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|series = ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' novels
|series             = ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' novels
|number = 1
|number             = 1
|main character = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Lethbridge-Stewart]]
|main character     = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart]]
|featuring =Anne Travers
|featuring           = [[Anne Travers|Anne]], [[Mary Gore|Mary]], [[Sally Wright|Sally]], [[Walter Douglas|Douglas]], [[Oliver Hamilton|Hamilton]], [[Owain Vine|Owain]], [[Raymond Phillips|Raymond]], [[Henry Barns|Henry]]
|enemy = [[Great Intelligence]]
|enemy               = [[Great Intelligence]]
|setting = [[Earth]], [[March]] [[1969]]
|setting             = [[London]] and [[Bledoe]], [[March]] [[1969]]
|writer = [[Andy Frankham-Allen]]
|writer             = Andy Frankham-Allen
|editor = [[Andy Frankham-Allen]], [[Shaun Russell]], [[Hayley Cox]], [[Will Rees]]
|editor             = [[Andy Frankham-Allen]], [[Shaun Russell]], [[Hayley Cox]], [[Will Rees]]
|cover = [[Simon Williams (illustrator)|Simon Williams]]
|cover               = [[Simon Williams (illustrator)|Simon Williams]]
|designer = [[Simon Williams (illustrator)|Simon Williams]]
|designer           = [[Simon Williams (illustrator)|Simon Williams]]
|publisher = Candy Jar Books
|publisher           = Candy Jar Books
|release date = [[26 February (releases)|26 February]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|release date       = 26 February 2015
|format = Paperback, 288 pages; E-book
|format             = Paperback, 288 pages; E-book
|isbn = ISBN 978-0-9931191-5-6
|isbn               = ISBN 978-0-9931191-5-6
|next= The Schizoid Earth (novel)
|next               = The Schizoid Earth (novel)
|audiobook publisher = Fantom Films
|audiobook publisher = Fantom Films
|read by = Terry Molloy
|read by             = Terry Molloy
|soundcloudclip = https://soundcloud.com/fantompublishing/lethbridge-stewart-the-forgotten-son-chapter-one-sample
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first novel published by [[Candy Jar Books]] in their [[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|''Lethbridge-Stewart'' series]]. The series was devised and created by [[Andy Frankham-Allen]] with Shaun Russell, and licensed by the [[Mervyn Haisman]] Estate (with approval from [[Henry Lincoln]]) and is set following the events of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''.
