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|name= Tragedy Day
|image= NA024 tragedyday.jpg
|image= NA024 tragedyday.jpg
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]]  
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
|number= 24  
|range = Virgin New Adventures
|doctor=Seventh Doctor  
|number in range = 24
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]  
|number= 24
|enemy= [[Crispin]], [[Friars of Pangloss]]  
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
|setting= [[Olleril]] and [[Pangloss]]
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|writer= [[Gareth Roberts]]  
|enemy= [[Crispin (Tragedy Day)|Crispin]], [[Friars of Pangloss]]
|publisher= Virgin Books  
|setting= [[Empire City, Olleril|Empire City]], [[Olleril]]
|release date= [[17 March (releases)|17 March]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]]
|writer= Gareth Roberts
|format= Paperback Book; 19 Chapters, 290 Pages  
|cover= [[Jeff Cummins]]
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20410-7  
|publisher= Virgin Books
|prev= No Future (novel)  
|release date= 17 March 1994
|format= Paperback Book; 19 Chapters, 290 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20410-7
|prev= No Future (novel)
|next= Legacy (novel)
|next= Legacy (novel)
|series2       = [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM{{'}}''s "New Adventures order"]]  
|series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]]
|prev2         = No Future (novel)
|prev2= No Future (novel)
|next2         = Uninvited Guest (comic story)
|next2= Uninvited Guest (comic story)
}}
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'''''Tragedy Day''''' was the twenty-fourth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel. It was written by [[Gareth Roberts]], who had previously written the New Adventures novel ''[[The Highest Science]]'' and would write another New Adventure novel and four more [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventure]] novels. This novel featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Ace]].
'''''Tragedy Day''''' was the twenty-fourth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel. It was written by [[Gareth Roberts]], who had previously written the New Adventures novel ''[[The Highest Science]]'' and would write another New Adventure novel and four more [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventure]] novels. This novel featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Ace]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''Tomorrow, Tragedy Day. Tomorrow, total control.''
''Tomorrow, [[Tragedy Day]]. Tomorrow, total control.''


In [[Empire City]] on the planet [[Olleril]], it's time for the annual Tragedy Day — when the privileged few celebrate their generosity to the masses.
In [[Empire City, Olleril|Empire City]] on the [[planet]] [[Olleril]], it's time for the annual Tragedy Day — when the privileged few celebrate their generosity to the masses.


But this year, something is different. Hideous creatures infest the waters around an island that doesn't officially exist. Assassins arrive to carry out a killing that may endanger the entire universe. A being known as the Supreme One tests horrific weapons. And a secret order of monks observes the growing chaos.
But this year, something is different. Hideous creatures infest the waters around an [[island]] that doesn't officially exist. Assassins arrive to carry out a killing that may endanger the entire [[universe]]. A being known as the Supreme One tests horrific weapons. And a secret order of monks observes the growing chaos.


Five minutes after they arrive on Olleril, the [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Blood Heat)|TARDIS]] crew know they want to leave. But [[Ace]] is imprisoned in a sinister refugee camp, and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] are in the custody of a brutal police gang. There is no way out.
Five minutes after they arrive on Olleril, the [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Silurian Earth)|TARDIS]] crew know they want to leave. But [[Ace]] is imprisoned in a sinister refugee camp, and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] are in the custody of a brutal police gang. There is no way out.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Ace]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Crispin]]
* [[Crispin (Tragedy Day)|Crispin]]
* [[Friars of Pangloss]]
* [[Friars of Pangloss]]
* [[Richard Nemmun]]
* [[Richard Nemmun]]
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* [[Urma]]
* [[Urma]]
* [[Marsha (Tragedy Day)|Marsha]]
* [[Marsha (Tragedy Day)|Marsha]]
* [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]
* [[Barbara Wright]]
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Astronomical objects ===
* Olleril is located in the [[Pristatrek Galaxy]].


== References ==
=== Biology ===
=== Biology ===
* The Doctor has experience at delivering [[baby|babies]].
* The Doctor has experience at delivering [[baby|babies]].
=== Books ===
* Forgwyn had read ''[[Artificial Intelligences: The Moral Dilemma]]''.
=== Creatures ===
* [[Aaglon shark]]s and [[sline lizard]]s are creatures native to Olleril.


