the religious concept|Original Sin (audio story)|n2=the audio story}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is the thirty-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel, first published in [[1995 (releases)|1995]]. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] and introduced two new [[companion]]s, [[Adjudicator]]s [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]].


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
'''I'm playing with a fire so dangerous I could scorch eternity.'''
''"I'm playing with a [[fire]] so dangerous I could scorch [[eternity]]."''


The last words of a dying alien send [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] to [[30th century|thirtieth-century]] [[Earth]] in an attempt to avert an unspecified disaster. Before they can even unpack they’ve been arrested by the Adjudicators and sentenced to death by the Imperial army. Their attempts to prove their innocence take them from the mosaic planet Purgatory to a prison inside a [[star]].  
The last words of a dying alien send [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] to [[30th century|thirtieth-century]] [[Earth]] in an attempt to avert an unspecified disaster. Before they can even unpack they've been [[arrest]]ed by the [[Guild of Adjudicators|Adjudicators]] and [[Death sentence|sentenced]] to [[death]] by the [[Imperial Landsknechte|Imperial army]]. Their attempts to prove their innocence take them from the mosaic planet [[Purgatory (planet)|Purgatory]] to a [[prison]] inside a [[star]].


Meanwhile, Adjudicators [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]] have their own problems. Investigating a series of apparently motiveless murders, they have stumbled upon a conspiracy with sinister overtones. On the run and out of luck, the only people they can turn to are their chief suspects: the Doctor and Bernice.  
Meanwhile, Adjudicators [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]] have their own problems. Investigating a series of apparently motiveless [[murder]]s, they have stumbled upon a [[conspiracy]] with [[Evil|sinister]] overtones. On the run and out of [[luck]], the only [[people]] they can turn to are their chief suspects: the Doctor and Bernice.


And as they run, someone is watching them. Someone who knows the Doctor of old...
And as they [[Running|run]], [[Tobias Vaughn|someone]] is watching them. Someone who knows [[Second Doctor|the Doctor of old]]...


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
''to be added''
**Enjoys [[lapsang souchong]] [[tea]].
 
== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Chris Cwej|Christopher Rodonanté Cwej]]
* [[Roz Forrester|Roslyn "Sarah" Forrester]]
* [[Zebulon Pryce|Professor Zebulon Pryce]]
* [[Tobias Vaughn]]
* [[Fenn Martle]]
* [[Beltempest|Provost-Major Beltempest]]
* [[Dantalion|Doc Dantalion]]
* [[Annie Falvoriss]]
* [[Olias]]
* [[Homeless Forsaken|Homeless Forsaken Betrayed and Alone]]
* [[Powerless Friendless|Powerless Friendless And Scattered Through Space]]
* [[Hater of Humans|Hater of Humans And Leader Of Hith]]
* [[Hopeless Itinerant|Hopeless Itinerant Taking The Blame]]
* [[Dweller In Sorrow|Dweller In Sorrow Abandoned And Lost]]
* [[Waiting For Justice|Waiting For Justice And Dreaming Of Home]]
* [[Avenging Injustice|Avenging Injustice And Burning With Ire]]
* [[Chris Cwej's mother]]
* [[Volsted Kornbluth Cwej]]
* [[Helen Kristiansen|Divine Empress]]
* [[Shythe Shahid]]
* [[Evan Claple]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Krohg]] is the control nexus for the ''Skel'Ske''.
 
=== Biology ===
* Chris had a [[body bepple]] so that he looked like a [[teddy bear]].


*[[Bernice Summerfield]]
=== Colleges and universities ===
**Hates being called 'Bernie'.
* Pryce is a member of the [[University of Sallas]].
**Is now 33 years old.
* Chris Cwej's father graduated from [[Ponten IV]] in [[2905]].


*[[Chris Cwej | Christopher Rodonanté Cwej]]
=== Culture ===
**Chris had a [[body bepple]] so that he looked like a teddy bear.
* Chris made (and painted) model [[spaceship]]s when he was young.
**Made (and painted) model space ships when he was young.


*[[Roz Forrester | Roslyn 'Sarah' Forrester]]
=== Foods and beverages ===
**Once ate someone's ID.
* The Doctor enjoys [[lapsang souchong]] [[tea]].
**Spent 2 years training on [[Ponten IV]].


