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novel name= The Domino Effect |
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{{Infobox Story SMW
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] |
|image = The Domino Effect.jpg
number= 62 |
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] |
|number in range = 62
companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Anji Kapoor]] |
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]
enemy= [[Sabbath]], Vortex creature of chaos, The Oracle |
|number= 62
year= Alternate-[[Earth]] |
|doctor = Eighth Doctor
writer= [[David Bishop]] |
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Anji Kapoor|Anji]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|featuring = [[Alan Turing|Turing]]
release date= February, 2003 |
|enemy= [[Sabbath]], [[The Oracle]]
format= Paperback Book, --- Pages |
|setting = [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]], [[Easter]] [[2003]]  
isbn= ISBN 0-563-53869-4|
|writer= David Bishop
previous story= [[The Infinity Race]]|
|publisher= BBC Books
next story= [[Reckless Engineering]]}}
|release date= 3 February 2003
|format= Paperback Book; 9 Chapters, 278 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53869-4
|prev= The Infinity Race (novel)
|next= Reckless Engineering (novel)
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'''''The Domino Effect''''' was the sixty-second novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[David Bishop]], released [[3 February (releases)|3 February]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Anji Kapoor]].


==Publisher’s Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
''The TARDIS lands in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, during Easter 2003. The city is almost at a standstill, its public services close to collapse and its people terrorised by a bombing campaign.''
''[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands in the [[Scotland|Scottish]] capital, [[Edinburgh]], during [[Easter]] [[2003]]. The city is almost at a standstill, its public services close to collapse and its people terrorised by a bombing campaign.''


Within hours one of the Doctor’s friends is caught in a deadly explosion, while another appears on television confessing to the murder of twelve people. The TARDIS is stolen by forces intent on learning its secrets. When the Doctor tries to investigate, his efforts are hampered by crippling chest pains.
Within hours one of [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor's]] friends is caught in a deadly explosion, while another appears on [[television]] confessing to the murder of twelve people. The TARDIS is stolen by forces intent on learning its secrets. When the Doctor tries to investigate, his efforts are hampered by crippling chest pains.


Someone is manipulating events to suppress humanity’s development — but how and why? The trail leads to London where a cabal pushes the world ever closer to catastrophe. Who is the prisoner being held in the Tower of London? Could he or she hold the key to saving mankind?
Someone is manipulating events to suppress [[human]]ity's development — but how and why? The trail leads to [[London]] where a cabal pushes the world ever closer to catastrophe. Who is the prisoner being held in the [[Tower of London]]? Could he or she hold the key to saving mankind?


The Doctor must choose between saving his friends or saving Earth in the past, present and future. But the closer he gets to the truth, the worse his condition becomes...  
The Doctor must choose between saving his friends or saving [[Earth]] in the past, present and future. But the closer he gets to the truth, the worse his condition becomes...


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]
''to be added''
*[[Fitz Kreiner]]
**Gets beaten repetitively during a police interrogation.
*[[Anji Kapoor]]
**Anji falls victim of extreme racism in the alternate Earth; [[British Empire]].
*[[Sabbath]]


==&nbsp;==
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Fitz Kreiner]]
* [[Anji Kapoor]]
* [[Sabbath]]
* [[The Oracle]]
* [[Alan Turing]]
* [[Alf (The Domino Effect)|Alf]]
* [[Bill (The Domino Effect)|Bill]]
* [[Charles Babbage]]
* [[Daniel Merrell]]
* [[Dee]]
* [[Edward Knox]]
* [[Francis Clooney]]
* [[Frank (The Domino Effect)|Frank]]
* [[Gordon MacDonald]]
* [[Hamilton (The Domino Effect)|Hamilton]]
* [[Hannah Baxter]]
* [[Helmut Schreyer]]
* [[Herman Hollerith]]
* [[John Herschel]]
* [[Joshua Sutton]]
* [[Konrad Zuse]]
* [[MacLeod]]
* [[Mitch (The Domino Effect)|Mitch]]
* [[Neil Judd]]
* The [[Pentarch]]
* [[Rameau]]
* [[William Hastings]]
* [[William Kempton]]


==Plot==
== Worldbuilding ==
The Doctor arrives in Edinburgh 2003, and Anji decides it's close enough to home for her to leave the Doctor and Fitz after accidentally being caught up in events in the previous two novels when she originally departed the TARDIS. However, the TARDIS has landed in alternate reality where some key figures have been murdered through history preventing the world developing past the 1950's.
''to be added''


The Doctor, having trouble with his hears heads off to the library, Fitz notices a Red haired woman in a cafe nearby and attempts to use his womanly charms on her, while Anji gets her bearings to find her friend Mitch who she hoped would offer her a place to stay and some money to get back to London. Anji heads to his place of work to find it never existed, and while questioning numerous people and encountering much prejudice from people, concludes that something is amiss. She heads to the train station to try and buy a ticket to London and again encountering prejudices, and discovering that the ruler of Britain is a King and there is no such thing as a computer or credit card, and was told she was not allowed to sit in first class but in luggage beause some of the other people would be offended by her colour and that many believe she'd smell of curry. Given that she could no longer buy a ticket due to "foreign" currency, she headed off to the cafe to meet with Fitz, where again they both were met with prejudice- Anji for sitting down in the cafe and for Fitz to be talking to a "servant" as if they were friends. Suddenly a bomb went off and Fitz was held accountable for the bombing and sentence to death without a fair trial and abused and beating until he confessed he had planted the bomb and on live tv condemned (reluctantly) the Doctor and Anji as terrorists.
== Notes ==
* This novel takes place in an alternate universe on an Earth where an alternate Sabbath had murdered several key figures, preventing the creation of the computer.
* This was the second novel to feature [[Alan Turing]].
* While never explicitly identified (particularly due to the Doctor's current [[amnesia]]), the descriptions of the Pentarch and Dee have prompted fan speculation that they are the alternate versions of the Doctor's old friends the [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier]] and [[Ace]].
* Author [[David Bishop]] considered this novel to be among his worst. In [[2014 (releases)|2014]] he published his original pitch for the novel, called ''The Turning Shroud'', which was quite different than the final product.<ref>[https://viciousimagery.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-turing-shroud-doctor-who-novel-that.html ''The Turing Shroud'': a lost ''Doctor Who'' novel pitch]</ref>
* This novel was previewed in [[DWM 326]] with a comic from [[Mike Collins]].


