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|image= NA030 firstfrontier.jpg | |image= NA030 firstfrontier.jpg | ||
|series= | |series = Virgin New Adventures | ||
|range = Virgin New Adventures | |||
|number in range = 30 | |||
|number= 30 | |number= 30 | ||
|doctor=Seventh Doctor | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | |companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | ||
|enemy= [[Tzun]], {{ | |enemy= [[Tzun]], {{Tipple|n=the "Tzun" Master}} | ||
|setting= [[New Mexico]], [[1957]] | |setting= [[New Mexico]], [[1957]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= David A. McIntee | ||
|cover= [[Tony Masero]] | |||
|publisher= Virgin Books | |publisher= Virgin Books | ||
|release date= | |release date= 15 September 1994 | ||
|format= Paperback Book; 24 Chapters, 294 Pages | |format= Paperback Book; 24 Chapters, 294 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20421-2 | |isbn= ISBN 0-426-20421-2 | ||
|prev= Strange England (novel) | |prev= Strange England (novel) | ||
|next= St Anthony's Fire (novel) | |next= St Anthony's Fire (novel) | ||
|editor = Rebecca Levine | |||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirtieth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. This novel also featured the first in-novel [[regeneration]] of a character from the [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series]]: [[the Master]]. It was one of three novels written by [[David A. McIntee]] that feature the Master, with [[Virgin Missing Adventures]]' ''[[The Dark Path]]'' following in 1997 and [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]' ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'' being published in 1998. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirtieth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. This novel also featured the first in-novel [[regeneration]] of a character from the [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series]]: [[the Master]]. It was one of three novels written by [[David A. McIntee]] that feature the Master, with [[Virgin Missing Adventures]]' ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]'' following in 1997 and [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]' ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'' being published in 1998. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
:''Ace raised her blaster. "You've already killed me once, girl," {{ | :''Ace raised her blaster. "You've already killed me once, girl," {{Tipple|n=Kreer}} said. "Didn't you learn anything from that?"'' | ||
When [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] asks to see the dawn of the space age, [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] takes the [[The Doctor's TARDIS ( | When [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] asks to see the dawn of the space age, [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] takes the [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Silurian Earth)|TARDIS]] to the [[United States of America]] in [[1957]] — and into the midst of distrust and paranoia. The [[Cold War]] is raging, bringing the world to the brink of atomic destruction. | ||
But the threat facing America is far more deadly than [[Communism|Communist]] [[Russia]]. The militaristic [[Tzun Confederacy]] have made [[Earth]] their next target for conquest — and the aliens are already among us. | But the threat facing America is far more deadly than [[Communism|Communist]] [[Russia]]. The militaristic [[Tzun Confederacy]] have made [[Earth]] their next target for conquest — and the aliens are already among us. | ||
Two [[nuclear warhead]]s have been stolen; there are traitors to the human species in the highest ranks of the army; and alien infiltrators have assumed human form. Only one person seems to know what's going on: the army's mysterious scientific advisor, the enigmatic Major {{ | Two [[nuclear warhead]]s have been stolen; there are traitors to the human species in the highest ranks of the army; and alien infiltrators have assumed human form. Only one person seems to know what's going on: the army's mysterious scientific advisor, the enigmatic Major {{Tipple|n=Kreer}}. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Ace]] | * [[Ace]] | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
* {{ | * {{Tipple|c}} | ||
* [[Shadow (Kitling)|Shadow]] | * [[Shadow (Kitling)|Shadow]] | ||
* [[Joe Manco]] | * [[Joe Manco]] | ||
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* [[Xeno]] | * [[Xeno]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Biology === | === Biology === | ||
* The Master and Ace can detect each other because they are both infected with the [[Cheetah Virus]]. | * The Master and Ace can detect each other because they are both infected with the [[Cheetah Virus]]. | ||
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* The [[Sidhe (Autumn Mist)|Sidhe]] are mentioned. | * The [[Sidhe (Autumn Mist)|Sidhe]] are mentioned. | ||
* [[First Rank]] is a rank of [[Time Lord]]s. | * [[First Rank]] is a rank of [[Time Lord]]s. | ||
* Other species mentioned include the [[Rutan Host]], [[Venusian]]s, [[Cybermen]], and the [[Sontaran]]s, whom the Tzun feel are inferior warriors who do not develop their tactics and so become stagnant. | * Other species mentioned include the [[Rutan Host]], [[Venusian]]s, [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], and the [[Sontaran]]s, whom the Tzun feel are inferior warriors who do not develop their tactics and so become stagnant. | ||
=== Sports === | === Sports === | ||
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* [[Sophie Aldred]] later posed for photographs wearing an outfit based upon the one worn by Ace on the cover of this novel, for her memoir, ''[[Ace! The Inside Story of the End of an Era]]''. | * [[Sophie Aldred]] later posed for photographs wearing an outfit based upon the one worn by Ace on the cover of this novel, for her memoir, ''[[Ace! The Inside Story of the End of an Era]]''. | ||
