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|image           = NA032 fallstheshadow.jpg
|name= Falls the Shadow
|range          = Virgin New Adventures
|image= NA032 fallstheshadow.jpg  
|number in range = #32
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]]
|number          = 32
|number= 32  
|doctor         = Seventh Doctor
|doctor=Seventh Doctor  
|companions     = [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]  
|enemy           = [[Gabriel and Tanith]]
|enemy= [[Gabriel and Tanith]]  
|setting         = [[Shadowfell]], [[Scotland]], [[20th century]]
|setting= [[Earth]], [[Scotland]], [[Shadowfell]], [[1994]]  
|writer         = Daniel O'Mahony
|writer= [[Daniel O'Mahony]]  
|cover          = [[Kevin Jenkins]]
|publisher= [[Virgin Books]]
|publisher       = Virgin Books
|release date= [[17 November (releases)|17 November]] [[1994]]
|release date   = 17 November 1994
|format= Paperback Book, 356 Pages  
|format         = Paperback Book; 19 Chapters, 356 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20427-1  
|isbn           = ISBN 0-426-20427-1
|prev= St Anthony's Fire (novel)
|series          = ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]''
|next= Parasite (novel)}}
|prev           = St Anthony's Fire (novel)
'''''Falls the Shadow''''' was the thirty-second [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. It was author [[Daniel O'Mahony]]'s only contribution to the [[Virgin New Adventures]] range.
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'''''Falls the Shadow''''' was the thirty-second ''[[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]]'' novel featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. It was author [[Daniel O'Mahony]]'s first novel, and his only contribution to the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'' range.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''"We are deranged. We are psychopaths, sociopaths, up the garden path," said Tanith. "We are mad, and you are trapped with us."''
''"We are deranged. We are psychopaths, sociopaths, up the [[garden]] path," said Tanith. "We are mad, and you are trapped with us."''


[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] is imprisoned in a house called [[Shadowfell]], where a man is ready to commence the next phase of an experiment that will remake the world.
[[The Doctor's TARDIS (Silurian Earth)|The TARDIS]] is imprisoned in a house called [[Shadowfell]], where a man is ready to commence the next phase of an experiment that will remake the world.


A stranger dressed in grey watches from a hillside, searching for the sinister powers growing within the house. A killer appears from the surrounding forest, determined to carry out her deadly instructions. In the cellar, something lingers, observing and influencing events, waiting to take on flesh and emerge. And trapped in alien darkness, the last survivor of a doomed race mourns for the lost planet [[Earth]].
A [[Grey Man|stranger dressed in grey]] watches from a hillside, searching for the sinister powers growing within the house. A killer appears from the surrounding forest, determined to carry out her deadly instructions. In the [[cellar]], something lingers, observing and influencing events, waiting to take on flesh and emerge. And trapped in alien darkness, the last survivor of a doomed race mourns for the lost planet [[Earth]].


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
Prologue: [[Qxeleq]] awakes to find her world dead, the Hive empty and all six million people, including her mate and the embryos in her womb, gone. She is surrounded in darkness, unable to scream as she doesn't have a mouth. She wonders if she actually did survive the apocalypse.


Prologue: [[Qxeleq]] awakes to find her world dead, the Hive empty and all six million people, including her mate and the embryos in her womb, gone. She is surrounded in darkness, unable to scream as she doesn't have a mouth. She wonders if she actually did survive the apocalypse.
A man in grey watches a house called the [[Shadowfell]], encountering a girl named [[Rose (Falls the Shadow)|Rose]], looking for her brother. He sneaks into the [[basement]], tracking an anomaly, and finds her brother just before he dies, having been tortured by two balls of light. They attack and kill the [[Grey Man]]. A woman dreaming in darkness decides to call herself "[[Jane Page]]" this time.


A man in grey watches a house called the [[Shadowfell]], encountering a girl named [[Rose]], looking for her brother. He sneaks into the basement, tracking an anomaly, and finds her brother just before he dies, having been tortured by two balls of light. They attack and kill the [[Grey Man]]. A woman dreaming in darkness decides to call herself "[[Jane Page]]" this time.
The TARDIS travellers find the ship has been plunged into darkness, but things like life support still work, and the ship is still moving towards an unknown destination. A blinding light emerges from the [[time rotor]] and fills the [[console room]]. The TARDIS materialises in the basement of the house. The two lights know what it is and are excited.


The TARDIS travelers find the ship has been plunged into darkness, but things like life support still work, and the ship is still moving towards an unknown destination. A blinding light emerges from the [[time rotor]] and fills the [[console room]]. The TARDIS materializes in the basement of the house. The two lights know what it is and are excited.
[[Harry Truman]] and [[Sandra Winterdawn]] discuss experiments and [[Justin Cranleigh]]'s mental state. The Doctor, Ace, and Benny split up and explore the basement cautiously. Benny meets Cranleigh, who calls her Laura and holds her at knifepoint. She eventually escapes, finding something horrible in the basement and hearing malicious laughter before fleeing outside. The grey man is there and he erases her memory to calm her.


