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{{Infobox Story
|image= The Hollow Men.jpg
|name= The Hollow Men
|series= [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
|image= The Hollow Men.jpg  
|number= 10
|series= [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]  
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
|number= 10  
|companions= [[Ace]]
|doctor=Seventh Doctor  
|enemy= [[Jerak]]
|companions= [[Ace]]  
|setting= [[Hexen Bridge]], [[2000s]]
|enemy= [[Jerak]]  
|writer= Keith Topping, Martin Day
|setting= {{il|[[2000s]]|[[Hexen Bridge]]}}
|cover=[[Colin Howard]], [[Black Sheep]]
|writer= [[Keith Topping]] and [[Martin Day]]  
|publisher= BBC Books
|publisher= BBC Books  
|release date= 6 April 1998
|release date= [[6 April (releases)|6 April]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]]
|format= Paperback Book; 20 Chapters, 284 Pages
|format= Paperback Book; 20 Chapters, 284 Pages  
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-40582-1
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-40582-1  
|prev= The Witch Hunters (novel)
|prev= The Witch Hunters (novel)  
|next= Catastrophea (novel)
|next= Catastrophea (novel) }}
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the tenth [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]]. It was the second Seventh Doctor and Ace novel of the PDA range.  
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the tenth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Keith Topping]] and [[Martin Day]], released [[6 April (releases)|6 April]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]] and featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''The village was cursed centuries ago, but only now is the alien evil beginning to revive...''
''The village was cursed centuries ago, but only now is the alien evil beginning to revive...''


The children of [[Hexen Bridge]] are gifted and clever, but insanity and murder follow in their wake. [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] has a special interest in the village, but on his return to [[England]] in the early twenty-first century, events seem to be escalating out of control.  
The children of [[Hexen Bridge]] are gifted and clever, but insanity and murder follow in their wake. [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] has a special interest in the village, but on his return to [[England]] in the early [[21st century|twenty-first century]], events seem to be escalating out of control.


Kidnapped and taken to [[Liverpool]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] realises that developments in Hexen Bridge have horrifying repercussions for the rest of the country. [[Ace]] is left in the village, where small-minded prejudices and unsettled scores are flaring into violence.  
Kidnapped and taken to [[Liverpool]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] realises that developments in Hexen Bridge have horrifying repercussions for the rest of the country. [[Ace]] is left in the village, where small-minded prejudices and unsettled scores are flaring into violence.


As scarecrows fashioned from the bodies of the recent and ancient dead stalk the country lanes around Hexen Bridge, a [[Jerak|sinister dark stain]] is spreading over the surrounding fields. And as the fierce evil grows ever stronger, can the Doctor and Ace prevent it from engulfing the entire [[Earth|world]]?
As scarecrows fashioned from the bodies of the recent and ancient dead stalk the country lanes around Hexen Bridge, a [[Jerak|sinister dark stain]] is spreading over the surrounding fields. And as the fierce evil grows ever stronger, can the Doctor and Ace prevent it from engulfing the entire [[Earth|world]]?


== Chapter Titles ==
== Chapter titles ==
* First Prologue: The Bloody Assizes
# First Prologue - The Bloody Assizes
* Second Prologue: Sticks and Stones
# Second Prologue - Sticks and Stones
'''Part One -- Jack of All Trades'''
=== Part One - Jack of all Trades ===
* Chapter 1: Little England
# Little England
* Chapter 2: The Butterfly Collector
# The Butterfly Collector
* Chapter 3: The Village Green Preservation Society
# The Village Green Preservation Society
* Chapter 4: I Betray My Friends
# I Betray My Friends
'''Part Two -- Jack in the Box'''
=== Part Two - Jack in the Box ===
* Chapter 5: The Promised Land
# Promised Land
* Chapter 6: City Sickness
# City Sickness
* Chapter 7: Down in the Police Station at Midnight
# Down in the Police Station at Midnight
* Chapter 8: The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away and It Doesn't Matter
# The Sound of Someone You Love Who's going away and It doesn't matter
'''Part Three -- Happyjack'''
=== Part Three - Happy Jack ===
* Chapter 9: Twisted Firestarter
# Twisted Firestarter
* Chapter 10: The St Anthony's Estate Chinese Takeaway Massacre
# The St Anthony's Estate Chinese Takeaway Massacre
* Chapter 11: Hatful of Hollow
# Hateful of Hollow
* Chapter 12: Unfinished Symphony
# Unfinished Sympathy
'''Part Four -- Mad Jack's Eyes'''
=== Part Four - Mad Jack's Eyes ===
* Chapter 13: The Vacant Zone
# The Vacant Zone
* Chapter 14: Sacrificial Bonfire
# Sacrificial Bonfire
* Chapter 15: Ceremony in a Lonely Place
# Ceremony in a Lonely Place
* Chapter 16: Wilder
# Wilder
* First Epilogue: English Settlement
 
