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|image= The Turing Test.jpg | |image= The Turing Test.jpg | ||
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures | |||
|number in range = 39 | |||
|series= [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | |series= [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | ||
|number= 39 | |number= 39 | ||
|doctor= Eighth Doctor | |doctor= Eighth Doctor | ||
|companions= | |companions= | ||
|featuring = [[Alan Turing|Turing]] | |||
|enemy= | |enemy= | ||
|setting= [[Oxford]], [[Paris]] and [[Dresden]], [[1945]] | |setting= [[Oxford]], [[Paris]] and [[Dresden]], [[1945]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Paul Leonard | ||
|publisher= BBC Books | |publisher= BBC Books | ||
|release date= | |release date= 2 October 2000 | ||
|format= Paperback Book; 24 Chapters, | |format= Paperback Book; 24 Chapters, 242 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53806-6 | |isbn= ISBN 0-563-53806-6 | ||
|prev= Casualties of War (novel) | |prev= Casualties of War (novel) | ||
|next= Endgame (novel)}} | |next= Endgame (novel) | ||
'''''The Turing Test''''' was the thirty-ninth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Leonard]]. | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''The Turing Test''''' was the thirty-ninth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Leonard]], released [[2 October (releases)|2 October]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
The Second World War is drawing to a close. Alan Turing, the code-breaker who has been critical to the allied war effort, is called in to break a mysterious new cypher. It's coming from Germany, and everyone assumes it is German — everyone except Turing's new friend, the Doctor | The [[World War II|Second World War]] is drawing to a close. [[Alan Turing]], the code-breaker who has been critical to the allied war effort, is called in to break a mysterious new cypher. It's coming from [[Germany]], and everyone assumes it is German — everyone except Turing's new friend, [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]]. Indeed it seems the Doctor knows too much about the code and the code-makers — and when people start to die, even Turing wonders if the Doctor is the one to blame. | ||
Graham Greene, novelist and spymaster, has also encountered the Doctor, and thinks he's a rum enough chap, but in a remote | [[Graham Greene]], novelist and spymaster, has also encountered the Doctor, and thinks he's a rum enough chap, but in a remote [[Africa]]n village he has encountered something far stranger. | ||
To find out the truth, they must all cross the front line and travel through occupied Germany — right into the firing line of the bloodiest war in history. What they find there has no human explanation — and only the Doctor has the answers. Or maybe, they're just more questions... | To find out the truth, they must all cross the front line and travel through occupied Germany — right into the firing line of the bloodiest war in history. What they find there has no human explanation — and only the Doctor has the answers. Or maybe, they're just more questions... | ||
== Plot == | |||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Cray]] | * [[Cray]] | ||
* [[Daria]] | * [[Daria]] | ||
* [[Hugh Alexander]] | * [[Hugh Alexander]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mr Heslop]] | ||
* [[Mrs Heslop]] | |||
* [[Don Bayley]] | |||
* [[Timothy (The Turing Test)|Timothy]] | |||
* [[Tiltman]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Graham was stationed at [[Freetown]] during [[World War II]]. | * Graham was stationed at [[Freetown]] during [[World War II]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This is the third story in the "Earth Arc". | * This is the third story in the "Earth Arc". | ||
* The glowing keyboard letters on the cover spell out "DR WHO". | |||
* ''The Turning Test'' won Best Book in the 2000 Jade Pagoda mailing list awards.<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url=http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/jp/jpawards.htm | |||
|title=Jade Pagoda awards | |||
|year of source=2008 | |||
|format=HTML | |||
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922194131/http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/jp/jpawards.htm | |||
|archivedate=22 September 2008 | |||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|whobbc39.htm|The Turing Test}} | |||
* {{whoniverse|ed39|The Turing Test}} | * {{whoniverse|ed39|The Turing Test}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/turi.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Turing Test'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/turi.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Turing Test'''] | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
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{{EDA}} | {{EDA}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in 1945]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1945]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in World War II]] | [[Category:Stories set in World War II]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:09, 13 March 2024
The Turing Test was the thirty-ninth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Paul Leonard, released 2 October 2000 and featured the Eighth Doctor.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Second World War is drawing to a close. Alan Turing, the code-breaker who has been critical to the allied war effort, is called in to break a mysterious new cypher. It's coming from Germany, and everyone assumes it is German — everyone except Turing's new friend, the Doctor. Indeed it seems the Doctor knows too much about the code and the code-makers — and when people start to die, even Turing wonders if the Doctor is the one to blame.
Graham Greene, novelist and spymaster, has also encountered the Doctor, and thinks he's a rum enough chap, but in a remote African village he has encountered something far stranger.
To find out the truth, they must all cross the front line and travel through occupied Germany — right into the firing line of the bloodiest war in history. What they find there has no human explanation — and only the Doctor has the answers. Or maybe, they're just more questions...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Eighth Doctor
- Graham Greene
- Alan Turing
- Joseph Heller
- Colonel Herbert Elgar
- Bernard
- Cray
- Daria
- Hugh Alexander
- Mr Heslop
- Mrs Heslop
- Don Bayley
- Timothy
- Tiltman
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Graham was stationed at Freetown during World War II.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This is the third story in the "Earth Arc".
- The glowing keyboard letters on the cover spell out "DR WHO".
- The Turning Test won Best Book in the 2000 Jade Pagoda mailing list awards.[1]
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Rachel Jensen assisted Turing with his wartime research. (PROSE: Remembrance of the Daleks)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Turing Test at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: The Turing Test at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: The Turing Test
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Jade Pagoda awards (HTML) (2008). Archived from the original on 22 September 2008.
