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GodEngine

Key crew

Publisher:

Virgin Books

Writer:

Craig Hinton

Cover by:

Peter Elson

Release details

Release number:

Release date:

20 June 1996

Format:

Paperback Book; 15 Chapters, 243 Pages

ISBN:

ISBN 0-426-20473-5

Virgin New Adventures
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Happy Endings	Christmas on a Rational Planet

GodEngine is the fifty-first Virgin New Adventures novel. It features the Seventh Doctor travelling for the first time with Chris Cwej and Roz Forrester, but without Bernice Summerfield. Set on Mars before the 2150s Dalek invasion of Earth, it sees a reappearance of the Ice Warriors. It explores their culture in detail and how it was influenced by the Osirians.

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

"We're on Mars, we're surrounded by Ice Warriors, and the TARDIS has been destroyed. Business as usual, I suppose."

Stranded on Mars, the Doctor and Roz team up with a group of colonists on a journey to find much-needed supplies at the North Pole. But when their expedition is joined by a party of Ice Warrior pilgrims, tensions are stretched to breaking point. Meanwhile, Chris finds himself on Pluto's moon, trapped with a group of desperate scientists in a deadly race against time.

The year is 2157: the Earth has been invaded, and forces are at work on Mars to ensure that the mysterious invaders are successful. Unless the Doctor can solve the riddle of the GodEngine, the entire course of human history will be changed.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Great Death has affected Mars.
The sleeping fever is a deadly disease that affects the Ice Warrior civilisation.

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ice Lord Falaxyr is one of the surviving members of the Eight-Point Table. He was working with the Daleks.
Erica Dortmun is the daughter of Dortmun.
Michael Anders, Rachel's brother, was a hero to the Ice Warriors, having died defending a Martian nest against an Arcturan attack force.

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

There is a crater called Sutekh's Cauldron, named after the Osirian god.
Liis-arrat-Ixx is a military nest used by the Ice Warriors.
T'Ran-ikk-Liis is an Ice Warrior settlement.

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Samples of an Osirian star-sapphire are found of Mars.
The Daleks are the allies of the Ice Warriors. They are also the enemy attacking the solar system.
The Riis-utt-Ssethiss are an elite Martian assassination sect.

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor gives Roz a Nimon gravity device.
An Osirian WarScarab was an object of Osirian construction.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

GodEngine explains why the Daleks in TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth were removing the magnetic core.
In TV: The Stolen Earth there is an alternate suggestion of these actions.
Draan is the son of the Ice Lord known as Slaar, who was defeated by the Doctor in his second incarnation in TV: The Seeds of Death.

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Official cover
Pulp cover from Shelf Life

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

Virgin Books New Adventures

Seventh
Doctor

1991	Timewyrm: Genesys • Timewyrm: Exodus • Timewyrm: Apocalypse • Timewyrm: Revelation

1992	Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible • Cat's Cradle: Warhead • Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark • Nightshade • Love and War • Transit

1993	The Highest Science • The Pit • Deceit • Lucifer Rising • White Darkness • Shadowmind • Birthright • Iceberg • Blood Heat • The Dimension Riders • The Left-Handed Hummingbird

1994	Conundrum • No Future • Tragedy Day • Legacy • Theatre of War • All-Consuming Fire • Blood Harvest • Strange England • First Frontier • St Anthony's Fire • Falls the Shadow • Parasite

1995	Warlock • Set Piece • Infinite Requiem • Sanctuary • Human Nature • Original Sin • Sky Pirates! • Zamper • Toy Soldiers • Head Games • The Also People • Shakedown

1996	Just War • Warchild • SLEEPY • Death and Diplomacy • Happy Endings • GodEngine • Christmas on a Rational Planet • Return of the Living Dad • The Death of Art • Damaged Goods • So Vile a Sin • Bad Therapy

1997	Eternity Weeps • The Room With No Doors • Lungbarrow

Bernice
Summerfield

1997	The Dying Days • Oh No It Isn't! • Dragons' Wrath • Beyond the Sun • Ship of Fools • Down • Deadfall • Ghost Devices • Mean Streets • Tempest

1998	Walking to Babylon • Oblivion • The Medusa Effect • Dry Pilgrimage • The Sword of Forever • Another Girl, Another Planet • Beige Planet Mars • Where Angels Fear

1999	The Mary-Sue Extrusion • Dead Romance • Tears of the Oracle • Return to the Fractured Planet • The Joy Device • Twilight of the Gods

Dalek prose stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Dalek prose story" is one in which one living, authentic Dalek plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.

