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|image=Quantum Archangel bbcpdoc38.jpg | |image = Quantum Archangel bbcpdoc38.jpg | ||
|series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | |series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | ||
|number= | |number= 37 | ||
|doctor=Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | |companions= [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | ||
|featuring= [[Third Doctor]] | |featuring= [[Third Doctor]] | ||
|enemy= {{Ainley|c}} | |enemy= {{Ainley|c}}, the [[Quantum Archangel]], the [[Mad Mind of Bophemeral]], [[Chronovore]]s | ||
|setting= [[London]], [[2003]]; [[The Moon]], [[2003]] | |setting= [[London]], [[2003]];<br/>[[The Moon]], [[2003]] | ||
|writer= | |writer=Craig Hinton | ||
|publisher= BBC Books | |publisher= BBC Books | ||
|release date= | |release date=8 January 2001 | ||
|format= Paperback Book; 13 Chapters, | |format= Paperback Book;<br/>13 Chapters, 284 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53824-4 | |isbn= ISBN 0-563-53824-4 | ||
|prev= The King of Terror (novel) | |prev= The King of Terror (novel) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirty- | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirty-seventh novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Craig Hinton]], released [[8 January (releases)|8 January]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]] and featured the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush]]. | ||
This novel was a sequel to the 1972 TV story ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]''. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
"Hear me, [[Time Lord|Lord of Time]]. We are a vengeful people. Our reach is infinite and our patience eternal. For your actions, we will have vengeance. And the vengeance of the [[Chronovore]]s is terror beyond imagining." | ''"Hear me, [[Time Lord|Lord of Time]]. We are a vengeful people. Our reach is infinite and our patience eternal. For your actions, we will have vengeance. And the vengeance of the [[Chronovore]]s is terror beyond imagining."'' | ||
Five thousand years ago, the Priest-Kings of [[Atlantis]] attempted to enslave [[Kronos]], greatest of the | Five thousand years ago, the Priest-Kings of [[Atlantis]] attempted to enslave [[Kronos]], greatest of the [[Chronovore]]s. They failed, with catastrophic results. Thirty years ago, {{Delgado}} sought to do the same, and barely escaped with his life. | ||
London, 2003: torn apart by tragedy, the Doctor and Mel have gone their separate ways, only to find their paths crossing once more. While the Doctor tries to stop an old friend from making a terrible mistake, Mel is horrified to learn that her best friend has fallen under the influence of the Master. | [[London]], [[2003]]: torn apart by tragedy, [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] have gone their separate ways, only to find their paths crossing once more. While the Doctor tries to stop an old friend from making a terrible mistake, Mel is horrified to learn that her best friend has fallen under the influence of the Master. | ||
As {{Ainley}} desperately tries to defend himself against the power of Kronos, the Doctor and Mel must overcome their differences. If they don't, the [[Quantum Archangel]] will be triumphant. And if she is, nothing in the Universe will ever be the same again. | As {{Ainley}} desperately tries to defend himself against the power of Kronos, the Doctor and Mel must overcome their differences. If they don't, the [[Quantum Archangel]] will be triumphant. And if she is, nothing in the [[Universe]] will ever be the same again. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* {{Ainley|c}} | * {{Ainley|c}} | ||
* [[Stuart Hyde]] | * [[Stuart Hyde]] | ||
* [[Paul Kairos]] | |||
* [[Arlene Cole]] | |||
* [[Anjeliqua Whitefriar]] | * [[Anjeliqua Whitefriar]] | ||
* [[ | * [[First Rani]] | ||
* [[Drax]] | * [[Second Drax]] | ||
* [[The Monk]] | * [[The Monk]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Astronomical objects === | === Astronomical objects === | ||
* The Doctor and Stuart are flung to the [[Virgo Cluster]]. | * The Doctor and Stuart are flung to the [[Virgo Cluster]]. | ||
=== The Doctor === | === The Doctor === | ||
* The Doctor spent "decades" during the latter part of his second incarnation on the planet [[Darron]], learning the psychic techniques of the [[Mind Monk]]s. | * The Doctor spent "decades" during the latter part of [[Second Doctor|his second incarnation]] on the planet [[Darron]], learning the psychic techniques of the [[Mind Monk]]s. | ||
* The Doctor reflects that his [[Fifth Doctor|immediate predecessor]] was not a heavy drinker, while he finds that he enjoys the chance to get drunk in his current body. | * The Doctor reflects that his [[Fifth Doctor|immediate predecessor]] was not a heavy drinker, while he finds that he enjoys the chance to get drunk in his current body. | ||
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* Stattenheim and Waldorf created working plans for a TARDIS during the [[16th century|sixteenth century]]. | * Stattenheim and Waldorf created working plans for a TARDIS during the [[16th century|sixteenth century]]. | ||
