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novel name= No Future|
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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Virgin New Adventures]] |
|image           = NA023 nofuture.jpg
number= 23 |
|series         = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
|range          = Virgin New Adventures
companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] |
|number in range = 23
enemy= [[Mortimus]] |
|number          = 23
year= <ul><li>[[Earth]], [[England]], [[London]], [[Trafalgar Square]], [[1976]]</li></ul> <ul><li>[[London]], (various locations), [[1976]]</li></ul> <ul><li>UNIT Training Facility, [[1976]]</li></ul> <ul><li>[[Glastonbury]] Festival of Performing Arts, [[1993]]</li></ul>  <ul><li>[[Varda]], [[1976]]</li></ul> |
|doctor         = Seventh Doctor
writer= [[Paul Cornell]] |
|companions     = [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|featuring      = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}The Brigadier
release date= [[February]], [[1994]] |
|featuring2      = John Benton
format= Paperback Book, 272 Pages |
|featuring3      = Mike Yates
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20409-3|
|enemy          = {{Champion}}, [[Vardan]]s
previous story= [[Conundrum]]|
|setting        = [[London]], [[Glastonbury]] and [[Varda]], [[1976]]
next story= [[Tragedy Day]] }}
|writer          = Paul Cornell
|cover          = [[Pete Wallbank]]
|publisher       = Virgin Books
|release date   = 17 February 1994
|format         = Paperback Book; 23 Chapters, 272 Pages
|isbn           = ISBN 0-426-20409-3
|prev            = Conundrum (novel)
|next            = Tragedy Day (novel)
|series2        = [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]]
|prev2          = Conundrum (novel)
|next2          = Tragedy Day (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''No Future''''' is the twenty-third novel in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series and was written by [[Paul Cornell]]. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]]. This was the final novel in the story arc of alternate universes. It also featured a return to the 1970s "UNIT era" with [[UNIT]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], [[John Benton|Benton]] and [[Mike Yates|Yates]].


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
''''This time, [[anarchism|anarchy]]'s real. There are power cuts and Wilson's resignation, a great upheaval of unease. But now there's real fear too. Real panic. And that's not how it's supposed to be.''''
'This time, [[anarchism|anarchy]]'s real. There are power cuts and Wilson's resignation, a great upheaval of unease. But now there's real fear too. Real panic. And that's not how it's supposed to be.'


Somebody has been toying with [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]]'s past, testing him, threatening him, leading him on a chase that has brought the [[TARDIS]] to [[London]] in [[1976]] -- where reality has been altered once again.
Somebody has been toying with the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s past, testing him, threatening him, leading him on a chase that has brought [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Silurian Earth)|the TARDIS]] to [[London]] in [[1976]] -- where reality has been altered once again.


[[Black Star]] terrorists foment riots in the streets. The Queen barely escapes assassination. A fearful tension is rising. Something is going to happen. Something bad.  
[[Black Star]] terrorists foment [[riot]]s in the streets. [[Elizabeth II|The Queen]] barely escapes [[assassination]]. A fearful tension is rising. Something is going to happen. Something bad.


Meanwhile, [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]'s the lead singer in a punk band. [[Ace]] can't talk to her or the Doctor without an argument starting, so she's made murderous plans of her own. The Doctor's alone -- he doesn't know who his enemy is, and even the [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier]] has disowned him.  
Meanwhile, [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]'s the lead [[singer]] in a punk band. [[Ace]] can't talk to her or the Doctor without an argument starting, so she's made murderous plans of her own. The Doctor's alone — he doesn't know who his enemy is, and even the [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier]] has disowned him.


As usual, it's up to the Doctor to protect the world. And he can't even protect himself.
As usual, it's up to the Doctor to protect the world. And he can't even protect himself.


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
''to be added''
:*Can erase memories by touch.