Meanwhile Anji was pulled out of the rubble and taken to hospital where the Security Service wanted to take Anji as part of her crime as a terrorist. The Matron refused to let them take her, but the Matron locked Anji in a room and refused to speak to her for being a terrorist.
== Gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
The Domino Effect.jpg|Original cover art.
Domino_Effect_Preview.jpg|Comic preview from [[DWM 326]].
</gallery>


The Doctor on the other hand had gone to a meeting with a friend he had made in the library called Hannah. He attended a meeting with some people who wished for freedom of speech and to be able to think for themselves and wanted out of the police state when the meeting was interrupted by the news broadcast showing Fitz condemning the Doctor as a terrorist. He was ejected along with Hannah who was accusing of conspiring with terrorists. While both had headed off to find Anji (having gathered that Anji was with Fitz at the bombing), the meeting at the Pub was discovered by the Security Service and all people in the Pub were shot dead for sitting with terrorists. The Doctor had searched numerous hospitals for Anji with Hannah and eventually found Anji and got her out just before the Security Service found her.
== Continuity ==
* Alan Turing makes an appearance in this novel. He was last seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Turing Test (novel)|The Turing Test]]''. However this version of Alan Turing is part of a parallel universe where he survived to live to ninety-one in [[2003]] instead of committing suicide in [[1954]].
* The events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hope (novel)|Hope]]'' are mentioned.
* Anji mentions [[the Absolute]] of [[The System (History 101)|the System]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[History 101 (novel)|History 101]]'')


All three then headed to London where Fitz was now being held in the Tower of London along with Alan Turing. The three attempted a rescue attempt and succeeded but turned out Hannah was working for the Security Service and was shot dead. Sabbath of that reality turned out to be behind the removal of major players in history but was not the same Sabbath as the one The Doctor knew, as he was unable to travel back in time only forward.
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|whobbc62.htm|The Domino Effect}}
* {{whoniverse|ed62|The Domino Effect}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/domino.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Domino Effect''']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406231112/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13711.shtml Writing The Domino Effect]
* [https://viciousimagery.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-novels-6-domino-effect.html Vicious Imagery: My novels #6: The Domino Effect]


==References==
== Footnotes ==
* The [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is ‘tortured’ and through their link the Doctor is affected, and hears its screams.
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==Notes==
[[Category:EDA novels]]
* This novel takes place in an alternate universe on an Earth where an alternate Sabbath had murdered several key figures preventing the creation of the computer.
[[Category:2003 novels]]
* Second Novel to feature Alan Turing.
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[[Category:Stories set in 2003]]
==Continuity==
[[Category:Stories set in 1819]]
Alan Turing makes an appearance in this novel, last seen in [[The Turing Test]]. However this version of Alan Turing is part of a parallel universe where he survived to live to 91 in 2003 instead of committing suicide in 1954.
[[Category:Stories set in 1941]]
 
[[Category:Stories set in 1732]]
Events of Hope are mentioned
[[Category:Stories set in 1884]]
 
[[Category:Stories set in France]]
==External Links==
[[Category:Novels set in the United States]]
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc62.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: '''The Domino Effect''']
[[Category:Stories set in World War II]]
*[http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/ED62.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for '''The Domino Effect''']
[[Category:Stories set in Edinburgh]]
 
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The Domino Effect was the sixty-second novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by David Bishop, released 3 February 2003 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Anji Kapoor.

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

The TARDIS lands in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, during Easter 2003. The city is almost at a standstill, its public services close to collapse and its people terrorised by a bombing campaign.

Within hours one of the Doctor's friends is caught in a deadly explosion, while another appears on television confessing to the murder of twelve people. The TARDIS is stolen by forces intent on learning its secrets. When the Doctor tries to investigate, his efforts are hampered by crippling chest pains.

Someone is manipulating events to suppress humanity's development — but how and why? The trail leads to London where a cabal pushes the world ever closer to catastrophe. Who is the prisoner being held in the Tower of London? Could he or she hold the key to saving mankind?

The Doctor must choose between saving his friends or saving Earth in the past, present and future. But the closer he gets to the truth, the worse his condition becomes...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This novel takes place in an alternate universe on an Earth where an alternate Sabbath had murdered several key figures, preventing the creation of the computer.
  • This was the second novel to feature Alan Turing.
  • While never explicitly identified (particularly due to the Doctor's current amnesia), the descriptions of the Pentarch and Dee have prompted fan speculation that they are the alternate versions of the Doctor's old friends the Brigadier and Ace.
  • Author David Bishop considered this novel to be among his worst. In 2014 he published his original pitch for the novel, called The Turning Shroud, which was quite different than the final product.[1]
  • This novel was previewed in DWM 326 with a comic from Mike Collins.

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Original cover art.

    Original cover art.

  • Comic preview from DWM 326.

    Comic preview from DWM 326.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ The Turing Shroud: a lost Doctor Who novel pitch
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