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|name= The Space Age
|image=The Space Age.jpg
|series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
|series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
|number in range = 34
|number= 34  
|number= 34  
|doctor=Eighth Doctor  
|doctor = Eighth Doctor  
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Compassion]]  
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Compassion]]  
|enemy= [[Maker (The Space Age)|The Makers]], Mods & Rockers
|enemy= [[Maker (The Space Age)|The Makers]], [[Mod]]s & [[Rocker]]s
|setting= [[Earth]], [[England]], [[1965]] / [[2019]] <small>(see Notes)</small>
|setting= [[England]], [[1965]] / a city on a [[planetoid]], [[3012]]
|writer= [[Steve Lyons]]
|writer= Steve Lyons
|publisher= BBC Books  
|publisher= BBC Books  
|release date= [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]]
|release date= 1 May 2000
|format= Paperback Book; 15 Chapters, 237 Pages  
|format= Paperback Book; 15 Chapters, 237 Pages  
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53800-7
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53800-7
|prev= Coldheart (novel)
|prev= Coldheart (novel)
|next= The Banquo Legacy (novel)}}
|next= The Banquo Legacy (novel)
'''''The Space Age''''' was the thirty-fourth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Steve Lyons]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Compassion]].
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== Publisher’s summary ==
'''''The Space Age''''' was the thirty-fourth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Steve Lyons]], released [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Compassion]].
 
== Publisher's summary ==
This is the city: a technological paradise built by an advanced race. Its glittering towers reach proudly for the stars, and its spires are looped by elevated roadways.
This is the city: a technological paradise built by an advanced race. Its glittering towers reach proudly for the stars, and its spires are looped by elevated roadways.


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The city is self-cleansing. Its systems harness solar power and static electricity. Its buildings are constructed from a metal that will never rust or tarnish. It will stand forever as a monument to the achievements of the human race.
The city is self-cleansing. Its systems harness solar power and static electricity. Its buildings are constructed from a metal that will never rust or tarnish. It will stand forever as a monument to the achievements of the human race.


This is Earth. The year is [[2000|2000 AD]]. This is your future.
This is [[Earth]]. The year is [[2000|2000 AD]]. This is your future.


Welcome to the Space Age.
Welcome to the Space Age.


== Chapter Titles ==
== Plot ==
* Prologue
''to be added''
# City on the Edge of Wherever
 