* The [[Eternal]] known as [[Elektra]] mated with the Chronovore [[Prometheus (The Quantum Archangel)|Prometheus]] in order to conceive Kronos to lead the Chronovores against the Great Old One known as [[Nyarlathotep]], whom Elektra feared. | * The [[Eternal]] known as [[Elektra]] mated with the Chronovore [[Prometheus (The Quantum Archangel)|Prometheus]] in order to conceive Kronos to lead the Chronovores against the Great Old One known as [[Nyarlathotep]], whom Elektra feared. | ||
* The Master uses the [[ | * The Master uses the [[The Master's aliases|alias]] "Branko Gospodar". | ||
* Stuart is now Emeritus Professor of [[Physics]] at [[West London University]]. | * Stuart is now Emeritus Professor of [[Physics]] at [[West London University]]. | ||
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=== Technology === | === Technology === | ||
* [[The Source|The Source of Traken]] has exhausted its energy, and the Master is now looking for a way to achieve immortality and simultaneously destroy all the Chronovores. | * [[The Source (The Keeper of Traken)|The Source of Traken]] has exhausted its energy, and the Master is now looking for a way to achieve immortality and simultaneously destroy all the Chronovores. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This is a sequel to the television story ''[[The Time Monster]]'', which is dated as occurring in [[1973]]. | * This is a sequel to the television story ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', which is dated as occurring in [[1973]]. | ||
* For the Master, this is after the television story ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]''. | * For the Master, this is after the television story ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]''. | ||
* Reference is made to the [[entropy wave]] destroying [[Oa]] (a planet from DC comics) and a third of the [[Shi'ar Empire]] (a race from Marvel comics). | * Reference is made to the [[entropy wave]] destroying [[Oa]] (a planet from DC comics) and a third of the [[Shi'ar Empire]] (a race from Marvel comics). | ||
* Hinton's own notes for this novel were published in the charity publication ''Shelf Life''. They clarified many details about the [[Guardians of Time|Guardians]], [[Old Ones|the Old Ones]], the [[Eternal]]s, and the [[Chronovore]]s, and asserted that the "shift in reality" affecting the [[Six-Fold-Realm]] is actually the [[War in Heaven]]. Many of the details of these notes, lost in the finished novel, became important plot points of Hinton and Chris McKeon's self-published ''Time's Champion''. | |||
* Hinton stated in an interview that he wished he could rewrite the novel's ending since he found it confusing. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* While contemplating places to go to get over his guilt, the Doctor considers returning to the [[Tempus Fugit]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'') | * While contemplating places to go to get over his guilt, the Doctor considers returning to the [[Tempus Fugit]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'') | ||
* The Master recalls [[the Deca]], specifically [[the Rani]], [[the Monk]] and [[Drax]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties]]'') | * The Master recalls [[the Deca]], specifically [[the Rani]], [[the Monk]] and [[Drax]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties (novel)|Divided Loyalties]]'') | ||
* The Doctor remembers crossing over into the [[Inferno Earth|Inferno universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') | * The Doctor remembers crossing over into the [[Inferno Earth|Inferno universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') | ||
* The Doctor considers tractoring a [[neutron star]] to be one of the most ridiculous things he's ever done. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'') | * The Doctor considers tractoring a [[neutron star]] to be one of the most ridiculous things he's ever done. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'') | ||
* Mel's alternate timeline features a [[Third Doctor]] who never escaped his [[Exile on Earth|exile]] and makes reference to defeating a Cybermen fleet with a trap in [[1989]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'') | * Mel's alternate timeline features a [[Third Doctor]] who never escaped his [[Exile on Earth|exile]] and makes reference to defeating a Cybermen fleet with a trap in [[1989]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'') | ||
* When contemplating supercomputers that the Archangel might 'recruit', the Doctor tentatively identifies the Matrix, the [[Conscience of Marinus]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]'') [[Xoanon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'') the [[Dalek Emperor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'') and remembers [[Logopolis]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | * When contemplating supercomputers that the Archangel might 'recruit', the Doctor tentatively identifies the Matrix, the [[Conscience of Marinus]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]'') [[Xoanon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'') the [[Dalek Emperor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') and remembers [[Logopolis]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | ||
