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{{Infobox Story
|image = Ghosts-of-india.jpg
|image = Ghosts-of-india.jpg
|name = Ghosts of India
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|number = 25
|number = 25
|doctor = Tenth Doctor
|doctor = Tenth Doctor
|companions = [[Donna Noble]]
|companions = [[Donna Noble|Donna]]
|enemy = [[Jal Karath]]
|featuring = [[Mohandas Gandhi]]
|year = [[Calcutta]], [[India|British India]], [[1947]]
|enemy = [[Darac-Poul-Caparrel-Jal-7]], [[Gelem warrior]]s
|writer = [[Mark Morris]]
|setting = [[Calcutta]], [[1947]]
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
|writer = Mark Morris
|release date = [[4 September]] [[2008]]
|publisher = BBC Books
|read by = [[David Troughton]]
|release date = 4 September 2008
|format = Hardcover, 248 Pages
|format = Hardcover, 248 Pages
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-559-9
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-559-9
|prev = The Many Hands (novel)
|prev = The Many Hands (novel)
|next = The Doctor Trap (novel)
|next = The Doctor Trap (novel)
}}
|cover = [[Lee Binding]]
'''''Ghosts of India''''' was the nineteenth [[BBC New Series Adventures|Tenth Doctor novel]] released. It was the first to feature [[Donna Noble]].
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'''''Ghosts of India''''' was the twenty-fifth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Mark Morris]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[India]] in [[1947]] is a country in the grip of chaos - a country torn apart by internal strife. When the Doctor and Donna arrive in [[Calcutta]], they are instantly swept up in violent events.
[[India]] in [[1947]] is a country in the grip of chaos — a country [[Partition of India|torn apart by internal strife]]. When the Doctor and Donna arrive in [[Calcutta]], they are instantly swept up in violent events.
 
Barely escaping with their lives, they discover that the city is rife with tales of "half-made men" who roam the streets at night and steal people away. These creatures, it is said, are as white as salt and have only shadows where their eyes should be. With help from India's great spiritual leader, Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi, the Doctor and Donna set out to investigate these rumours.


Barely escaping with their lives, they discover that the city is rife with tales of 'half-made men' who roam the streets at night and steal people away. These creatures, it is said, are as white as salt and have only shadows where their eyes should be. With help from India's great spiritual leader, Mohandas 'Mahatma' Gandhi, the Doctor and Donna set out to investigate these rumours.
What is the real truth behind the "half-made men"? Why is Gandhi's role in history under threat? And has an ancient, all-powerful god of destruction really come back to wreak his vengeance upon the Earth?


What is the real truth behind the 'half-made men'? Why is Gandhi's role in history under threat? And has an ancient, all-powerful god of destruction really come back to wreak his vengeance upon the Earth?
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Veec-Ellic-Savareen-Jal-9]]
* [[Veec-Ellic-Savareen-Jal-9]]
* [[Darac-Poul-Caparrel-Jal-7]]
* [[Darac-Poul-Caparrel-Jal-7]]
* [[Edward Morgan]]
* [[Ranjit (Ghosts of India)|Ranjit]]
* [[Ranjit (Ghosts of India)|Ranjit]]
* [[Cameron Campbell]]
* [[Adelaide Campbell]]
* [[Ronny Campbell]]
* Sir [[Edgar Campbell]]
* [[Mary Campbell]]
* [[Major Daker]]
* [[Captain McMahon]]
* [[Private Wilkins]]
* [[Gelem warrior]]s
* [[Gelem warrior]]s


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The ear of a [[Fostarone]] turn blue when they lie.
* The ears of a [[Fostarone]] turn blue when they lie.
* The Doctor initially believes that he and Donna have arrived in [[1937]].
* The Doctor initially believes that he and Donna have arrived in [[1937]].
* [[Zytron energy]] was discovered on [[Earth]] in [[4947]].
* Veec-9 has a [[Mezon disintegrator 7.5]].
* The Doctor uses the alias [[Aliases of the Doctor|John Smith]] and the phrase [[allons-y]].
* The Doctor uses his [[psychic paper]] and [[sonic screwdriver]].
=== Food and Beverages ===
* The Doctor takes two [[sugar]]s in his [[tea]].
* Donna drinks home-made [[lemonade]] with the Campbells.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Donna mentions her cousin Janice. Since her maternal grandfather [[Wilfred Mott]] tells the Doctor in [[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' that Donna is his only grandchild, Janice must be a cousin on her father's side.
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
[[File:Bbcnewaudio23.jpg|thumb|right|The Audiobook cover.]]