* Second Epilogue: The Angels Keep Turning the Wheels of the Universe
# First Epilogue - English Settlement
# Second Epilogue - The Angels keep turning the Wheels of the Universe


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Jerak]]
* [[Jerak]]
* [[Steven Chen]]
* [[Steven Chen]]
* [[Bob Matson]]
* [[Trevor Winstone]]
* [[Trevor Winstone]]
* [[Kenneth Shanks]]
* [[Kenneth Shanks]]
* [[Phillip Burridge]]
* [[Phillip Burridge]]
* [[Matthew Hatch]]
* Dr [[Nicholas Bevan]]
* [[Rebecca Baber]]
* [[Thomas Baber]]
* [[Nicola Denman]]
* [[Ian Denman]]
* [[Bob Franklin|Bob]]
* [[Julia Franklin|Julia]]
* [[Bob Matson]]
* [[Joanna Matson]]
* [[Joanna Matson]]
* [[Rebecca Baber]]
* [[Matthew Hatch]]
* [[Bevan (The Hollow Men)|Bevan]]
* [[Billy Tyley]]
* [[Billy Tyley]]
* [[Don Tyley]]
* [[Megan Tyley]]
* [[Megan Tyley]]
* [[Nicola]]
* [[Thomas Denman]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Grasmere]] is a place in the [[Lake District]].
* [[Yarcombe]] is a village twelve miles fom [[Hexen Bridge]].
* [[Liverpool]] is mentioned, as is [[Toxteth]] and [[Garston]].
* [[Garside]] is twenty minutes from Liverpool.
 
=== Diseases ===
* Shanks believes the chemical being pumped into the water supply is a cure for [[CJD]] and [[BSE]].
 
=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* [[Steven Chen]] has an affair with Joanna.
* The [[Second Doctor]] had a holiday with [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Victoria]] in [[Grasmere]].
* [[Jerak]] is created by the [[Hakolian]]s
* Shanks met [[Nyssa]] while Denman met [[Tegan]].
* Jerak was created by the [[Hakolian]]s and is the second War Machine in their invasion.
* Jerak exists in another [[dimension]] accessible via a [[mirror]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:DWM 259 The Hollow Men.jpg|thumb|Scarecrow by [[Colin Howard]] ([[DWM 259]])]]
* The scarecrow on the cover was illustrated by [[Colin Howard]].
* This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.
* This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.
* This story is related to the television story ''[[The Awakening]]'', with the second [[Hakolian]] War Machine.
* While the back cover sets this story between ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'' and ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'', the fact Perivale is on the Doctor's list seems to indicate it takes place after the latter story.
* Somewhat of a sequel, this story is related to the television story ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]''.
* The story seems to date ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'' to [[1971]].
* This story takes place in "the early years" of the [[21st century]], with reference made to [[Tuesday]] the [[17 June]]. June 17 was a Tuesday only in [[2003]] and [[2008]]. Another character refers to the Great Drought of [[2002|'02]], so it could be either year.
* [[Steven Taylor]]'s name is misspelled as "Stephen."


