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novel name= The Gallifrey Chronicles |
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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] |
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number= 73 |
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doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] |
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companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Trix]] |
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
enemy= The Vore |
|number= 73  
year= [[Earth]], [[2005]] |
|doctor = Eighth Doctor  
writer= [[Lance Parkin]] |
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Trix]]  
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|enemy= [[Vore]]
release date= June, 2005 |
|setting= {{il|[[Italy]], [[BC#1st century BC|40 BC]]|[[London]], [[Manhattan]] and [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[June]] [[2005]]|The [[Vore]] moon, [[June]] [[2005]]|[[Greyfrith]], the [[1980s]]}}
format= Paperback Book, --- Pages |
|writer= Lance Parkin
isbn= ISBN 0-563-48624-4|
|publisher= BBC Books  
previous story= [[To the Slaughter]]|
|release date= 2 June 2005
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|format= Paperback Book; 19 Chapters, 283 Pages  
:''For the history of Gallifrey by [[John Peel]], see [[The Gallifrey Chronicles (illustrated guide)]]''
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-48624-4
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'''''The Gallifrey Chronicles''''' was the seventy-third and final novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Lance Parkin]], released [[2 June (releases)|2 June]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Trix MacMillan]].


==Publisher’s Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
The Doctor’s home planet of Gallifrey has been destroyed. The Time Lords are dead, their TARDISes annihilated. The man responsible has been tracked down and lured to Earth in the year 2005, where there will be no escape. But Earth has other problems -- a mysterious signal is being received, a second moon appears in the sky, and a primordial alien menace waits to be unleashed...
[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor's]] home planet of [[Gallifrey]] has been destroyed. The [[Time Lord]]s are dead, their [[TARDIS]]es annihilated. The man responsible has been tracked down and lured to [[Earth]] in the year [[2005]], where there will be no escape. But [[Earth]] has other problems — a mysterious signal is being received, a second [[moon]] appears in the sky, and a primordial alien menace waits to be unleashed...


The stage is set for the ultimate confrontation -- for justice to be done. The Doctor and his companions Fitz and Trix will meet their destiny. And this time, the Doctor isn’t going to be able to save everyone.  
The stage is set for the ultimate confrontation — for justice to be done. The Doctor and his companions [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]] and [[Trix]] will meet their destiny. And this time, the Doctor isn't going to be able to save everyone.


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]
''to be added''
*[[Fitz Kreiner]]
*[[Trix]]
*[[Marnal]]
*[[Rachel]]
*[[Miranda]] (flashback)


==References==
== Characters ==
* [[Faction Paradox]] and their attack on [[Gallifrey]].
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Fitz Kreiner]]
* [[Trix]]
* [[K9 Mark I]]
* [[Marnal]]
* [[Rachel Rowley]]
* [[Mondova]]
* [[Crallan]]
* [[Thorgan]]
* [[Greg (The Gallifrey Chronicles)|Greg]]
* [[Jackie Winfield]]
* [[Des Winfield]]
* [[Ulysses]]
* [[Penelope Gate]]
* [[Saldaamir]]
* [[Larna]]
* [[Romana III (The Shadows of Avalon)|Romana III]]
* [[Mali]]


* The TARDIS materialises in a graveyard showing [[Samantha Jones|Samantha Lynn Jones]]’s gravestone in [[2002]].
== Worldbuilding ==
* The TARDIS materialises in a [[graveyard]] containing [[Sam Jones|Samantha Lynn Jones]]'s [[gravestone]] in [[2002]].
* The [[Eye of Harmony]] opens briefly and a voice comes from it.
* Marnal was placed in the care of a Mrs Gate in [[1883]].
* [[K9]] is revealed to be the scratching thing behind the TARDIS walls.
* The Doctor sends K9 to the planet [[Espero]].
* Gallifrey was said to be attacked by [[Omega]], the [[Sontaran]]s, [[Tannis]], the [[Faction Paradox]], [[Varnax]], [[Catavolcus]] and the [[Timewyrm]].
* There is a flashback to [[Marnal]]'s time on Gallifrey with [[Ulysses]], [[Penelope Gate]] and Mr [[Saldaamir]].
* The [[Klade]], [[Centro]], [[Tractite]]s and [[the Ongoing]] are all races Marnal believes could have destroyed Gallifrey.
* Fitz knows at least three [[Beatles]] songs from a [[parallel universe]]: "[[Little Girl (song)|Little Girl]]", "[[Back Home]]" and an alternate "[[Jealous Guy]]".
* The twin [[Towers of Canonicity and Likelihood]], as well as the [[Three Minutes Cities]], existed on Gallifrey as Marnal remembers it.
* Among the components in the Doctor's TARDIS not working are the [[absence detector]]s, all of the [[aesthetics gauge]]s, the [[ahistorical contextualiser]], the [[ambiguous resolver]], the [[animal-language translation circuits]], the [[aprioritron]], the [[art device]], the [[assimilation contrastor]], and the [[axiomator]].
* [[GM-TV]] lists the celebrities believed to have been killed during the Vore invasion, including cast members from both ''[[Coronation Street]]'' and ''[[EastEnders]]'' as well as Ant from [[Ant & Dec]].