=== Culture ===
=== Culture ===
* [[Mazuma]]s are a form of [[currency]].
* [[Mazuma]]s are a form of [[currency]].
* [[Tragedy Day]] is a holiday celebrated on Olleril.


=== The Doctor's items ===
=== The Doctor's items ===
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=== Foods and beverages ===
=== Foods and beverages ===
* [[Rakki]] is an [[alcohol]]ic beverage served on [[Olleril]].
* [[Rakki]] is an [[alcohol]]ic beverage served on Olleril.
 
=== Individuals ===
* The [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] make an appearance in the prologue of the novel. There, he cures the radiation poisoning that was blighting the inhabitants and their crops. He also takes a red glass with him, as they believed it caused disaster ever since it arrived.
* The Doctor claims that he delivered [[Genghis Khan]].
* The Doctor claims that he has never met [[Henry VIII]], but that he did meet [[Mary Stuart|Mary, Queen of Scots]].
 
=== Locations ===
* [[Empire City, Olleril|Empire City]] is Olleril's largest city.
* The ''[[Empire Clarion]]'' is an Olleril newspaper.
* [[Empirica]] is a nation on Olleril.
* Meredith Morgan was hired to kill the Doctor on [[Frinjel 87]].
* The [[Vijjan]]s are the native people of Olleril.
* [[Spindizzy's]] and [[Yumm's]] are bars in Empire City.
* Ernie McCartney is the most feared assassin in the [[Seventh Quadrant]].
* Tragedy Day was celebrated in [[Lerthin Square]].
* [[Luminus]] is a cult which secretly controls Olleril.
* The shelf containing the [[Bibles of Pangloss]] was made from timber carted from the groves of [[Knassos]].
 
=== Olleril locations ===
* [[Agrave]] is the home of sline lizards and aaglon sharks.
* [[Avax]] is the island home of a Vijjan tribe.
* [[Daisycombe Park]] is located on the south side of Empire City.
* [[Fresta]] is a nation on Olleril.
* [[Funland]] is an [[amusement park]] on Olleril.
* [[Quantern]] was a group of rebels.
* [[Vijja]] is a nation on Olleril.
* [[Yuvador]] is the site of guerrilla activity.
 
=== Organisations ===
* The [[Vijjan Liberation League]] sympathised with the plight of the Vijjans.
* [[Riftet Insurance]] was a business on Olleril.
* [[Toplex Sanitation]] was a front for Luminus.
* The [[Friars of Pangloss]] were three immortal beings that ruled [[Pangloss]].
* Morgan killed the [[Prime Motivator]] of the [[Rullian Confederacy]].
* [[Tyack's Fittings]] was a business on Olleril.
* [[Fancy That]] was a popular music group.
 
=== Plants ===
* [[Barjorum]] and [[frashel]]s are plants native to Olleril.
 
=== Planets ===
* The Doctor defeated Luminus on [[Argos]].
* Automatic carriers were used in a border conflict on [[Eferun]].
* [[Pangloss]] is a galaxy ruled by the Friars of Pangloss.
* Meredith once killed fifty-nine people in two hours on [[Phlanji]].
* [[Quique]] and [[Rexel]] were visible from Olleril.
* The Celebroid Doctor suggests going to [[Zeraticus 2]] for a holiday.
 
=== Science ===
* A [[psychotronic generator]] generates waves of psychic energy.
* The hull of Morgan's ship is made of [[jauxite]].
* [[Celebroid]]s are robot duplicates.
* The Doctor constructs a [[Triton T80]] to sabotage Crispin's plans.
* Morgan once took an assignment on [[Kallak 56]].
* [[Slaag]]s are genetically engineered creatures created from sline lizards and aaglon sharks.
 
=== Television series ===
* Television series on Olleril include ''[[Whittaker's Harbour]]'', ''[[Martha and Arthur]]'', and ''[[Captain Millennium]]''.
 