* A [[Prelude First Frontier (short story)|prelude]] was published for this novel in [[DWM 216]]. | * A [[Prelude First Frontier (short story)|prelude]] was published for this novel in [[DWM 216]]. | ||
* This is the first published work to feature the Master post-''Survival''. Later stories would contradict ''First Frontier'', which follows on directly from ''Survival''. The Master is still infected by the Cheetah virus in ''[[Housewarming]]'' and ''[[Prime Time]]'', and is returned to his last crispy incarnation (before [[Tremas]]) in ''[[Dust Breeding]]''. | * This is the first published work to feature the Master post-''Survival''. Later stories would contradict ''First Frontier'', which follows on directly from ''Survival''. The Master is still infected by the Cheetah virus in ''[[Housewarming (short story)|Housewarming]]'' and ''[[Prime Time (novel)|Prime Time]]'', and is returned to his last crispy incarnation (before [[Tremas]]) in ''[[Dust Breeding (audio story)|Dust Breeding]]''. | ||
* The regenerated Master's appearance is based on [[Basil Rathbone]] in ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', according to McIntee, First Frontier's author ([[DWM 222]]). | * The regenerated Master's appearance is based on [[Basil Rathbone]] in ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', according to McIntee, First Frontier's author ([[DWM 222]]). | ||
* The [[Seventh Doctor]]'s mention of the [[Darkling]]s, [[fungus|fungoid]] people from [[Yuggoth]] who were driven back to [[61 Cygni]], is a reference both to [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s {{wi|Fungi from Yuggoth}} and to the ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]'' episode ''[[w:c:blakes7:Killer (episode)|Killer]]'', where 61 Cygni is in the "Darkling Zone" and inhabited by aliens with advanced [[gene]]tic weapons. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Master rids himself of his [[Trakenite]] [[DNA]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'') which the Doctor theorises was most affected by the [[Cheetah Virus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival]]'') | * The Master rids himself of his [[Trakenite]] [[DNA]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'') which the Doctor theorises was most affected by the [[Cheetah Virus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') | ||
* The [[Sidhe (Autumn Mist)|Sidhe]] are mentioned as existing in some of the upper [[dimension]]s above Earth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Autumn Mist]]'') | * The [[Sidhe (Autumn Mist)|Sidhe]] are mentioned as existing in some of the upper [[dimension]]s above Earth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Autumn Mist (novel)|Autumn Mist]]'') | ||
* The Tzun later appear in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mission: Impractical]]'', and a single Tzun appears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]''. | * The Tzun later appear in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mission: Impractical (novel)|Mission: Impractical]]'', and a single Tzun appears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]''. | ||
* [[Bandraginus Five]] was mined and squashed to a ball by [[Zanak]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'') | * [[Bandraginus Five]] was mined and squashed to a ball by [[Zanak]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') | ||
* The Master later reappears to cause havoc for Benny. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'') | * The Master later reappears to cause havoc for Benny. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'') | ||
* The Master and a [[Kitling]] escaped the [[Cheetah Planet]]'s destruction together. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival | * The Master and a [[Kitling]] escaped the [[Cheetah Planet]]'s destruction together. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') | ||
* Ace has previously calculated her [[birthday]] in the TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shadowmind (novel)|Shadowmind]]'') | |||
* Ace has previously calculated her [[birthday]] in the TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shadowmind]]'') | * She can sense the Master via the [[Cheetah Virus]], something she hasn't felt for a while. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]'') | ||
* She can sense the Master via the [[Cheetah Virus]], something she hasn't felt for a while. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]'') | * Ace is still affected by [[Paul Richmann]]'s death. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]'') | ||
* Ace is still affected by [[Paul Richmann]]'s death. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness]]'') | * The Doctor mentions [[Silurian|Homo Reptilicus]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'') while the Master mentions their [[Sea Devil|aquatic branch]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'') | ||
* The Doctor mentions [[Silurian|Homo Reptilicus]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Heat]]'') while the Master mentions their [[Sea Devil|aquatic branch]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'') | * The Master asks Benny if she thinks the [[Nestene]]s have ever reached Earth, to which she says no. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') | ||
* The Master asks Benny if she thinks the [[Nestene]]s have ever reached Earth, to which she says no. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'') | * The Master retrieves his TARDIS via a [[Stattenheim remote control]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'') | ||