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor first became aware of an alien presence in Hexen Bridge during the aftermath of the [[Devil's End]] incident. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daemons]]'') After his adventure in [[Little Hodcombe]], the Doctor, with the help of [[Jane Hampden]], acquired a place on the board of governors at Hexen Bridge School so that he could keep an eye on the area. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening]]'')
* The Doctor first became aware of an alien presence in Hexen Bridge during the aftermath of the [[Devil's End]] incident. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'')
* After his adventure in [[Little Hodcombe]], the Doctor, with the help of [[Jane Hampden]], acquired a place on the board of governors at Hexen Bridge School so that he could keep an eye on the area. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'')
* Ace says she hates fascists as much as she hates [[clown]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'')
* She tells Stephen the last time she was at a church she was being chased by [[vampire]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')
* The Doctor remembers being in London with [[Steven Taylor]] and [[Sara Kingdom]] at [[Christmas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
* He has a 'To Do List' including leaving a [[settee]] in [[Perivale]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') and returning to [[Planet 14]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') According to one account, it was the [[Sixth Doctor]] who left the settee in Perivale. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Emperor of the Daleks! (comic story)|Emperor of the Daleks!]]'')
* The Doctor remembers regenerating after a fatal fall. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
* The Doctor has previously encountered alien scarecrows ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Night Walkers (comic story)|The Night Walkers]]'') and will do so again. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|whobbk10.htm|The Hollow Men}}
{{dwrefguide|whobbk10.htm|The Hollow Men}}
* {{whoniverse|pd10|The Hollow Men}}
* {{whoniverse|pd10|The Hollow Men}}
* [https://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/holl.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Hollow Men''']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406224324/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/09/23/14435.shtml Interview: The Hollow Men.]
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The Hollow Men was the tenth novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Keith Topping and Martin Day, released 6 April 1998 and featured the Seventh Doctor and Ace.

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

The village was cursed centuries ago, but only now is the alien evil beginning to revive...

The children of Hexen Bridge are gifted and clever, but insanity and murder follow in their wake. The Doctor has a special interest in the village, but on his return to England in the early twenty-first century, events seem to be escalating out of control.

Kidnapped and taken to Liverpool, the Seventh Doctor realises that developments in Hexen Bridge have horrifying repercussions for the rest of the country. Ace is left in the village, where small-minded prejudices and unsettled scores are flaring into violence.

As scarecrows fashioned from the bodies of the recent and ancient dead stalk the country lanes around Hexen Bridge, a sinister dark stain is spreading over the surrounding fields. And as the fierce evil grows ever stronger, can the Doctor and Ace prevent it from engulfing the entire world?

Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. First Prologue - The Bloody Assizes
  2. Second Prologue - Sticks and Stones

Part One - Jack of all Trades[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Little England
  2. The Butterfly Collector
  3. The Village Green Preservation Society
  4. I Betray My Friends

Part Two - Jack in the Box[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Promised Land
  2. City Sickness
  3. Down in the Police Station at Midnight
  4. The Sound of Someone You Love Who's going away and It doesn't matter

Part Three - Happy Jack[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Twisted Firestarter
  2. The St Anthony's Estate Chinese Takeaway Massacre
  3. Hateful of Hollow
  4. Unfinished Sympathy

Part Four - Mad Jack's Eyes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. The Vacant Zone
  2. Sacrificial Bonfire
  3. Ceremony in a Lonely Place
  4. Wilder
  1. First Epilogue - English Settlement
  2. Second Epilogue - The Angels keep turning the Wheels of the Universe

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Diseases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Shanks believes the chemical being pumped into the water supply is a cure for CJD and BSE.

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Scarecrow by Colin Howard (DWM 259)
  • The scarecrow on the cover was illustrated by Colin Howard.
  • This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.
  • While the back cover sets this story between The Curse of Fenric and Survival, the fact Perivale is on the Doctor's list seems to indicate it takes place after the latter story.
  • Somewhat of a sequel, this story is related to the television story The Awakening.
  • The story seems to date The Dæmons to 1971.
  • This story takes place in "the early years" of the 21st century, with reference made to Tuesday the 17 June. June 17 was a Tuesday only in 2003 and 2008. Another character refers to the Great Drought of '02, so it could be either year.
  • Steven Taylor's name is misspelled as "Stephen."

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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