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|series | |series = [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] | ||
|range = Virgin Missing Adventures | |range = Virgin Missing Adventures | ||
|number in range = 4 | |number in range = 4 | ||
|number | |number = 4 | ||
|doctor | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
|companions | |companions = [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]], [[Kamelion]] | ||
|enemy | |enemy = [[Maximillian Arrestis]] | ||
|setting | |setting = {{il|[[Crystal Bucephalus]]|[[New Alexandria]], | ||
[[10764|10,764]]}} | [[10764|10,764]]}} | ||
|writer | |writer = Craig Hinton | ||
|publisher | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
|cover | |cover = [[Alister Pearson]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 17 November 1994 | ||
|format | |format = Paperback Book; 18 Chapters, 296 Pages | ||
|isbn | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-20429-8 | ||
|prev | |prev = Venusian Lullaby (novel) | ||
|next | |next = State of Change (novel) | ||
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'''''The Crystal Bucephalus''''' was the fourth novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Craig Hinton]]. It | '''''The Crystal Bucephalus''''' was the fourth novel in the ''[[Virgin Missing Adventures]]'' series. It was written by [[Craig Hinton]]. It was the only Missing Adventure novel to feature the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Vislor Turlough]] travelling together. In addition, [[Kamelion]] made a rare appearance. | ||
Also, it was one of only three novels published under [[Virgin Publishing]]'s control of the ''Doctor Who'' licence to feature the [[Cyberman | Also, it was one of only three novels published under [[Virgin Publishing]]'s control of the ''Doctor Who'' licence to feature the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. The others were ''[[Killing Ground (novel)|Killing Ground]]'' and ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
:"I'm a [[Time Lord]], not a [[bank]] manager. When I invested in this place I had no idea that it would succeed. I mean — a [[time-travel]]ling [[restaurant]]?" | :"I'm a [[Time Lord]], not a [[bank]] manager. When I invested in this place I had no idea that it would succeed. I mean — a [[time-travel]]ling [[restaurant]]?" | ||
The [[Crystal Bucephalus]]: a restaurant patronised by the highest echelons of society in the [[101st century|10th millennium]]. The guests are projected back in time to sample the food and drink of a bygone age. | The [[Crystal Bucephalus]]: a restaurant patronised by the highest echelons of society in the [[101st century|10th millennium]]. The guests are projected back in time to sample the [[food]] and [[drink]] of a bygone age. | ||
When the galaxy's [[Maximillian Arrestis|most notorious crime boss]] is [[murder]]ed in the Bucephalus, [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] are immediately arrested for the killing. To prove their [[innocence]], they must track down the perpetrators of slaughter and [[sabotage]], and uncover a [[conspiracy]] which has been 5,000 years in the making. | When the galaxy's [[Maximillian Arrestis|most notorious crime boss]] is [[murder]]ed in the Bucephalus, [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] are immediately arrested for the killing. To prove their [[innocence]], they must track down the perpetrators of slaughter and [[sabotage]], and uncover a [[conspiracy]] which has been 5,000 years in the making. | ||
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* [[Neil Corridge]] | * [[Neil Corridge]] | ||
* [[Simon Clavis]] | * [[Simon Clavis]] | ||
* [[Logan (The Crystal Bucephalus)]] | |||
* [[Issasis]] the [[Draconian]] | |||
* [[Untaxyr]] the [[Martian]] | |||
* [[Kruust]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Psychovator]]s are a [[psychic]] race. | * [[Psychovator]]s are a [[psychic]] race. | ||
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* The [[Fifth Doctor]] can "swim" through the [[Time Vortex]]. | * The [[Fifth Doctor]] can "swim" through the [[Time Vortex]]. | ||
* The Doctor again demonstrates his [[psychic]] prowess by seizing control of [[Kamelion]] from "[[Maximillian Arrestis|Lazarus]]" and speaking through Kamelion's mouth. | * The Doctor again demonstrates his [[psychic]] prowess by seizing control of [[Kamelion]] from "[[Maximillian Arrestis|Lazarus]]" and speaking through Kamelion's mouth. | ||
* The Doctor spends an extended period trapped on the ice planet [[Pella Satyrnis]] and creates the [[Tempus Fugit]] while trapped there. | * The Doctor spends an extended period trapped on the [[ice planet]] [[Pella Satyrnis]] and creates the [[Tempus Fugit]] while trapped there. | ||
