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novel name= Parasite|
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{{Infobox Story SMW
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Virgin New Adventures]] |
|image= NA033 parasite.jpg
number= 33 |
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
|range = Virgin New Adventures
companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] |
|number in range = 33
enemy= [[Mark Bannen]] |
|number= 33
year= [[The Artifact]], circa [[2115]] |
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
writer= [[Jim Mortimore]] |
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|enemy= [[Mark Bannen]]
release date= December, 1994 |
|setting= [[The Artifact]], circa [[2515]]
format= Paperback Book, 306 Pages |
|writer= Jim Mortimore
isbn= ISBN 0426204255 |
|cover= [[Paul Campbell]]
previous story= [[St Anthony's Fire]] |
|publisher= Virgin Books
next story= [[Warlock (novel) | Warlock]] }}
|release date= 1 December 1994
|format= Paperback Book; 43 Chapters, 306 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20425-5
|prev= Falls the Shadow (novel)
|next= Warlock (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''Parasite''''' was the thirty-third [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. This was author [[Jim Mortimore]]'s third of four novels for the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel range.


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
''''Change, [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]. It's the most terrifying thing of all.'<br>
''"Change, [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]. It's the most terrifying thing of all."''
''''And that's what's happening to you, is it, [[Seventh Doctor|Doctor]]?'<br>
''''It's what's happening to all of us.''''


The TARDIS has arrived in the [[Elysium system]], lost colony of distant [[Earth]] and site of [[the Artifact]]: a world turned inside out, a world of horrific secrets.
''"And that's what's happening to you, is it, [[Seventh Doctor|Doctor]]?"''


For more than a century scientists have studied the ecosystem flourishing within the Artifact. Now the system is in collapse and even the humans trapped inside are changing into something new and strange.  
''"It's what's happening to all of us."''


With the members of one expedition murdered, those of another fighting for their lives and a solar system on the brink of civil war, can the Doctor, [[Ace]] and Benny survive a journey to the heart of the Artifact in their search for the truth?
[[The Doctor's TARDIS (Silurian Earth)|The TARDIS]] has arrived in the [[Elysium system]], lost [[colony]] of distant [[Earth]] and site of [[the Artifact]]: a world turned inside out, a world of horrific secrets.


==Characters==
For more than a century scientists have studied the ecosystem flourishing within the Artifact. Now the system is in collapse and even the humans trapped inside are changing into something new and strange.
*[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
**Momentarily begins a regeneration and glimpses his Eighth self.
**Carries instant soup in his pockets.
**Gets shot through the heart.


*[[Ace]]
With the members of one expedition murdered, those of another fighting for their lives and a solar system on the brink of civil war, can the Doctor, [[Ace]] and Benny survive a journey to the heart of the Artifact in their search for the truth?
**Suffers radiation poisoning.


*[[Bernice Summerfield]]
== Plot ==
**Gets a hairline fracture to the skull, requiring the pressure to be relieved...via drilling into the skull.
''to be added''
**Ace injects Benny with poison to save her from a parasite.


*[[Benjamin Green | Benjamin Green (aka 'Midnight')]]
== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Benjamin Green]]
* [[Mark Bannen]]
* [[Drew Chandor]]
* [[Elenchus]]
* [[Gail Reardon]]
* [[Rhiannon (Parasite)|Rhiannon]]
* [[Alison Tsien-Lowell]]
* [[Iaine Tsien-Lowell]]
* [[Sahvteg Mudan]]
* [[Sal Benjamin]]
* [[Sjilal Urquardt]]
* [[Edward Stott]]
* [[Rob D'Amato]]
* [[Lucia Sheffeld]]
* [[Geoff D'Amato]]
* [[Paul Moran]]
* [[Jenny Latello]]
* [[Tyrella Ka]]


*[[Mark Bannen]]
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Biology ===
* Ace injects Benny with [[poison]] to save her from a parasite.