* The [[Eye of Harmony]] opens briefly and a voice comes from it, (possibly [[the Master]], who was swallowed by it at the conclusion of [[DW]]:''[[Doctor Who: The TV Movie]]'').
== Notes ==
* The novel was originally planned to be released in [[March (releases)|March]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]], just before the transmission of ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', but the [[BBC]] feared consumers would misunderstand it as a necessary prerequisite for understanding [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 1]], so it was shifted down the release schedule. ([[DWM 356]])
* The events of ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'' are re-interpreted, making more sense than that original book.
* The Doctor's final line in the ''BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures'' series is; "Shall we?"
* Marnal lists the Eighth Doctor's companions as [[Lorenzo Smitt|Lorenzo]], [[Delilah (The Gallifrey Chronicles)|Delilah]], [[Frank (The Gallifrey Chronicles)|Frank]], [[Claudia (Father Time)|Claudia]], [[Deborah Castle|Deborah]], [[Jemima-Katy]], [[Miranda Dawkins|Miranda]], [[Nina (The Gallifrey Chronicles)|Nina]], [[Anji Kapoor|Anji]], and [[Trix|Beatrice]]. "Jemima-Katy" is a reference to an applicant for the position of assistant to the [[Third Doctor]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Skivers (audio skit)|The Skivers]]'', and "Claudia" is a reference to the 1997 erotic novel ''The Stranger'', which also featured a thinly-veiled copyright-free version of the Eighth Doctor, and which had been previously referenced in Parkin's novel ''[[Father Time (novel)|Father Time]]''.
* A reference to the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' novels is made, indicating that the Doctor possesses a set of ten books.
* The book ends on a cliffhanger, leaving how the Doctor stops the Vore and returns Gallifrey open ended. However, the Doctor saw Gallifrey and the Time Lords restored in a vision of his future in ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]''. It should be made clear, however, that the EDA writers only alluded to Gallifrey being back as they, reasonably, presumed Gallifrey would be returned in [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|the new series]], which it [[Last Great Time War|wasn't]].
[[File:PN 356 1.jpg|thumb|[[Jackie Tyler]] holds ''The Gallifrey Chronicles''.]]
* [[Russell T Davies]] briefly discussed this book in the ''[[Production Notes]]'' of [[DWM 356]]. The illustration accompanying this article showed [[Jackie Tyler]] holding ''The Gallifrey Chronicles''.
* The author stated in ''[[AHistory]]'' that the [[four surviving elementals|four surviving Time Lords]] were intended to be [[the Master]], [[Iris Wildthyme]] (or possibly [[Romana]]), the [[Minister of Chance]], and the [[Infinity Doctor]] or [[the Emperor]].