=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* While stranded in [[1980s]] [[London]], Tegan meets a young waitress in a [[McDonald's]] [[restaurant]]. | * While stranded in [[1980s]] [[London]], Tegan meets a young waitress in a [[McDonald's]] [[restaurant]]. | ||
=== Species === | |||
* The [[Gubbage Cone]]s are mentioned. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* [[Craig Hinton]] jokingly referred to this novel as "the Crystal Bucket".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://davidj.richardson.name/drwho/prose_interview_craggles.html|title=Interview: Craig Hinton|author=David J Richardson|date of source=January 1995|website name=David J Richardson|accessdate=11 April 2012}}</ref> | * [[Craig Hinton]] jokingly referred to this novel as "the Crystal Bucket".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://davidj.richardson.name/drwho/prose_interview_craggles.html|title=Interview: Craig Hinton|author=David J Richardson|date of source=January 1995|website name=David J Richardson|accessdate=11 April 2012}}</ref> | ||
* The image of [[Kamelion]] on the cover is a photograph rather than an illustration. | * The image of [[Kamelion]] on the cover is a photograph rather than an illustration. | ||
* At the climax of this story, the internal dimensions of the TARDIS are so massively damaged (while stopping a [[vortex rupture]]) that all that is left is the cloister room and a lot of empty white space. This leads the Doctor to comment it | * At the climax of this story, the internal dimensions of the TARDIS are so massively damaged (while stopping a [[vortex rupture]]) that all that is left is the cloister room and a lot of empty white space. This leads the Doctor to comment that it is high time to redesign the console room. This leads directly into the television story ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', where he is cleaning the reconfigured console. | ||
* Kamelion admits to needing someone to command him. Free will is unsettling for him. The TARDIS also talks to him. This explains his whereabouts between the television stories ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'' and ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]''. | * Kamelion admits to needing someone to command him. Free will is unsettling for him. The TARDIS also talks to him. This explains his whereabouts between the television stories ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'' and ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]''. | ||
* The Crystal Bucephalus resembles the [[Capitol]] on [[Gallifrey]]; Kamelion points out that "the co-ordinates for [[New Alexandria]] are the same as-" but is cut off by Turlough. The [[2018 (releases)|2018]] short story ''[[The Story So Far... (short story)|The Story So Far...]]'' later established that New Alexandria was one of the [[Nine Homeworlds]]. | * The Crystal Bucephalus resembles the [[Capitol]] on [[Gallifrey]]; Kamelion points out that "the co-ordinates for [[New Alexandria]] are the same as-" but is cut off by Turlough. The [[2018 (releases)|2018]] short story ''[[The Story So Far... (short story)|The Story So Far...]]'' later established that New Alexandria was one of the [[Nine Homeworlds]]. | ||
* There are a number of ''[[Star Trek]]'' references in this novel: | * There are a number of ''[[Star Trek (franchise)|Star Trek]]'' references in this novel: | ||
** [[Latinum]] is mentioned. | ** [[Latinum]] is mentioned. | ||
** Turlough notes that the planet [[Qo'noS]] has suffered [[plasma]] damage on its biosphere. This is a reference to the [[Klingon]] homeworld and the destruction wrought by the explosion of its moon {{ma|Praxis}} in ''{{ma|Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country}}''. | ** Turlough notes that the planet [[Qo'noS]] has suffered [[plasma]] damage on its biosphere. This is a reference to the [[Klingon]] homeworld and the destruction wrought by the explosion of its moon {{ma|Praxis}} in ''{{ma|Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country}}''. | ||
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** A man says a Union disruptor looks like something from ''Star Trek''. | ** A man says a Union disruptor looks like something from ''Star Trek''. | ||