==References==
=== The Doctor ===
*Some of Bernince Summerfield's early history is revealed:
* The Doctor momentarily begins a [[regeneration]] and glimpses his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth self]].
:* When Benny was young she ran away from her foster parents in a [[landing boat]], which crash landed outside a monastry on [[Olundrum VII]].
* The Doctor gets shot through the [[heart]].
:* On a dig on [[Capella Four|Auriga]] she fell down a cliff (breaking both her legs in the process) 30 km from the dig site, it took her a month to crawl back to the site.
 
* The [[Universe]] has 11 [[dimension]]s.
=== Foods and beverages ===
*[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] [[telepathic circuits]] translate alien languages for the Doctor and his companions.
* The Doctor carries instant [[soup]] in his pockets.
* The [[Dalek]]s used [[slyther]]s during their assault on [[Lan Beta]].
 
=== Individuals ===
* When Benny was young she ran away from her foster parents in a [[landing boat]]. It crash-landed outside a monastery on [[Olundrum VII]].
* On a dig on [[Capella Four|Auriga]] she fell down a cliff (breaking both her legs in the process) thirty km from the dig site.
* Benny mentions the [[Vartaq Veil]].
* Ace suffers [[radiation sickness|radiation poisoning]].
* Benny has been to the [[Museum of Terran Cultural Heritage]].
 
=== Planets ===
* [[Elysium]] is an [[Earth]] colony with at least one ocean.
* [[Elysium]] is an [[Earth]] colony with at least one ocean.


==Notes==
=== Theories and concepts ===
*A prelude to this novel was published in [[DWM Issue 220]].
* The [[universe]] has eleven [[dimension]]s.
 
=== TARDIS ===
* [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Silurian Earth)|The Doctor's TARDIS]] [[telepathic circuits]] translate alien languages for the Doctor and his companions.


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
* Mark Bannen is the son of [[Alex Bannen]] from [[NA]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising]]''.
* A [[Prelude Parasite (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 220]].
* Benny's adventure on Auriga is detailed in [[BFBS]]: ''[[Steal from the World]]''. (though there the planet is called Capella Four).


==External Links==
== Continuity ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na33.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Parasite''']
* [[Mark Bannen]] is the son of [[Alex Bannen]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'')
*{{whoniverse|NA33.php|Parasite}}
* There are more details to Benny's adventure on Auriga. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Steal from the World (short story)|Steal from the World]]'')
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona33p.htm Prelude to '''Parasite''' as published in DWM#220]
* The [[Dalek]]s used [[slyther]]s on [[Lan Beta]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
* The Doctor recalls that he was once trapped inside a newborn planet. ([[TV]]: ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'')
* Ace is once again considering when she'll leave the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'')
* The Doctor previously encountered [[Process|a creature]] that hatched from an egg resembling a moon, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') and will encounter [[Creature (Kill the Moon)|another]] later. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kill the Moon (TV story)|Kill the Moon]]'')


{{Virgin New Adventure Series Box | before = [[Falls the Shadow]] | after = [[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]}}
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|who_na33.htm|Parasite}}
* {{whoniverse|na33|Parasite}}
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona33p.htm Prelude to '''Parasite''' as published in DWM#220]
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/parasite.htm The Cloister Library: Parasite]
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#na033 Beyond the Book: Parasite by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43]
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Parasite was the thirty-third New Adventures novel. It featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield. This was author Jim Mortimore's third of four novels for the Virgin New Adventures novel range.

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

"Change, Benny. It's the most terrifying thing of all."

"And that's what's happening to you, is it, Doctor?"

"It's what's happening to all of us."

The TARDIS has arrived in the Elysium system, lost colony of distant Earth and site of the Artifact: a world turned inside out, a world of horrific secrets.

For more than a century scientists have studied the ecosystem flourishing within the Artifact. Now the system is in collapse and even the humans trapped inside are changing into something new and strange.

With the members of one expedition murdered, those of another fighting for their lives and a solar system on the brink of civil war, can the Doctor, Ace and Benny survive a journey to the heart of the Artifact in their search for the truth?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Ace injects Benny with poison to save her from a parasite.

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

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

  • The Doctor carries instant soup in his pockets.

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

Theories and concepts[[edit] | [edit source]]

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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