'''''The Forgotten Son''''' was the first novel published by [[Candy Jar Books]] in their [[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|''Lethbridge-Stewart'' series]]. The series was devised and created by [[Andy Frankham-Allen]] with Shaun Russell, and licensed by the [[Mervyn Haisman]] Estate (with approval from [[Henry Lincoln]]) and is set following the events of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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* Colonel [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* Colonel [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Anne Travers]]
* [[Anne Travers]]
* Driver [[Gwynfor Evans]]
* Staff Sergeant [[Albert Arnold]]
* Staff Sergeant [[Albert Arnold]]
* Captain [[Ben Knight]]
* Corporal [[Lane (The Web of Fear)|Lane]]
* [[Mary Gore]]
* [[Mary Gore]]
* Major General [[Oliver Hamilton]]
* Major General [[Oliver Hamilton]]
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* [[Joy Felming]]
* [[Joy Felming]]
* [[Jemima Barns]] (nee Fleming)
* [[Jemima Barns]] (nee Fleming)
* [[Ralph Cooper]]
* [[John James]]
* [[John James]]
* Driver [[Gwynfor Evans]]
* Captain [[Ben Knight]]
* Corporal [[A Lane|Lane]]
* [[Gerald Sherwin]]
* [[Gerald Sherwin]]
* [[Gordon Conall Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Gordon Conall Lethbridge-Stewart]]
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* Pastor [[Ronald Stone]]
* Pastor [[Ronald Stone]]
* Doctor [[Jason Starling]]
* Doctor [[Jason Starling]]
* [[John James]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Locations ===
* John James lives in [[Tooting Bec]].
* Alistair lives in [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart's flat|a flat]] in [[Pimlico]].
* The [[London Regiment]] offices are located in [[Battersea]].
* [[Army Strategic Command]] was located near [[Fugglestone]].
* Mary Gore lives in [[Coleshill]], [[Buckinghamshire]].
* Arnold passes through [[Grasmre Avenue]], [[Kenton]].
* Bledoe is located near [[Liskeard]], [[Cornwall]].
* [[Draynes Wood]] and [[Dingle Hill Wood]] are located near [[Bledoe]].
* In Draynes Wood, [[Golitha Falls]] flowed into the [[River Fowey]].
* [[Bodmin Moor]] and [[Lanyon Moor]] are both not far from Bledoe by car.
* The Bledoe pub visited throughout the story is named [[The Rose & Crown (The Forgotten Son)|The Rose & Crown]].
* Alistair's old home was [[Redrose Cottage]], located at [[Penhale Meadow]], was given by Mary to [[Eileen Phillips]].
* Lewis and Charles check all over town, even in the graveyard of [[Bledoe Parish Church]], where they find nothing but an old woman.
* [[Fore Street]] is the main road in Bledoe. Other roads include [[Well Lane]], [[Trethevy Close]], [[Tremar Lane]] and [[Humphrey's Lane]].
* Many of the older children from Bledoe attend [[Liskeard Grammar School]].
* [[Diggory's Field]] is located in Bledoe.
* [[Venslooe Hill]] and [[Higher Tremarcoombe]] are near Bledoe, as is the [[Pengriffen Fogou]]. [[Redgate Smithy]] and [[Trethevy Quoit]] are in Higher Tremarcoome.
* The Bledoe Cadets congregated at [[Puckator Farm]].
 
