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number= 15 | | |series = [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] | ||
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companions= [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | | |range = Virgin Missing Adventures | ||
enemy= [[Ashley Chapel]] | | |number in range = 15 | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |||
|companions = [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | |||
release date= | |featuring = [[Anne Travers|Anne]] | ||
format= Paperback Book, | |enemy = [[Ashley Chapel]] | ||
|setting = [[London]], [[30 December]] [[1999]] to [[1 January]] [[2000]] | |||
|writer = Craig Hinton | |||
|cover = [[Alister Pearson]] | |||
|publisher = Virgin Books | |||
|release date = 19 October 1995 | |||
|format = Paperback Book; 18 Chapters, 311 Pages | |||
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20455-7 | |||
|prev = Managra (novel) | |||
|next = The Empire of Glass (novel) | |||
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'''''Millennial Rites''''' was the fifteenth novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Craig Hinton]] and featured the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush]] in an adventure that took place before the events seen in ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]'', Mel's first television appearance. This story was notable for playing with an issue posed in ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'' - how the Doctor could become [[the Valeyard]]. | |||
==Publisher's | == Publisher's summary == | ||
:"The Millennium, [[Melanie Bush|Mel]]: the last [[New Year's Eve]] of the [[20th century|Twentieth century]]. But it's definitely not party time." | |||
[[England]], [[1999]]: [[ | [[England]], [[1999]]: the [[Sixth Doctor]] and Mel have come to [[London]] to celebrate the new year with old friends — and to heal old wounds. But others are making more sinister preparations to usher in the new millennium. A software house is about to run a program that will change the fabric of reality. And an entity [[Pre-universe|older than the universe]] is soon to be reborn. | ||
When [[Anne Travers]] | When [[Anne Travers]]' fear of the [[Great Intelligence]] and millionaire [[philanthropist]] [[Ashley Chapel]]'s secret researches combine, London is transformed into a dark and twisted mirror image populated by [[demon]]s and [[sorcerer]]s. Only the Doctor can put things right, but his friends have also been shockingly changed and he cannot trust anybody — least of all himself. | ||
== | == Characters == | ||
* [[Sixth Doctor]]/[[The Valeyard]] | |||
* [[Melanie Bush]]/[[Melaphyre]] | |||
* [[Ashley Chapel]]/[[Ashmael]] | |||
* [[Great Intelligence|Yog-Sothoth]] | |||
* [[Saraquazel]] | |||
* [[Anne Travers|Dame Anne Travers]]/[[Anastasia (Millennial Rites)|Anastasia]] | |||
* [[Julia Prince]] | |||
* [[Barry Brown]]/[[Bartholomew (Millennial Rites)|Bartholomew]] | |||
* [[Derek Peartree]] | |||
* [[James Campling]] | |||
* [[Cassie (Millennial Rites)|Cassie]] | |||
* [[David Harker]]/[[Harklaane]] | |||
* [[Louise Mason]]/[[Louella]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* The Doctor briefly transforms into [[the Valeyard]] through a combination of [[magic]] and [[regeneration]]. | |||
* [[Shub-Niggurath]] conquered the planet [[Polymos]] and colonised it with her offspring, the [[Nestene Consciousness]]. | |||
== | === Foods and beverages === | ||
[[ | * The Doctor drinks [[wine]]. | ||
== Notes == | |||
* This story is set between ''[[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|Trial of a Time Lord]]'' and ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''. | |||
* This is one of several novels following [[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'' which equate various entities in the ''Doctor Who'' universe with the [[Great Old One]]s of [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s {{w|Cthulhu Mythos}}. | |||
* Craig Hinton originally intended this story for the [[Second Doctor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/06/01/13201.shtml|title=Craig Hinton interview|date of source=01 June 2004|website name=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=14 April 2012|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20061217210508/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/06/01/13201.shtml|archivedate=17 December 2006}}</ref> | |||
* The Doctor states that, as a [[Time Lord]], he should point out that the millennium will not actually occur for another year, in 2001. | |||
* [[Demeter Glauss]] is said to be born in [[2025]] (26 years after 1999). However, her book ''[[Cybercrime: An Analysis of Hacking]]'' is said to be published in [[2023]]. | |||
== | == Continuity == | ||
