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novel name= The Empire of Glass |
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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Virgin Missing Adventures]] |
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number= 16 |
|range = Virgin Missing Adventures
doctor=[[First Doctor]] |
|number in range = 16
companions= [[Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] |
|number       = 16
enemy= [[Greld|the Greld]], [[Jamarian|the Jamarians]] |
|doctor       = First Doctor
year= [[Venice]]: [[1609]] |
|companions   = [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]]
writer= [[Andy Lane]] |
|featuring    = [[Irving Braxiatel|Braxiatel]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]], [[Christopher Marlowe|Marlowe]], [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]], [[Richard Burbage|Burbage]]
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|enemy       = [[Albrellian]], [[Jamarian]]s
release date= [[November]], [[1995]] |
|setting      = {{il|[[Venice]], [[Laputa]] and [[Hampton Court Palace]], [[1609]]}}
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages |
|writer      = Andy Lane
isbn= ISBN 0426204573|
|cover        = [[Paul Campbell]]
previous story=[[Millennial Rites]]|
|illustrator  = [[Mike Nicholson]]
next story= [[Lords of the Storm]] }}
|publisher    = Virgin Books
|release date = 16 November 1995
|format       = Paperback Book; 19 Chapters, 259 Pages
|isbn         = ISBN 0-426-20457-3
|series      = [[Virgin Missing Adventures]]
|prev        = Millennial Rites (novel)
|next         = Lords of the Storm (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''The Empire of Glass''''' was the sixteenth novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Andy Lane]] and featured the [[First Doctor]], [[Vicki Pallister]] and [[Steven Taylor]]. It also featured [[Irving Braxiatel]], during one of his earliest incarnations.


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
''''There is a old [[Venice|Venetian]] saying,' [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] murmured. 'The council of ten send you to the torture chamber; the council of three send you to the grave.''''
:"There is a old [[Venice|Venetian]] saying," [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] murmured. "The council of ten send you to the torture chamber; the council of three send you to the grave."


A strange invitation brings the Doctor, [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] and [[Vicki]] to Venice in the year of our Lord [[1609]]: a place of politics and poison, science and superstition, [[telescope]]s and terror. [[Galileo Galilei]] is there demonstrating his new invention to the Doge, and [[William Shakespeare]] is working as a spy for [[King James I]]. And there are other visitors too: inhuman ones that lurk in the shadows, watching - and killing.  
A strange invitation brings the Doctor, [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] and [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] to Venice in the year of our Lord [[1609]]: a place of [[politics]] and [[poison]], [[science]] and [[superstition]], [[telescope]]s and terror. [[Galileo Galilei]] is there demonstrating his new invention to the Doge, and [[William Shakespeare]] is working as a [[spy]] for King [[James I]]. And there are other visitors too: inhuman ones that lurk in the shadows, watching — and killing.


Vicki is abducted to a flying island. Steven is accused of murder and challenged to a duel. The Doctor, meanwhile, finds himself at the centre of what looks like an attempted invasion. But who are the invaders? And why can’t they proceed without his help?
Vicki is abducted to a flying island. Steven is accused of [[murder]] and challenged to a [[duel]]. The Doctor, meanwhile, finds himself at the centre of what looks like an attempted invasion. But who are the invaders? And why can't they proceed without his help?


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[First Doctor|The Doctor]]
''to be added''
*[[Vicki]]
 
*[[Steven Taylor|Steven]]
== Characters ==
*[[Irving Braxiatel]]
* [[First Doctor]]
*[[William Shakespeare]]
* [[Vicki Pallister]]
*[[Christopher Marlowe]]
* [[Steven Taylor]]
* [[Galileo Galilei]]
* [[Irving Braxiatel]]
* [[William Shakespeare]]
* [[Christopher Marlowe]]
* [[Robert Bellarmine|Cardinal Robert Bellarmine]]
* [[Albrellian]]
* [[Szaratak]]
* [[Tzorogol]]
* [[Carlo Zeno]]
* [[Leonardo Donà|Doge Leonardo Donà]]
* [[Thomas Walsingham]]
* [[Tomasso Nicolotti]]
* [[Baldassare Nicolotti]]
* [[Antonio Nicolotti]]
* [[Cremonini]]
* [[Ssarl]]
* [[Tayre]]
* [[James I|King James I]]
* [[Anne of Denmark|Queen Anne]]
* [[John Dee]]
* [[Richard Burbage]]
* [[Richard Cowley]]
* [[John Heminge]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Drugs and medicines ===
* Braxiatel gives a drug to [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] that removes his memory of the last twenty-four hours.
 