** The [[Vulcan Academia Scholastica]] is mentioned on three occasions. | ** The [[Vulcan Academia Scholastica]] is mentioned on three occasions. | ||
* The novel was originally pitched as a [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventure]] featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407072744/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/06/01/13206.shtml|title=Interview: The Crystal Bucephalus|date of source=1 June 2004|website name=BBC|accessdate=7 April 2005}}</ref> a chapter of this original submission was published in the [[1999 (releases)|1999]] | * The novel was originally pitched as a [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventure]] featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407072744/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/06/01/13206.shtml|title=Interview: The Crystal Bucephalus|date of source=1 June 2004|website name=BBC|accessdate=7 April 2005}}</ref> a chapter of this original submission was published in the [[1999 (releases)|1999]] charity anthology ''[[Perfect Timing 2]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor claims that he has not smoked [[tobacco]] in four incarnations. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') | * The Doctor claims that he has not smoked [[tobacco]] in four incarnations. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') | ||
* The Doctor remembers [[Alexander the Great]] being "a dreadful bore". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Farewell, Great Macedon (audio story)|Farewell, Great Macedon]]'') | * The Doctor remembers [[Alexander the Great]] being "a dreadful bore". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Farewell, Great Macedon (audio story)|Farewell, Great Macedon]]'') | ||
* Tegan refers to her encounters with the [[Cyberman | * Tegan refers to her encounters with the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'') the [[Terileptil]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') and the [[Mara]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'', ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cradle of the Snake (audio story)|The Cradle of the Snake]]'') | ||
* The Doctor recalls his most recent encounter with the [[Time Lord]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'') as well as his encounters with [[Ruath]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera (novel)|Goth Opera]]'') and [[Omega]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'') | * The Doctor recalls his most recent encounter with the [[Time Lord]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'') as well as his encounters with [[Ruath]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera (novel)|Goth Opera]]'') and [[Omega]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'') | ||
* The Doctor once again refers to humanity as being "indomitable". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') | * The Doctor once again refers to humanity as being "indomitable". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') | ||
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* The Doctor laments the destruction of [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] by the [[Terileptil]] leader in [[September]] [[1666]], and opines that he should have sued the Terileptils for criminal damage. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') | * The Doctor laments the destruction of [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] by the [[Terileptil]] leader in [[September]] [[1666]], and opines that he should have sued the Terileptils for criminal damage. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') | ||
* A book by [[Findecker|Ernst Findecker]] is in the [[TARDIS library]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | * A book by [[Findecker|Ernst Findecker]] is in the [[TARDIS library]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | ||
* [[New Alexandria]] is one of the [[Nine Homeworlds]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Story So Far... (short story)|The Story So Far...]]'') | |||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
Ma-4.jpg|Official cover | |||
Crystal Bucephalus pulp cover.jpg|Pulp cover from ''[[Shelf Life]]'' | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in France]] | [[Category:Stories set in France]] | ||
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The Crystal Bucephalus was the fourth novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series. It was written by Craig Hinton. It was the only Missing Adventure novel to feature the Fifth Doctor, Tegan Jovanka and Vislor Turlough travelling together. In addition, Kamelion made a rare appearance.
Also, it was one of only three novels published under Virgin Publishing's control of the Doctor Who licence to feature the Cybermen. The others were Killing Ground and Iceberg.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
- "I'm a Time Lord, not a bank manager. When I invested in this place I had no idea that it would succeed. I mean — a time-travelling restaurant?"
The Crystal Bucephalus: a restaurant patronised by the highest echelons of society in the 10th millennium. The guests are projected back in time to sample the food and drink of a bygone age.
