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|image = White darkness.jpg
|name= White Darkness
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]]
|image=White darkness.jpg  
|range = Virgin New Adventures
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]]  
|number in range = 15
|number= 15  
|number= 15
|doctor=Seventh Doctor  
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield]]  
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|enemy= [[Gilles Lemaitre|Mait]], [[Cthulhu]]  
|enemy= [[Gilles Lemaitre|Mait]]
|setting= [[Haiti]], [[1750]] and [[1915]]  
|setting= [[Haiti]], [[1915]]
|writer= [[David A. McIntee]]  
|writer= David A. McIntee
|publisher= Virgin Books  
|cover= [[Peter Elson]]
|release date= [[17 June (releases)|17 June]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]]
|publisher= Virgin Books
|format= Paperback Book, 244 Pages  
|release date= 17 June 1993
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20395-X  
|format= Paperback Book; 24 Chapters, 244 Pages
|prev= Lucifer Rising (novel)  
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20395-X
|prev= Lucifer Rising (novel)
|next= Shadowmind (novel)
|next= Shadowmind (novel)
|series2       = [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'''s "New Adventures order"]]  
|series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]]
|prev2         = Final Genesis (comic story)
|prev2= Final Genesis (comic story)
|next2         = Shadowmind (novel)
|next2= Shadowmind (novel)
}}
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''White Darkness''''' is the fifteenth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventure]] novel published by [[Virgin Publishing]] in the 1990s. The story is set in [[Haiti]] in [[1915]]. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. The book was written by [[David A. McIntee]], who derived much of the story's material from {{w|Wade Davis}}' ''The Serpent and the Rainbow'', a research into the practice of [[vodoun]] and zombification in Haiti and the ''Cthulhu Mythos'' created by [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. Lovecraft's name was given to one of the principal characters in the story, Dr. [[Howard Phillips]], who at one point presents the Doctor with a copy of the ''[[Necronomicon]]'' in the original Eocene, given to him by [[Aleister Crowley]].
'''''White Darkness''''' is the fifteenth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventure]] novel published by [[Virgin Publishing]] in the 1990s. The story is set in [[Haiti]] in [[1915]]. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. The book was written by [[David A. McIntee]], who derived much of the story's material from {{w|Wade Davis}}' ''The Serpent and the Rainbow'', a research into the practice of [[voodoo|vodoun]] and zombification in Haiti and the ''Cthulhu Mythos'' created by [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. Lovecraft's name was given to one of the principal characters in the story, Dr. [[Howard Phillips]], who at one point presents the Doctor with a copy of the ''[[Necronomicon]]'' in the original Eocene, given to him by [[Aleister Crowley]].
 
== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
:''"We believe that death should always be part of life."''
:''"We believe that death should always be part of life."''


[[The Doctor]]’s last three visits to the scattered [[human]] colonies of the [[third millennium]] have not been entirely successful. And now that [[Ace]] has rejoined him and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]], life on board the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is getting pretty stressful. The Doctor yearns for a simpler time and place: [[Earth]], the tropics, the early [[20th century|twentieth century]].
[[The Doctor]]'s last three visits to the scattered [[human]] colonies of the [[third millennium]] have not been entirely successful. And now that [[Ace]] has rejoined him and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]], life on board [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] is getting pretty stressful. The Doctor yearns for a simpler time and place: [[Earth]], the tropics, the early [[20th century|twentieth century]].