*[[Ace]]  
== Characters ==
*:Was once marooned on an ice planet.
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
*:During a dream Death tells her all Eternals have a champion.
* [[Ace]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* RSM [[John Benton]]
* Major [[Bryan Carpenter]]
* Captain [[Alex Pike]]
* Corporal [[Claire Tennant]]
* [[First Monk|Robert Bertram]]
* [[Danny Pain]] (aka Danny Paripski)
* [[Kit (No Future)|Kit]]
* [[Cob (No Future)|Cob]]
* [[Julie Quinlan]]
* [[Mike Yates]]
* [[Kevin Doyle]]
* [[Artemis (No Future)|Artemis]]


*[[Bernice Summerfield]]
== Worldbuilding ==
:*Is the lead vocalist in [[Plasticine]].
=== Books ===
:*She also writes some of the music.
* The Garvond is mentioned in the ''[[Red Book of Gallifrey]]''.
:*Calls the Brigadier 'Sir', despite hating being brought up in the military.


*Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]  
=== Culture ===
:*Is into Buddhism, was introduced to the Eight Fold Path by the Doctor.
* The Doctor first heard Benny's voice at a party in [[Finchley]].
:*Uses his meditation techniques to combat the Vardan mind control.
* [[Black Star]] is a group of anarchists. It developed from the "Angry Brigade". It was created through Mortimus's time interference.
:*Dies but is brought back by a 'wish' granted by the Chronovore Artemis.
** Black Star bombed [[Big Ben]]'s face in [[1976]].
* ''[[Professor X]]'' is a television series that is broadcast between Bruce Forsyth and [[Basil Brush]].


*[[Mike Yates]]
=== The Doctor ===
:*Believes in Black Star's goals.
* The Doctor mentions having killed {{Ainley}}.
:*Has doubts about renewing his UNIT status.
:*Knows of [[Hamlet Macbeth]].


*[[Danny Pain]]
=== Individuals ===
:*Aka Danny Paprpski.
* Yates also knows of [[Hamlet Macbeth]].
:*Saves the world by throwing a piece of the Monk's TARDIS (disquised as a desk and the papers inside) out of the window and&nbsp; signing a piece he then gives the Doctor.
* UNIT soldiers call [[Bryan Carpenter]] "[[Karen Carpenter]]".


*[[Mortimus|Mortimus (The Monk)]]
=== Music ===
:*Thinks he gains Ace as an ally.
* Bernice is the lead vocalist in [[Plasticine (group)|Plasticine]]. She also writes some of the music.
:*Has taken on the mantel of Death's champion.
:*Use the alias Robert Bertram to run Priory records and invents CDs a decade early.
:*Supplies UNIT with virtual reality technology and is appointed scientific advisor.


==References==
=== Politics ===
===[[:Category:Culture|Culture]]===
* [[Shirley Williams]] is the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] in [[1976]]. Her cabinet includes [[Home Secretary]] [[Tony Benn]] and [[Roy Jenkins]].
* The Doctor first heard Benny's voice at a party in [[Finchley]].
* [[Black Star]] is a group of anarchists it developed from the 'Angry Brigade'. It was created through Mortimus's time interference.
:* Black Star bombed [[Big Ben]]'s face in [[1976]].


===[[:Category:Races and species|Races and species]]===
=== Species ===
* Artemis the [[Chronovore]] is released by Ace.
* Artemis the [[Chronovore]] is released by Ace.
* The Vardan [[Mediascape]] was created by the Vardans using the same technology as that which generated the [[Land of Fiction]].
* The Vardan [[Mediascape]] was created by the Vardans using the same technology as that which generated the [[Land of Fiction]]. The Mediasphere grants access to it.
:* The [[Mediasphere]] grants access to it.
* [[Vardan]]s are ridiculed as the only race to be outwitted by the [[Sontaran]]s.


* [[Mortimus]] trapped [[Artemis]] using the blood of races whose destinies have been altered by the Time Lords: [[Minyan]]s, [[Silurian]]s, [[Dalek]]s, [[Human]]s, and [[Mandrel]]s.
=== Religion ===
*Mortimus used Artemis has been using her to give [[Morka]] the power to kill the (alternate version) of the Doctor, resurrect the [[Garvond]], empower [[Huitzilin]], and restore the [[Land of Fiction]]. He also used her to release the Vardans' home planet from the time loop that the Doctor trapped following their attempt to invade [[Gallifrey]].
* The Brigadier is into [[Buddhism]].