* The [[Millennium War]] features races such as the [[Dæmon]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') | * The [[Millennium War]] features races such as the [[Dæmon]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') the [[Osiran]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') the [[Euterpian]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)|Invasion of the Cat-People]]'') the [[Greld]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'')- the last two using the [[Semquess]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eye of the Giant (novel)|The Eye of the Giant]]'') engineering and the power of the [[Omnethoth]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fall of Yquatine (novel)|The Fall of Yquatine]]'')- the [[Kastrian]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'') the [[Exxilon]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'') the [[Sontaran]]s and the [[Rutan]]s, the early [[Time Lord]]s led by [[Rassilon]], and [[Faction Paradox]]. | ||
* The Doctor visits a [[parallel universe]] where he leads the Time Lords during [[ | * The Doctor visits a [[parallel universe]] where he leads the Time Lords during the [[War in Heaven]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'') | ||
* There is a [[Parallel universe of the Cla'tac'teth|parallel universe]] where the [[entropy wave]] destroyed everything. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | * There is a [[Parallel universe of the Cla'tac'teth|parallel universe]] where the [[entropy wave]] destroyed everything. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | ||
* The Master has previously lost his Trakenite body only to regain it again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Velvet Dark (short story)|The Velvet Dark]]'') | |||
* When reduced to his decayed form, the Master considers other options for immortality like the [[Deathworm Morphant|deathworms]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') and the [[Cheetah Planet|living planet]] of the [[Cheetah Person|Cheetah People]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') | |||
== Gallery == | |||
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Quantum Archangel bbcpdoc38.jpg|Official cover | |||
Quantum Archangel pulp cover.jpg|Pulp cover from ''[[Shelf Life]]'' | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|whobbk38.htm|The Quantum Archangel}} | {{dwrefguide|whobbk38.htm|The Quantum Archangel}} | ||
*{{whoniverse|pd38|The Quantum Archangel}} | * {{whoniverse|pd38|The Quantum Archangel}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/quantum.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Quantum Archangel'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/quantum.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Quantum Archangel'''] | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050407071941/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/06/01/13204.shtml Interview: The Quantum Archangel] | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:25, 3 November 2024
- You may be looking for the titular being.
The Quantum Archangel was the thirty-seventh novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Craig Hinton, released 8 January 2001 and featured the Sixth Doctor and Melanie Bush.
This novel was a sequel to the 1972 TV story The Time Monster.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
"Hear me, Lord of Time. We are a vengeful people. Our reach is infinite and our patience eternal. For your actions, we will have vengeance. And the vengeance of the Chronovores is terror beyond imagining."
Five thousand years ago, the Priest-Kings of Atlantis attempted to enslave Kronos, greatest of the Chronovores. They failed, with catastrophic results. Thirty years ago, the Master sought to do the same, and barely escaped with his life.
London, 2003: torn apart by tragedy, the Doctor and Mel have gone their separate ways, only to find their paths crossing once more. While the Doctor tries to stop an old friend from making a terrible mistake, Mel is horrified to learn that her best friend has fallen under the influence of the Master.
As the Tremas Master desperately tries to defend himself against the power of Kronos, the Doctor and Mel must overcome their differences. If they don't, the Quantum Archangel will be triumphant. And if she is, nothing in the Universe will ever be the same again.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Sixth Doctor
- Melanie Bush
- The Tremas Master
- Stuart Hyde
- Paul Kairos
- Arlene Cole
- Anjeliqua Whitefriar
- First Rani
- Second Drax
- The Monk
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Astronomical objects[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor and Stuart are flung to the Virgo Cluster.