=== Time Lords ===
* [[Pandorastrumnelliahanfloriana]] developed a theory regarding the psychic abilities of the Friars of Pangloss.
 
=== Vehicles ===
* Forgwyn was born on the ''[[Ganymede (ship)|Ganymede]]''.
* The ''[[Gargantuan]]'' was a submarine used by Luminus as its base.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The [[Prelude Tragedy Day (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 210]].
* The [[Prelude Tragedy Day (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 210]].
* [[Gareth Roberts]] later described the book as "okay".


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor claims that he has never met [[Henry VIII]]. However, he has been described or depicted as meeting him on at least three previous occasions in his personal timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[God Send Me Well to Keep]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Recorded Time]]'')
* The Doctor claims that he has never met [[Henry VIII]]. However, he has been described or depicted as meeting him on at least three previous occasions in his personal timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[God Send Me Well to Keep (short story)|God Send Me Well to Keep]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Recorded Time (audio story)|Recorded Time]]'')
* Bernice mentions [[Rhoos]], a planet which does not exist. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Playthings of Fo (short story)|The Playthings of Fo]]'')
* The [[Luminus]] was the result of a [[Faction Paradox]] plot. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'')
 
== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona24p.htm Prelude to Tragedy Day as published in DWM210]
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona24p.htm Prelude to Tragedy Day as published in DWM210]
* {{dwrefguide|who_na24.htm|Tragedy Day}}
{{dwrefguide|who_na24.htm|Tragedy Day}}
* {{whoniverse|na24|Tragedy Day}}
* {{whoniverse|na24|Tragedy Day}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/trag.htm The Cloister Library: '''Tragedy Day''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/trag.htm The Cloister Library: '''Tragedy Day''']
 
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#na024 Beyond the Book: Tragedy Day by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43]
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Tragedy Day was the twenty-fourth New Adventures novel. It was written by Gareth Roberts, who had previously written the New Adventures novel The Highest Science and would write another New Adventure novel and four more Missing Adventure novels. This novel featured the Seventh Doctor, Bernice Summerfield and Ace.

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

Tomorrow, Tragedy Day. Tomorrow, total control.

In Empire City on the planet Olleril, it's time for the annual Tragedy Day — when the privileged few celebrate their generosity to the masses.

But this year, something is different. Hideous creatures infest the waters around an island that doesn't officially exist. Assassins arrive to carry out a killing that may endanger the entire universe. A being known as the Supreme One tests horrific weapons. And a secret order of monks observes the growing chaos.

Five minutes after they arrive on Olleril, the TARDIS crew know they want to leave. But Ace is imprisoned in a sinister refugee camp, and Bernice and the Doctor are in the custody of a brutal police gang. There is no way out.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Astronomical objects[[edit] | [edit source]]

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor has experience at delivering babies.

Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Creatures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor's items[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The First Doctor and Susan make an appearance in the prologue of the novel. There, he cures the radiation poisoning that was blighting the inhabitants and their crops. He also takes a red glass with him, as they believed it caused disaster ever since it arrived.
  • The Doctor claims that he delivered Genghis Khan.
  • The Doctor claims that he has never met Henry VIII, but that he did meet Mary, Queen of Scots.

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Olleril locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Organisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Plants[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor defeated Luminus on Argos.
  • Automatic carriers were used in a border conflict on Eferun.
  • Pangloss is a galaxy ruled by the Friars of Pangloss.
  • Meredith once killed fifty-nine people in two hours on Phlanji.
  • Quique and Rexel were visible from Olleril.
  • The Celebroid Doctor suggests going to Zeraticus 2 for a holiday.

Science[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • A psychotronic generator generates waves of psychic energy.
  • The hull of Morgan's ship is made of jauxite.
  • Celebroids are robot duplicates.
  • The Doctor constructs a Triton T80 to sabotage Crispin's plans.
  • Morgan once took an assignment on Kallak 56.
  • Slaags are genetically engineered creatures created from sline lizards and aaglon sharks.

Television series[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time Lords[[edit] | [edit source]]

Vehicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Forgwyn was born on the Ganymede.
  • The Gargantuan was a submarine used by Luminus as its base.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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