*[[Zebulon Pryce|Professor Zebulon Pryce]]
=== Individuals ===
**Member of the University of Sallas.
* Vaughn has kept himself "alive" using [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]] technology and also funded the [[BOSS]], [[J.P. Kettlewell|Professor Kettlewell]] and the [[National Institute for Advanced Scientific Research]]'s robotics research and also [[Whitaker (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)|Whitaker]]'s [[Time Scoop]].
**Driven mad by Icarons.
* Lady [[Genniploritreludar]] taught the Doctor [[stellar engineering]] at the Academy.
* The [[Divine Empress]] rules the Empire from her palace orbiting [[Saturn]].
* [[The Master]] frequently used [[regeneration]] as a disguise.


*[[Tobias Vaughn]]
=== Laws ===
**Has kept himself alive since his previous encounter with the Doctor using salvaged Cybermen parts.
* The [[Data Protection Act]] was created in [[2820]], and amended in [[2945]].


*[[Fenn Martle]]
=== Locations ===
**Spent some time as Roz's lover.
* [[Overcity|Overcities]] are large tower blocks the size of cities which have large anti-grav engines allowing them to hover over the [[undercity]] below.
**Was taking bribes.
* The [[Imperial Landsknechte]] headquarters are on [[Purgatory (planet)|Purgatory]].
* The prison planet [[Dis]] is inside the [[photosphere]] of a [[red giant]].
* The [[Second Doctor]] and his companions moved on to "the [[Braxiatel Collection|Collection]] and that nasty business with the [[Bookworm]]s." after defeating Vaughn and the Cybermen.


==References==
=== Organisations ===
* The [[Guild of Adjudicators]] is over 800 years old.
* The [[Guild of Adjudicators]] is over 800 years old.
* [[Overcity | Overcities]] are large tower blocks the size of cities which have large anti-grav engines allowing them to hover over the [[undercity]] below.
* [[Tobias Vaughn]] has kept himself 'alive' using [[Mondasian Cyberman]] technology and also funded the [[BOSS]], [[Professor Kettlewell]] and [[Think Tank]]'s robotics research and also [[Whitaker]]'s [[Time Scoop]].


* The [[Hith]] experimental craft uses [[Icaron]]s to enter [[hyperspace]].  
=== Planets ===
* Roz spent two years training on [[Ponten IV]].
* There is fighting on [[Murtaugh]] and [[Heaven (Love and War)|Heaven]].
* [[Dweller In Sorrow]] works in a fast food restaurant on [[Alpha Centauri]].
* [[Florana]] is now a waste planet and [[Metebelis III]] is a desert wasteland.
* The Imperial fleet stamp out an insurrection on [[Jallafillia]].


* This is set a few years following the [[Wars of Acquisition]].
=== Psychology ===
* Zebulon Pryce is driven [[insane]] through exposure to [[icaron]]s.


* Lady [[Genniploritreludar]] taught the Doctor [[stellar engineering]] at the Academy.
=== Spacecraft ===
* The [[Hith]] experimental craft ''[[Skel'Ske]]'' uses icarons to enter [[hyperspace]].
* The Doctor has memorised the names, shapes and registration details of [[Dalek]], [[Sess]], [[Scumble]], [[Drahvin]] and [[Falardi]] spacecraft.
* The Daleks piloted a time ship to [[Ghana]] in [[1995]].
 
=== Species ===
* Bernice sees [[Arcturan]]s, [[Alpha Centauran]]s, [[Thrillp]]s and [[Foamasi]] among the offworlders visiting Earth.
* An [[Earth Reptile]] band plays at a bar in [[Spaceport Eight Seacity]].
* [[Hater of Humans]] will buy weapons from [[Draconian]]s, [[Dalek]]s, the [[Usurian]]s, the [[Ook]], and the [[Cimliss]] to help regain [[Hithis]].
* Vaughn protected Earth from Daleks, [[Jullatii]], [[Cybermen]], [[Draconian]]s, [[Chelonian]]s, [[Ice Warrior]]s, [[Sess]], [[Kraal (species)|Kraals]], [[Nestene]]s, [[Greld]] and [[Zygon]]s.
* The Zygons tried to flood Earth in [[2765]].
* Cwej wonders whether the ''Skel'Ske'' is of [[Dravidian]], [[Shlangiian]] or [[Antonine]] design.
 
=== Vehicles ===
* An Adjudicator vehicle is a [[flitter]].
 
== Notes ==
* This story is set a few years following the [[Wars of Acquisition]].
* An [[Original Sin (audio story)|audio adaptation]] was released by [[Big Finish Productions]] in [[2016 (releases)|2016]].
* Andy Lane originally pitched the story to [[Virgin Books]] for their ''[[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]]'' line, where it would have been a [[Third Doctor]] story called ''Broken Heroes''. However, Lane remarked, it "mutated along the way."<ref>[https://davidj.richardson.name/drwho/prose_interview_andylane.html David J. Richardson interview of Andy Lane for ''Sonic Screwdriver'' #86 (September 1994)]</ref>
* Vaughn talks of the Cybermen from ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' as possessing a means of [[time travel]]. This was not established in ''The Invasion'', but ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'', released [[1997 (releases)|two years later]], established the invasion force as originating from the [[30th century]].