* [[Vardan]]s are ridiculed as the only race to be outwitted by the [[Sontaran]]s.
=== Technology ===
* Mortimus uses the alias Robert Bertram to run [[Priory]] a record company and also other related companies and invents [[CD]]s a decade early.
* Ace creates ''[[Vengeance of the Vardans]]'' as a message for the Doctor and her past self.


===[[:Category:Theories and concepts|Theories and Concepts]]===
=== Theories and concepts ===
* [[Death]] and [[Time (Eternal)|Time]] are referred to as [[Eternal]]s.
* [[Death (mythology)|Death]] and [[Time (mythology)|Time]] are referred to as [[Eternal]]s.
* The Doctor's future self broke the [[Laws of Time#First Law of Time|First Law of Time]] by leaving himself messages.
* The Doctor's future self broke the [[Laws of Time#First Law of Time|First Law of Time]] by leaving himself messages.


===[[:Category:United Nations Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]]===
=== United Nations Intelligence Taskforce ===
* [[UNIT Broadsword]] is [[UNIT]]'s intelligence wing and Special Ops division.
* [[Broadsword]] is the intelligence wing and Special Ops division of [[UNIT]].
* [[UN Resolution 2245]] allows UNIT to use "ultimate force" against hostile extra-terrestrials.
* [[UN Resolution 2245]] allows UNIT to use "ultimate force" against hostile extra-terrestrials.
* [[Spontanious human combustion]] is ten more times likely to happen to a UNIT operative than a normal person.
* [[Spontaneous human combustion]] is ten more times likely to happen to a UNIT operative than a normal person.


==Notes==
== Notes ==
*This is the final story in Alternate Universe arc.
* This is the final story in Alternate Universe arc. The novels ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'', ''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]'', ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'' and ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'' are the previous novels in the Alternate Universe Arc.
*This novel is the last one to feature the TARDIS (taken from the alternate Earth in [[Blood Heat]]) with a functioning [[chameleon circuit]]. Near the novel's end the Doctor smashes it with a hammer.
* This novel is the last one to feature the TARDIS (taken from the alternate Earth in ''[[Blood Heat (novel)|Blood Heat]]'') with a functioning [[chameleon circuit]]. Near the end of the novel, the Doctor smashes it with a hammer.
*This novel had a working title of; '''Anarchy in the UK'''.<ref>[[DWM]]: ''[[DWM Issue 252]]'' (Licence to Kill p.30)</ref>
* This novel had a working title of ''Anarchy in the UK''.<ref>[[DWM 252]] (''Licence to Kill'' p.30)</ref>
*The title is a reference to the Sex Pistols' song God Save the Queen.
* The title is a reference to the Sex Pistols' song "God Save the Queen".


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
*[[NA]]: ''[[Blood Heat]]'', ''[[The Dimension Riders]]'', ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'', ''[[Conundrum]]'' are the previous novels in the Alternate Universe Arc.
* [[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' is chronologically (for the Doctor) the first time he met the Brigadier in his seventh incarnation, but this story is set earlier in the Brigadier's life and later in the Seventh Doctor's based on the events of ''Battlefield''.
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'' was the first story to feature the Vardans. A single Vardan is mentioned in ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]'' as being a survivor of this invasion attempt.
* Following [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', the Monk is carrying a degree of baggage. His previous appearance and previous meeting with the Doctor was in this story, which would seem to contradict [[COMIC]] ''[[4-Dimensional Vistas (comic story)|4-Dimensional Vistas]]''.
* The memory blocks the Doctor puts in place in the Brigadier's mind are removed in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''.
* Danny Pain and the rest of [[Plasticine (group)|Plasticine]] reappear (a bit older) in ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''.
* [[Big Ben]] is attacked again in [[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]''.
* Bernice notes that the [[Vardan]]s are "the only race in history to be outwitted by the intellectual might of the [[Sontaran]]s." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'')
* The Doctor would later encounter {{Garden}} in the Abbey of Kells in [[Ireland]] in [[1006]] during his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], by which time the Monk had himself [[Regeneration|regenerated]] at least once. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Book of Kells (audio story)|The Book of Kells]]'')