The TARDIS lands in [[Haiti]] in the early years of the [[World War I|First World War]]. And the Doctor, Bernice and Ace land in a murderous plot involving [[vodoun]], violent death, [[zombie]]s and [[German]] [[spy|spies]]. And perhaps something else -- something far, far worse.
The TARDIS lands in [[Haiti]] in the early years of the [[World War I|First World War]]. And the Doctor, Bernice and Ace land in a murderous plot involving [[voodoo|vodoun]], violent death, [[zombie]]s and [[German]] [[spy|spies]]. And perhaps something else — something far, far worse.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Howard Phillips]]
* [[Howard Phillips]]
* [[Leopard Chief]]
=== Haitians ===
* [[Carrefour]]
* [[Clairvius Dubois]]
* [[Gilles Lemaitre|Gilles "Mait" Lemaitre]]
* [[Gilles Lemaitre|Gilles "Mait" Lemaitre]]
* [[Henri Duval]]
* [[Eugene Petion|Captain Eugene Petion]]
* [[Eugene Petion|Captain Eugene Petion]]
* [[Leopard Chief]]
* [[Vincent (White Darkness)|Vincent]]
* Lieutenant [[Katze]]
* [[Henri]]
* Kapitan [[Weber]]
* [[Carrefour]]
* [[Dumarsais Leclerc]]
* [[Dumarsais Leclerc]]
* [[Jean Vilbrun Guillame Sam]]
* [[Jean Vilbrun Guillame Sam]]
* [[Lecomte]]
* [[Lecomte]]
* [[Tancred Auguste]]
* [[Tancred Auguste]]
* General [[Bobo]]
* [[Francois Lacombe]]
* [[Francois Lacombe]]
* General [[Charles Oscar Etienne]]
* [[Antoine (White Darkness)|Antoine]]
* [[Claude (White Darkness)|Claude]]
* [[Claude (White Darkness)|Claude]]
* [[Joseph (White Darkness)|Joseph]]
* [[Joseph (White Darkness)|Joseph]]
* [[Reise Heinrich|Kapitan Reise Heinrich]]
 
* [[Victor von Stein|Professor Victor von Stein]]
=== Germans ===
* [[Ingrid Karnstein|Dr. Ingrid Karnstein]]
* Leutnant [[Dietz]]
* Lieutenant [[Klenze]]
* Leutnant [[Katze]]
* Leutnant [[Klenze]]
* Kapitan [[Reise Heinrich]]
* Kapitan [[Weber]]
* General [[Froebe]]
* Professor [[Victor von Stein]]
* Dr. [[Ingrid Karnstein]]
 
=== Americans ===
* Major [[Paul Richmann]]
* Colonel [[LV Mortimer]]
* Colonel [[LV Mortimer]]
* Captain [[Glen (White Darkness)|Glen]]
* Admiral [[Caperton]]
* Admiral [[Caperton]]
* General [[Charles Oscar Etienne]]
* Major [[Paul Richmann]]
* [[Charvius Dubois]]
* Captain Glen
* [[Woodrow Wilson]]
* [[Woodrow Wilson]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
 
=== Books ===
=== Books ===
* [[Howard Phillips]] has a copy of an Eocene ''[[Necronomicon]]'', which was given to him by [[Aleister Crowley]].
* [[Howard Phillips]] has a copy of an Eocene ''[[Necronomicon]]'', which was given to him by [[Aleister Crowley]].
* [[Mait|Nkome/Mait]] possessed a copy of ''The Beginner's Guide to the Necronomicon'' and other related tomes.
* [[Gilles Lemaitre|Nkome/Mait]] possessed a copy of ''[[The Beginner's Guide to the Necronomicon]]'', ''The [[Book of Dzyan]]'', ''The [[Book of Eibon]]'', [[Ludwig Prinn]]'s ''[[De Vermis Mysteriis]]'', ''[[The Golden Bough]]'' and other occult tomes.


=== Cultural references from the real world ===
=== Cultural references from the real world ===
* There are [[James Bond]] references, including {{w|Q Branch}} and {{wi|Dr. No (film)|Dr. No}}.
* There are [[James Bond]] references.
* Given the Lovecraftian flavour of the story, the presence of a character called "Howard Phillips" is a homage to ''Howard Phillips'' Lovecraft himself.
* The Doctor is compared to "our man in [[Havana]]" because of his linen [[suit]].
* The Doctor is compared to "our man in Havana" because of his linen suit, which makes its debut in this story.