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* During his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]], the Doctor previously visited Calcutta on [[31 December]] [[1926]] in the company of [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Emerald Tiger (audio story)|The Emerald Tiger]]'')
* During his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]], the Doctor previously visited Calcutta on [[31 December]] [[1926]] in the company of [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Emerald Tiger (audio story)|The Emerald Tiger]]'')
* The Doctor mentions having had a relationship with [[Cleopatra]], confirming [[Mickey Smith]]'s suspicions to that effect. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')
* The Doctor mentions having had a relationship with [[Cleopatra]], confirming [[Mickey Smith]]'s suspicions to that effect. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')
* The Doctor refers to his teaching days. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood]]'')
* Donna calls the Doctor a [[Martian]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
* Donna recalls the first time that she met the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'')
* The Doctor has a [[satsuma]] in his pocket. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')
* The [[timey-wimey detector]] is destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')
* The Doctor says "once you've faced one god of destruction, you've faced them all". He has faced many such gods in his life. He met [[Dæmon|Dæmons]] including [[Azal]] in his [[Third Doctor|third]] incarnation, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'' and [[Bonjaxx]] during his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Party Animals (comic story)|Party Animals]]'') He previously met [[Fenric]] in his seventh incarnation, ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]''|''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'', and is yet to meet him again in his [[Twelfth Doctor|twelfth]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Wolves of Winter (comic story)|The Wolves of Winter]]'') He also faced the [[Gods of Ragnarok]] in his seventh incarnation. (TV: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Psychic Circus (audio story)|The Psychic Circus]]'') Earlier in his tenth incarnation, he met the [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|Beast of Krop Tor]]. ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]''|''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'') He also met [[the Toymaker]] in his [[First Doctor|first]] incarnation, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'') and is yet to meet him in his [[Fourteenth Doctor|fourteenth]] and [[Fifteenth broken moon of the Medusa Cascade|fifteenth]] incarnations. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'') He also met the Mara in his fifth incarnation,  ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'') and also his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dreaming (short story)|The Dreaming]]'') He also met Sutekh in his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') and seventh incarnations; ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Pyramid of Sutekh (audio story)|The Pyramid of Sutekh]]'') and is yet to meet him in his tenth, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Old Girl (comic story)|Old Girl]]'') and fifteenth incarnations. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)|The Legend of Ruby Sunday]]'') He will also meet [[Maestro]], the Toymaker's daughter, in his fifteenth incarnation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Devil's Chord]]''
* Donna sees an image of the Racnoss Empress (being this one of the things that scares her most) ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'')
* The Doctor refers to his teaching days. ([[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'', ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'')
* Donnas remembers the way the way the Ood had been treated on the Ood-Sphere ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'')
* Donna recalls the first time that she met the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
* Donna sees an image of the [[Empress of the Racnoss (The Runaway Bride)|Empress of the Racnoss]], this being one of the things that scares her most. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
* The Doctor has a yo-yo in his pocket. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'', ''[[Kill the Moon (TV story)|Kill the Moon]]'')
* Donna worked at H. C. Clements. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
* The [[timey-wimey detector]] is destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') The Doctor either repairs it or builds a new one. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor considers singing a Venusian lullaby. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'', ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]'')
* The Doctor says he has never been friends with a fly, but he knew some butterflies once. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'') He would later befriend some flies in [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]''.
* The Doctor says the Daleks, Cybermen and Sontarans have never made him tea. In his next incarnation, he would be offered tea by a Dalek. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')
* Donna remembers the way the [[Ood]] had been treated on the [[Ood-Sphere]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]'')
* The Doctor mentions being the only survivor of the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') but is yet to be proved wrong. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
* The [[Draconian]]s are mentioned. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')
* The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] would later revisit the [[Partition of India]], this time in the [[Punjab]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Demons of the Punjab (TV story)|Demons of the Punjab]]'')


== Audio release ==
== Audiobook ==
* The story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by [[David Troughton]].
* This novel was released as an audiobook on [[12 March (releases)|12 March]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[David Troughton]].
* The audiobook is also available as a download from the [[AudioGo]] website.
 
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|whobb927.htm|Ghosts of India}}
* {{penguin|1080667/doctor-who--ghosts-of-india/}}
 
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* {{whoniverse|ns25|Ghosts of India}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/ghostsindia.htm The Cloister Library: '''Ghosts of India''']
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prose stub

Ghosts of India was the twenty-fifth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Mark Morris and featured the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble.

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

India in 1947 is a country in the grip of chaos — a country torn apart by internal strife. When the Doctor and Donna arrive in Calcutta, they are instantly swept up in violent events.

Barely escaping with their lives, they discover that the city is rife with tales of "half-made men" who roam the streets at night and steal people away. These creatures, it is said, are as white as salt and have only shadows where their eyes should be. With help from India's great spiritual leader, Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi, the Doctor and Donna set out to investigate these rumours.

What is the real truth behind the "half-made men"? Why is Gandhi's role in history under threat? And has an ancient, all-powerful god of destruction really come back to wreak his vengeance upon the Earth?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • The Doctor takes two sugars in his tea.
  • Donna drinks home-made lemonade with the Campbells.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Audiobook cover

    Audiobook cover

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

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