=== Foods and beverages ===
* The Doctor drinks [[wine]].
* Steven gets [[drunk]] with [[Galileo Galilei]].
* [[Rakeshla]] is a Sontaran drink used for celebrating the return of victorious warriors.
 
=== Individuals ===
* Shakespeare claims that another man who called himself "the Doctor" helped him to finish writing ''[[Hamlet]]''. He asks the Doctor if he has a younger brother who is "[[Fourth Doctor|tall, with curled brown hair]]."
* [[Tayre]] is the Colonel in Chief of the Strategic Arm of the [[Ninth Sontaran Army]].
 
=== Law and order ===
* The role of the Doctor in banning the use of [[miniscope]]s is known throughout nine galaxies.
* Irving Braxiatel has set up a conference to create the [[Armageddon Convention]].
 
=== Libraries and archives ===
* Braxiatel establishes the [[Library of St John the Beheaded]].
* Braxiatel obtains the "lost" plays of Shakespeare: ''[[Love's Labour's Won]]'', ''[[The Birth of Merlin]]'', and ''[[Sir John Oldcastle]]''.


==References==
=== Species ===
*The Doctor is returned to the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] after assisting them in the [[Omega]] affair, the [[Time Lord]]s erased his memory of the events he encountered leaving him only vague memories of a [[Second Doctor|dandy]] and a [[Third Doctor|clown]].
* Species represented at the [[Armageddon Convention]] include the [[Sontaran]]s, [[Rutan]], [[Greld]], [[Devgherrian]]s, [[Chelonian]]s, [[Ice Warrior]]s, [[Krarg]]s, [[Vilp]], [[Ontraag]]s, [[Jullatii]], [[Dentraal]]s, [[Oolian]]s, [[Ellillian]]s. The Daleks and [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] did not even respond to the invitation.
*[[Irving Braxiatel]] has set up a conference to create the [[Armageddon Convention]].
* Further unnamed species (which perhaps correspond to some of the above) are described from Cardinal Bellarmine's perspective. He describes them as:
*Braxiatel establishes the [[Library of Saint John the Beheaded]].
** "Taller than [himself], heavily muscled, and had the face of a [[lion]]".
*Braxiatel also obtains Shakespeare's "lost" plays ''[[Love's Labour's Won]]'', ''The Birth of Merlin'', and Sir John Oldcastle''.
** One "walked on all fours, with a heavy, anvil-like face that bore two short horns".
*It is vaguely suggested that the Doctor and Braxiatel are related.
** One had "a face like a man, but was taller and thinner than any man had ever been that walked the Earth".
*The Doctor's role in banning the use of [[miniscope]]s is known throughout nine galaxies.
** The fourth was "feathered and winged like an [[eagle]]". (probably an Oolian)
*Steven gets [[Alcohol|drunk]] with [[Galileo]].
* The [[Krayt]] shot Steven down over [[Mechanus]].
*Braxiatel gives a drug to Shakespeare the removes his memory of the last 24 hours (very much similar to the drug [[retcon]]).
* Braxiatel buys his defence satellites off the [[Aaev]].
*Shakespeare asks the Doctor if he has a younger brother with [[Fourth Doctor|curly brown hair]].


==Notes==
=== TARDIS ===
''to be added''
* [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] has [[ultrasonic]] [[shower]]s.


==Continuity==
=== Earth locations ===
* The Armageddon Convention was first mentioned in [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]''.  Braxiatel, or rather his [[Braxiatel Collection|Collection]], was first mentioned by [[Romana II|Romana]] in [[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]''.
* The Doctor notes that [[Venice]] sank beneath the surface of the ocean centuries before either Vicki or Steven were born.
*Irving Braxiatel first appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[Theatre of War]]''.
*Shakespeare first met the Doctor in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks]]'' (in the Doctor's future), [[DW]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'', and has a drink with him in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Kingmaker]]''.
:*His play (which Braxiatel obtains a copy of) was lost in [[DW]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'')
*Shakespeare mentions the Doctor's assistance with finishing Hamlet (mentioned in) [[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]''.
*It is further confirmed that the Doctor and Irving Braxiatel are related in [[BNA]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]''.


