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novel name= Something in the Water |
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series=[[Torchwood]] - [[BBC Torchwood novels]]|
|image= Something in the Water.jpg
number= 4 |
|series = [[BBC Torchwood novels]]
main character=|
|number= 4
featuring= Captain [[Jack Harkness]]|
|main character=[[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]]
enemy= [[Water Hag]]s |
|featuring=
year= [[Earth]], [[Wales]], [[Cardiff]] |
|enemy= [[Water Hag]]s
writer= [[Trevor Baxendale]]|
|setting= [[Cardiff]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|writer= Trevor Baxendale
release date= March [[2008]] |
|publisher= BBC Books
format= Hardcover Book, ?? Pages |
|release date= 6 March 2008
isbn= ISBN 1-84607-437-1 |
|format= Hardcover Book, 256 Pages
previous story= [[The Twilight Streets]]|
|isbn= ISBN 1-84607-437-1  
next story= [[Pack Animals]]}}
|prev= Slow Decay (novel)
|next= Trace Memory (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''Something in the Water''''' was the fourth release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series.


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
Dr [[Bob Strong]]'s GP surgery has being treating a lot of coughs and colds recently, far more than is normal for the time of year. Bob thinks there's something up but he can't think what. He seems to have caught it himself, whatever it is — he's starting to cough badly and there are flecks of blood in his hanky.
Dr [[Bob Strong]]'s GP surgery has being treating a lot of coughs and colds recently, far more than is normal for the time of year. Bob thinks there's something up but he can't think what. He seems to have caught it himself, whatever it is — he's starting to cough badly and there are flecks of blood in his hanky.


[[Saskia Harden]] has been found on a number of occasions submerged in ponds or canals but alive and seemingly none the worse for wear. Saskia is not on any files, except in the medical records at Dr Strong's GP practice. But Torchwood's priorities lie elsewhere: investigating ghostly apparitions in South Wales, they have found a dead body. It's old and in an advanced state of decay. And it is still able to talk.
[[Saskia Harden]] has been found on a number of occasions submerged in ponds or canals but alive and seemingly none the worse for wear. Saskia is not on any files, except in the medical records at Dr Strong's GP practice. But Torchwood's priorities lie elsewhere: investigating ghostly apparitions in South Wales, they have found a dead body. It's old and in an advanced state of decay. And it is still able to talk.


And what it is saying is 'Water hag'...
And what it is saying is "Water hag"...


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*Captain [[Jack Harkness]]
''to be added''
*[[Gwen Cooper]]
 
*[[Toshiko Sato]]
== Characters ==
*[[Owen Harper]]
* Captain [[Jack Harkness]]
*[[Ianto Jones]]
* [[Gwen Cooper]]
* [[Toshiko Sato]]
* [[Owen Harper]]
* [[Ianto Jones]]
* [[Bob Strong]]
* [[Saskia Harden]]/[[Sally Blackteeth]]
* [[Big Guy]]
* Professor [[Leonard Morgan]]
* [[David Coulton]]
* Sergeant [[Kilshaw (Something in the Water)|Kilshaw]]
* [[Aubrey Fairchild (Beautiful Chaos)|Prime Minister]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Gwen watches [[BBC News 24]] in the boardroom. They discuss whether the virus is [[H5N1]].
* [[Greendown Moss]] is in [[Newport]].
* When speaking about [[quantum physics]], Tosh mentions [[Stephen Hawking]]. She equates [[Plato]] as the equivalent mind to [[metaphysics]].
* Jack phones the [[UN]] in [[Geneva]]. He complains that he wasn't sent a full report on the [[Helsinki]] [[Helsinki Warp|Warp]], which was a [[UNIT]] operation.
* The [[Water Hag]]s come from [[Strepto]].
* Owen drives a [[Honda]] [[Honda 2000S|2000S]].
* Torchwood have painkillers that work on [[Arcateenian]]s.


==References==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.
* The book provides a Doctor Who universe explanation for the British folklore stories about [[Jenny Greenteeth]].


==Notes==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Gwen still drives a [[Saab]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Border Princes (novel)|Border Princes]]'')
* Torchwood are sent a writ by [[Hokrala Corp]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Undertaker's Gift (novel)|The Undertaker's Gift]]'')
* Strepto, the home planet of the Water Hags, disappeared inexplicably, but is hinted to be stolen by [[Dalek|the Daleks]] to build their [[reality bomb]] using [[Stolen planets|26 other planets]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'')


==Continuity==
== External links ==
''to be added''
* {{Penguin|1075057/torchwood-something-in-the-water/}}
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==External Links==
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Latest revision as of 23:30, 11 April 2024

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prose stub

Something in the Water was the fourth release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series.

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

Dr Bob Strong's GP surgery has being treating a lot of coughs and colds recently, far more than is normal for the time of year. Bob thinks there's something up but he can't think what. He seems to have caught it himself, whatever it is — he's starting to cough badly and there are flecks of blood in his hanky.

Saskia Harden has been found on a number of occasions submerged in ponds or canals but alive and seemingly none the worse for wear. Saskia is not on any files, except in the medical records at Dr Strong's GP practice. But Torchwood's priorities lie elsewhere: investigating ghostly apparitions in South Wales, they have found a dead body. It's old and in an advanced state of decay. And it is still able to talk.

And what it is saying is "Water hag"...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.
  • The book provides a Doctor Who universe explanation for the British folklore stories about Jenny Greenteeth.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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