=== Culture ===
* [[John James]] watches ''[[Doctor Omega]]''.
* [[John James]] watches ''[[Doctor Omega]]''.
* Owain has a [[radio]] so that he can listen to [[football]] matches when his mother is watching sitcom comedies like ''[[Her Majesty's Pleasure]]'' or super-spy programs like ''[[The Saint]]''.
* Owain has a [[radio]] so that he can listen to [[football]] matches when his mother is watching sitcom comedies like ''[[Her Majesty's Pleasure]]'' or super-spy programs like ''[[The Saint]]''.
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* Mary mentions ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''. That week's presentation is on Lady [[Diana Cooper]].
* Mary mentions ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''. That week's presentation is on Lady [[Diana Cooper]].
* Ray's first book was called ''[[The Hollow Man of Carrington Lodge]]'' and was based on the true events which occurred to him from September [[1937]] to March [[1938]].
* Ray's first book was called ''[[The Hollow Man of Carrington Lodge]]'' and was based on the true events which occurred to him from September [[1937]] to March [[1938]].
* The pub visited throughout the story is named [[The Rose & Crown (The Forgotten Son)|The Rose & Crown]].
* When Charles later visits Lewis at his house, George and Shirley are watching ''[[Hugh and I Spy]]''.
* When Charles later visits Lewis at his house, George and Shirley are watching ''[[Hugh and I Spy]]''.
* When [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Lethbridge-Stewart]] enters the bar, the song "[[We Gotta Get Out of this Place]]" by [[The Animals]] is playing.
* When [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Lethbridge-Stewart]] enters the bar, the song "[[We Gotta Get Out of this Place]]" by [[The Animals]] is playing.
* Lewis and Charles check all over town, even in the graveyard of [[Bledoe Parish Church]], where they find nothing but an old woman.
* Ray puts on a [[Gioachino Rossini]] record to fall asleep.
* Ray puts on a [[Gioachino Rossini]] record to fall asleep.
* Sally and Alistair's song is "[[Cinderella Rockefella]]" by [[Abi Ofarim]].
* Owain and Lethbridge-Stewart discuss the upcoming match between [[Arsenal]] and [[Southampton]] at [[Highbury]], which took place on [[29 March]] [[1969]].
=== People ===
* Lethbridge-Stewart's father's tomb stone reads, "[[1902]]-[[1945]]".
* Lethbridge-Stewart's father's tomb stone reads, "[[1902]]-[[1945]]".
* Sally and Alistair's song is "[[Cinderella Rockefella]]" by [[Abi Ofarim]].
* Inspired by Travers, Lethbridge-Stewart decides to visit the one place he knows has seen alien life, the [[Himalayas]].
* Inspired by Travers, Lethbridge-Stewart decides to visit the one place he knows has seen alien life, the [[Himalayas]].
* Owain and Lethbridge-Stewart discuss the upcoming match between [[Arsenal]] and [[Southampton]] at [[Highbury]], which took place on [[29 March]] [[1969]].
* Mary's sister is called [[Isobel Davies|Isobel]].
* Arnold was originally possessed by the Great Intelligence after he was killed by [[Lieutenant]] [[Max Dawlish]] in front of [[Elizabeth Shaw]].
* Bishop was a [[Royal Green Jacket]], part of the [[Royal Green Jackets 5th Battalion|5th Battalion]].
* Henry served with the [[Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion|1st Battalion]] of the [[Gloucestershire Regiment]] at the [[Battle of Imjin River|Battle of]] [[Imjin River]].
* The Lethbridge-Stewarts' military history goes back over 400 years to the [[Stewart]]s in [[Lanark]] and the [[Lethbridge]]s in [[Devon]], before the two families were united through marriage.
* [[Reverend]] [[Edwin Stone]] is a former Bledoe Cadet.
* Major [[Connor (Major)|Connor]] is leading in [[Libya]] in Alistair's absence.
* The Great Intelligence that originally possesses James as the so-called "Hollow Man" goes by the name of "Maha".


