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|image           = NA50 happyendings.jpg
|name= Happy Endings
|series         = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
|image= NA50 happyendings.jpg
|range          = Virgin New Adventures
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]]  
|number in range = 50
|number= 50  
|number         = 50
|doctor=Seventh Doctor  
|doctor         = Seventh Doctor
|companions=  [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Chris Cwej|Chris]]  
|companions     =  [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Chris Cwej|Chris]]
|enemy= {{Frontier|c}}  
|featuring      = [[Ace]], [[Jason Kane]],  [[Sherlock Holmes|Holmes]], [[John Watson|Watson]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]], [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart|Doris]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[John Benton|Benton]], [[Peter Hutchings|Peter]], [[Emily Hutchings|Emily]], [[Ruby Duvall|Duvall]], [[Hamlet Macbeth]], [[Cristian Alvarez|Christian]], [[Savaar]], [[Rhukk]], [[Beltempest]], [[Dantalion]], [[Alexander Shuttleworth|Alexander]], [[Muldwych]], [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart|Kadiatu]], [[SaRa!qava]], [[aM!xitsa]], [[Keri]], [[Damakort|Kort]], [[Nathan li Shao|Nathan]], [[Sgloomi Po]], [[Leetha t'Zhan|Leetha]], [[Lisa Deranne|Lisa]], [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]], [[Jason (Conundrum)|Jason]], [[Kim Talevera|Kim]], [[Gilgamesh]], [[Leonardo da Vinci|da Vinci]], [[Creed McIlveen|McIlveen]], [[Tom Dekker|Dekker]], [[James Rafferty|Rafferty]], [[Robin Yeadon|Robin]], [[Forgwyn]], [[William Blake|Blake]], [[Liso]], [[Máire Mab Finn|Máire]], [[Saul]], [[Grey Man]], [[Elaine Delahaye|Elaine]], [[Francis (Deceit)|Francis]], [[Manda Sutton|Manda]], [[Herne]], [[Old Davy]], [[Eugene Petion|Petion]], [[Richard Aickland|Richard]], [[Charlotte Aickland|Charlotte]], [[Danny Pain|Danny]], [[Romana II]], [[Spandrell]], [[Flavia]], [[Jinkwa]]
|setting= [[Cheldon Bonniface]], [[England]], [[24 April]] [[2010]]  
|enemy           = {{Tipple|n=The "Tzun" Master}}
|writer= [[Paul Cornell]]  
|setting         = [[Cheldon Bonniface]], [[England]], [[24 April]] [[2010]]
|publisher= [[Virgin Books]]
|writer         = Paul Cornell
|release date= [[16 May (releases)|16 May]] [[1996]]
|cover          = [[Paul Campbell]]
|format= Paperback Book, 291 Pages  
|publisher       = Virgin Books
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20470-0  
|release date   = 16 May 1996
|prev= Death and Diplomacy (novel)  
|format         = Paperback Book; 30 Chapters, 291 Pages
|next= GodEngine (novel)}}
|isbn           = ISBN 0-426-20470-0
'''''Happy Endings''''' is the fiftieth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It is a celebration of many of the elements of the series and features the return of many New Adventures characters. It therefore has a certain commonality with ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'' and ''[[Journey's End]]'', televised episodes that include significant characters from an entire era of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]'', a comic story which ties a narrative bow around the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s run in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.  
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'''''Happy Endings''''' is the fiftieth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It is a celebration of many of the elements of the series and features the return of many original New Adventures characters. It therefore has a certain commonality with ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' and ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', televised episodes that include significant characters from an entire era of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]'', a comic story which ties a narrative bow around the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s run in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.