When the galaxy's most notorious crime boss is murdered in the Bucephalus, The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough are immediately arrested for the killing. To prove their innocence, they must track down the perpetrators of slaughter and sabotage, and uncover a conspiracy which has been 5,000 years in the making.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Fifth Doctor
- Tegan Jovanka
- Vislor Turlough
- Kamelion
- Alexhendri Lassiter
- Maximillian Arrestis
- Sebastian Lassiter
- Sven Tornqvist
- Ladygay Matisse
- Garrett Byson
- Hellenica Monroe
- Hercule DeSalle
- Neil Corridge
- Simon Clavis
- Logan (The Crystal Bucephalus)
- Issasis the Draconian
- Untaxyr the Martian
- Kruust
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Psychovators are a psychic race.
The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Fifth Doctor can "swim" through the Time Vortex.
- The Doctor again demonstrates his psychic prowess by seizing control of Kamelion from "Lazarus" and speaking through Kamelion's mouth.
- The Doctor spends an extended period trapped on the ice planet Pella Satyrnis and creates the Tempus Fugit while trapped there.
Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]
- While stranded in 1980s London, Tegan meets a young waitress in a McDonald's restaurant.
Species[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Gubbage Cones are mentioned.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Craig Hinton jokingly referred to this novel as "the Crystal Bucket".[1]
- The image of Kamelion on the cover is a photograph rather than an illustration.
- At the climax of this story, the internal dimensions of the TARDIS are so massively damaged (while stopping a vortex rupture) that all that is left is the cloister room and a lot of empty white space. This leads the Doctor to comment that it is high time to redesign the console room. This leads directly into the television story The Five Doctors, where he is cleaning the reconfigured console.
- Kamelion admits to needing someone to command him. Free will is unsettling for him. The TARDIS also talks to him. This explains his whereabouts between the television stories The King's Demons and Planet of Fire.
- The Crystal Bucephalus resembles the Capitol on Gallifrey; Kamelion points out that "the co-ordinates for New Alexandria are the same as-" but is cut off by Turlough. The 2018 short story The Story So Far... later established that New Alexandria was one of the Nine Homeworlds.
- There are a number of Star Trek references in this novel:
- Latinum is mentioned.
- Turlough notes that the planet Qo'noS has suffered plasma damage on its biosphere. This is a reference to the Klingon homeworld and the destruction wrought by the explosion of its moon Praxis in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
- Risa is mentioned.
- A man says a Union disruptor looks like something from Star Trek.
- The Vulcan Academia Scholastica is mentioned on three occasions.
- The novel was originally pitched as a New Adventure featuring the Seventh Doctor;[2] a chapter of this original submission was published in the 1999 charity anthology Perfect Timing 2.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor claims that he has not smoked tobacco in four incarnations. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
- The Doctor remembers Alexander the Great being "a dreadful bore". (AUDIO: Farewell, Great Macedon)
- Tegan refers to her encounters with the Cybermen, (TV: Earthshock) the Terileptils (TV: The Visitation) and the Mara. (TV: Kinda, Snakedance, AUDIO: The Cradle of the Snake)
- The Doctor recalls his most recent encounter with the Time Lords (TV: Arc of Infinity) as well as his encounters with Ruath (PROSE: Goth Opera) and Omega. (TV: Arc of Infinity; AUDIO: Omega)
- The Doctor once again refers to humanity as being "indomitable". (TV: The Ark in Space, Utopia)
- The Doctor's jacket was given to him by Professor George Litefoot. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
- Tegan recalls that she was last in a medieval castle only a few days before. (TV: The King's Demons)
- The Doctor laments the destruction of his sonic screwdriver by the Terileptil leader in September 1666, and opines that he should have sued the Terileptils for criminal damage. (TV: The Visitation)
- A book by Ernst Findecker is in the TARDIS library. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
- New Alexandria is one of the Nine Homeworlds. (PROSE: The Story So Far...)
Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]
Official cover
Pulp cover from Shelf Life
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Crystal Bucephalus at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: The Crystal Bucephalus at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: The Crystal Bucephalus
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ David J Richardson (January 1995). Interview: Craig Hinton. David J Richardson. Retrieved on 11 April 2012.
- ↑ Interview: The Crystal Bucephalus. BBC (1 June 2004). Retrieved on 7 April 2005.
