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novel name=Foreign Devils|
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image=[[Image:Foreign_Devils_cover.jpg|250px]] <br> Paperback Edition|
{{Infobox Story SMW
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Telos Novella]] |
|image = Foreign Devils hardcover.jpg
number= 5|
|image2=Foreign Devils cover.jpg
doctor=[[Second Doctor]] |
|cover = [[Mike Collins]]
companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon]], [[Zoe Heriot]]|
|series=[[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos ''Doctor Who'' novellas]]
enemy= |
|number= 5
year = [[Earth]], [[China]], [[1800]] <br> [[Earth]], [[England]], [[Kent]], [[December]], [[1900]] |
|doctor = Second Doctor
writer= [[Andrew Cartmel]] |
|companions = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]]
publisher= [[Telos Publishing]] |
|enemy =  
release date= [[November]] [[2002]]  |
|setting = {{il|[[Canton, China|Canton]], [[December]] [[1800]]|[[Fair Destine]], [[Kent]], [[December]] [[1900]]}}
format= Hardback Book, ? Pages |
|writer= Andrew Cartmel
isbn= ISBN 1-903889-10-3 (Standard Edition) <br> ISBN 1-903889-11-1 (Deluxe Edition) <br> ISBN 1-903889-33-2 (Paperback Edition)|
|publisher= Telos Publishing
previous story= [[Ghost Ship]] |
|release date= 23 November 2002
next story= [[Rip Tide]] }}
|format= Hardback Book, 124 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 1-903889-10-3 (Standard), ISBN 1-903889-11-1 (Deluxe), ISBN 1-903889-33-2 (Paperback)
|prev= Ghost Ship (novel)
|next= Rip Tide (novel)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifth [[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos ''Doctor Who'' novella]]. It featured the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]]. This novella remains author [[Andrew Cartmel]]'s only Second Doctor story.


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
China, 1800, and the Doctor, Jamie and Zoë arrive at the English Trade Concession in Canton.  
[[China]], [[1800]], and [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] arrive at the English Trade Concession in [[Canton]].


A supposedly harmless relic known as the Spirit Gate becomes active and whisks Jamie and Zoë into the future. The Doctor follows in the TARDIS and arrives in England, 1900, where the descendents of an English merchant from 1800 are gathering.  
A supposedly harmless relic known as the Spirit Gate becomes active and whisks Jamie and Zoë into the future. The Doctor follows in the TARDIS and arrives in England, [[1900]], where the descendants of an English [[merchant]] from 1800 are gathering.


Among their number is a young man called Carnacki, an expert in all things mystical, and before long he is helping the Doctor investigate a series of bizarre murders in the house.  
Among their number is a young man called [[Thomas Carnacki|Carnacki]], an expert in all things mystical, and before long he is helping the Doctor investigate a series of bizarre murders in the house.


The spirits of the past have returned, and when the Doctor discovers that the house and surrounds have literally been taken out of space and time, he realises that their attacker may not be all they seem.  
The spirits of the past have returned, and when the Doctor discovers that the house and surrounds have literally been taken out of space and time, he realises that their attacker may not be all they seem.


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Second Doctor]]
''to be added''
*[[Jamie McCrimmon]]
 
*[[Zoe Heriot]]
== Characters ==
*[[Roderick Upcott]]
* [[Second Doctor]]
*[[Pemberton Upcott]]
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]]
*[[Celandine Gilbert]]
* [[Zoe Heriot]]
*[[Thomas Carnacki]]
* [[Roderick Upcott]]
*Elder-Main
* [[Pemberton Upcott]]
*Colonel Marlowe
* [[Celandine Gilbert]]
*[[Millicent Upcott]]
* [[Thomas Carnacki|Carnacki]]
*Arabelle
* [[Elder-Main]]
*[[Thor Upcott]]
* [[Marlowe|Colonel Marlowe]]
* [[Millicent Upcott]]
* [[Arabelle]]
* [[Thor Upcott]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
*The Doctor likes [[Alcohol|champagne cognac]].
=== Foods and beverages ===
* The Doctor likes [[champagne cognac]].
* The [[tree]]s in the [[arboretum]] of [[Fair Destine]] produce [[lemon]]s, [[lime]]s, and [[mango]]es.


==Notes==
=== Individuals ===
''to be added''
* The [[money]] in [[the Doctor's pockets]] includes [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] dollars, [[Euro]]s, and [[doubloon]]s.
* Carnacki wonders if Zoe is a [[suffragette]].


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* Early on in this story, Jamie disappears through a stone arch and doesn't feature again until the climax.


==Timeline==
== Continuity ==
*Foreign Devils occurs after: [[PDA]]: ''[[The Indestructible Man]]''
* Zoe refers to [[Space Station W3]] and reminds the Doctor that she worked in the [[library]] there. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'')
*Foreign Devils occurs before: [[ST]]: ''[[The Avant Guardian]]''
* Thomas Carnacki would later encounter [[Iris Wildthyme]] and her companion [[Panda]] in [[Mocata Grange]] in [[1904]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Iris Rides Out (audio story)|Iris Rides Out]]'')


==External Links==
== External links ==
* [http://www.telos.cuttingsarchive.com/archive/who/novella05/main05.htm Telos.co.uk page for '''Foreign Devils''']
{{dwrefguide|telos05.htm|Foreign Devils}}
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/telos05.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Foreign Devils''']
* {{whoniverse|TE05.php|Foreign Devils}}
* [http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/TE05.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for '''Foreign Devils''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/foreign.htm The Cloister Library: '''Foreign Devils''']


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[[Category:Telos novellas]]
[[Category:Telos Doctor Who novellas]]
[[Category:2002 novels]]
[[Category:2002 novels]]
[[Category:Stories set in China]]
[[Category:Stories set in Kent]]
[[Category:Second Doctor novels]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1900]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1800]]
[[Category:Crossovers with non-DWU series]]

Latest revision as of 07:10, 3 December 2024

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Foreign Devils was the fifth Telos Doctor Who novella. It featured the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot. This novella remains author Andrew Cartmel's only Second Doctor story.

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

China, 1800, and the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive at the English Trade Concession in Canton.

A supposedly harmless relic known as the Spirit Gate becomes active and whisks Jamie and Zoë into the future. The Doctor follows in the TARDIS and arrives in England, 1900, where the descendants of an English merchant from 1800 are gathering.

Among their number is a young man called Carnacki, an expert in all things mystical, and before long he is helping the Doctor investigate a series of bizarre murders in the house.

The spirits of the past have returned, and when the Doctor discovers that the house and surrounds have literally been taken out of space and time, he realises that their attacker may not be all they seem.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Early on in this story, Jamie disappears through a stone arch and doesn't feature again until the climax.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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