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name= Original Sin|
|adapted into = Original Sin (audio story)
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|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] |
|range = Virgin New Adventures
number= 39 |
|number in range = 39
doctor=Seventh Doctor |
|number= 39
companions= [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]],  [[Roz Forrester|Roz]],  [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] |
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
enemy= [[Tobias Vaughn]] |
|companions= [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]],  [[Roz Forrester|Roz]],  [[Chris Cwej|Chris]]
year= {{bp|[[Earth]], Spaceport 5 Overcity, [[30th century]]|[[Purgatory]], [[30th century]]|[[Oolis]], [[30th century]]|[[Dis]], [[30th century]]}} |
|enemy= [[Tobias Vaughn]]
writer= [[Andy Lane]] |
|setting= {{il|[[London|Spaceport 5 Overcity]], [[Earth]], [[2975]]|[[Purgatory (planet)|Purgatory]], [[2975]]|[[Oolis]], [[2975]]|[[Dis]], [[2975]]}}
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|writer= Andy Lane
release date= June, 1995 |
|cover= [[Tony Masero]]
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages |
|publisher= Virgin Books
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20444-1|
|release date= 15 June 1995
prev= Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature (novel)|
|format= Paperback Book; 19 Chapters, 320 Pages
next= Sky Pirates! (novel) }}
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20444-1
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is the thirty-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel, first published in [[1995]]. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] and introduced new companions Adjudicators [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]].  
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'''''{{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]]...


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Chris Cwej|Christopher Rodonanté Cwej]]
* [[Chris Cwej|Christopher Rodonanté Cwej]]
* [[Roz Forrester|Roslyn 'Sarah' Forrester]]
* [[Roz Forrester|Roslyn "Sarah" Forrester]]
* [[Zebulon Pryce|Professor Zebulon Pryce]]
* [[Zebulon Pryce|Professor Zebulon Pryce]]
* [[Tobias Vaughn]]
* [[Tobias Vaughn]]
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* [[Beltempest|Provost-Major Beltempest]]
* [[Beltempest|Provost-Major Beltempest]]
* [[Dantalion|Doc Dantalion]]
* [[Dantalion|Doc Dantalion]]
* [[Homeless Friendless]]
* [[Annie Falvoriss]]
* [[Homeless Forsaken]]
* [[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''.


== References ==
=== Biology ===
=== Biology ===
* Chris had a [[body bepple]] so that he looked like a teddy bear.
* Chris had a [[body bepple]] so that he looked like a [[teddy bear]].


=== Colleges and universities ===
=== Colleges and universities ===
* [[Zebulon Pryce|Professor Zebulon Pryce]] is a member of the [[University of Sallas]].
* Pryce is a member of the [[University of Sallas]].
* Chris Cwej's father graduated from [[Ponten IV]] in [[2905]].
* Chris Cwej's father graduated from [[Ponten IV]] in [[2905]].


=== Culture ===
=== Culture ===
* Chris made (and painted) model space ships when he was young.
* Chris made (and painted) model [[spaceship]]s when he was young.


=== Foods and beverages ===
=== Foods and beverages ===
* [[The Doctor]] enjoys [[lapsang souchong]] [[tea]].
* The Doctor enjoys [[lapsang souchong]] [[tea]].


=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] is now thirty-three years old. She hates being called 'Bernie'.
* 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]].
* [[Tobias Vaughn]] has kept himself 'alive' using [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]] technology and also funded the [[BOSS]], [[J.P. Kettlewell|Professor Kettlewell]] and [[Think Tank]]'s robotics research and also [[Whitaker]]'s [[Time Scoop]].
* Lady [[Genniploritreludar]] taught the Doctor [[stellar engineering]] at the Academy.
* Lady [[Genniploritreludar]] taught the Doctor [[stellar engineering]] at the Academy.
* The [[Divine Empress]] rules the Empire from her palace orbiting [[Saturn]]. She is extremely old, with tumours covering her body. She is fully integrated into the computer systems that run the empire.
* The [[Divine Empress]] rules the Empire from her palace orbiting [[Saturn]].
:* 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 Master]] frequently used [[regeneration]] as a disguise.
* [[Roz Forrester|Roslyn 'Sarah' Forrester]] once ate someone's ID.
 
* [[Fenn Martle]] spent some time as Roz's lover. While she was seeing him he was taking bribes from various low lifes.
=== Laws ===
* The [[Data Protection Act]] was created in [[2820]], and amended in [[2945]].


=== Locations ===
=== Locations ===
* [[Overcity|Overcities]] are large tower blocks the size of cities which have large anti-grav engines allowing them to hover over the [[undercity]] below.
* [[Overcity|Overcities]] are large tower blocks the size of cities which have large anti-grav engines allowing them to hover over the [[undercity]] below.
* 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.


=== Organisations ===
=== Organisations ===
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=== Planets ===
=== Planets ===
* Roz spent two years training on [[Ponten IV]].
* 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]].


=== Psychology ===
=== Psychology ===
* Zebulon Pryce is driven [[mad]] through exposure to [[Icaron]]s.
* Zebulon Pryce is driven [[insane]] through exposure to [[icaron]]s.


=== Spacecraft ===
=== Spacecraft ===
* The [[Hith]] experimental craft uses [[Icaron]]s to enter [[hyperspace]].
* 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.


=== Timeline ===
=== Vehicles ===
* This is set a few years following the [[Wars of Acquisition]].
* An Adjudicator vehicle is a [[flitter]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* According to Andy Lane in [[DWM 252]]:
* 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]].
<blockquote>"Early on in the writing of '''Original Sin''', Roz Forrester was a man and an old tramp named Tom became the new companion."<ref>[[DWM]]: ''[[DWM 252]]'' (Licence to Kill p.30)</ref></blockquote>
* 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]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Vaughn scavenged Cyberman bodies from [[1985]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]''), [[1986]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') and the post-[[Cyber-Wars]] period ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'').
* The Doctor promised to take Bernice to see the [[Oolian]]s of [[Oolis]] at the end of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]''.
* The manner in which the Divine Empress is hooked into the computer system is extremely similar to the [[Controller (Bad Wolf)|Controller]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]''.
* 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 Divine Empress reappears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin]]''.
* 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:
* Vaughn funded:
::[[BOSS]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'')
** [[BOSS]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')
::[[Whitaker|Whitaker's]] [[time scoop]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')
** [[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]]'')
** [[J.P. Kettlewell|Professor Kettlewell's]] researches ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')
::[[Glittergun]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
** 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]]'')


== Footnotes ==
== Illustrations ==
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* Includes two illustrations by [[Tony Masero]]. A colour version of the end piece is shown in [[DWM 252]].
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|who_na39.htm|Original Sin}}
{{dwrefguide|who_na39.htm|Original Sin}}
* {{whoniverse|NA39.php|Original Sin}}
* {{whoniverse|na39|Original Sin}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/orig.htm The Cloister Library: '''Original Sin''']


== References ==
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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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