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name= The City of the Dead |
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|number in range = 49
series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] |
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
number= 49 |
|number= 49  
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] |
|doctor = Eighth Doctor  
companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Anji Kapoor]] |
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Anji Kapoor|Anji]]  
enemy= [[Jonas Rust]] |
|enemy= [[Jonas Rust]]  
year= [[Earth]], [[USA]], [[New Orleans]], a few years after [[2001]] and April 30th  [[1980]] |
|setting= [[New Orleans]], [[2003]] and [[30 April]] [[1980]]  
writer= [[Lloyd Rose]] |
|writer= Lloyd Rose
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|publisher= BBC Books  
release date= [[September]], [[2001]] |
|release date= 3 September 2001
format= Paperback Book, --- Pages |
|format= Paperback Book; 24 Chapters, 278 Pages  
isbn= ISBN 0-563-53839-2|
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53839-2
prev= Dark Progeny (novel)|
|prev= Dark Progeny (novel)
next= Grimm Reality (novel)}}
|next= Grimm Reality (novel)
'''''The City of the Dead''''' was the forty-ninth novel in the ''[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' series. It was written by [[Lloyd Rose]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Anji Kapoor]].
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'''''The City of the Dead''''' was the forty-ninth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Lloyd Rose]], released [[3 September (releases)|3 September]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Anji Kapoor]].


== Publisher’s Summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''“Nothing can get into the TARDIS,” the Doctor whispered.''
''“Nothing can get into [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]],” [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] whispered. Then he realised that Nothing had.''
Then he realised that Nothing had.


New Orleans, the early 21st century. A dealer in morbid artefacts has been murdered. A charm carved from human bone is missing. An old plantation, miles from any water, has been destroyed by a tidal wave.
[[New Orleans]], the early [[21st century]]. A dealer in morbid artefacts has been murdered. A charm carved from [[human]] [[bone]] is missing. An old [[plantation]], miles from any [[water]], has been destroyed by a [[tidal wave]].


Anji goes dancing. Fitz goes grave-robbing. The Doctor attracts the interest of a homicide detective and the enmity of a would-be magician. He wants to find out the secret of the redneck thief and his blind wife. He’d like to help the crippled curator of a museum of magic. He’s trying to refuse politely the request of a crazy young artist that he pose naked with the man’s wife.
[[Anji Kapoor|Anji]] goes dancing. [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]] goes [[grave]]-robbing. The Doctor attracts the interest of a homicide [[detective]] and the enmity of a would-be [[magician]]. He wants to find out the secret of the redneck [[thief]] and his blind wife. He'd like to help the crippled curator of a [[museum]] of [[magic]]. He's trying to refuse politely the request of a crazy young [[artist]] that he pose naked with the man's wife.


Most of all, he needs to figure out what all of them have to do with the Void that is hunting him down.
Most of all, he needs to figure out what all of them have to do with the Void that is hunting him down.


Before it catches him.
Before it catches him.
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Teddy Acree]]
* [[Teddy Acree]]
* [[Jack Dupre]]
* [[Jack Dupre]]
* [[Alan August]]
* [[Flood (The City of the Dead)|Flood]]
* [[Flood (The City of the Dead)|Flood]]
* [[Laura Redpath]]
* [[Laura Redpath|Laura Ridgepath]]
* [[Maurice Chickley]]
* [[Maurice Chickley]]
* [[Pierre Bal]]
* [[Pierre Bal]]
* [[Swan Acree]]
* [[Swan Acree]]
* [[Thales]]
* [[Morgan Thales]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Fault locator|TARDIS Fault Locator]]
* The Doctor briefly remembers having a [[Susan Foreman|dark-haired granddaughter]] and a [[Patience (The Tides of Time)|dark-haired lover]] before the memory escapes him once more. He also has the impression that he travelled once with a [[Ace|teenager girl]].
* The Doctor briefly remembers having a [[Susan Foreman|dark haired grandaughter]] and a [[Patience|dark haired lover]] before the memory escapes him once more.
* [[Water elemental]]
* The Doctor has a Tarot reading which is as follows: The Hierophant, The Hermit, The Emperor, The Fool, The Star, The Moon, The Hanged Man.
* The Doctor once had sessions with [[Sigmund Freud]].
* The Doctor once had sessions with [[Sigmund Freud]].
* [[Anne Rice]] was holding a fundraiser at the end of the month.
* [[Sunnydale]] was mentioned.
* The Doctor tells Fitz and Anji that the nearest airport is in [[Albany]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* There are a variety of images and half remembered dreams that the amnesiac Doctor experiences, which are references to previous novels / adventures: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'', ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'', ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'', ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'' and ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* There are a variety of images and half remembered dreams that the amnesiac Doctor experiences, which are references to previous novels / adventures:
* Anji sees the Doctor's [[model train]] set in the TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Model Train Set]]'')
:* [[Timewyrm: Revelation]]
* When he sees the [[Seventh Doctor]] in his nightmares, the Doctor vaguely recalls having seen him at a [[funfair]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'')
:* [[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]
* The Doctor mentions [[Graham Greene]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Turing Test (novel)|The Turing Test]]'')
:* [[Set Piece]]
* Teddy states that the Doctor has "destroyed millions and killed himself twice". The "destroyed millions" likely refers to the Doctor's role in the destruction of the Silurian Earth ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'') and Gallifrey, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'') and the times when he killed himself most likely refers to the [[regeneration]]s of the [[Second Doctor|Second]] and [[Fifth Doctor]]s, as these Doctors essentially chose to sacrifice their lives for the sake of others, the Second drawing the attention of the Time Lords to end the War Games ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') and the Fifth choosing to give the antidote to Peri rather than keep it for himself ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'')
:* [[Sky Pirates!]]
:* [[The Also People]]
:* [[Lungbarrow]]
* Anji sees the Doctor's model train set in the TARDIS. ([[ST]]: ''[[Model Train Set]]'')
* When he sees the [[Seventh Doctor]] in his nightmares, the Doctor vaguely recalls having seen him at a funfair. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'')
 
== Timeline ==
* This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[Dark Progeny]]''
* This story takes place before [[BFA]]: ''[[Fitz's Story]]''


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|whobbc49.htm|The City of the Dead}}
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* {{whoniverse|ED49.php|The City of the Dead}}
* {{whoniverse|ed49|The City of the Dead}}
 
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/citydead.htm The Cloister Library: '''The City of the Dead''']
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070808165252/http://gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=rose Outpost Gallifrey - Interview: '''Lloyd Rose''' (archived)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406224220/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13718.shtml Interview: Lloyd Rose]
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The City of the Dead was the forty-ninth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Lloyd Rose, released 3 September 2001 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Anji Kapoor.

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

“Nothing can get into the TARDIS,” the Doctor whispered. Then he realised that Nothing had.

New Orleans, the early 21st century. A dealer in morbid artefacts has been murdered. A charm carved from human bone is missing. An old plantation, miles from any water, has been destroyed by a tidal wave.

Anji goes dancing. Fitz goes grave-robbing. The Doctor attracts the interest of a homicide detective and the enmity of a would-be magician. He wants to find out the secret of the redneck thief and his blind wife. He'd like to help the crippled curator of a museum of magic. He's trying to refuse politely the request of a crazy young artist that he pose naked with the man's wife.

Most of all, he needs to figure out what all of them have to do with the Void that is hunting him down.

Before it catches him.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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