*[[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'' is chronologically (for the Doctor) the last time he met the Brigadier, however this story (and consequently ''his'' first meeting of the Doctor) is in his own personal future.
== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}


*[[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' was the first story to feature the Vardans, a single Vardan is mentioned in [[Return of the Living Dad]] as being a survivor of this invasion attempt.
== External links ==
 
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona23p.htm Prelude to '''No Future''' as published in DWM]
* Following [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' the Monk is carrying a degree of baggage, his previous appearance and previous meeting of the Doctor was in this story.
{{dwrefguide|who_na23.htm|No Future}}
 
* {{whoniverse|na23|No Future}}
*  The memory blocks the Doctor puts in place in the Brigadier's mind are removed in [[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]''.
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/nofu.htm The Cloister Library: '''No Future''']
 
* [http://www.oocities.com/rico.briggs/nofu.html Doctor Who Bewildering Reference Guide to '''No Future''']
* Danny Pain and the rest of [[Plasticine]] reappear (a bit older) in ''[[Happy Endings]]''.
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv48/paulcornell.html Paul Cornell by Paul Scoones (Interview) - TSV 48]
*Big Ben is attacked again in [[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]''.
{{NA}}
 
{{Monk stories}}
==External Links==
{{Vardan stories}}
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona23p.htm Prelude to '''No Future''' as published in DWM]
{{TitleSort}}
*{{dwrefguide|who_na23.htm|No Future}}
*{{whoniverse|NA23.php|No Future}}
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20010419071357/www.geocities.com/rico.briggs/nofu.html Doctor Who Bewildering Reference Guide to '''No Future'''] via [http://www.archive.org/web/web.php Internet Archive: Wayback Machine]
 
==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}


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No Future is the twenty-third novel in the Virgin New Adventures series and was written by Paul Cornell. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice. This was the final novel in the story arc of alternate universes. It also featured a return to the 1970s "UNIT era" with UNIT, the Brigadier, Benton and Yates.

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

'This time, anarchy's real. There are power cuts and Wilson's resignation, a great upheaval of unease. But now there's real fear too. Real panic. And that's not how it's supposed to be.'

Somebody has been toying with the Seventh Doctor's past, testing him, threatening him, leading him on a chase that has brought the TARDIS to London in 1976 -- where reality has been altered once again.

Black Star terrorists foment riots in the streets. The Queen barely escapes assassination. A fearful tension is rising. Something is going to happen. Something bad.

Meanwhile, Benny's the lead singer in a punk band. Ace can't talk to her or the Doctor without an argument starting, so she's made murderous plans of her own. The Doctor's alone — he doesn't know who his enemy is, and even the Brigadier has disowned him.

As usual, it's up to the Doctor to protect the world. And he can't even protect himself.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor first heard Benny's voice at a party in Finchley.
  • Black Star is a group of anarchists. It developed from the "Angry Brigade". It was created through Mortimus's time interference.
  • Professor X is a television series that is broadcast between Bruce Forsyth and Basil Brush.

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Music[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Bernice is the lead vocalist in Plasticine. She also writes some of the music.

Politics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Artemis the Chronovore is released by Ace.
  • The Vardan Mediascape was created by the Vardans using the same technology as that which generated the Land of Fiction. The Mediasphere grants access to it.
  • Vardans are ridiculed as the only race to be outwitted by the Sontarans.

Religion[[edit] | [edit source]]

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Mortimus uses the alias Robert Bertram to run Priory a record company and also other related companies and invents CDs a decade early.
  • Ace creates Vengeance of the Vardans as a message for the Doctor and her past self.

Theories and concepts[[edit] | [edit source]]

United Nations Intelligence Taskforce[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the final story in Alternate Universe arc. The novels Blood Heat, The Dimension Riders, The Left-Handed Hummingbird and Conundrum are the previous novels in the Alternate Universe Arc.
  • This novel is the last one to feature the TARDIS (taken from the alternate Earth in Blood Heat) with a functioning chameleon circuit. Near the end of the novel, the Doctor smashes it with a hammer.
  • This novel had a working title of Anarchy in the UK.[1]
  • The title is a reference to the Sex Pistols' song "God Save the Queen".

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ DWM 252 (Licence to Kill p.30)

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

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