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name= The Eleventh Tiger|
|range          = BBC Past Doctor Adventures
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|number in range = 64
series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] |
|doctor         = First Doctor
number= 66|
|companions     = [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]]
doctor=First Doctor |
|enemy           = [[Qin Shi Huang]], [[Mandragora Helix]]
companions= [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] |
|setting        = [[Guangzhou]], [[September]] [[1865]]
enemy= The [[Mandragora Helix]] (implied)|
|writer         = David A. McIntee
year= [[Guangzhou]] and [[Zhenhailou]], [[China]], [[1865]]|  
|publisher       = BBC Books
writer= [[David A. McIntee]] |
|cover           = [[Black Sheep]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|number          = 64
cover=[[Black Sheep]]|
|release date   = 3 May 2004
release date= May, 2004 |
|format         = Paperback Book, 8 Chapters, 288 Pages
format= Paperback Book, --- Pages |
|isbn           = ISBN 0-563-48614-7
isbn= ISBN 0-563-48614-7|
|series          = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|BBC ''Past Doctor Adventures'']]
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|prev           = Empire of Death (novel)
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|next           = Synthespians™ (novel)
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixty-sixth [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Vicki Pallister]].
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixty-fourth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[David A. McIntee]], released [[3 May (releases)|3 May]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]] and featured the [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Vicki Pallister]].


== Publisher’s Summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''May you live in interesting times.''
''May you live in interesting times.''


The TARDIS crew have seen many different eras. When they arrive in [[China]] in [[1865]], they find banditry, rebellion, and foreign oppression rife. Trying to maintain order are the [[British Empire]] and the Ten Tigers of Canton, the most respected martial arts masters in the world.
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] crew have seen many different eras. When they arrive in [[China]] in [[1865]], they find banditry, rebellion, and foreign oppression rife. Trying to maintain order are the [[British Empire]] and the [[Ten Tigers]] of [[Canton, China|Canton]], the most respected martial arts masters in the world.


There is more to chaos than mere human violence and ambition. Can legends of ancient vengeance be coming true? Why does everyone Ian meets already know who he is? The Doctor has his suspicions, but he is occupied by challenges of his own. Soon the travellers must learn that sometimes the greatest danger is not from the enemy, but from the heart.
There is more to chaos than mere [[human]] violence and ambition. Can legends of ancient vengeance be coming true? Why does everyone [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] meets already know who he is? [[First Doctor|The Doctor]] has his suspicions, but he is occupied by challenges of his own. Soon the travellers must learn that sometimes the greatest danger is not from the enemy, but from the heart.


In interesting times, love can be a weakness, hatred an illusion, order chaos, and ten Tigers not enough.
In interesting times, love can be a weakness, hatred an illusion, order chaos, and ten Tigers not enough.
== Chapter titles ==
Cutaway I
# Executioners from Shaolin
# The Dead and the Deadly
# Warriors Two
# Drunken Master
# The Prodigal Son
# Last Hero in China
Cutaway II


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
*[[First Doctor|The First Doctor]]
* [[First Doctor]]
*[[Ian Chesterton]]
* [[Ian Chesterton]]
*[[Barbara Wright]]
* [[Barbara Wright]]
*[[Vicki Pallister]]
* [[Vicki Pallister]]
* [[Wong Fei-Hung]]
* [[Wong Kei-Ying]]
* Miss [[Law (The Eleventh Tiger)|Law]]
* [[Lei-Fang]]
* Major [[William Chesterton]]
* [[Anderson (The Eleventh Tiger)|Anderson]]
* [[Richard Logan]]
* [[Qin Shi Huangdi]]
* [[Gao]]
* [[Zhao]]
* Abbot [[Wu (The Eleventh Tiger)|Wu]]
* [[Yeung]]
* [[Jiang]]
* [[Ko]]
* [[Cheng]]
* [[Pang]]
* [[Mandragora Helix]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor claims to have "sons or daughters, or both". One of these is presumably the mother or father of Susan and another is presumably the mother or father of John and Gillian.
* The Doctor engages in a [[kung fu]] duel.
* The Doctor engages in a kung fu duel. The Doctor uses his knowledge of fulcrums and levers to insult the traitor he's fighting (and enjoys taking great pains to explain exactly what he did and how he did it), and, once he's suitably infuriated, tricks him into smashing his foot against a pole the Doctor was standing in front of. He then has the traitor's wounds tended to. Ian and Barbara are aghast.
 
=== Food and Beverages ===
* Ian drinks [[soup]] and [[tea]] whilst recuperating.
* Barbra and Vicki are fed steamed [[dumpling]]s and [[vegetable]]s with rice [[wine]].