* Marnal makes reference to many events, characters, and places from previous novels:
== Continuity ==
:* [[Tractite]]s
* The Doctor's battle with [[The Master (The TV Movie)|the Master]] in [[San Francisco]] in [[December]] [[1999]] is referenced, referencing [[TV]]: [[Doctor Who (TV story)]]
:* [[Klade]]
* The events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'' are revisited and analysed.
* The Klade first appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Father Time (novel)|Father Time]]'' (and were last mentioned in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Trading Futures (novel)|Trading Futures]]'').
* The grave of Samantha Lynn Jones seen here might seem contradict events in ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'' where it's implied that Sam Jones will lead a long life (beyond twenty-two). However Samantha ''Lynn'' Jones was (a version of) Sam's original timeline (aka "Dark Sam"), seen last in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Unnatural History (novel)}}
* Marnal says Time Lord civilisation is [[Gallifreyan history|20,000 centuries old]]. The Doctor, at another point, concurs that the Matrix was invented only two million years earlier, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'')
* Gallifrey was attacked by Omega in [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'', the Sontarans in [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'', Faction Paradox in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'', Catavolcus in [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Neutron Knights (comic story)|The Neutron Knights]]'', the Timewyrm in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]''.
* The Doctor is prophesied to find the [[Lost Scrolls of Rassilon]] and lead Gallifrey from [[Time of Darkness|darkness]], which is also referenced in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'')
* During the events of [[The Ancestor Cell (novel)]] the Doctor compressed the entire [[the Matrix|Matrix]] into his mind, causing the amnesia he had since ''[[The Burning (novel)|The Burning]]''. This allows the Doctor to restore the Time Lords and Gallifrey to the universe.
* The Time Lords were seen, restored and on Gallifrey in the Doctor's future. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]'')
* The Doctor mentions Sabbath as a human time-traveller who fancied himself a lord of time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') He also mentions watching for months as universes die. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Zero (novel)|Time Zero]]'', ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'')
* K9 describes Romana as "President of the High Council of Time Lords, keeper of the legacy of Rassilon, defender of the laws of time, protector of Gallifrey." The Doctor gave these titles to himself in [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''.


* Marnal was placed in the care of a Mrs. Gate in [[1883]], (the only Mrs. Gate mentioned previously is [[Penelope Gate]]).
== Reprint ==
[[BBC Books]] has announced that a "print on demand" reprint edition of this novel will be made available as of 31 August 2011 as the imprint revisits adventures featuring the first eight Doctors.


* [[K-9]] is revealed to be the scratching thing behind the TARDIS walls.
This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.
*The Doctor sends K-9 to the planet [[Espero]].
*Gallifrey was said to be attacked by [[Omega]], the [[Sontarans]], [[Tannis]], the [[Faction Paradox]], Varnax, [[Catavolcus]], and the [[Timewyrm]].


*The reference to the [[Timewyrm]] is significant as it was featured in the first original Doctor Who novel, published under the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line, ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]''.
== External links ==
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/chronicles.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Gallifrey Chronicles''']
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==Notes==
[[Category:EDA novels]]
* The events of ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'' are re-interpreted to take on a slightly different meaning, which in turn makes more sense than that original book.
[[Category:2005 novels]]
*Marnal lists the Eighth Doctor's companions as; Lorenzo, Delilah, Frank, Claudia, Deborah, Jemima-Katy, Miranda, Nina, Anji, and Beatrice. Of the list only Miranda ([[Miranda Dawkins]]) and [[Anji Kapoor]] can be positively identified as having previously appeared. One could assume "Beatrice" to be a reference to [[Trix]], especially considering it's a pseudonym that she herself uses later on in the book, (Page 215) but even this is not entirely clear. Missing from this list are [[Grace Holloway]] (often identified as a companion of the Eighth Doctor, and [[Bernice Summerfield]], who served as companion in [[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]''. As both only shared one known adventure with the Eighth Doctor, they may have been overlooked in deference to companions he travelled with for longer. The list also omits the companions he travelled with in the ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic strip (i.e. [[Izzy Sinclair]] and [[Destrii]] and the [[Big Finish]] audio productions, particularly [[Charley Pollard]] and [[Lucie Miller]] (although the latter wouldn't be introduced until nearly two years after this book as published.
[[Category:The Master novels]]
* A reference to the [[Harry Potter]] novels is made, indicating that the Doctor possesses a set of 11 books. In the real world this would appear to be an error as only seven were published. However, see the article on Harry Potter for a possible explanation.
[[Category:Time Lord novels]]
 