It centres around the the [[wedding]] of [[Jason Kane]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. Much of the humour of the novel derives from the reactions of her wedding party — which includes [[Pakhar]]s, [[Silurian]]s, [[Ice Warrior]]s and several other species — to ordinary life in an [[English]] village. Amongst the set pieces of the novel are two quintessentially British competitions — the [[pub quiz]] and [[cricket]]. Both get long, multi-chapter attention. Indeed, despite the fact that it is a [[Seventh Doctor]] story, its depiction of the [[friendly]] between [[Cheldon Bonniface Invitation Eleven|the local villagers]] and [[Doctor's Invitation Eleven|Benny's mostly non-human wedding party]] is the longest and most detailed depiction of cricket in all ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fiction.
It centres around the [[wedding]] of [[Jason Kane]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. Much of the humour of the novel derives from the reactions of her wedding party — which includes [[Pakhar]]s, [[Silurian]]s, [[Ice Warrior]]s and several other species — to ordinary life in an [[English]] village. Amongst the set pieces of the novel are two quintessentially British competitions — the [[pub quiz]] and [[cricket]]. Both get long, multi-chapter attention. Indeed, despite the fact that it is a [[Seventh Doctor]] story, its depiction of the [[friendly]] between [[Cheldon Bonniface Invitation Eleven|the local villagers]] and [[Doctor's Invitation Eleven|Benny's mostly non-human wedding party]] is the longest and most detailed depiction of cricket in all ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fiction.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
"Doctor, this is my [[fiancé]]. Please don’t kill him."
"Doctor, this is my [[fiancé]]. Please don't kill him."


You are cordially invited to the [[wedding]] of [[Jason Kane|Mr Jason Kane]] and [[Professor]] [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice S. Summerfield]], to be held in the village of [[Cheldon Bonniface]] in the year [[2010]].
You are cordially invited to the [[wedding]] of [[Jason Kane|Mr Jason Kane]] and [[Professor]] [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice S. Summerfield]], to be held in the village of [[Cheldon Bonniface]] in the year [[2010]].
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If everything works out, that is. Between rows, fights and pre-emptive [[divorce]] proceedings, there may not be a wedding at all. Especially if there really is someone who wants to prevent it happening.
If everything works out, that is. Between rows, fights and pre-emptive [[divorce]] proceedings, there may not be a wedding at all. Especially if there really is someone who wants to prevent it happening.


Everybody’s coming: from [[Ice Warrior]]s to [[UNIT]] veterans, a flirtatious [[Ace]] to a suspicious [[Hamlet Macbeth]] -- and a very confused trio of [[Isley Brothers]]. [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] has to organise a [[buffet]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]] has a mystery to solve, and [[Chris]] has a girlfriend who used to be the [[Timewyrm]].
Everybody's coming: from [[Ice Warrior]]s to [[UNIT]] veterans, a flirtatious [[Ace]] to a suspicious [[Hamlet Macbeth]] -- and a very confused trio of [[Isley Brothers]]. [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] has to organise a [[buffet]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]] has a mystery to solve, and [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] has a girlfriend who used to be the [[Timewyrm]].
 
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Chris Cwej]]
* [[Chris Cwej]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Ace]]
* {{Frontier|c}}
* {{Tipple|c}}


=== Wedding Participants ===
=== Wedding Participants ===
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* [[Hamlet Macbeth]]
* [[Hamlet Macbeth]]
* [[Cristian Alvarez]]
* [[Cristian Alvarez]]
* [[Benjamin Alvarez]]
* [[Savaar]]
* [[Savaar]]
* [[Rhukk]]
* [[Rhukk]]
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* [[Nathan li Shao]]
* [[Nathan li Shao]]
* [[Sgloomi Po]]
* [[Sgloomi Po]]
* [[Leetha]]
* [[Leetha t'Zhan|Leetha]]
* [[Lisa Deranne]]
* [[Lisa Deranne]]
* [[Irving Braxiatel]]
* [[Irving Braxiatel]]
* [[Alpha Centauri]]
* [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]]
* [[Bernice Doras]]
* [[Bernice Doras]]
* [[Jason (Conundrum)]]
* [[Jason (Conundrum)|Jason]]
* [[Kim Talevera]]
* [[Kim Talevera]]
* [[Gilgamesh]]
* [[Gilgamesh]]
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* [[Creed McIlveen]]
* [[Creed McIlveen]]
* [[Tom Dekker]]
* [[Tom Dekker]]
* [[Master of the Land]]
* [[James Rafferty|Professor James Rafferty]]
* [[James Rafferty|Professor James Rafferty]]
* [[Robin Yeadon]]
* [[Robin Yeadon]]
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* [[William Blake]]
* [[William Blake]]
* [[Liso]]
* [[Liso]]
* [[Máire]]
* [[Máire Mab Finn]]
* [[Saul]]
* [[Saul]]
* [[Grey Man]]
* [[Grey Man]]
* [[Elaine Delahaye]]
* [[Elaine Delahaye]]
* [[Francis]]
* [[Francis (Deceit)|Francis]]
* [[Manda Sutton]]
* [[Manda Sutton]]
* [[Charles Sutton]]
* [[Herne]]
* [[Herne]]
* [[Old Davy]]
* [[Eugene Petion]]
* [[Eugene Petion]]
* [[Howard Phillips]]
* [[Richard Aickland]]
* [[Richard Aickland]]
* [[Charlotte Aickland]]
* [[Charlotte Aickland]]
* [[Isley Brothers]]
* [[Isley Brothers]]
* [[Danny Pain]]
* [[Danny Pain]]
* [[Jacquillian]] & [[Sanki]]
* [[Jacquilian]] & [[Sanki]]