* The [[Divine Empress]] rules the Empire from her palace orbiting [[Saturn]]. She is extremely old with tumors covering her body, she is fully integrated into the computer systems that run the empire.
== Continuity ==
:* Her full title is: ''Divine Empress, Glory of the Empire, Ruler of the High Court, Lord of the Inner and Outer Worlds, High Admiral of the Galactic Fleets, Lord General of the Six Armies and Defender of the Earth''.
* The Doctor promised to take Bernice to see the [[Oolian]]s of [[Oolis]] at the end of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]''.
* Vaughn survived the destruction of his original body. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') He scavenged Cyberman bodies from [[1985]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') [[1986]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') and the post-[[Cyber-Wars]] period. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
* The manner in which the Divine Empress is hooked into the computer system is extremely similar to the [[Controller (Bad Wolf)|Controller]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Bad Wolf (TV story)}}.
* The Divine Empress reappears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]''.
* Vaughn funded:
*: [[BOSS]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')
*: [[Whitaker (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)|Whitaker]]'s [[time scoop]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')
*: [[J.P. Kettlewell|Professor Kettlewell's]] researches ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')
*: The [[Glittergun]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
* The Doctor says that [[Romanadvoratrelundar|Romana]] tried out various genetic configurations before she settled on one. ([[TV]] : ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor remembers a cave on [[Metebelis Three]] and the radiation sleeting through his body. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
* The Doctor sees a "[[The Valeyard|dark figure]]" in his thoughts with "burning eyes raking at him from beneath a black skull cap". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'')
* The Doctor quotes the [[Armageddon Convention]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'')


==Notes==
== Illustrations ==
''to be added''
* Includes two illustrations by [[Tony Masero]]. A colour version of the end piece is shown in [[DWM 252]].
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
Original Sin frontispiece.jpg|Frontispiece
Chris and Roz casual.jpg|End piece
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==Continuity==
== External links ==
* Vaughn scavenged Cyberman bodies from [[1985]] (''[[DW]]:'' [[Attack of the Cybermen]]), [[1986]] (''[[DW]]:'' [[The Tenth Planet]]) and the post-[[Cyber-Wars]] period (''[[DW]]:'' [[Revenge of the Cybermen]]).
{{dwrefguide|who_na39.htm|Original Sin}}
* The manner in which the Divine Empress is hooked into the computer system is extremely similar to the Controller in ''[[DW]]:'' [[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]].
* {{whoniverse|na39|Original Sin}}
* The Divine Empress reappears in [[So Vile a Sin]].
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/orig.htm The Cloister Library: '''Original Sin''']


==External Links==
== References ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na39.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of ''Original Sin'']
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* [http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/NA39.php The Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide - ''Original Sin'']
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You may be looking for the religious concept or the audio story.

Original Sin is the thirty-ninth New Adventures novel, first published in 1995. It featured the Seventh Doctor and Bernice Summerfield and introduced two new companions, Adjudicators Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej.

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

"I'm playing with a fire so dangerous I could scorch eternity."

The last words of a dying alien send the Doctor and Bernice to thirtieth-century Earth in an attempt to avert an unspecified disaster. Before they can even unpack they've been arrested by the Adjudicators and sentenced to death by the Imperial army. Their attempts to prove their innocence take them from the mosaic planet Purgatory to a prison inside a star.

Meanwhile, Adjudicators Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej have their own problems. Investigating a series of apparently motiveless murders, they have stumbled upon a conspiracy with sinister overtones. On the run and out of luck, the only people they can turn to are their chief suspects: the Doctor and Bernice.

And as they run, someone is watching them. Someone who knows the Doctor of old...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Krohg is the control nexus for the Skel'Ske.

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Colleges and universities[[edit] | [edit source]]

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Chris made (and painted) model spaceships when he was young.

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

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Laws[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Organisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

Psychology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Spacecraft[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Vehicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • An Adjudicator vehicle is a flitter.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Illustrations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Includes two illustrations by Tony Masero. A colour version of the end piece is shown in DWM 252.
  • Frontispiece

    Frontispiece

  • End piece

    End piece

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

References[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ David J. Richardson interview of Andy Lane for Sonic Screwdriver #86 (September 1994)
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