* The Master retrieves his TARDIS via a [[Stattenheim remote control]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'') | * He states the Doctor is "predictable as ever", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'') while the Doctor claims the Master gets dizzy walking in straight lines. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'') | ||
* He states the Doctor is "predictable as ever", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'') while the Doctor claims the Master gets dizzy walking in straight lines. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'') | * The Tzun want to incorporate the Time Lords' [[symbiotic nucleus|symbiotic nuclei]] to allow them access to [[time]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'') | ||
* The Tzun want to incorporate the Time Lords' [[symbiotic nucleus|symbiotic nuclei]] to allow them access to [[time]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'') | * The Tzun have access to the Master's recorded encounters with the Doctor. Record "Alpha.1" shows the [[Third Doctor]] attempting to disarm a bomb left by the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') | ||
* The Tzun have access to the Master's recorded encounters with the Doctor. Record "Alpha.1" shows the [[Third Doctor]] attempting to disarm a bomb left by the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'') | * When the Master betrays and kills the Tzun, Ace compares it to the [[Dalek]]s in [[1963]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] in [[1988]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'') and the [[Hoothi]] on [[Heaven (Love and War)|Heaven]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'') | ||
* When the Master betrays and kills the Tzun, Ace compares it to the [[Dalek]]s in [[1963]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') the [[Cybermen]] in [[1988]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'') and the [[Hoothi]] on [[Heaven (Love and War)|Heaven]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'') | * The Doctor mentions that he "once had [a nightmare] where all [his] old foes chased [him] round a soap opera". ([[TV]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'') | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [ | * [https://doctorwho.guide/whona30p.htm Prelude to '''First Frontier''' as published in DWM #216] | ||
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* {{whoniverse|na30|First Frontier}} | * {{whoniverse|na30|First Frontier}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/firs.htm The Cloister Library: '''First Frontier'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/firs.htm The Cloister Library: '''First Frontier'''] | ||
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#na030 Beyond the Book: First Frontier by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43] | * [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#na030 Beyond the Book: First Frontier by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43] | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:33, 27 June 2024
First Frontier was the thirtieth New Adventures novel. It featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield. This novel also featured the first in-novel regeneration of a character from the TV series: the Master. It was one of three novels written by David A. McIntee that feature the Master, with Virgin Missing Adventures' The Dark Path following in 1997 and BBC Past Doctor Adventures' The Face of the Enemy being published in 1998.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Ace raised her blaster. "You've already killed me once, girl," Kreer said. "Didn't you learn anything from that?"
When Bernice asks to see the dawn of the space age, the Doctor takes the TARDIS to the United States of America in 1957 — and into the midst of distrust and paranoia. The Cold War is raging, bringing the world to the brink of atomic destruction.
But the threat facing America is far more deadly than Communist Russia. The militaristic Tzun Confederacy have made Earth their next target for conquest — and the aliens are already among us.
Two nuclear warheads have been stolen; there are traitors to the human species in the highest ranks of the army; and alien infiltrators have assumed human form. Only one person seems to know what's going on: the army's mysterious scientific advisor, the enigmatic Major Kreer.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
On May Day, 1957, the Soviets launch Sputnik I. After it begins its orbit, the signal begins to fade and the satellite is lost. The mission will be erased from history, and when Sputnik II is launched, it will be renamed "Sputnik I."
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Seventh Doctor
- Ace
- Bernice Summerfield
- The Old Master
- Shadow
- Joe Manco
- Allen Dulles
- Jack Finney
- Ken Andrews
- Marion Davison
- Nyby
- Robert Agar
- Jack Siegel
- Shok'Arl
- Sr'Shol
- Tzashan
- Stoker
- Xeno
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Master and Ace can detect each other because they are both infected with the Cheetah Virus.
- The Master used Tzun genetic engineering to remove the Trakenite DNA from his body to restore him to a full Time Lord.
- Brady watches I Love Lucy.
Cultural references from the real world[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor makes a sly reference to Santa Mira.
Documents[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Master respects Bernice and has read her paper on Martian Feudalism.
Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Shadow is the name of a Kitling named by the Master. It took him from the Cheetah World to 1950s America.
Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Bandraginus Five was a shipyard for the Vegans.
- Before being trapped on the Cheetah World the Master tried to start a war between Antari Two and Antari Three.
- The Cheetah World had an atmosphere rich in artron energy.