== References ==
=== Others ===
* [[Romana II]]
* [[Spandrell]]
* [[Flavia]]
* [[Jinkwa]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Anatomy and physiology ===
=== Anatomy and physiology ===
* [[Ace]] lost her [[virgin]]ity to [[Sabalom Glitz]]. Ace's second lover was [[Jan Rydd|Jan]].
* [[Ace]] lost her [[virgin]]ity to [[Sabalom Glitz]]. Ace's second lover was [[Jan Rydd|Jan]].
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=== Artefacts of Rassilon ===
=== Artefacts of Rassilon ===
* {{Frontier|c}} stole the [[Loom of Rassilon's Mouse]].
* {{Tipple|c}} stole the [[Loom of Rassilon's Mouse]].


=== Books ===
=== Books ===
* Benny and Jason are given a signed first edition of {{wi|The Hobbit}}.
* Keri tries to read ''[[Teach Yourself Cricket]]'' to prepare for the friendly.
* Keri tries to read ''[[Teach Yourself Cricket]]'' to prepare for the friendly.


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=== Gallifrey ===
=== Gallifrey ===
* [[Flavia]] was found [[Alcohol|drunk]] while in charge of the [[Sash of Rassilon]]. The incident allowed [[Romana]] to become [[Lord President|Lady President]] of [[Gallifrey]].
* [[Flavia]] was found [[Alcohol|drunk]] while in charge of the [[Sash of Rassilon]]. The incident allowed [[Romana]] to become [[Lord President|Lady President]] of [[Gallifrey]].
* The [[Fortean Flicker]] previously appeared during the [[Feast of Omega]], where it turned all the [[candle]]s into soft [[cheese]]. There was a smell of burning dairy products everywhere.  
* The [[Fortean Flicker]] previously appeared during the [[Feast of Omega]], where it turned all the [[candle]]s into soft [[cheese]]. There was a smell of burning dairy products everywhere.
* [[Rivers of Rassilon]] is possibly a place, but also used as an expression of exclaim: "By the Rivers of Rassilon...".
* [[Rivers of Rassilon]] is possibly a place, but also used as an expression of exclaim: "By the Rivers of Rassilon...".


=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* [[The Master#A new regeneration|The Master]] creates [[Seventh Doctor (clones)|three clones]] of the [[Seventh Doctor]].
* Ace has [[sex]] with a [[clone]] of [[Jason Kane]].
* Ace has [[sex]] with a [[clone]] of [[Jason Kane]].
* [[Sherlock Holmes]] goes searching for clues with Roz to solve a mystery.
* [[Sherlock Holmes]] goes searching for clues with Roz to solve a mystery.
* [[John Watson]] still fancies Benny.
* [[John Watson]] still fancies Benny.
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] is now over a hundred years old. He gets restored to youth by the [[Fortean Flicker]].
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] is now over a hundred years old. He gets restored to youth by the [[Fortean Flicker]].
* [[Mike Yates]] is established as bisexual.
* [[Ishtar Hutchings]] is twenty years old and still has some of her [[Timewyrm]] powers. She has [[sex]] with Chris Cwej.
* [[Ishtar Hutchings]] is twenty years old and still has some of her [[Timewyrm]] powers. She has [[sex]] with Chris Cwej.
* [[Ernest Trelaw]] died some years ago with [[Saul]] the living church watching over him.
* [[Ernest Trelaw]] died some years ago with [[Saul]] the living church watching over him.
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* [[Ancelyn]] and [[Winifred Bambera]] couldn't attend the wedding. "Another quest," according to the Brigadier.
* [[Ancelyn]] and [[Winifred Bambera]] couldn't attend the wedding. "Another quest," according to the Brigadier.
* Alistair had a child with a woman named Isatu. She took his name. Her descendant is [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]].
* Alistair had a child with a woman named Isatu. She took his name. Her descendant is [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]].
* Bernice sees [[Gerhardt]], whom she killed, in [[Puterspace]]. He says of her killing him, "Well, for me to be angry at you, I would have to be unhappy and I am not. I went to Heaven like good soldiers do and have been walking in the garden with Mother Mary."
* Bernice sees [[Gerhardt]], whom she killed, in [[Puterspace]].
* [[Skog]] attends the wedding.