==Timeline==
== Notes ==
*The Empire of Glass occurs between: [[DW]]: ''[[The Time Meddler]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]''.
* This adventure takes place between ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'' and ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'', and, for the Doctor, directly after the events of ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]''.
*The Empire of Glass occurs after: [[DWM]]: ''[[Are You Listening?]]''
* The novel features original illustrations by [[Mike Nicholson]], making it one few releases in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line to do so.
* The Armageddon Convention was first mentioned in the television story ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', while the refusal of the Daleks and Cybermen to attend was mentioned in [[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|the novelisation]]. Braxiatel, or rather his [[Braxiatel Collection|Collection]], was first mentioned by [[Romana II|Romana]] in the television story ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]''.
* It is confirmed that the Doctor and Irving Braxiatel are related in the novel ''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]''.
* In the acknowledgements, Lane notes that this was his own version of {{w|Tim Powers}}' {{wi|The Stress of Her Regard}}.


===For the Doctor===
== Continuity ==
*The Empire of Glass occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]''
* When he is returned to the TARDIS several hours after vanishing in front of Steven and Vicki, the Doctor has only vague memories of his experiences in the interim, which involved "a [[Third Doctor|dandy]] and a [[Second Doctor|clown]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'')
* Steven refers to the three years which he spent imprisoned by the [[Mechanoid]]s on their home planet [[Mechanus]] prior to meeting the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'')
* The Doctor tells Steven that [[Marco Polo]] described Venice as being an oppressive state. ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'')
* The Doctor, Steven and Vicki recently visited [[Spain]] in the late [[15th century]] where they met [[Torquemada|Tomás de Torquemada]]. During this incident, Steven was captured and tortured by the [[Spanish Inquisition]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'')
* Vicki recalls that her pet [[Sandy]] the [[Sand Beast]] was killed by [[Barbara Wright]] on [[Dido]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]'')
* Vicki tells Braxiatel that she met [[the Monk]] in [[Northumbria]] in [[1066]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'')
* Braxiatel refers to the [[Omega]] crisis. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'')
* Although they have never met before in his personal timeline, the Doctor recognises Shakespeare on sight, given that he previously saw him on the [[Time-Space Visualiser]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') According to another account, they had met in [[1601]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Hollow Crown (audio story)|The Hollow Crown]]'')
* Braxiatel organises the Armageddon Convention. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'') which the Daleks and Cybermen refused to attend. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
* Shakespeare mentions the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s assistance with finishing ''[[Hamlet]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor (short story)|The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'')
* As a young boy, Shakespeare met the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Charlotte Pollard]] in the [[2050s]] and briefly travelled in the TARDIS, an incident which will not happen for many years in the Doctor's personal timeline. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'') Later in his personal timeline, Shakespeare would travel in the TARDIS once again in the company of the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Peri Brown]], [[Erimem]] and [[Richard III of England|King Richard III]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') Furthermore, the Doctor would encounter Shakespeare again in [[1597]] during his fifth incarnation ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') and in [[1599]] during his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')
* The hologuise generators used by the [[Jamarian]]s to disguise themselves as humans are very similar to the [[perception filter]]s used by the [[Saturnyn]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampire of Venice]]'')
* Vicki does not seem to recognise King [[James I]], despite having previously met him in [[November]] [[1605]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Plotters (novel)|The Plotters]]'')
* During his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]], the Doctor would later meet Marlowe again in [[1590]] in the company of [[Peri Brown]]. This encounter took place nineteen years earlier in Marlowe's personal timeline. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Point of Entry (audio story)|Points of Entry]]'')
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] would later visit Venice in the [[23rd century]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Stones of Venice (audio story)|The Stones of Venice]]'') as would the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] in [[1580]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampire of Venice]]'')
* The Doctor states he knows how to deal with [[Venusian (Venusian Lullaby)|Venusians]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Venusian Lullaby (novel)|Venusian Lullaby]]'')
* The dying [[Christopher Marlowe]] requests a kiss from Steven, and it is implied (though not shown) that Steven responds in kind. Steven would later tell [[Oliver Harper]] that same-sex relationships were accepted and common by his time period. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cold Equations (audio story)|The Cold Equations]]'')
* The Doctor told [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] about how he met William Shakespeare in [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Evil (TV story)|Planet of Evil]]''.


