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|image = Beltempest.jpg
|name= Beltempest  
|range = BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
|image=Beltempest.jpg
|number in range = 17
|series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
|number= 17  
|number = 17  
|doctor=Eighth Doctor  
|doctor = Eighth Doctor  
|companions= [[Samantha Jones|Sam Jones]]  
|companions=[[Sam Jones|Sam]]
|enemy= The [[Hoth]]  
|enemy = [[Hoth]], [[Eldred Saketh]], [[Donarrold Lesbert Smoot|Major General Smoot]]  
|setting= [[Bellannia IV]]  
|setting = [[Bellannia IV]]  
|writer= [[Jim Mortimore]]
|writer = Jim Mortimore
|publisher= [[BBC Books]]
|publisher = BBC Books  
|release date= [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]]
|release date= 16 November 1998
|format= Paperback Book, 249 Pages  
|format = Paperback Book; 12 Chapters, 249 Pages  
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-40593-7
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-40593-7
|prev= The Janus Conjunction (novel)
|prev = The Janus Conjunction (novel)
|next= The Face-Eater (novel)}}
|next = The Face-Eater (novel)
|featuring = Conaway, Bellis
}}{{prose stub}}
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'''''Beltempest''''' was the seventeenth [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Samantha Jones]]. It is author [[Jim Mortimore]]'s only contribution to the EDA range.
'''''Beltempest''''' was the seventeenth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Jim Mortimore]], released [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]].
 
It was Mortimore's only contribution to the EDA range.


== Publisher’s summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
The people of [[Bellania II]] see their sun, [[Bel]], shrouded in night for a month following an impossible triple eclipse. When Bel is returned to them a younger, brighter, hotter star, it is the beginning of the end for the entire solar system...
The people of [[Bellania II]] see their sun, [[Bel]], shrouded in night for a month following an impossible triple [[eclipse]]. When Bel is returned to them a younger, brighter, hotter star, it is the beginning of the end for the entire solar system...


100,000 years later, the Doctor and Sam arrive on [[Bellania IV]], where the population is under threat as disaster looms — immense gravitational and dimensional disturbances are surging through this area of space.
100,000 years later, [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones|Sam]] arrive on [[Bellania IV]], where the population is under threat as disaster looms — immense gravitational and dimensional disturbances are surging through this area of space.


While the time travellers attempt to help the survivors and ease the devastation, a religious suicide-cult leader is determined to spread a new [[religion]] through Bel’s system — and his word may prove even more dangerous than the terrible forces brought into being by the catastrophic changes in the sun...
While the time travellers attempt to help the survivors and ease the devastation, a religious suicide-cult leader is determined to spread a new [[religion]] through Bel's system — and his word may prove even more dangerous than the terrible forces brought into being by the catastrophic changes in the sun...


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Samantha Jones]]
* [[Sam Jones]]
* [[Alesis Conaway|Surgeon Major Alesis Conaway]]
* Surgeon Major [[Alesis Conaway]]
* [[Alexis Denadi|Father Alexis Denadi]]
* [[Alexis Denadi]]
* [[Eldred Saketh]]
* [[Eldred Saketh]]
* [[Bellis|Captain Bellis]]
* Captain [[Ruthelle Bellis]]
* [[Ruthelle Bellis' son]]
* [[Ruthelle Bellis' grandson]]
* [[Ruthelle Bellis' child]]
* [[Aellini]]
* [[Aellini]]
* [[Smoot]]
* Major General [[Donarrold Lesbert Smoot]]
* [[Skywatcher]]
* [[Fastblade]]
* [[Skywatcher's father]]
* [[Jenny (Beltempest)|Jenny]]
* [[Ranald]]
* [[Sully s'Vufu]]
* [[Geoffran]]
* [[Catheline]]
* [[Jonaghan]]
* [[Jonaghan's father]]
* [[Sehnadi Oleen]]
* [[Masari Oleen]]
* [[Denelden Oleen]]
* [[Joe (Beltempest)|Joe]]
* [[Maresley]]
* [[Harome Janeth]]
* [[Cherry (Beltempest)|Cherry]]
* [[Jarold Farnham]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Culture ===
=== Culture ===
* [[Alesis Conaway|Surgeon Major Alesis Conaway]] likes [[opera]].
* Conaway likes [[opera]].


=== The Doctor ===
=== The Doctor ===
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=== Foods and beverages ===
=== Foods and beverages ===
* The Doctor likes [[chocolate]]s with soft centres.
* The Doctor likes [[chocolate]]s with soft centres.
* Sam doesn't like [[ham]] because her mum packed her lunches with it until she was eight (which may be when she became a vegetarian).
* Sam doesn't like [[ham]].
* The Doctor (in the lead up to trying to save everyone) requests some Broken Orange Pekoe [[tea]].
* The Doctor requests some Broken Orange Pekoe [[tea]].
 