Dalek annuals

The Dalek Book	Red for Danger • The Secret of the Mountain • The Small Defender • Break-through!

The Dalek World	The Secret Struggle • The Five-Leaf Clover • The Dalekreed • The Log of the "Gypsy Joe" • What To Do If A Dalek Attacks You! • Manhunt

The Dalek Outer Space Book	Dalek Saturn Probe • The Outlaw Planet • The Living Death • Diamond Dust • The Great Mercury Plot

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976	Terror Task Force • Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! • Nightmare • Timechase

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977	The Doomsday Machine • Report from an Unknown Planet • The Fugitive

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1978	The Castaway • The Seeds of Destruction • Assassination Squad

Doctor Who Magazine

Heliotrope Bouquet

Doctor Who
Poster Magazine

Davros • Special Daleks • Background • The Shoreditch Incident

Virgin New Adventures

GodEngine

BBC Eighth
Doctor Adventures

War of the Daleks • Legacy of the Daleks

Telos Doctor Who
novellas

The Dalek Factor

Quick Reads

I Am a Dalek

Doctor Who Files

Mission to Galacton • Birth of a Legend

Short Trips

Natalie's Diary • Alby • The Best Joke I Ever Told • Hide and Seek • The Eighth Wonder of the World • Mutually Assured Survival • Museum Peace

BBC New
Series Adventures

Prisoner of the Daleks • The Dalek Generation • Engines of War

Puffin eshort

The Ripple Effect

NSA anthologies

A Prologue • Master Faustus • The Stranger • The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes • The Jeopardy of Solar Proximity • The Monster in the Woods • The Third Wise Man • Father of the Daleks

The Brilliant Book 2011

The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill • The New Dalek Paradigm • The History of the Stone Totems

Dr. Men

Dr. Fourth

Now We Are Six Hundred

Dalek • Harriet Jones, PM

Dalek: The Astounding
Untold History of the
Greatest Enemies
of the Universe

The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe • The Dalek Invasion of Toyshops • Infection of the Daleks • Lost Patrol • War and Peace

Time Lord Victorious

The Guide to the Dark Times • The Restoration Empire • The Last Message • Mission to the Known • All Flesh is Grass

Others

Doctor Who and the Daleks • Daleks Invade Zaos • Doctor Who and the Time War

Because of the ubiquity of this race, no attempt will be made here to list every appearance in every medium. Instead, we focus on prose appearances here, and invite you to explore a complete list of appearances elsewhere.

v • e Ice Warrior stories

For the purposes of this list, an "Ice Warrior story" is one in which one living, authentic Ice Warrior plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.

Television	The Ice Warriors • The Seeds of Death • The Curse of Peladon • The Monster of Peladon • Cold War • Empress of Mars

Audio	Red Dawn • Frozen Time • The Bride of Peladon • The Judgement of Isskar • Mission to Magnus • Deimos / The Resurrection of Mars • Thin Ice • The Dance of the Dead • The Prisoner of Peladon • Lords of the Red Planet • Cold Vengeance • Cry of the Vultriss • Fire and Ice • God of War • The Ordeal of Peladon • The Truth of Peladon • Wrath of the Ice Warriors • Ice Heist! • Run • The Martian Dilemma

Prose	Mission to Magnus • Legacy • GodEngine • The Dying Days • Beige Planet Mars • Cold • The Silent Stars Go By • Let it Snow • Sirgwain and the Green Knight • The Jeopardy of Solar Proximity • Christmas on Mars • Dr. Third • Red Planet

Comics	Deathworld • 4-Dimensional Vistas • A Cold Day in Hell! • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • Descendance / Ascendance • Cold Blooded War! • Bazaar Adventures • A Stitch in Time • The Wolves of Winter