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* [[Qxeleq]]
* [[Qxeleq]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The TARDIS has [[environment circuits]].
 
=== Biology ===
=== Biology ===
* Bernice loses two pints of blood when she's attacked by [[vampire orchid]]s.
* Bernice loses two pints of blood when she's attacked by [[vampire orchid]]s.
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=== The Doctor ===
=== The Doctor ===
* [[Aliases of the Doctor#Theta Sigma|Theta Sigma]] is not the Doctor's name, but identifies him uniquely amongst the [[Time Lord]]s.
* [[Aliases of the Doctor#Theta Sigma|Theta Sigma]] is not the Doctor's name, but identifies him uniquely amongst the [[Time Lord]]s and should not be spoken outside of [[Time Lord Academy|the Academy]].
* The Doctor mentions the [[Eye of Harmony]] and the [[Dalek]]s.
* The Doctor mentions the [[Eye of Harmony]] and the [[Dalek]]s.
* Benny's death caused the Doctor to consider leaving Ace in 1994 and returning home to [[Gallifrey]].
* Benny's death causes the Doctor to consider leaving Ace in 1994 and returning home to [[Gallifrey]]. He's been meaning to settle down for a while.


=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* Ace was born in [[North London]] in the 1970s.
* Ace was born in [[North London]] in [[1970]], Benny on an Earth colony in [[2422]].
* The Doctor has met [[Harry Truman]] and [[Oscar Wilde]].
* The Doctor has met [[Harry Truman]] and [[Oscar Wilde]].
* Qxeleq is the last survivor of [[the Mind]].
* Qxeleq is the last survivor of [[the Mind]].
* Bernice is an [[Atheism|atheist]].


=== Psychology ===
=== Psychology ===
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=== Locations ===
=== Locations ===
* The [[TARDIS]] exists outside of the real universe and so Gabriel and Tanith cannot enter it.
* The [[first humanoid]]s evolved on a world 30 billion light-years from Earth.
* The [[first humanoid]]s evolved on a world 30 billion light-years from Earth.
*[[Cathedral]] is a metacultural engine programmed to, essentially, introduce "greyness" into places where the duality of black and white persist. It is ruled by the [[Mandelbrot Set]] after being created by the Grey Man.
* [[Cathedral (engine)|Cathedral]] is a metacultural engine programmed to, essentially, introduce "greyness" into places where the duality of black and white persists. It is ruled by the [[Mandelbrot Set]] after being created by the Grey Man.


=== Concepts ===
=== Concepts ===
* Winterdawn is experimenting with [[interstitial time]] based on notes by a Professor [[Carl Thascales]], who died after driving his car into a wall, his body burned beyond all recognition.
* Winterdawn is experimenting with [[interstitial time]] based on notes by a Professor [[Carl Thascales]].
* Gabriel and Tanith are the suffering of the universe, but are not (yet) responsible for all of its ills. They draw their power from the structure of [[reality]].
* A war was fought against the [[Great Snake]] millions of years ago.
* There is a Gallifreyan quote that "There is always still-time, and there is always flowing-time."