''to be | * [[I²]], [[OffNet]] and [[Ashley Chapel]] all previously appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[System Shock (novel)|System Shock]]''. | ||
* The Doctor had previously faced the [[Quark]]s and their [[Giant Wasp]]s on [[Gano]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Killer Wasps (comic story)|The Killer Wasps]]'') | |||
* [[James Stevens]] had been directed to Ashley Chapel when researching the death of [[Tobias Vaughn]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | |||
* The Doctor once again laments the destruction of [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] by the [[Terileptil]] leader in [[September]] [[1666]] and opines that he should have sued the Terileptils for criminal damage. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'') | |||
* [[Edward Travers|Professor Edward Travers]] was discredited after the [[London Incident]], as many regarded it as being his fault. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') However, his daughter's career has been more successful. She is now Dame [[Anne Travers]] OBE and has served as chief scientific advisor to the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] since [[1981]], having succeeded her [[University of Cambridge]] lecturer and mentor [[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') | |||
* On the same night, the [[Seventh Doctor]] and an older version of Mel gate crashed the New Year's Eve party being thrown by [[Alisha Hammerson]], the [[Auton]] head of [[Hammerson Plastic PLC]], in [[London]]. They foiled her plan to replace her guests with Auton replicas so the Earth could be dominated and absorbed by severing her link to the [[Nestene Consciousness]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Plastic Millenium (comic story)|Plastic Millenium]]'') Eight hours later in [[San Francisco]], an older version of the Seventh Doctor [[Regeneration|regenerated]] into [[Eighth Doctor|his eighth incarnation]]. After an initial bout of amnesia, the newly regenerated Doctor stopped {{Roberts}} from stealing his body and destroying the [[Earth]], with the help of [[Grace Holloway|Dr. Grace Holloway]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') Also during and after these events, London, along with the rest of England and the world, were hit by the [[Y2K bug]], which the [[Voracian]]s attempted to worsen and utilise in a plan to rebuild the A.I. Voracia and take over the world's technology, with the assistance of [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minster]] [[Terry Brooks|Terry Brooks's]] cabinet. Through the efforts of the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Harry Sullivan]], their efforts were defeated. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennium Shock (novel)|Millennium Shock]]'') | |||
* Ashley Chapel is the scientist who helped [[Tobias Vaughn]] create the monolithic circuits that helped the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] in their attempt to invade Earth when they were allied with Vaughn. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | |||
* The Doctor became the Valeyard as was shown he would in [[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'' though he was able to turn back. | |||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
Ma-15.jpg|Official cover | |||
Millennial Rites pulp cover.jpg|Pulp cover from ''[[Shelf Life]]'' | |||
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==External | == External links == | ||
* [http:// | {{dwrefguide|who_ma15.htm|Millennial Rites}} | ||
* {{whoniverse|ma15|Millennial Rites}} | |||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/mill.htm The Cloister Library: '''Millennial Rites'''] | |||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050407071259/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/06/01/13202.shtml Interview: Millennial Rites] | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:22, 3 November 2024
Millennial Rites was the fifteenth novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series. It was written by Craig Hinton and featured the Sixth Doctor and Melanie Bush in an adventure that took place before the events seen in Terror of the Vervoids, Mel's first television appearance. This story was notable for playing with an issue posed in The Ultimate Foe - how the Doctor could become the Valeyard.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
- "The Millennium, Mel: the last New Year's Eve of the Twentieth century. But it's definitely not party time."
England, 1999: the Sixth Doctor and Mel have come to London to celebrate the new year with old friends — and to heal old wounds. But others are making more sinister preparations to usher in the new millennium. A software house is about to run a program that will change the fabric of reality. And an entity older than the universe is soon to be reborn.