==External Links==
== Illustrations ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_ma16.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The Empire of Glass''']
* Includes two illustrations in the print edition as well as a new cover and nine additional illustrations in the e-book by [[Mike Nicholson]], originally published on the BBC's website.
* [http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/MA16.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for '''The Empire of Glass''']
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File:Dr Who and the Empire of Glass.jpg|The Empire of Glass cover (ebook)
File:The frontispiece to the original edition.jpg|The frontispiece to the original edition
File:The Doctor and Vicki gaze at Venice.jpg|The Doctor and Vicki gaze at Venice
File:Braxiatel and his alien visitor.jpg|Braxiatel and his alien visitor
File:Galileo points to the stars.jpg|Galileo points to the stars
File:Stephen is pulled along the canal.jpg|Stephen is pulled along the canal
File:Braxiatel and some conference delegates.jpg|Braxiatel and some conference delegates
File:William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon.jpg|William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon
File:Stephen holds the mortally wounded Marlowe.jpg|Stephen holds the mortally wounded Marlowe
File:Human bomb and Jamarians.jpg|Human bomb and Jamarians
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File:The endpiece to the original edition.jpg|The endpiece to the original edition
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The Empire of Glass was the sixteenth novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series. It was written by Andy Lane and featured the First Doctor, Vicki Pallister and Steven Taylor. It also featured Irving Braxiatel, during one of his earliest incarnations.

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

"There is a old Venetian saying," the Doctor murmured. "The council of ten send you to the torture chamber; the council of three send you to the grave."

A strange invitation brings the Doctor, Steven and Vicki to Venice in the year of our Lord 1609: a place of politics and poison, science and superstition, telescopes and terror. Galileo Galilei is there demonstrating his new invention to the Doge, and William Shakespeare is working as a spy for King James I. And there are other visitors too: inhuman ones that lurk in the shadows, watching — and killing.

Vicki is abducted to a flying island. Steven is accused of murder and challenged to a duel. The Doctor, meanwhile, finds himself at the centre of what looks like an attempted invasion. But who are the invaders? And why can't they proceed without his help?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Drugs and medicines[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Braxiatel gives a drug to Shakespeare that removes his memory of the last twenty-four hours.

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

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Law and order[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The role of the Doctor in banning the use of miniscopes is known throughout nine galaxies.
  • Irving Braxiatel has set up a conference to create the Armageddon Convention.

Libraries and archives[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Species represented at the Armageddon Convention include the Sontarans, Rutan, Greld, Devgherrians, Chelonians, Ice Warriors, Krargs, Vilp, Ontraags, Jullatii, Dentraals, Oolians, Ellillians. The Daleks and Cybermen did not even respond to the invitation.
  • Further unnamed species (which perhaps correspond to some of the above) are described from Cardinal Bellarmine's perspective. He describes them as:
    • "Taller than [himself], heavily muscled, and had the face of a lion".
    • One "walked on all fours, with a heavy, anvil-like face that bore two short horns".
    • One had "a face like a man, but was taller and thinner than any man had ever been that walked the Earth".
    • The fourth was "feathered and winged like an eagle". (probably an Oolian)
  • The Krayt shot Steven down over Mechanus.
  • Braxiatel buys his defence satellites off the Aaev.

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Earth locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor notes that Venice sank beneath the surface of the ocean centuries before either Vicki or Steven were born.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Illustrations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Includes two illustrations in the print edition as well as a new cover and nine additional illustrations in the e-book by Mike Nicholson, originally published on the BBC's website.
  • The Empire of Glass cover (ebook)

    The Empire of Glass cover (ebook)

  • The frontispiece to the original edition

    The frontispiece to the original edition

  • The Doctor and Vicki gaze at Venice

    The Doctor and Vicki gaze at Venice

  • Braxiatel and his alien visitor

    Braxiatel and his alien visitor

  • Galileo points to the stars

    Galileo points to the stars

  • Stephen is pulled along the canal

    Stephen is pulled along the canal

  • Braxiatel and some conference delegates

    Braxiatel and some conference delegates

  • William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon

    William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon

  • Stephen holds the mortally wounded Marlowe

    Stephen holds the mortally wounded Marlowe

  • Human bomb and Jamarians

    Human bomb and Jamarians

  • Shakespeare forgets it all

    Shakespeare forgets it all

  • The endpiece to the original edition

    The endpiece to the original edition

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

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First Doctor
Susan, Ian, Barbara
Ian, Barbara
Ian, Barbara, Vicki
Vicki, Steven
Dodo
Second Doctor
Ben, Polly
Jamie, Victoria
Jamie, Zoe
Third Doctor
Liz, UNIT
Jo, UNIT
Jo, Yates
Sarah, Jeremy,
The Brig
Fourth Doctor
Sarah, Harry
Sarah
Romana I, K9
Romana II, K9
Fifth Doctor
Adric, Nyssa, Tegan
Nyssa, Tegan
Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion
Turlough
Sixth Doctor
Peri
Grant
Mel
Seventh Doctor
Chris, Roz
Other
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