# A Visit from Outer Space
# Living in the Modern World
# Collision Course
# Through the Long Night
# Get Ready to Rumble
# A Better Place
# Prisoners (In All Sorts of Ways)
# Reel to Real
# When the Lights Went Out
# The Ultimate Weapon
# Meltdown
# Possible Futures
* Epilogue
== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
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* [[Compassion]]
* [[Compassion]]
* [[Davey (The Space Age)|Davey]]
* [[Davey (The Space Age)|Davey]]
* [[Alec Redshaw]]
* [[Deborah (The Space Age)|Deborah]]
* [[Deborah (The Space Age)|Deborah]]
* [[Gillian (The Space Age)|Gillian]]
* [[Rick (The Space Age)|Rick]]
* [[Sandra McBride|Sandra]]
* [[Vince (The Space Age)|Vince]]
* [[Vince (The Space Age)|Vince]]
* [[Alec Redshaw]]
* [[Gillian Davis]]
* [[Rick McBride]]
* [[Sandra McBride]]
* [[Kenny (The Space Age)|Kenny]]
* [[Jono (The Space Age)|Jono]]
* [[Deborah's mother (The Space Age)|Deborah's mother]]
* [[Mark (The Space Age)|Mark]]
* [[Tom (The Space Age)|Tom]]
* [[Margaret (The Space Age)|Margaret]]
* [[Greg (The Space Age)|Greg]]
* [[Matt (The Space Age)|Matt]]
* [[Bennett (The Space Age)|Bennett]]
* [[Joey Roberts]]
* [[Jack McBride]]
* [[Phil McBride]]
* [[Mrs McBride]]
* [[Phil (The Space Age)|Phil]]
* [[Michelle Watkins]]
* [[Mike (The Space Age)|Mike]]
* [[Bill (The Space Age)|Bill]]
* [[Andy (The Space Age)|Andy]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor carries a metal comb and a silver [[yo-yo]] in his pockets.
* The Doctor carries a metal comb and a silver [[yo-yo]] in his pockets.
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=== Drugs and medicines ===
=== Drugs and medicines ===
* Fitz ''still'' carries [[cigarette]]s in his pocket.
* Fitz ''still'' carries [[cigarette]]s in his pocket.
=== Individuals ===
* Fitz is still trying to form a friendship with Compassion and dislikes the idea of treating Compassion as anything other than a human being, unlike the Doctor.
* Compassion is attracted to the Makers because they operate on the same "levels" that she does.
* Compassion still distrusts the Doctor because of the randomiser he ''forcibly'' fitted to her.
=== Species ===
* The Makers are beings who exist outside of time and can manipulate it with ease.
=== TARDIS ===
* Compassion is becoming more arrogant and detached from her humanity as she comes to terms with her nature as a TARDIS.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The year is perceived by those within the city as 2019, but it is questionable if this is really the year.
* The people in the city believe they are on post-[[nuclear war]] Earth in the year 2019, but they are really on an unnamed planetoid in [[3012]].
* The City is built on a nameless asteroid in what transpires to be the year 3012AD
* In [[2022 (releases)|2022]], BBV Productions launched a spin off series featuring the Makers. The first entry was ''Maker's Wish: After Dark - Slalvok''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor defeats the Maker’s supercomputer using the riddle he used on [[BOSS]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'' and his Nelly the pink elephant riddle from [[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]''.
* The Doctor attempts to defeat the Maker's supercomputer using the riddle he used on [[BOSS]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'' and his Nelly the pink elephant riddle from [[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'', but accepts his failure by musing that at least it shows people are make these computers properly.
* Fitz mentions [[Meep]]s.
* The Doctor recalls meeting Fitz in [[1963]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taint (novel)|The Taint]]'')
* Fitz also mentions [[the Remote]] and [[Faction Paradox]].
* The Doctor mentions [[Macra]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Macra Terror (TV story)|The Macra Terror]]'')
* The Doctor recalls meeting Fitz in [[1963]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taint]]'')
* Fitz mentions his time spent in [[Mechta]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallel 59 (novel)|Parallel 59]]'')
* The Doctor mentions [[Macra]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Macra Terror]]'')
* The [[Maker (The Space Age)|Makers]] would go on to appear in ''[[The Makers (series)|The Makers]]'', beginning with [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Maker's Wish: After Dark - Slalvok (audio story)}}.
* Fitz mentions his time spent in Mechta. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallel 59 (novel)|Parallel 59]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|whobbc34.htm|The Space Age}}
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* {{whoniverse|ed34|The Space Age}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/spaca.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Space Age''']
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[[Category:Stories set in the 31st century]]
[[Category:Stories set in 3012]]

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The Space Age was the thirty-fourth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Steve Lyons, released 1 May 2000 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Compassion.

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

This is the city: a technological paradise built by an advanced race. Its glittering towers reach proudly for the stars, and its spires are looped by elevated roadways.

The people that lived here were enlightened and contented. They travelled in bubble-topped saucer cars, along moving pavements or in anti-gravity tubes. Obedient robots tended to their every whim. Disease, war, famine and pollution had been eradicated. Food machines synthesised all essential nutrients into pill form, and personal rocket ships brought the solar system within reach. The people of the city befriended Venusians and Martians alike.

The city is self-cleansing. Its systems harness solar power and static electricity. Its buildings are constructed from a metal that will never rust or tarnish. It will stand forever as a monument to the achievements of the human race.

This is Earth. The year is 2000 AD. This is your future.

Welcome to the Space Age.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • The Doctor carries a metal comb and a silver yo-yo in his pockets.

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

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The people in the city believe they are on post-nuclear war Earth in the year 2019, but they are really on an unnamed planetoid in 3012.
  • In 2022, BBV Productions launched a spin off series featuring the Makers. The first entry was Maker's Wish: After Dark - Slalvok.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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