=== Locations ===
=== Locations ===
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* Historically the [[Land of Fiction]] was part of [[the Matrix]].
* Historically the [[Land of Fiction]] was part of [[the Matrix]].
* The pub in [[Cheldon Bonniface]] is called the [[Time in a Bottle]].
* The pub in [[Cheldon Bonniface]] is called the [[Time in a Bottle]].
* The Doctor found the crew of the ''[[Schirron Dream]]'' wandering through the [[Proximan Chain]] Rafts.


=== Music ===
=== Music ===
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=== Personifications of concepts ===
=== Personifications of concepts ===
* The Doctor introduces Emily to [[Time (Set Piece)|Time]], [[Death]] and [[Pain]]. Time curtseys at Emily's feet and says, "Hello again, Grandmother."
* The Doctor introduces Emily to [[Time (mythology)|Time]], [[Death (mythology)|Death]] and [[Pain (mythology)|Pain]]. Time curtseys at Emily's feet and says, "Hello again, Grandmother."


=== Planets ===
=== Planets ===
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=== Religion ===
=== Religion ===
* The [[Traveller (Love and War)|Travellers]] come and perform a ceremony with Bernice, Jason, the Doctor, an Ice Warrior and others...where they all end up in a field naked.
* The [[Traveller (Love and War)|Travellers]] come and perform a ceremony with Bernice, Jason, the Doctor, an Ice Warrior and others, where they all end up in a field naked.
* [[Death]] and [[Time (Set Piece)|Time]] are referred to as gods on Gallifrey. At least a quarter of Gallifrey's population worship them.
* [[Death (mythology)|Death]] and [[Time (mythology)|Time]] are referred to as gods on Gallifrey. At least a quarter of Gallifrey's population worship them.


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
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=== Sport ===
=== Sport ===
* There is a photo in the pub in Cheldon Bonniface of the [[Fifth Doctor]] following winning the local [[cricket]] [[league cup]].
* There is a photo in the pub in Cheldon Bonniface of the [[Fifth Doctor]] following winning the local [[cricket]] [[league cup]].
* Roz doesn't know what cricket is.
* [[Neville Cardus]] is a writer of books about cricket.
* [[Neville Cardus]] is a writer of books about cricket.
* John Watson and P. Cooke's innings were [[not out]].
* John Watson and P. Cooke's innings were [[not out]].
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=== Time travel ===
=== Time travel ===
* The Doctor gives [[Savaar]] a [[time-jump device]] to get him and the other [[Ice Warrior|Martians]] to 2010.
* The Doctor gives [[Savaar]] a [[time jump|time-jump]] device to get him and the other [[Ice Warrior|Martians]] to 2010.
* Muldwych gives the Doctor [[time ring]]s from the horn of a [[unicorn]] to give Bernice and Jason.
* Muldwych gives the Doctor [[time ring]]s from the horn of a [[unicorn]] to give Bernice and Jason.