When Anne Travers' fear of the Great Intelligence and millionaire philanthropist Ashley Chapel's secret researches combine, London is transformed into a dark and twisted mirror image populated by demons and sorcerers. Only the Doctor can put things right, but his friends have also been shockingly changed and he cannot trust anybody — least of all himself.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Sixth Doctor/The Valeyard
- Melanie Bush/Melaphyre
- Ashley Chapel/Ashmael
- Yog-Sothoth
- Saraquazel
- Dame Anne Travers/Anastasia
- Julia Prince
- Barry Brown/Bartholomew
- Derek Peartree
- James Campling
- Cassie
- David Harker/Harklaane
- Louise Mason/Louella
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor briefly transforms into the Valeyard through a combination of magic and regeneration.
- Shub-Niggurath conquered the planet Polymos and colonised it with her offspring, the Nestene Consciousness.
Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor drinks wine.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story is set between Trial of a Time Lord and Time and the Rani.
- This is one of several novels following PROSE: All-Consuming Fire which equate various entities in the Doctor Who universe with the Great Old Ones of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
- Craig Hinton originally intended this story for the Second Doctor.[1]
- The Doctor states that, as a Time Lord, he should point out that the millennium will not actually occur for another year, in 2001.
- Demeter Glauss is said to be born in 2025 (26 years after 1999). However, her book Cybercrime: An Analysis of Hacking is said to be published in 2023.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- I², OffNet and Ashley Chapel all previously appeared in PROSE: System Shock.
- The Doctor had previously faced the Quarks and their Giant Wasps on Gano. (COMIC: The Killer Wasps)
- James Stevens had been directed to Ashley Chapel when researching the death of Tobias Vaughn. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)
- The Doctor once again laments the destruction of his sonic screwdriver by the Terileptil leader in September 1666 and opines that he should have sued the Terileptils for criminal damage. (TV: The Visitation, PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus)
- Professor Edward Travers was discredited after the London Incident, as many regarded it as being his fault. (TV: The Web of Fear) However, his daughter's career has been more successful. She is now Dame Anne Travers OBE and has served as chief scientific advisor to the Cabinet since 1981, having succeeded her University of Cambridge lecturer and mentor Professor Rachel Jensen. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks, PROSE: The Scales of Injustice)
- On the same night, the Seventh Doctor and an older version of Mel gate crashed the New Year's Eve party being thrown by Alisha Hammerson, the Auton head of Hammerson Plastic PLC, in London. They foiled her plan to replace her guests with Auton replicas so the Earth could be dominated and absorbed by severing her link to the Nestene Consciousness. (COMIC: Plastic Millenium) Eight hours later in San Francisco, an older version of the Seventh Doctor regenerated into his eighth incarnation. After an initial bout of amnesia, the newly regenerated Doctor stopped the Bruce Master from stealing his body and destroying the Earth, with the help of Dr. Grace Holloway. (TV: Doctor Who) Also during and after these events, London, along with the rest of England and the world, were hit by the Y2K bug, which the Voracians attempted to worsen and utilise in a plan to rebuild the A.I. Voracia and take over the world's technology, with the assistance of Prime Minster Terry Brooks's cabinet. Through the efforts of the Fourth Doctor and Harry Sullivan, their efforts were defeated. (PROSE: Millennium Shock)
- Ashley Chapel is the scientist who helped Tobias Vaughn create the monolithic circuits that helped the Cybermen in their attempt to invade Earth when they were allied with Vaughn. (TV: The Invasion)
- The Doctor became the Valeyard as was shown he would in TV: The Ultimate Foe though he was able to turn back.
Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]
Official cover
Pulp cover from Shelf Life
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Millennial Rites at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Millennial Rites at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: Millennial Rites
- Interview: Millennial Rites
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Craig Hinton interview. bbc.co.uk (01 June 2004). Archived from the original on 17 December 2006. Retrieved on 14 April 2012.
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