Video games	Destiny of the Doctors • Lost in Time

Complete list of appearances

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+{{title dab away}}
-novel name= GodEngine|
+{{real world}}
-image= [[Image:NA51_godengine.jpg|250px]] |
+{{Infobox Story SMW
-series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Virgin New Adventures]] |
+|image= NA51 godengine.jpg
-number= 51 |
+|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
-doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
+|range = Virgin New Adventures
-companions= [[Roz Forrester | Roz]], [[Chris Cwej | Chris]] |
+|number in range = 51
-enemy= [[Daleks]], [[Falaxyr]] |
+|number= 51
-year= [[Mars]], [[7th May]] [[2157]] |
+|doctor = Seventh Doctor
-writer= [[Craig Hinton]] |
+|companions=  [[Roz Forrester|Roz]],  [[Chris Cwej|Chris]]
-publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
+|enemy= [[Dalek]]s, [[Falaxyr]]
-release date= June [[1996]] |
+|setting= [[Mars]], [[7 May]] [[2157]]
-format= Paperback Book, ? Pages |
+|writer= Craig Hinton
-isbn= ISBN 0426204735 |
+|cover= [[Peter Elson]]
-previous story= [[Happy Endings]] |
+|publisher= Virgin Books
-next story= [[Christmas on a Rational Planet]] }}
+|release date= 20 June 1996
+|format= Paperback Book; 15 Chapters, 243 Pages
+|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20473-5
+|prev= Happy Endings (novel)
+|next= Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)
+}}{{prose stub}}
+'''''GodEngine''''' is the fifty-first [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]] travelling for the first time with [[Chris Cwej]] and [[Roz Forrester]], but without [[Bernice Summerfield]]. Set on [[Mars]] before the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth]], it sees a reappearance of the [[Ice Warrior]]s. It explores their culture in detail and how it was influenced by the [[Osirian]]s.
-==Publisher's Summary==
+== Publisher's summary ==
-'''‘We’re on [[Mars]], we’re surrounded by [[Ice Warrior]]s, and [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] has been destroyed. Business as usual, I suppose.’'''
+"We're on [[Mars]], we're surrounded by [[Ice Warrior]]s, and [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] has been destroyed. Business as usual, I suppose."
-Stranded on Mars, [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Roz Forrester | Roz]] team up with a group of colonists on a journey to find much-needed supplies at the [[Martian North Pole|North Pole]]. But when their expedition is joined by a party of Ice Warrior pilgrims, tensions are stretched to breaking point. Meanwhile, [[Chris Cwej | Chris]] finds himself on [[Pluto]]’s moon, trapped with a group of desperate scientists in a deadly race against time.
+Stranded on Mars, [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Roz Forrester|Roz]] team up with a group of colonists on a journey to find much-needed supplies at the [[Martian North Pole|North Pole]]. But when their expedition is joined by a party of Ice Warrior pilgrims, tensions are stretched to breaking point. Meanwhile, [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] finds himself on [[Pluto]]'s moon, trapped with a group of desperate [[scientist]]s in a deadly race against time.
-The year is [[2157]]: the [[Earth]] has been invaded, and forces are at work on Mars to ensure that the mysterious invaders are successful. Unless the Doctor can solve the riddle of the GodEngine, the entire course of human history will be changed.
+The year is [[2157]]: the [[Earth]] has been invaded, and forces are at work on Mars to ensure that the mysterious invaders are successful. Unless the Doctor can solve the riddle of the [[GodEngine]], the entire course of human history will be changed.
-==Characters==
+== Plot ==
-*[[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]]
+''to be added''
-**The Doctor (still) doesn't trust Martians ([[Ice Warriors]]).
-**He has an old yellowing map of Martian cities which he uses throughout this novel.
-*[[Chris Cwej]]
+== Characters ==
-**Chris learnt Martian songs at [[Happy Endings |Benny's wedding]], and here puts it to use distracting the Martians.
+* [[Seventh Doctor]]
+* [[Chris Cwej]]
+* [[Roz Forrester]]
+* Ice Lord [[Falaxyr]]
+* [[Aklaar]] (formerly known as Abrasaar)
+* [[Cleece]]
+* [[Draan]]
+* [[Sstaal|Sstaal G'Hur-Tiis]]