=== Individuals ===
* [[Samantha Jones]] says she'd like to have children.


=== Planets ===
=== Planets ===
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=== Religion ===
=== Religion ===
* [[Alexis Denadi|Father Alexis Denadi]] is a priest.
* While considering religion, Sam recalls [[Kyle Dale]] and [[Micawber's World]] (and the [[Church of the Way Forward]]'s role in all that occurred).
* While considering religion, Sam recalls [[Kyle Dale]] and [[Micawber's World]] (and the [[Church of the Way Forward]]'s role in all that occurred).
* God is something of a taboo on the Bellannia system of planets.


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* The [[Seeker]]s are planet-like beings that live for billions of years and dwell in the depths of [[Deep Time]].
* The [[Seeker (species)|Seekers]] are planet-like beings that live for billions of years and dwell in the depths of [[Deep Time]].
* The [[Hanakoi]] built many of the cities on [[Belannia VIII]] which are now inhabited by humans.
* The [[Hanakoi]] built many of the cities on [[Belannia VIII]] which are now inhabited by humans.


=== Technology ===
=== Technology ===
* Sam gets infected with [[nanotechnology|nanotech]] and (she believes in some ways) "dies".
* Sam gets infected with [[nanotechnology|nanotech]] and (she believes in some ways) "dies".
* [[Eldred Saketh]] has nanotech in his body, making it seem he can't die.
* The Doctor uses an emergency button from a [[sandminer]] to control a generator for his gramophone.
* The Doctor uses an emergency button from a [[sandminer]] to control a generator for his gramophone.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* In [[2020 (releases)|2020]], author [[Jim Mortimore]] self-published an "Intermix" of ''Beltempest'' which fixed many of the original structural issues and added ten thousand words of new material.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor wonders if the TARDIS is taking them to planets with odd suns. The previous book [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Janus Conjunction]]'' also featured an odd sun.
* The Doctor wonders if [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] is taking them to planets with odd suns. The previous book, ''[[The Janus Conjunction (novel)|The Janus Conjunction]],'' also featured an odd sun.
* Sam wonders to herself what decompression would be like, despite having gone through it three times in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dreamstone Moon (novel)|Dreamstone Moon]]''.
* Sam wonders to herself what decompression would be like, despite having gone through it three times in ''[[Dreamstone Moon (novel)|Dreamstone Moon]]''.
* Sam recalls the events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Placebo Effect (novel)|Placebo Effect]]''.
* Sam recalls the events of ''[[Placebo Effect (novel)|Placebo Effect]]''.
* Similar nanotechnology also appears in [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]''.
* Similar nanotechnology also appears in ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]''.
 
== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|whobbc17.htm|Beltempest}}
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* {{whoniverse|ED17.php|Beltempest}}
* {{whoniverse|ed17|Beltempest}}
 
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/beltempest.htm The Cloister Library: '''Beltempest''']
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Beltempest was the seventeenth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Jim Mortimore, released 16 November 1998 and featured the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones.

It was Mortimore's only contribution to the EDA range.

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

The people of Bellania II see their sun, Bel, shrouded in night for a month following an impossible triple eclipse. When Bel is returned to them a younger, brighter, hotter star, it is the beginning of the end for the entire solar system...

100,000 years later, the Doctor and Sam arrive on Bellania IV, where the population is under threat as disaster looms — immense gravitational and dimensional disturbances are surging through this area of space.

While the time travellers attempt to help the survivors and ease the devastation, a religious suicide-cult leader is determined to spread a new religion through Bel's system — and his word may prove even more dangerous than the terrible forces brought into being by the catastrophic changes in the sun...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • The Doctor mentions, "I was in my early nineties before I could bring myself to admit that I still liked to play with my perigosto stick."
  • The Doctor has degrees in psychology and the social dynamics of machine intelligence.

Drugs and medicines[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor likes chocolates with soft centres.
  • Sam doesn't like ham.
  • The Doctor requests some Broken Orange Pekoe tea.

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Belannia XXI is too dangerous for colonisation or mining due to the radiation.

Religion[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Seekers are planet-like beings that live for billions of years and dwell in the depths of Deep Time.
  • The Hanakoi built many of the cities on Belannia VIII which are now inhabited by humans.

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Sam gets infected with nanotech and (she believes in some ways) "dies".
  • The Doctor uses an emergency button from a sandminer to control a generator for his gramophone.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In 2020, author Jim Mortimore self-published an "Intermix" of Beltempest which fixed many of the original structural issues and added ten thousand words of new material.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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