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|image = NA017 birthright.jpg | |||
|image= NA017 birthright.jpg | |series = [[Virgin New Adventures]] | ||
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] | |range = Virgin New Adventures | ||
|number= 17 | |number in range = 17 | ||
|number = 17 | |||
|adapted into = Birthright (audio story) | |adapted into = Birthright (audio story) | ||
| | |main character = [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | ||
|featuring = [[Seventh Doctor]] | |||
|enemy= [[Charrl]], [[Jared Khan]] | |enemy = [[Charrl]], [[Jared Khan]] | ||
|setting= [[London]], [[1909]]; [[Antýkhon]], [[22000|22,000]] | |setting= [[London]], [[1909]]; [[Antýkhon]], [[22000|22,000]] | ||
|writer= [[ | |writer = Nigel Robinson | ||
|publisher= Virgin Books | |cover = [[Peter Elson]] | ||
|release date= | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
|format= Paperback Book; 40 Chapters, 216 Pages | |release date= 19 August 1993 | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20393-3 | |format = Paperback Book; 40 Chapters, 216 Pages | ||
|prev= Shadowmind (novel) | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-20393-3 | ||
|next= Iceberg (novel) | |prev = Shadowmind (novel) | ||
|series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' | |next = Iceberg (novel) | ||
|prev2= Shadowmind (novel) | |series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]] | ||
|next2= Iceberg (novel) | |prev2 = Shadowmind (novel) | ||
}} | |next2 = Iceberg (novel) | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | |||
{{dab page|Birthright (disambiguation)}} | {{dab page|Birthright (disambiguation)}} | ||
'''''Birthright''''' was the seventeenth | '''''Birthright''''' was the seventeenth of [[Virgin Books]]' ''[[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]]'' novels. It was written by [[Nigel Robinson]], published in [[1993 (releases)|1993]], and featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]. Notably, the story focused on the companions, who are separated from the Doctor while he experienced the events of the next novel, ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
"I feel like a pawn in a blasted chess game, [[Ace]]." "I know what you mean. Trouble is, they keep changing the chess-players." | "I feel like a pawn in a blasted [[chess]] game, [[Ace]]." "I know what you mean. Trouble is, they keep changing the chess-players." | ||
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] has died. Stranded in early twentieth-century [[London]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] can only stand and watch as it slowly disintegrates. | [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] has died. Stranded in early twentieth-century [[London]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] can only stand and watch as it slowly disintegrates. | ||
In the East End a series of grisly | In the East End a series of grisly [[murder]]s has been committed. Is this the work of the ghostly [[Springheel Jack]] or, as Bernice suspects, something even more sinister? | ||
In a tiny shop in [[Bloomsbury]], the master of a grand order of sorcerers is nearing the end of a seven-hundred year quest for a fabled magic wand. | In a tiny shop in [[Bloomsbury]], the master of a grand order of sorcerers is nearing the end of a seven-hundred year quest for a fabled magic wand. | ||
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These events are related. Perhaps the Doctor knows how. But the Doctor has gone away. | These events are related. Perhaps the Doctor knows how. But the Doctor has gone away. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
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* [[Jared Khan]] | * [[Jared Khan]] | ||
* [[Margaret Waterfield]] | * [[Margaret Waterfield]] | ||
* [[Muldwych]] | * [[The Doctor (Battlefield)|Muldwych]] | ||
* [[Ernie Wright]] | * [[Ernie Wright]] | ||
* [[Natasha Popova]] | * [[Natasha Popova]] | ||
* [[Randolph Bellingham]] | * [[Randolph Bellingham]] | ||
* [[Reggie Hawkins]] | * [[Reggie Hawkins]] | ||
* [[Charlie Jackson]] | |||
* [[Rosa (Birthright)|Rosa]] | * [[Rosa (Birthright)|Rosa]] | ||
* [[Isk]] | * [[Isk]] | ||
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* [[Skol]] | * [[Skol]] | ||
* [[Maria (Birthright)|Maria]] | * [[Maria (Birthright)|Maria]] | ||
* [[Herbert Asquith]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Cults === | === Cults === | ||
* The [[Brotherhood of the New Dawn]] believes man has become decadent and evil. | * The [[Brotherhood of the New Dawn]] believes man has become decadent and evil. | ||
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* Ace gets transported to the year [[22000|22,000]]. | * Ace gets transported to the year [[22000|22,000]]. | ||
* Bernice gets transported to [[1909]]. | * Bernice gets transported to [[1909]]. | ||
=== Food and beverages === | |||