=== The Doctor's items ===
=== Planets ===
* [[Bessie]]
* The inhabitants of [[Veltroch]] learned of the Great Old Ones.
* [[Cameca's brooch]]
 
=== Earth locations ===
* [[Haiti]]
** [[L'Hotel Royale]]
** [[Port au Prince]]
** [[Gonave Gulf]]
** [[Cap-Haitien]]
* [[United States of America]]
** [[Key West]], [[Florida]]
** [[New England]]
* [[Spain]]
* [[France]]
** [[Alsace]]
* [[Khul]]
 
=== Elements ===
* [[copper]]
* [[gold]]
* [[silver]]
 
=== Foods and beverages ===
* [[Clairin]]
* [[datura]]
 
=== Drugs and medicines ===
* [[quinine]]
 
=== Gallifreyan locations ===
* [[The Dark Tower]]
 
=== Individuals ===
* Ace is familiar with a wide variety of firearms, following her training in the Spacefleet.
 
=== Minerals ===
* [[argot]]
* [[bauxite]]
* [[scopalamine]]
 
=== Occult ===
* [[duppies]]
* [[tarot]]
* [[obeah]]
* [[cacos]]
* [[jumbie]]
* [[Rada Loa]]
* [[coup poudre]]
* [[bufus]]
* [[Petro god]]s
 
=== Organisations ===
* [[Secte Rouge]]
* [[Bizango]]
* [[St. Patrick]]
 
=== Poisons ===
* [[tetrodotoxin]]


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* The Doctor can read [[Eocene]].
* The Doctor can read [[Eocene]].
* [[Usurian]]s
* [[Dalek]]s
* [[Great Old One]]s
* [[Rihanssu]]
* [[Sphoeroides]]
* [[Diodon]]


==== Time Lords ====
==== Time Lords ====
* The Doctor learned hypnotism from [[the Master]].
* The Doctor learned hypnotism from [[the Master]].
==== Humans ====
* The following historical figures (and other people of note) are mentioned:
** [[Abraham Lincoln]]
** [[Aleister Crowley]]
** [[Allan Quartermain]]
** [[Ernest Hemingway]]
** [[Norman Bates]]
** [[Sherlock Holmes]]
** [[Lee van Cleef]]
** [[Toussaint L'Overture]]
** [[Peter Lorre]]
** [[Rambo]]
*Peoples
** [[Efik]]
** [[Arawak]]
=== Stars ===
* [[Fomalhaut]]
=== Planets ===
* [[Exo III]]
* [[Veltroch]]


=== TARDIS components ===
=== TARDIS components ===
* The [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] [[HADS]] can be overridden manually.
* [[the Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] [[HADS]] can be overridden manually.
 
=== Technology ===
* [[focused neuro-pattern enhancer]]
* [[hydrophone]]
* [[bocar]]
 
=== Theories and concepts ===
* [[Coomb's Syndrome]]


=== Timeline ===
=== Timeline ===
* The following years / eras: [[15 million BCE]], [[1744]], [[1750]], [[1908]], [[1913]], [[1934]], [[1986]], [[25th century]], [[27th century]] are referred to by various characters.
* The following years / eras, [[distant past|15 million BCE]], [[1744]], [[1750]], [[1908]], [[1913]], [[1934]], [[1986]], the [[25th century]], and the [[27th century]], are referred to by various characters.
 