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* The opening chapter sees a Yeti inside an outside toilet in Tooting Bec. This is a reference to [[Jon Pertwee]]'s comment about there being nothing more scary than coming home and finding a Yeti on your loo in Tooting Bec.
* The opening chapter sees a Yeti inside an outside toilet in Tooting Bec. This is a reference to [[Jon Pertwee]]'s comment about there being nothing more scary than coming home and finding a Yeti on your loo in Tooting Bec.
* Mention is made to the [[BBC]] calling to complain that they are not being allowed to film in the underground after the event. This is a sly reference to the real-life [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]'s inability to use the setting for ''[[The Web of Fear]]''.
* Mention is made to the [[BBC]] calling to complain that they are not being allowed to film in the underground after the event. This is a sly reference to the real-life [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]'s inability to use the setting for ''[[The Web of Fear]]''.
* The audiobook of ''The Forgotten Son'' was released by [[Fantom Films]] on 6 March 2016, read by [[Terry Molloy]].
* The audiobook of ''The Forgotten Son'' was released by [[Fantom Films]] on [[6 March (releases)|6 March]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]], read by [[Terry Molloy]].
* A revised "Special Edition" with a new cover was published in [[June (releases)|June]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]].
* In the tradition of Frankham-Allen prior ''Doctor Who''-related fiction series,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhothelegacy.co.uk:80/staff/frankham.html| title= DOCTOR WHO - THE LEGACY - STAFF: Andy Frankham-Allen -| accessdate= 5 November 2018| website name=doctorwhothelegacy.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030222613/http://www.doctorwhothelegacy.co.uk:80/staff/frankham.html| archivedate= 30 October 2007}}</ref> as well as an approach to [[canon]] informed by the [[Wilderness Years]] idea of different ''Doctor Who'' series existing in parallel universes,[http://www.lethbridge-stewart.co.uk/timeline/] effort is made to establish that the ''Lethbridge-Stewart'' series takes place in [[Lethbridge-Stewart's universe (The Forgotten Son)|a divergent reality]]. This is further explored in later titles such as ''[[Legacies (short story)|Legacies]]'' and ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]''.
* In the special edition, the Great Intelligence mentions [[Walter Simeon]] from [[TV]]: {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}} by name and takes his form, as he did in {{cs|The Name of the Doctor (TV story)}}.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* There are several mentions of a secret [[the Vault (UNIT)|vault]] in [[Northumberland]], where the [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]] and other technology left over from the [[London Event]] are stored, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tales from the Vault (audio story)|Tales from the Vault]]'', etc) and where Anne Travers went to work on behalf of the British Army. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[One Cold Step (short story)|One Cold Step]]'')
* [[Lanyon Moor]], the setting of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor (audio story)|The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]'', is described as being not far from Bledoe.
* There are several mentions of a secret [[the Vault (The Scales of Injustice)|vault]] in [[Northumberland]], where the [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]] and other technology left over from the [[London Event]] are stored, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tales from the Vault (audio story)|Tales from the Vault]]'', etc) and where Anne Travers went to work on behalf of the British Army. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[One Cold Step (short story)|One Cold Step]]'')
* Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart is aware of the United Nations creating new protocols the previous year. When he contacted the [[Toclafane]], {{Simm}} violated the first contact protocols established by the Security Council in [[1968]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
* Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart is aware of the United Nations creating new protocols the previous year. When he contacted the [[Toclafane]], {{Simm}} violated the first contact protocols established by the Security Council in [[1968]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
* It is stated that "for centuries [the Intelligence] has lived without form, seeking to add more minds to its own. But now it is lost, falling through time, weak. It cannot even remember its name. If it ever had one. It falls to Earth, like snow in winter. On Earth the year is 1842 and there it meets a boy". (''[[The Snowmen]]'') 1892 is the earliest concrete memory that the Intelligence has, but it recalled being called a "great intelligence" in Tibet (where it had taken over Padmasambhava's body for 300 years prior to ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]''). Over the years between it learns of its previous visits to Earth, and there are several references to its enemy who it fought in both Tibet and London, "so many times humans have encountered it, and it seems one man is always there to defeat it. The same man who defeated it in the nineteen century", as well a reference to its younger self in the London Underground ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'')
* Anne mentions having attended [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]], which was established in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Scales of Injustice (novel)}}.
* The Great Intelligence attempts to change the events of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', but another encounter deters this. He instead travels down Lethbridge-Stewart's timeline in an attempt to kill the man's greatest ally. This book claims to show the final end of the Great Intelligence, but notes that the original Intelligence not from the future is still "out there."
* It is stated that "for centuries [the Intelligence] has lived without form, seeking to add more minds to its own. But now it is lost, falling through time, weak. It cannot even remember its name. If it ever had one. It falls to Earth, like snow in winter. On Earth the year is 1842 and there it meets [[Walter Simeon|a boy]]". (''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'') 1892 is the earliest concrete memory that the Intelligence has, but it recalled being called a "great intelligence" in Tibet (where it had taken over [[Padmasambhava]]'s body for 300 years prior to ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''). Over the years between it learns of its previous visits to Earth, and there are several references to its enemy who it fought in both Tibet and London, "so many times humans have encountered it, and it seems [[The Doctor|one man]] is always there to defeat it. The same man who defeated it in the nineteenth century", as well a reference to its younger self in the London Underground ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'')
* The Great Intelligence attempts to change the events of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', but another encounter deters this. It instead travels down Lethbridge-Stewart's timeline in an attempt to kill the man's greatest ally. This book claims to show the final end of the Great Intelligence, but notes that the original Intelligence not from the future is still "out there."