=== Vehicles ===
=== Vehicles ===
* John Benton owns (and drives to Cheldon Bonniface) an electric [[Bentley]].
* John Benton owns (and drives to Cheldon Bonniface) an electric [[Bentley]].
* Hamlet Macbeth drives an "ancient" yellow 2CV.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:The Wedding of Jason Kane and Bernice Summerfield.jpg|thumb|The Wedding of Mr Jason Kane and Professor Bernice Bernice S. Summerfield]]
[[File:The Wedding of Jason Kane and Bernice Summerfield.jpg|thumb|The Wedding of Mr Jason Kane and Professor Bernice Bernice S. Summerfield]]
[[File:The Wedding of Jason Kane and Bernice Summerfield character key.jpg|thumb|Character guide]]
* When the novel was first published, you could send away to Virgin and get a poster of the front cover.
* When the novel was first published, you could send away to Virgin and get a poster of the front cover.
* The introduction is a poem written by [[Vanessa Bishop]], while the end of the novel has words and sheet music entitled ''Opposites Attract''.
* The introduction is a poem written by [[Vanessa Bishop]], while the end of the novel has words and sheet music entitled ''Opposites Attract''.
* The inside back cover features a larger version of the front cover "wedding photo" illustration.
* The inside back cover features a larger version of the front cover "wedding photo" illustration and a character key.
* Marked as the fiftieth release of the New Adventures line, this book introduced a new cover design. Among the changes, the ''Doctor Who'' logo on the spine, originally rendered as it appeared during the opening credits of the TV series, was replaced by an outline drawing of the logo.
* Marked as the fiftieth release of the New Adventures line, this book introduced a new cover design. Among the changes, the ''Doctor Who'' logo on the spine, originally rendered as it appeared during the opening credits of the TV series, was replaced by an outline drawing of the logo.
* A Goth girl briefly meets Benny and is said to have met her twice before; this is a reference to [[Neil Gaiman]]'s character Death of the Endless and Benny's own brushes with Death.
* A Goth girl briefly meets Benny and is said to have met her twice before; this is a reference to [[Neil Gaiman]]'s character Death of the Endless and Benny's own brushes with Death.
* The Seventh Doctor makes his final appearance on the cover of a New Adventures novel until the publication of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'' in 1997.
* The Seventh Doctor makes his final appearance on the cover of a New Adventures novel until the publication of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', in 1997.
* Despite being published in 1996, this novel features [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] coming down with a terminal illness and having only a short time to live by 2010, eerily mirroring [[Nicholas Courtney]]'s own battle with pancreatic cancer and ultimate passing away on 22nd February 2011.
* Despite being published in 1996, this novel features [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] coming down with a terminal illness and having only a short time to live by 2010, eerily mirroring [[Nicholas Courtney]]'s own battle with pancreatic cancer and ultimate passing away on 22 February 2011.
* [[Donna Noble]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] also marry in 2010. ([[TV]]:'' [[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
Happy Endings references more or less every New Adventure featuring Bernice Summerfield (and some more besides) to date and beyond.
''Happy Endings'' references more or less every New Adventure featuring Bernice Summerfield (and some more besides) to date and beyond.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'' and ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'' established a polluted Earth, which due to the 'Restoration' is becoming clean once more.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'' and ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'' established a polluted [[Earth]], which due to the 'Restoration' is becoming clean once more.
* Benny first met the Doctor in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]''. This is also the novel the Travellers debuted in.
* Benny first met the Doctor in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]''. This is also the novel the Travellers debuted in.
* Kadiatu first appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit]]''.
* [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart|Kadiatu]] first appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]''.
* First Pilot Jinkwa, who got stuck in temporal suspension in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Highest Science]]'', gets released and dies.
* First Pilot [[Jinkwa]], who got stuck in temporal suspension in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Highest Science (novel)|The Highest Science]]'', gets released and dies.
* Benny met William Blake in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Pit]]''.
* Benny met [[William Blake]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]''.
* Benny met Mikhail in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'', while Ace met the [[Charrl]].
* Benny met [[Mikhail Vladamir Popov|Mikhail]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'', while Ace met the [[Charrl]].
* [[Ruby Duvall]] met the Doctor in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]''.
* [[Ruby Duvall]] met the Doctor in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]''.
* The original TARDIS that was thought to have been lost in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat]]'' is returned to the Doctor.
* The original TARDIS that was thought to have been lost in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'' is returned to the Doctor.
* Bernice met James Rafferty in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dimension Riders]]''.
* Bernice met [[James Rafferty]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]''.
* [[Hamlet Macbeth]] tortured the Doctor during ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]''.
* [[Hamlet Macbeth]] tortured the Doctor during ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]''.