* Ace used to drink [[Southern Comfort]] as a teenager. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This is one of several Virgin New Adventures which were adapted by [[Big Finish Productions]] for their first season of [[Bernice Summerfield]] audio dramas | * This is one of several Virgin New Adventures which were [[Birthright (audio story)|adapted]] by [[Big Finish Productions]] for their first season of [[Bernice Summerfield]] audio dramas. | ||
* This novel almost does not feature the Seventh Doctor. | * This novel almost does not feature the Seventh Doctor. | ||
* [[Prelude Birthright|A prelude to this novel]] was published in [[DWM 203]]. | * [[Prelude Birthright (short story)|A prelude to this novel]] was published in [[DWM 203]]. | ||
* The jacket illustration for this book was incorrectly reproduced reversed as a full-colour page in ''[[ | * The jacket illustration for this book was incorrectly reproduced reversed as a full-colour page in ''[[Timeframe: The Illustrated History]]''. A second edition and paperback corrected this error. | ||
* The cover art of ''Birthright'' was reproduced in the [[Leekley Bible]] to illustrate the brief synopsis of ''[[Ark in Space (unproduced TV story)|Ark in Space]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* This novel runs parallel with the events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'', with the Doctor being absent for the majority of ''Birthright''. This was the first "Doctor-lite" novel under the New Adventures banner ([[Target Books]] previously published two non-Doctor original novels, ''[[Harry Sullivan's War]]'' and ''[[Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma]]''), and in some ways was a rehearsal for the later Doctor-less series of novels featuring Benny that began in 1996. | * This novel runs parallel with the events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'', with the Doctor being absent for the majority of ''Birthright''. This was the first "Doctor-lite" novel under the New Adventures banner ([[Target Books]] previously published two non-Doctor original novels, ''[[Harry Sullivan's War (novel)|Harry Sullivan's War]]'' and ''[[Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma (novel)|Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma]]''), and in some ways was a rehearsal for the later Doctor-less series of novels featuring Benny that began in 1996. | ||
* The Charrl and Muldwych make an appearance in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]''. | * The Charrl and Muldwych make an appearance in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''. | ||
* Muldwych refers to the fact that that there are only 699 of the [[700 Wonders of the Universe]] left. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks]]'') | * Muldwych refers to the fact that that there are only 699 of the [[700 Wonders of the Universe]] left. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The Doctor also encountered a renamed future Earth in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]''. | * The Doctor also encountered a renamed future Earth in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet (TV story)|The Mysterious Planet]]''. | ||
* Mikhail Vladamir Popov returns for a brief cameo in ''[[Happy Endings]]'' as one of Bernice's wedding guests. | * Mikhail Vladamir Popov returns for a brief cameo in ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'' as one of Bernice's wedding guests. | ||
* The Doctor's eagle pedestal speaks to Benny. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'') | * The Doctor's eagle pedestal speaks to Benny. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') | ||
* Ace refers to a trip she took with the Doctor to [[Africa]] "a long time ago". The hive of the Charrl resembles [[termite]] mounds which she saw there. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude Birthright (short story)|Prelude: Birthright]]'') | * Ace refers to a trip she took with the Doctor to [[Africa]] "a long time ago". The hive of the Charrl resembles [[termite]] mounds which she saw there. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude Birthright (short story)|Prelude: Birthright]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [ | * [https://doctorwho.guide/whona17p.htm Prelude to '''Birthright''' as published in DWM #203] | ||
{{dwrefguide|who_na17.htm|Birthright}} | |||
* {{whoniverse|na17|Birthright}} | * {{whoniverse|na17|Birthright}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/birthright.htm The Cloister Library: '''Birthright'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/birthright.htm The Cloister Library: '''Birthright'''] | ||
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv36/btb-birthright.html Beyond the Book: Birthright by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 36] | |||
* [http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/issue5/interview5.html Interview with Nigel Robinson, in issue 5 of ''Broadsword''] | |||
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Birthright (disambiguation)for other, similarly-named pages.