The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor spent "decades" during the latter part of his second incarnation on the planet Darron, learning the psychic techniques of the Mind Monks.
- The Doctor reflects that his immediate predecessor was not a heavy drinker, while he finds that he enjoys the chance to get drunk in his current body.
Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Stattenheim and Waldorf created working plans for a TARDIS during the sixteenth century.
- The Eternal known as Elektra mated with the Chronovore Prometheus in order to conceive Kronos to lead the Chronovores against the Great Old One known as Nyarlathotep, whom Elektra feared.
- The Master uses the alias "Branko Gospodar".
- Stuart is now Emeritus Professor of Physics at West London University.
Species[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Master is fleeing from a disastrous alliance with the Krotons.
- The Master still has the Chronovores pursuing him after the Atlantis incident.
- The Chronovores are composed of non-baryonic matter. In their natural forms they are six-dimensional polymorphic lattices of photinos and chronons bound together with super-strings.
TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor says his TARDIS is not the Number 22 bus to Putney Common.
- The Master's TARDIS is changed to a Type 94.
Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Source of Traken has exhausted its energy, and the Master is now looking for a way to achieve immortality and simultaneously destroy all the Chronovores.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This is a sequel to the television story The Time Monster, which is dated as occurring in 1973.
- For the Master, this is after the television story The Ultimate Foe.
- Reference is made to the entropy wave destroying Oa (a planet from DC comics) and a third of the Shi'ar Empire (a race from Marvel comics).
- Hinton's own notes for this novel were published in the charity publication Shelf Life. They clarified many details about the Guardians, the Old Ones, the Eternals, and the Chronovores, and asserted that the "shift in reality" affecting the Six-Fold-Realm is actually the War in Heaven. Many of the details of these notes, lost in the finished novel, became important plot points of Hinton and Chris McKeon's self-published Time's Champion.
- Hinton stated in an interview that he wished he could rewrite the novel's ending since he found it confusing.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- While contemplating places to go to get over his guilt, the Doctor considers returning to the Tempus Fugit. (PROSE: The Crystal Bucephalus)
- The Master recalls the Deca, specifically the Rani, the Monk and Drax. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties)
- The Doctor remembers crossing over into the Inferno universe. (TV: Inferno)
- The Doctor considers tractoring a neutron star to be one of the most ridiculous things he's ever done. (TV: The Creature from the Pit)
- Mel's alternate timeline features a Third Doctor who never escaped his exile and makes reference to defeating a Cybermen fleet with a trap in 1989. (TV: Silver Nemesis)
- When contemplating supercomputers that the Archangel might 'recruit', the Doctor tentatively identifies the Matrix, the Conscience of Marinus, (TV: The Keys of Marinus) Xoanon, (TV: The Face of Evil) the Dalek Emperor, (TV: The Evil of the Daleks) and remembers Logopolis. (TV: Logopolis)
- The Millennium War features races such as the Dæmons, (TV: The Dæmons) the Osirans, (TV: Pyramids of Mars) the Euterpians, (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People) the Greld (PROSE: The Empire of Glass)- the last two using the Semquess (PROSE: The Eye of the Giant) engineering and the power of the Omnethoth (PROSE: The Fall of Yquatine)- the Kastrians, (TV: The Hand of Fear) the Exxilons, (TV: Death to the Daleks) the Sontarans and the Rutans, the early Time Lords led by Rassilon, and Faction Paradox.
- The Doctor visits a parallel universe where he leads the Time Lords during the War in Heaven. (PROSE: Alien Bodies)
- There is a parallel universe where the entropy wave destroyed everything. (TV: Logopolis)
- The Master has previously lost his Trakenite body only to regain it again. (PROSE: The Velvet Dark)
- When reduced to his decayed form, the Master considers other options for immortality like the deathworms (TV: Doctor Who) and the living planet of the Cheetah People. (TV: Survival)
Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]
Official cover
Pulp cover from Shelf Life
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Quantum Archangel at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: The Quantum Archangel at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: The Quantum Archangel
- Interview: The Quantum Archangel
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