* Benny first met Irving Braxiatel in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Theatre of War]]''; however, the Irving that is at Benny's wedding reception is from some time after [[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]''.
* Benny first met [[Irving Braxiatel]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Theatre of War (novel)|Theatre of War]]''; however, the Irving that is at Benny's wedding reception is from some time after [[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]''.
* Benny met Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in [[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]''.
* Benny met [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[John Watson]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]''.
* Benny met [[Romana II]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest]]''.
* Benny met [[Romana II]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]''.
* During [[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]'' and ''[[Theatre of War]]'', Benny met the Ice Warriors who attend her wedding.
* During [[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]'' and ''[[Theatre of War (novel)|Theatre of War]]'', Benny met the [[Ice Warrior]]s who attend her wedding.
* Benny met {{Frontier}} in [[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier]]''.
* Benny met {{Tipple}} in [[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]''.
* The Doctor undoes the mental block he put in the Brigadier's mind at the end of [[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future]]''.
* The Doctor undoes the mental block he put in the [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier]]'s mind at the end of [[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]''.
* Benny still has a place in her heart for Guy de Carnac from [[PROSE]]: ''[[Sanctuary]]''.
* The women in the wedding party pretend to be [[Phracton]]s as a practical joke. Benny encountered the Phractons in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Infinite Requiem (novel)|Infinite Requiem]]''.
* Joan from [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' turns up with a new cat, job and friends. The Doctor and Joan share a moment.
* Benny still has a place in her heart for [[Guy de Carnac]] from [[PROSE]]: ''[[Sanctuary (novel)|Sanctuary]]''.
* Benny met Provost-Major Beltempest (and Roz and Chris) in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin]]''.
* [[Joan Redfern (novel character)|Joan]] from [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' turns up with a new cat, job and friends. The Doctor and Joan share a moment.
* Bernice met the crew of the ''[[Schirron Dream]]'' in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Sky Pirates!]]''.
* Benny met Provost-Major [[Beltempest]] (and [[Roz Forrester|Roz]] and [[Chris Cwej|Chris]]) in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]''.
* Bernice met Captain Lisa Derrane during [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown]]''.
* Bernice met the crew of the ''[[Schirron Dream]]'' in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]''.
* [[Jason (Conundrum)|Jason]], the [[Master of the Land|Master of the Land of Fiction]], met Benny (though not in any real friendly way) in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'' and ''[[Head Games]]''.
* Bernice met Captain [[Lisa Deranne]] during [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown (novelisation)|Shakedown]]''.
* [[saRa!qava]], whom Benny met during [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People]]'', has changed sex (to male) to appeal more to Benny.
* [[Jason (Conundrum)|Jason]], the [[Master of the Land|Master]] of the [[Land of Fiction]], met Benny (though not in any real friendly way) in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'' and ''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]''.
* [[saRa!qava]], whom Benny met during [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'', has changed [[sex (trait)|sex]] (to male) to appeal more to Benny.
* Benny was tortured (the Doctor tells the Brig about it) and lost her diary in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]''. It is returned here by [[Bernice Doras]].
* Benny was tortured (the Doctor tells the Brig about it) and lost her diary in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]''. It is returned here by [[Bernice Doras]].
* Benny met her husband [[Jason Kane]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Death and Diplomacy]]''.
* Benny met her husband [[Jason Kane]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Death and Diplomacy (novel)|Death and Diplomacy]]''.
* Chris learns Ice Warrior drinking songs which he then uses in [[PROSE]]: ''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]''.
* Chris learns Ice Warrior drinking songs which he then uses in [[PROSE]]: ''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]''.
* Benny is "given away" by the Doctor, but he takes her to find her father in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]''.
* Benny is "given away" by the Doctor, but he takes her to find her [[Isaac Summerfield|father]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]''.
* Benny and Jason get divorced in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps]]''.
* Benny and Jason get divorced in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]''.
* Romana encounters Ace again in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]''.
* Romana encounters Ace again in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]''.
* Benny encounters the Brigadier again in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]''. This meeting, however, is ''before'' Happy Endings, and despite the events in ''The Dying Days'', no one is surprised by [[Ice Warrior]]s.
* Benny encounters the Brigadier again in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]''. This meeting, however, is ''before'' Happy Endings, and despite the events in ''The Dying Days'', no one is surprised by [[Ice Warrior]]s.
* A scene from the party (when Bernice speaks with Irving Braxiatel) is re-enacted in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wake (audio story)|The Wake]]''.
* A scene from the party (when Bernice speaks with Irving Braxiatel) is re-enacted in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wake (audio story)|The Wake]]''.