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* A [[Prelude Falls the Shadow (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 218]].
* A [[Prelude Falls the Shadow (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 218]].
* The title is a reference to "[[The Hollow Men]]", a poem by [[T.S. Eliot]].
* The title is a reference to "[[The Hollow Men]]", a poem by [[T.S. Eliot]]. Another novel featuring the Seventh Doctor was [[The Hollow Men (novel)|directly named for the poem]].
* This novel was written based on the rumours surrounding the television story ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Interstitial time was experimented with by [[the Master]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'')
* Interstitial time was experimented with by [[the Master]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'')
* The Doctor has met the Irish playwright and author [[Oscar Wilde]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Beautiful Things (audio story)|Beautiful Things]]'')
* The Doctor has met the Irish playwright and author [[Oscar Wilde]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Beautiful Things (audio story)|Beautiful Things]]'') and says he tried to explain time travel to [[Einstein]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'')
* The Doctor mentions the [[Eye of Harmony]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', [[TV]]: [[Doctor Who (1996)|''Doctor Who'' (1996)]])
* The Doctor mentions the [[Eye of Harmony]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* "Theta Sigma" is closely guarded secret of the Doctor's, yet he shared it with [[Trevor Sigma]] on [[Terra Alpha]], although telling him may not have been significant, compared to someone like the Grey Man. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'')
* Gabriel and Tanith show Bernice her guilt for letting people die in the [[Interstitial Mass Transit System|transit system]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'')
* The Doctor encourages Jane Page to kill him and take a life. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]'')
* "Theta Sigma" is a closely guarded secret of the Doctor's, yet he shared it with [[Trevor Sigma]] on [[Terra Alpha]], although telling him may not have been significant, compared to someone like the Grey Man. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]'')
* Ace recalls her encounter with [[Melanie Bush]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
* Ace recalls her encounter with [[Melanie Bush]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
* Ace asks the Doctor in the end "We didn't do good, did we?", alluding to her question "We did good, didn't we?" after defeating the [[Dalek]]s in [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
* She is still afraid of big, empty houses. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')
* Ace loves Benny and is hit hard by her death, more so than the people she just fancied like [[Julian Milton]], [[Jan Rydd]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'') [[Mike Smith]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') and [[Sorin]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')
* Ace asks the Doctor in the end "We haven't done good, have we?", alluding to her question "We did good, didn't we?" after defeating the [[Dalek]]s in [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
* C. Moore Wedderburn is the author of ''The Trail of the [[Black orchid (flower)|Black Orchid]]: A botanical and zoological guide to the journeys of [[George Cranleigh]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'')
* C. Moore Wedderburn is the author of ''The Trail of the [[Black orchid (flower)|Black Orchid]]: A botanical and zoological guide to the journeys of [[George Cranleigh]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'')
* Just as [[Fenric]] could pull [[Ingiger]] from an alternate Earth, Gabriel and Tanith pull [[Qxeleq]] and [[Jane Page]] from alternate Earths to Shadowfell. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')
* Just as [[Fenric]] could pull [[Ingiger]] from an alternate Earth, Gabriel and Tanith pull [[Qxeleq]] and [[Jane Page]] from alternate Earths to Shadowfell. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Dwrefguide|who_na32.htm|Falls the Shadow}}
{{dwrefguide|who_na32.htm|Falls the Shadow}}
* {{whoniverse|NA32.php|Falls the Shadow}}
* {{whoniverse|na32|Falls the Shadow}}
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona32p.htm Prelude to '''Falls the Shadow''' as published in DWM #218]
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona32p.htm Prelude to '''Falls the Shadow''' as published in DWM #218]
 
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/fall.htm The Cloister Library: Falls the Shadow]
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#na032 Beyond the Book: Falls the Shadow by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060324071359/http://www.gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=omahony Outpost Gallifrey - Interview: '''Daniel O'Mahony''' (archived)]
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Falls the Shadow was the thirty-second New Adventures novel featuring the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield. It was author Daniel O'Mahony's first novel, and his only contribution to the Virgin New Adventures range.

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

"We are deranged. We are psychopaths, sociopaths, up the garden path," said Tanith. "We are mad, and you are trapped with us."

The TARDIS is imprisoned in a house called Shadowfell, where a man is ready to commence the next phase of an experiment that will remake the world.

A stranger dressed in grey watches from a hillside, searching for the sinister powers growing within the house. A killer appears from the surrounding forest, determined to carry out her deadly instructions. In the cellar, something lingers, observing and influencing events, waiting to take on flesh and emerge. And trapped in alien darkness, the last survivor of a doomed race mourns for the lost planet Earth.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Prologue: Qxeleq awakes to find her world dead, the Hive empty and all six million people, including her mate and the embryos in her womb, gone. She is surrounded in darkness, unable to scream as she doesn't have a mouth. She wonders if she actually did survive the apocalypse.

A man in grey watches a house called the Shadowfell, encountering a girl named Rose, looking for her brother. He sneaks into the basement, tracking an anomaly, and finds her brother just before he dies, having been tortured by two balls of light. They attack and kill the Grey Man. A woman dreaming in darkness decides to call herself "Jane Page" this time.

The TARDIS travellers find the ship has been plunged into darkness, but things like life support still work, and the ship is still moving towards an unknown destination. A blinding light emerges from the time rotor and fills the console room. The TARDIS materialises in the basement of the house. The two lights know what it is and are excited.

Harry Truman and Sandra Winterdawn discuss experiments and Justin Cranleigh's mental state. The Doctor, Ace, and Benny split up and explore the basement cautiously. Benny meets Cranleigh, who calls her Laura and holds her at knifepoint. She eventually escapes, finding something horrible in the basement and hearing malicious laughter before fleeing outside. The grey man is there and he erases her memory to calm her.

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Bernice loses two pints of blood when she's attacked by vampire orchids.
  • The metahedron caused several mutations of animals and plants in the jungles around it, including insects with(out) extra wings, legs, and heads, and the vampire blooms.

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

  • Theta Sigma is not the Doctor's name, but identifies him uniquely amongst the Time Lords and should not be spoken outside of the Academy.
  • The Doctor mentions the Eye of Harmony and the Daleks.
  • Benny's death causes the Doctor to consider leaving Ace in 1994 and returning home to Gallifrey. He's been meaning to settle down for a while.

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Psychology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The first humanoids evolved on a world 30 billion light-years from Earth.
  • Cathedral is a metacultural engine programmed to, essentially, introduce "greyness" into places where the duality of black and white persists. It is ruled by the Mandelbrot Set after being created by the Grey Man.

Concepts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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