+* [[Esstar|Taal-Iis Esstar]]
+* [[Yeess]]
+* [[Antony McGuire]]
+* [[Carmen Santacosta]]
+* [[Christina Madrigal]]
+* [[Felice Delacroix]]
+* [[Piotr Kolchak]]
+* [[Rachel Anders]]
+* [[Vince Esteban]]
-*[[Roz Forrester]]
+== Worldbuilding ==
-**Roz still carries her Adjudicator ID.
+=== Biology ===
+* The [[Great Death]] has affected Mars.
+* The [[sleeping fever]] is a deadly disease that affects the Ice Warrior civilisation.
-==References==
+=== Individuals ===
-[[Sword of Tuburr]], [[Osiran]],
+* Ice Lord Falaxyr is one of the surviving members of the [[Eight-Point Table]]. He was working with the [[Dalek]]s.
+* Erica Dortmun is the daughter of [[Dortmun]].
+* [[Michael Anders]], Rachel's brother, was a hero to the Ice Warriors, having died defending a Martian nest against an [[Arcturan]] attack force.
-* The [[Dalek]]s are the ally of the Ice Warriors, they are also the enemy attacking the solar system.
+=== Locations ===
+* There is a crater called Sutekh's Cauldron, named after the [[Osirian]] [[Sutekh|god]].
+* [[Liis-arrat-Ixx]] is a military nest used by the [[Ice Warrior]]s.
+* [[T'Ran-ikk-Liis]] is an Ice Warrior settlement.
-* [[Bernice Summerfield]] is an expert in Martian archeaology, Roz and Chris wish she was there to help.
+=== Species ===
+* Samples of an [[Osirian star-sapphire]] are found of [[Mars]].
+* The [[Dalek]]s are the allies of the Ice Warriors. They are also the [[Black Fleet|enemy]] attacking the solar system.
+* The [[Riis-utt-Ssethiss]] are an elite Martian assassination sect.
+=== Technology ===
 * The Doctor gives Roz a [[Nimon]] gravity device.
+* An [[Osirian WarScarab]] was an object of Osirian construction.
-==Notes==
+== Notes ==
 ''to be added''
-==Continuity==
+== Continuity ==
-* GodEngine explains why the Daleks in [[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]] were removing the magnetic core. ''Later, [[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'' would suggest another possible reason for the Daleks' actions.''
+* GodEngine explains why the Daleks in [[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' were removing the magnetic core.
+* In [[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' there is an alternate suggestion of these actions.
+* Draan is the son of the [[Ice Lord]] known as [[Slaar]], who was defeated by the Doctor in his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]''.
-==External Links==
+== Gallery ==
-*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na51.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''GodEngine''']
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
-*[http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/NA51.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for '''GodEngine''']
+NA51 godengine.jpg|Official cover
-*[http://home.earthlink.net/~qstnmark/godengin/godengin.htm Detailed sypnosis on an Ice Warriors fan page]
+GodEngine pulp cover.jpg|Pulp cover from ''[[Shelf Life]]''
-*[http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/nap/nap51.html Prelude to '''GodEngine''' by Craig Hinton]
+</gallery>
-{{Virgin New Adventure Series Box | before = [[Happy Endings]] | after = [[Christmas on a Rational Planet]]}}
+== External links ==
+{{dwrefguide|who_na51.htm|GodEngine}}
+* {{whoniverse|na51|GodEngine}}
+* [http://home.earthlink.net/~qstnmark/godengin/godengin.htm Detailed sypnosis on an Ice Warriors fan page]
+* [http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/nap/nap51.html Prelude to '''GodEngine''' by Craig Hinton]
+* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/gode.htm The Cloister Library: '''GodEngine''']
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050407071717/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/06/01/13203.shtml Interview: GodEngine]
+{{NA}}
+{{Dalek prose stories}}
+{{Ice Warrior stories}}
+{{TitleSort}}
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-[[Category:Ice Warriors novels]]
+[[Category:Ice Warrior novels]]
-[[Category:Virgin New Adventure Novels]]
+[[Category:NA novels]]
-[[Category:Stories set in the 2150s]]
+[[Category:Stories set in 2157]]
 [[Category:1996 novels]]
+[[Category:Novels set on Mars]]
-{{prose stub}}
+[[Category:Stories set in 2109]]
+[[Category:Stories set in 2110]]

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