=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* As a child, Ian loved the works of [[Jules Verne]] and [[H. G. Wells]], whose stories inspired him to pursue a career in science.
* As a child, Ian loved the works of [[Jules Verne]] and [[H. G. Wells]], whose stories inspired him to pursue a career in science.
* During his [[national service]] in the [[1950s]], which he served in [[Wales]], Ian was a boxer.
* During his [[national service]] in the [[1950s]], which he served in [[Wales]], Ian was a boxer.
* Ian is ready to fight the duel for the Doctor, despite knowing he would be easily beaten and humiliated.
* Ian bears a very strong resemblance to his paternal great-grandfather [[William Chesterton|Major William "Bill" Chesterton]].
* Ian bears a very strong resemblance to his paternal great-grandfather [[William Chesterton|Major William "Bill" Chesterton]], leading Ian to mistakenly believe that his ancestor is his future self lost in time. Major Chesterton was a member of a Hussar company in [[Jaipur]], [[India]] in [[1860]]. His father was a drunkard and a gambler who habitually slept with prostitutes. By [[1890]], Major Chesterton had retired to [[England]], where he translated ''[[Mountains and Sunsets]]'' by [[Ho Lin Chung]] into [[English language|English]].
* Major Chesterton was a member of a Hussar company in [[Jaipur]], [[India]] in [[1860]]. By [[1890]], Major Chesterton had [[retire]]d to [[England]], where he translated ''[[Mountains and Sunsets]]'' by [[Ho Lin Chung]] into [[English language|English]].
* Barbara knowingly quotes the song "[[Kung Fu Fighting]]", saying the "Kids are as fast as lightning".


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* The Mandragora Helix refers to the Doctor as "Traveller" and is aware of his influence throughout [[Earth]]'s history. It speaks to absorb him into itself.
* The [[Mandragora Helix]] refers to the Doctor as "Traveller" and is aware of his influence throughout [[Earth]]'s history.
 
=== Events ===
* Barbara mentions the [[Opium Wars]] and the [[Boxer Rebellion]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
[[File:DWM_343_11th_Tiger.jpg|thumb|A comic illustration of the story printed in [[DWM 343]].]]
* "'Hell's teeth,' he whispered." David McIntee is fond of transplanting this saying to other cultures.
* Ian and Barbara say lyrics from the song "[[Kung Fu Fighting]]", seemingly unintentionally as the song was released in 1974. The Doctor, seemingly familiar with the song, continued: "And was it, perchance, dear boy, a little bit frightening? Hmm?"


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor, Ian and Barbara previously visited China in [[1289]] in the company of [[Susan Foreman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'')
* Barbara recalls their previous trip to China. ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'')
* The Doctor claims to speak all Chinese dialects. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* The Doctor claims to speak all [[Chinese language|Chinese dialects]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* Once again the Doctor indulges in a violent fight. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'')
* Once again the Doctor indulges in a violent fight. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'')
* Ian and Barbara discuss the Doctor kidnapping them in [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')
* Ian and Barbara discuss the Doctor kidnapping them in [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'')
* The Doctor warns Ian about the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect|potentially disastrous consequences of him coming into contact with his future self]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'')
* The Doctor warns Ian about the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect|potentially disastrous consequences of him coming into contact with his future self]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'')
* Vicki recalls visiting [[Turkey]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'') and [[Italy]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'').
* Vicki recalls visiting [[Turkey (country)|Turkey]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'') and [[Italy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Romans Cutaway (short story)|Romans Cutaway]]'')
* During his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]], the Doctor would encounter the Mandragora Helix once again in [[San Martino]], [[Italy]] in [[1492]] in the company of [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. The Helix refers to the fact that the Doctor had defeated it 400 years earlier. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'').  Though it should be noted that it was not e entirely clear if it was the Mandragora Helix at all.
* Barbara tells Ian that she loves him. Ian expressed the same feeling for her in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Romans Cutaway (short story)|Romans Cutaway]]''. Barbara proposes that they get married if they ever make it home to the [[1960s]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'') which they eventually do. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'')
* Barbara tells Ian that she loves him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Romans Cutaway (short story)|Romans Cutaway]]'') Ian, who reciprocates her feelings, proposes that they get married if they ever make it home to the [[1960s]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'')
* Pg 18 "'Hell's teeth,' he whispered." This was an expression invented for the show to allow Tegan to have convincingly Australian-sounding swearwords in Logopolis. David McIntee is fond of transplanting it to other cultures.


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/eleventh.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Eleventh Tiger''']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041205034326/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/05/11/11013.shtml Interview: The Eleventh Tiger]
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The Eleventh Tiger was the sixty-fourth novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by David A. McIntee, released 3 May 2004 and featured the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki Pallister.

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

May you live in interesting times.

The TARDIS crew have seen many different eras. When they arrive in China in 1865, they find banditry, rebellion, and foreign oppression rife. Trying to maintain order are the British Empire and the Ten Tigers of Canton, the most respected martial arts masters in the world.

There is more to chaos than mere human violence and ambition. Can legends of ancient vengeance be coming true? Why does everyone Ian meets already know who he is? The Doctor has his suspicions, but he is occupied by challenges of his own. Soon the travellers must learn that sometimes the greatest danger is not from the enemy, but from the heart.

In interesting times, love can be a weakness, hatred an illusion, order chaos, and ten Tigers not enough.

Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cutaway I

  1. Executioners from Shaolin
  2. The Dead and the Deadly
  3. Warriors Two
  4. Drunken Master
  5. The Prodigal Son
  6. Last Hero in China

Cutaway II

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor engages in a kung fu duel.

Food and Beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Mandragora Helix refers to the Doctor as "Traveller" and is aware of his influence throughout Earth's history.

Events[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

A comic illustration of the story printed in DWM 343.
  • "'Hell's teeth,' he whispered." David McIntee is fond of transplanting this saying to other cultures.
  • Ian and Barbara say lyrics from the song "Kung Fu Fighting", seemingly unintentionally as the song was released in 1974. The Doctor, seemingly familiar with the song, continued: "And was it, perchance, dear boy, a little bit frightening? Hmm?"

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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