Birthright was the seventeenth of Virgin Books' New Adventures novels. It was written by Nigel Robinson, published in 1993, and featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Benny. Notably, the story focused on the companions, who are separated from the Doctor while he experienced the events of the next novel, Iceberg.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
"I feel like a pawn in a blasted chess game, Ace." "I know what you mean. Trouble is, they keep changing the chess-players."
The TARDIS has died. Stranded in early twentieth-century London, Bernice can only stand and watch as it slowly disintegrates.
In the East End a series of grisly murders has been committed. Is this the work of the ghostly Springheel Jack or, as Bernice suspects, something even more sinister?
In a tiny shop in Bloomsbury, the master of a grand order of sorcerers is nearing the end of a seven-hundred year quest for a fabled magic wand.
And on a barren world in the far-distant future the Queen of a dying race pleads for the help of an old hermit named Muldwych, while Ace leads a group of guerrillas in a desperate struggle against their alien oppressors.
These events are related. Perhaps the Doctor knows how. But the Doctor has gone away.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Ace
- Bernice Summerfield
- The Charrl
- Queen Ch'tizz
- Mikhail Vladamir Popov
- Jared Khan
- Margaret Waterfield
- Muldwych
- Ernie Wright
- Natasha Popova
- Randolph Bellingham
- Reggie Hawkins
- Charlie Jackson
- Rosa
- Isk
- Chel
- Korin
- Seeba
- Skol
- Maria
- Herbert Asquith
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Cults[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Brotherhood of the New Dawn believes man has become decadent and evil.
Diseases and illnesses[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Bernice contracts the flu.
Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Margaret Waterfield is Edward Waterfield's sister and Victoria Waterfield's paternal aunt. She is murdered by Kahn's thugs.
Languages[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Bernice can't read Cyrillic.
Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Channel Tunnel still survives in 22,000.
Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]
TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Time Vector Generator is an ebony bar that links the exterior and interior dimensions of a TARDIS.
Theories and concepts[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Charrl created three hundred of the 700 Wonders of the Universe.
- The Migration is the movement of the Charrl from Antýkhon to Earth.
Time travel[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Great Divide, a temporal portal from approximately 22,000 to 1909.
- Ace gets transported to the year 22,000.
- Bernice gets transported to 1909.
Food and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Ace used to drink Southern Comfort as a teenager.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This is one of several Virgin New Adventures which were adapted by Big Finish Productions for their first season of Bernice Summerfield audio dramas.
- This novel almost does not feature the Seventh Doctor.
- A prelude to this novel was published in DWM 203.
- The jacket illustration for this book was incorrectly reproduced reversed as a full-colour page in Timeframe: The Illustrated History. A second edition and paperback corrected this error.
- The cover art of Birthright was reproduced in the Leekley Bible to illustrate the brief synopsis of Ark in Space.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This novel runs parallel with the events of PROSE: Iceberg, with the Doctor being absent for the majority of Birthright. This was the first "Doctor-lite" novel under the New Adventures banner (Target Books previously published two non-Doctor original novels, Harry Sullivan's War and Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma), and in some ways was a rehearsal for the later Doctor-less series of novels featuring Benny that began in 1996.
- The Charrl and Muldwych make an appearance in PROSE: Happy Endings.
- Muldwych refers to the fact that that there are only 699 of the 700 Wonders of the Universe left. (TV: Death to the Daleks)
- The Doctor also encountered a renamed future Earth in TV: The Mysterious Planet.
- Mikhail Vladamir Popov returns for a brief cameo in Happy Endings as one of Bernice's wedding guests.
- The Doctor's eagle pedestal speaks to Benny. (TV: The Pirate Planet)
- Ace refers to a trip she took with the Doctor to Africa "a long time ago". The hive of the Charrl resembles termite mounds which she saw there. (PROSE: Prelude: Birthright)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Prelude to Birthright as published in DWM #203
- Birthright at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Birthright at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: Birthright
- Beyond the Book: Birthright by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 36
- Interview with Nigel Robinson, in issue 5 of Broadsword