== External links ==
== External links ==
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The Forgotten Son was the first novel published by Candy Jar Books in their Lethbridge-Stewart series. The series was devised and created by Andy Frankham-Allen with Shaun Russell, and licensed by the Mervyn Haisman Estate (with approval from Henry Lincoln) and is set following the events of The Web of Fear.

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

The Great Intelligence has been defeated. And Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart's world has changed.

For Colonel Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart his life in the Scots Guards was straightforward enough; rising in the ranks through nineteen years of military service. But then his regiment was assigned to help combat the Yeti incursion in London, the robotic soldiers of an alien entity known as the Great Intelligence. For Lethbridge-Stewart, life would never be the same again.

Now he has a mammoth task ahead of him – the repopulating of London; millions of civilians need to be returned home after being evacuated so suddenly. On top of that, he also has his engagement to think about.

Meanwhile in the small Cornish village of Bledoe a man is haunted by the memory of an accident thirty years old. The Hollow Man of Remington Manor seems to have woken once more. And in Coleshill, Buckinghamshire, Mary Gore is plagued by the voice of a small boy, calling her home.

What connects these strange events to the recent Yeti incursion, and just what has it all to do with Lethbridge-Stewart?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

People[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Audiobook cover.
  • The opening chapter sees a Yeti inside an outside toilet in Tooting Bec. This is a reference to Jon Pertwee's comment about there being nothing more scary than coming home and finding a Yeti on your loo in Tooting Bec.
  • Mention is made to the BBC calling to complain that they are not being allowed to film in the underground after the event. This is a sly reference to the real-life British Broadcasting Corporation's inability to use the setting for The Web of Fear.
  • The audiobook of The Forgotten Son was released by Fantom Films on 6 March 2016, read by Terry Molloy.
  • A revised "Special Edition" with a new cover was published in June 2019.
  • In the tradition of Frankham-Allen prior Doctor Who-related fiction series,[1] as well as an approach to canon informed by the Wilderness Years idea of different Doctor Who series existing in parallel universes,[1] effort is made to establish that the Lethbridge-Stewart series takes place in a divergent reality. This is further explored in later titles such as Legacies and Night of the Intelligence.
  • In the special edition, the Great Intelligence mentions Walter Simeon from TV: The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"] by name and takes his form, as he did in The Name of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"].

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Lanyon Moor, the setting of AUDIO: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor, is described as being not far from Bledoe.
  • There are several mentions of a secret vault in Northumberland, where the Yeti and other technology left over from the London Event are stored, (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice, AUDIO: Tales from the Vault, etc) and where Anne Travers went to work on behalf of the British Army. (PROSE: One Cold Step)
  • Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart is aware of the United Nations creating new protocols the previous year. When he contacted the Toclafane, the Saxon Master violated the first contact protocols established by the Security Council in 1968. (TV: The Sound of Drums)
  • Anne mentions having attended Cambridge, which was established in PROSE: The Scales of Injustice [+]Loading...["The Scales of Injustice (novel)"].
  • It is stated that "for centuries [the Intelligence] has lived without form, seeking to add more minds to its own. But now it is lost, falling through time, weak. It cannot even remember its name. If it ever had one. It falls to Earth, like snow in winter. On Earth the year is 1842 and there it meets a boy". (The Snowmen) 1892 is the earliest concrete memory that the Intelligence has, but it recalled being called a "great intelligence" in Tibet (where it had taken over Padmasambhava's body for 300 years prior to The Abominable Snowmen). Over the years between it learns of its previous visits to Earth, and there are several references to its enemy who it fought in both Tibet and London, "so many times humans have encountered it, and it seems one man is always there to defeat it. The same man who defeated it in the nineteenth century", as well a reference to its younger self in the London Underground (TV: The Web of Fear)
  • The Great Intelligence attempts to change the events of The Web of Fear, but another encounter deters this. It instead travels down Lethbridge-Stewart's timeline in an attempt to kill the man's greatest ally. This book claims to show the final end of the Great Intelligence, but notes that the original Intelligence not from the future is still "out there."

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

  1. ↑ DOCTOR WHO - THE LEGACY - STAFF: Andy Frankham-Allen -. doctorwhothelegacy.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved on 5 November 2018.
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