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/happy.htm The Cloister Library: '''Happy Endings''']
* [http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/nap/nap50.html A (very meta-fictional) Prelude to '''Happy Endings''' by Paul Cornell]
* [http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/nap/nap50.html A (very meta-fictional) Prelude to '''Happy Endings''' by Paul Cornell]
 
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv48/paulcornell.html Paul Cornell by Paul Scoones (Interview) - TSV 48]
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv49/endings.html Wedding Notes by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 49]
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Happy Endings is the fiftieth Virgin New Adventures novel. It is a celebration of many of the elements of the series and features the return of many original New Adventures characters. It therefore has a certain commonality with The Stolen Earth and Journey's End, televised episodes that include significant characters from an entire era of Doctor Who, and The Flood, a comic story which ties a narrative bow around the Eighth Doctor's run in Doctor Who Magazine.

It centres around the wedding of Jason Kane and Bernice Summerfield. Much of the humour of the novel derives from the reactions of her wedding party — which includes Pakhars, Silurians, Ice Warriors and several other species — to ordinary life in an English village. Amongst the set pieces of the novel are two quintessentially British competitions — the pub quiz and cricket. Both get long, multi-chapter attention. Indeed, despite the fact that it is a Seventh Doctor story, its depiction of the friendly between the local villagers and Benny's mostly non-human wedding party is the longest and most detailed depiction of cricket in all Doctor Who fiction.

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

"Doctor, this is my fiancé. Please don't kill him."

You are cordially invited to the wedding of Mr Jason Kane and Professor Bernice S. Summerfield, to be held in the village of Cheldon Bonniface in the year 2010.

If everything works out, that is. Between rows, fights and pre-emptive divorce proceedings, there may not be a wedding at all. Especially if there really is someone who wants to prevent it happening.

Everybody's coming: from Ice Warriors to UNIT veterans, a flirtatious Ace to a suspicious Hamlet Macbeth -- and a very confused trio of Isley Brothers. The Doctor has to organise a buffet, Roz has a mystery to solve, and Chris has a girlfriend who used to be the Timewyrm.

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  • Sherlock Holmes gets annoyed when they first arrive in 2010 because he can't work out what satellite dishes are for.

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  • The Doctor regrets attending a Bucks Fizz concert.

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  • The Doctor introduces Emily to Time, Death and Pain. Time curtseys at Emily's feet and says, "Hello again, Grandmother."

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  • The Travellers come and perform a ceremony with Bernice, Jason, the Doctor, an Ice Warrior and others, where they all end up in a field naked.
  • Death and Time are referred to as gods on Gallifrey. At least a quarter of Gallifrey's population worship them.

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  • John Benton owns (and drives to Cheldon Bonniface) an electric Bentley.

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  • When the novel was first published, you could send away to Virgin and get a poster of the front cover.
  • The introduction is a poem written by Vanessa Bishop, while the end of the novel has words and sheet music entitled Opposites Attract.
  • The inside back cover features a larger version of the front cover "wedding photo" illustration and a character key.
  • Marked as the fiftieth release of the New Adventures line, this book introduced a new cover design. Among the changes, the Doctor Who logo on the spine, originally rendered as it appeared during the opening credits of the TV series, was replaced by an outline drawing of the logo.
  • A Goth girl briefly meets Benny and is said to have met her twice before; this is a reference to Neil Gaiman's character Death of the Endless and Benny's own brushes with Death.
  • The Seventh Doctor makes his final appearance on the cover of a New Adventures novel until the publication of PROSE: Lungbarrow, in 1997.
  • Despite being published in 1996, this novel features Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart coming down with a terminal illness and having only a short time to live by 2010, eerily mirroring Nicholas Courtney's own battle with pancreatic cancer and ultimate passing away on 22 February 2011.
  • Donna Noble, Amy Pond and Rory Williams also marry in 2010. (TV: The End of Time, The Big Bang)

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Happy Endings references more or less every New Adventure featuring Bernice Summerfield (and some more besides) to date and beyond.

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