Psychology[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Bernice is immune to the Master's hypnotism.
Species[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Nestene Consciousness controls a section of the Tau quadrant.
- The Tzun are from the planet S'Arl.
- The Sidhe are mentioned.
- First Rank is a rank of Time Lords.
- Other species mentioned include the Rutan Host, Venusians, Cybermen, and the Sontarans, whom the Tzun feel are inferior warriors who do not develop their tactics and so become stagnant.
Sports[[edit] | [edit source]]
- It is best (supposedly) to have five arms and five legs when using Venusian aikido.
TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Master constructs a Stattenheim remote control to retrieve his TARDIS.
Theories and concepts[[edit] | [edit source]]
- There is some discussion of dimensional transcendence, which in turn leads to discussions of Gallifreyan warp matrix engineering and Block Transfer Computations.
- A key to warp matrix engineering stems from the fact that the universe has 11 dimensions, and so could be said to exist as a point with no dimensions.
Time Lords[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Master claims to be a Time Lord of the First Rank.
Vehicles[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Ace can fly a Hercules military plane.
- Ace also used to fly a spacehopper in the Spacefleet.
Weapons[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Master uses his Tissue Compression Eliminator once more.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Sophie Aldred later posed for photographs wearing an outfit based upon the one worn by Ace on the cover of this novel, for her memoir, Ace! The Inside Story of the End of an Era.
- A prelude was published for this novel in DWM 216.
- This is the first published work to feature the Master post-Survival. Later stories would contradict First Frontier, which follows on directly from Survival. The Master is still infected by the Cheetah virus in Housewarming and Prime Time, and is returned to his last crispy incarnation (before Tremas) in Dust Breeding.
- The regenerated Master's appearance is based on Basil Rathbone in The Adventures of Robin Hood, according to McIntee, First Frontier's author (DWM 222).
- The Seventh Doctor's mention of the Darklings, fungoid people from Yuggoth who were driven back to 61 Cygni, is a reference both to H. P. Lovecraft's Fungi from Yuggoth and to the Blake's 7 episode Killer, where 61 Cygni is in the "Darkling Zone" and inhabited by aliens with advanced genetic weapons.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Master rids himself of his Trakenite DNA, (TV: The Keeper of Traken) which the Doctor theorises was most affected by the Cheetah Virus. (TV: Survival)
- The Sidhe are mentioned as existing in some of the upper dimensions above Earth. (PROSE: Autumn Mist)
- The Tzun later appear in PROSE: Mission: Impractical, and a single Tzun appears in PROSE: Return of the Living Dad.
- Bandraginus Five was mined and squashed to a ball by Zanak. (TV: The Pirate Planet)
- The Master later reappears to cause havoc for Benny. (PROSE: Happy Endings)
- The Master and a Kitling escaped the Cheetah Planet's destruction together. (TV: Survival)
- Ace has previously calculated her birthday in the TARDIS. (PROSE: Shadowmind)
- She can sense the Master via the Cheetah Virus, something she hasn't felt for a while. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys)
- Ace is still affected by Paul Richmann's death. (PROSE: White Darkness)
- The Doctor mentions Homo Reptilicus, (PROSE: Blood Heat) while the Master mentions their aquatic branch. (TV: The Sea Devils)
- The Master asks Benny if she thinks the Nestenes have ever reached Earth, to which she says no. (TV: Spearhead from Space, Terror of the Autons)
- The Master retrieves his TARDIS via a Stattenheim remote control. (TV: The Mark of the Rani)
- He states the Doctor is "predictable as ever", (TV: The Deadly Assassin) while the Doctor claims the Master gets dizzy walking in straight lines. (TV: The Mark of the Rani)
- The Tzun want to incorporate the Time Lords' symbiotic nuclei to allow them access to time. (TV: The Two Doctors)
- The Tzun have access to the Master's recorded encounters with the Doctor. Record "Alpha.1" shows the Third Doctor attempting to disarm a bomb left by the Master. (TV: Terror of the Autons)
- When the Master betrays and kills the Tzun, Ace compares it to the Daleks in 1963, (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) the Cybermen in 1988, (TV: Silver Nemesis) and the Hoothi on Heaven. (PROSE: Love and War)
- The Doctor mentions that he "once had [a nightmare] where all [his] old foes chased [him] round a soap opera". (TV: Dimensions in Time)
Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]
Original cover
Textless cover
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Prelude to First Frontier as published in DWM #216
- First Frontier at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: First Frontier at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: First Frontier
- Beyond the Book: First Frontier by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43
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