=== Weapons ===
* These weapons are used by various people throughout the novel:
** [[Steyr 1912]]
** [[Kar 96 rifle]]
** [[gelignite]]
** [[Luger]]


=== Books ===
* [[Necronomicon]] and The Beginner's Guide to the Necronomicon
* [[The Book of Dzyan]]
* [[The Book of Eibon]]
* [[Ludwig Prinn]]'s [[De Vermis Mysteriis]]
* [[The Golden Bough]]
== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* ''[[Prelude White Darkness]]'' was published in [[DWM 201]].
* ''[[Prelude White Darkness]]'' was published in [[DWM 201]].
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* In [[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', the [[Great Old One]] [[Mait]] was trying to release is identified as [[Cthulhu]].
* In [[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', the [[Great Old One]] [[Gilles Lemaitre|Mait]] was trying to release is identified as [[Cthulhu]].
* The brooch the Doctor wears on his suit was given to his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] by [[Cameca]], his accidental fiancé from the past, in [[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]''. It has seemingly re-entered his possession after the First Doctor used it to buy suits and top hats for himself and [[Steven Taylor]] in [[London]] in [[1912]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Suffering]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] would later give it to his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]] as a [[Christmas]] present. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Relative Dimensions]]'')
* The brooch the Doctor wears on his suit was given to his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] by [[Cameca]], his accidental [[fiancé]] from the past, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') although he had forgotten about it after [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] returned home. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') It seemingly re-entered his possession after the First Doctor used it to buy suits and top hats for himself and [[Steven Taylor]] in [[London]] in [[1912]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Suffering (audio story)|The Suffering]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] would later give it to his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]] as a [[Christmas]] present. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Relative Dimensions (audio story)|Relative Dimensions]]'')
* The feeling that the presence of the Great Old One gives the Doctor reminds him of the Dark Tower. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
* The Doctor mentions having experience as a President. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'')
* The Doctor tells Ace not to prevent a massacre as it is part of recorded [[history]], having had a similar discussion after he helped [[Hitler]] in the [[Beer Hall Putsch]] of [[1923]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
* The feeling that the presence of the Great Old One gives the Doctor reminds him of [[the Dark Tower]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
 
== Cover gallery ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona15p.htm Prelude to '''White Darkness''' as published in DWM #201]
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona15p.htm Prelude to '''White Darkness''' as published in DWM #201]
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* [http://www.magnetopia.org/cloisterlibrary/whit.htm The Cloister Library: '''White Darkness''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/whit.htm The Cloister Library: '''White Darkness''']
 
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv35/btb-whitedarkness.html Beyond the Book: White Darkness by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 35]
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White Darkness is the fifteenth New Adventure novel published by Virgin Publishing in the 1990s. The story is set in Haiti in 1915. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield. The book was written by David A. McIntee, who derived much of the story's material from Wade Davis' The Serpent and the Rainbow, a research into the practice of vodoun and zombification in Haiti and the Cthulhu Mythos created by H. P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft's name was given to one of the principal characters in the story, Dr. Howard Phillips, who at one point presents the Doctor with a copy of the Necronomicon in the original Eocene, given to him by Aleister Crowley.

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

"We believe that death should always be part of life."

The Doctor's last three visits to the scattered human colonies of the third millennium have not been entirely successful. And now that Ace has rejoined him and Bernice, life on board the TARDIS is getting pretty stressful. The Doctor yearns for a simpler time and place: Earth, the tropics, the early twentieth century.

The TARDIS lands in Haiti in the early years of the First World War. And the Doctor, Bernice and Ace land in a murderous plot involving vodoun, violent death, zombies and German spies. And perhaps something else — something far, far worse.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Haitians[[edit] | [edit source]]

Germans[[edit] | [edit source]]

Americans[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cultural references from the real world[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • There are James Bond references.
  • The Doctor is compared to "our man in Havana" because of his linen suit.

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The inhabitants of Veltroch learned of the Great Old Ones.

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time Lords[[edit] | [edit source]]

TARDIS components[[edit] | [edit source]]

Timeline[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Prelude White Darkness was published in DWM 201.
  • This is the first novel to feature the Doctor wearing his new white linen suit, as seen on the cover.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Original cover

    Original cover

  • Textless cover

    Textless cover

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

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