[[Category:Stories set in Italy]]
==Continuity==
[[Category:Stories set in 40 BC]]
*The Doctor's battle with the Master in [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The TV Movie]]'' is referenced.
[[Category:Stories set in London]]
*The events of [[EDA]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'' are revisited and analysed.
[[Category:Stories set in New York City]]
*The Klade first appeared in [[EDA]]: ''[[Father Time]]'' (and were last mentioned in [[EDA]]: ''[[Trading Futures]]'').
*The grave for Samantha Lynn Jones seen here might contradict events in ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'' where it's implied that Sam Jones will lead a long life (beyond 22), however Samantha '''Lynn''' Jones, was Sam's original timeline (aka Dark Sam) seen last in [[EDA]]: ''[[Unnatural History]]''.
*At one point,<ref>on page 62</ref> Marnal says of the Doctor, "As for his future — he has three ninth incarnations". Fans have widely interpreted this as a nod to [[Richard E. Grant]]'s [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|Ninth Doctor]] ([[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka]]''), [[Rowan Atkinson]]'s [[Ninth Doctor (Comic Relief)|Ninth Doctor]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]'') and [[Christopher Eccleston]]'s [[Ninth Doctor]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''). However, Marnal's statements end there, without giving even a vague physical description of the future Ninth Doctors. The statement is thus open to multiple interpretations.
*Gallifrey was attacked by: Omega in [[DW]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'', the Sontarans in [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'', Tannis in [[WC]]: ''[[Death Comes to Time]]'', the Faction Paradox in [[EDA]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'', Catavolcus in [[DWM]]: ''[[The Neutron Knights]]'', the Timewyrm in [[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'' and Varnax in an unmade movie from the 1990s (detailed in [[REF]]: ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'').
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc73.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: '''The Gallifrey Chronicles''']
 
*[http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/ED73.php The Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for '''The Gallifrey Chronicles''']
==Notes==
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[[Category:2005 novels|Gallifrey Chronicles]]
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[[Category:Stories set in the 1980s]]
[[Category:K9 novels]]
[[Category:Faction Paradox stories]]
[[Category:Romana III novels]]

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The Gallifrey Chronicles was the seventy-third and final novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Lance Parkin, released 2 June 2005 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Trix MacMillan.

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

The Doctor's home planet of Gallifrey has been destroyed. The Time Lords are dead, their TARDISes annihilated. The man responsible has been tracked down and lured to Earth in the year 2005, where there will be no escape. But Earth has other problems — a mysterious signal is being received, a second moon appears in the sky, and a primordial alien menace waits to be unleashed...

The stage is set for the ultimate confrontation — for justice to be done. The Doctor and his companions Fitz and Trix will meet their destiny. And this time, the Doctor isn't going to be able to save everyone.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The novel was originally planned to be released in March 2005, just before the transmission of Rose, but the BBC feared consumers would misunderstand it as a necessary prerequisite for understanding Series 1, so it was shifted down the release schedule. (DWM 356)
  • The events of The Ancestor Cell are re-interpreted, making more sense than that original book.
  • The Doctor's final line in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series is; "Shall we?"
  • Marnal lists the Eighth Doctor's companions as Lorenzo, Delilah, Frank, Claudia, Deborah, Jemima-Katy, Miranda, Nina, Anji, and Beatrice. "Jemima-Katy" is a reference to an applicant for the position of assistant to the Third Doctor in AUDIO: The Skivers, and "Claudia" is a reference to the 1997 erotic novel The Stranger, which also featured a thinly-veiled copyright-free version of the Eighth Doctor, and which had been previously referenced in Parkin's novel Father Time.
  • A reference to the Harry Potter novels is made, indicating that the Doctor possesses a set of ten books.
  • The book ends on a cliffhanger, leaving how the Doctor stops the Vore and returns Gallifrey open ended. However, the Doctor saw Gallifrey and the Time Lords restored in a vision of his future in The Tomorrow Windows. It should be made clear, however, that the EDA writers only alluded to Gallifrey being back as they, reasonably, presumed Gallifrey would be returned in the new series, which it wasn't.
Jackie Tyler holds The Gallifrey Chronicles.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Reprint[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Books has announced that a "print on demand" reprint edition of this novel will be made available as of 31 August 2011 as the imprint revisits adventures featuring the first eight Doctors.

This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.

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

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According to one account, the Master had the appearance of Roger Delgado while on Gallifrey. According to another, he had Anthony Ainley's likeness. According to another one, the one with James Dreyfus's appearance was the incarnation who ran away from Gallifrey.

Divided Loyalties, A Brief History of Time Lords and The Legions of Death feature, or otherwise acknowledge, the War Chief, but in the process contradicted the notion put forward by other stories that he was an incarnation of the Master.

One account suggests that the incarnation portrayed by Roger Delgado may be the same as the one portrayed by Peter Pratt while some others distinguish them.

According to one account, the incarnation portrayed by Gordon Tipple is the one portrayed by Anthony Ainley, while some others state that the Ainley one was already lost by then.

While fighting to extend his life at the end of his regeneration cycle, many bodies were possessed by the Beevers incarnation, but all kept somehow reverting to his real being until he finally regenerated into the MacQueen one. Hence, these sections cannot be strictly chronological
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