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novel name= Relative Dementias |
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image= [[Image:Relative Dementias.jpg|250px]] |
{{Infobox Story SMW
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] |
|image       = Relative Dementias.jpg
number= 49 |
|series       = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
|number       = 48
companions= [[Ace]] |
|doctor       = Seventh Doctor
enemy= [[Sooal]] |
|companions   = [[Ace]]
year= [[1982]], [[Earth]] |
|enemy       = [[Sooal]], Megan
writer= [[Mark Michalowski]] |
|setting      = [[London]], [[2012]] [[Scotland]], [[1982]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|writer       = Mark Michalowski
release date= [[January]] [[2002]] |
|publisher    = BBC Books
format= Paperback Book, 277 Pages |
|cober        = [[Black Sheep]]
isbn= ISBN 0563538449 |
|release date = 7 January 2002
previous story= [[Instruments of Darkness]] |
|format       = Paperback Book;<br/>24 Chapters, 277 Pages
next story= [[Drift]]}}
|isbn         = ISBN 0-563-53844-9
|prev        = Instruments of Darkness (novel)
|next        = Drift (novel)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the forty-eighth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Mark Michalowski]], released [[7 January (releases)|7 January]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]] and featured the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]].


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
''‘Do Time Lords get Alzheimer’s disease?’ asked Ace.''
''"Do [[Time Lord]]s get [[Alzheimer's disease]]?" asked [[Ace]].''
''‘Oh, we get far worse things than that, Ace. The dementias that plague us are much, much darker.’''


Collecting his post in the London of 2012, the Doctor and Ace are called through time to south-east Scotland to help out an old friend -- an old friend who’s vanished. They find themselves at Graystairs, an Alzheimer’s treatment clinic and a place of healing, where the patients seem to be gaining a new lease of life. But whose life is it?
''"Oh, we get far worse things than that, Ace. The dementias that plague us are much, much darker."''


Why is the Doctor so reluctant to reveal what happened in the TARDIS before their arrival? Why are cats and dogs -- not to mention people -- disappearing? Who is the shadowy figure stalking the Doctor and Ace? And what is the secret of the mysterious Miss Chambers, whom no-one remembers meeting?
Collecting his post in the [[London]] of [[2012]], [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and Ace are called through time to south-east [[Scotland]] to help out an [[Joyce Brunner|old friend]] — an old friend who's vanished. They find themselves at [[Graystairs]], an Alzheimer's treatment clinic and a place of healing, where the patients seem to be gaining a new lease of life. But whose life is it?


Soon, the Doctor and Ace find out the hard way that actions have consequences -- and that there’s more than one kind of dementia.
Why is the Doctor so reluctant to reveal what happened in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] before their arrival? Why are [[cat]]s and [[dog]]s — not to mention people — disappearing? Who is the shadowy figure stalking the Doctor and Ace? And what is the secret of the mysterious [[Miss Chambers]], whom no-one remembers meeting?


==Characters==
Soon, the Doctor and Ace find out the hard way that actions have consequences — and that there's more than one kind of dementia.
*[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
*[[Ace]]


==References==
== Plot ==
===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]===
''to be added''
*[[Countess Gallowglass]]
*[[Michael Ashworth]]
*[[Joyce Ashworth]]
===[[:Category:Races and Species|Races and Species]]===
*[[Annarene]]
*[[Landine]]
*[[Talichre]]
*[[Tulk]]
 
===[[:Category:Technology|Technology]]===
*[[Fleshsuit]]
*[[Meme bomb]]
*[[Solar disruptor]]
*[[Metabolic stabiliser]]
 
===[[:Category:Astronomical objects|Astronomical objects]]===
*[[Anima Persis]]


==Notes==
== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Sooal]]
* [[Gallowglass|Countess Gallowglass]]
* [[Michael Ashworth]]
* [[Joyce Brunner]]
* [[Norma Brunner]]
* [[Terrance Ashworth]]
* [[Alexander (Relative Dementias)|Alexander]]
* [[John (Relative Dementias)|John]]
* [[Andy (Relative Dementias)|Andy]]
* [[Claire (Relative Dementias)|Claire]]
* [[Claudette (Relative Dementias)|Claudette]]
* [[Connie (Relative Dementias)|Connie]]
* [[Doris Wesley]]
* [[Jessie (Relative Dementias)|Jessie]]
* [[Megan (Relative Dementias)|Megan]]
* [[Menzies (Relative Dementias)|Menzies]]
* [[Khamrain|Beanie]]
* [[Onaaka Matrin|Eddie]]
* [[George (Relative Dementias)|George]]
* [[Hamaeia|Harry]]
* [[Jophan]]
* [[Natillo]]


*The Doctor briefly visits London 2012 to collect his post: unbeknownst to him, there are two other incarnations presnet in this year: the [[Ninth Doctor]] facing the [[Dalek]] in [[Utah]], and [[Tenth Doctor | his immedite succesor]] visiting the Olympic Games.
== Worldbuilding ==
* Ace refers to [[UNIT]].


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==Timeline==
== Continuity ==
*Relative Dementias occurs after [[ST]]: ''[[Fable Fusion]]''
* Ace refers to escaping an underwater spaceship. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')
*Relative Dementias occurs before [[DW]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]''
* Puccini is mentioned ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* The Doctor mentions having a granddaughter ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' et. al.)
* The Annarene use fleshsuits ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prime Time (novel)|Prime Time]]'')
* While plugged into one of Sooal's devices, the Doctor vaguely remembers events from [[PROSE]]: ''[[Drift (novel)|Drift]]''.


==External Links==
== External links ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbk49.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Relative Dementias''']
{{dwrefguide|whobbk49.htm|Relative Dementias}}
* [http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/PD49.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for '''Relative Dementias''']
* {{whoniverse|pd49|Relative Dementias}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/reld.htm The Cloister Library: '''Relative Dementias''']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406224528/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13685.shtml Writing Relative Dementias]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060324070948/http://www.gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=michalowski Outpost Gallifrey - Interview: '''Mark Michalowski''' (archived)]
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Latest revision as of 20:48, 10 January 2024

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Relative Dementias was the forty-eighth novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Mark Michalowski, released 7 January 2002 and featured the Seventh Doctor and Ace.

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

"Do Time Lords get Alzheimer's disease?" asked Ace.

"Oh, we get far worse things than that, Ace. The dementias that plague us are much, much darker."

Collecting his post in the London of 2012, the Doctor and Ace are called through time to south-east Scotland to help out an old friend — an old friend who's vanished. They find themselves at Graystairs, an Alzheimer's treatment clinic and a place of healing, where the patients seem to be gaining a new lease of life. But whose life is it?

Why is the Doctor so reluctant to reveal what happened in the TARDIS before their arrival? Why are cats and dogs — not to mention people — disappearing? Who is the shadowy figure stalking the Doctor and Ace? And what is the secret of the mysterious Miss Chambers, whom no-one remembers meeting?

Soon, the Doctor and Ace find out the hard way that actions have consequences — and that there's more than one kind of dementia.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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