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|image= NA017 birthright.jpg
|image = NA017 birthright.jpg
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]]
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
|range = Virgin New Adventures
|range = Virgin New Adventures
|number in range = 17
|number in range = 17
|number= 17
|number = 17
|adapted into = Birthright (audio story)
|adapted into = Birthright (audio story)
|main character = [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|main character = [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|featuring = [[Seventh Doctor]]
|featuring = [[Seventh Doctor]]
|enemy= [[Charrl]], [[Jared Khan]]
|enemy = [[Charrl]], [[Jared Khan]]
|setting= [[London]], [[1909]]; [[Antýkhon]], [[22000|22,000]]
|setting= [[London]], [[1909]]; [[Antýkhon]], [[22000|22,000]]
|writer= [[Nigel Robinson]]
|writer = Nigel Robinson
|cover= [[Peter Elson]]
|cover = [[Peter Elson]]
|publisher= Virgin Books
|publisher = Virgin Books
|release date= [[19 August (releases)|19 August]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]]
|release date= 19 August 1993
|format= Paperback Book; 40 Chapters, 216 Pages
|format = Paperback Book; 40 Chapters, 216 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20393-3
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20393-3
|prev= Shadowmind (novel)
|prev = Shadowmind (novel)
|next= Iceberg (novel)
|next = Iceberg (novel)
|series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]]
|series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]]
|prev2= Shadowmind (novel)
|prev2 = Shadowmind (novel)
|next2= Iceberg (novel)
|next2 = Iceberg (novel)
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* [[Skol]]
* [[Skol]]
* [[Maria (Birthright)|Maria]]
* [[Maria (Birthright)|Maria]]
* [[Herbert Asquith]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Cults ===
=== Cults ===
* The [[Brotherhood of the New Dawn]] believes man has become decadent and evil.
* The [[Brotherhood of the New Dawn]] believes man has become decadent and evil.
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=== Food and beverages ===
=== Food and beverages ===
* Ace used to drink [[Southern Comfort]] as a teenager.
* Ace used to drink [[Southern Comfort]] as a teenager.


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* This is one of several Virgin New Adventures which were [[Birthright (audio story)|adapted]] by [[Big Finish Productions]] for their first season of [[Bernice Summerfield]] audio dramas.
* This is one of several Virgin New Adventures which were [[Birthright (audio story)|adapted]] by [[Big Finish Productions]] for their first season of [[Bernice Summerfield]] audio dramas.
* This novel almost does not feature the Seventh Doctor.
* This novel almost does not feature the Seventh Doctor.
* [[Prelude Birthright|A prelude to this novel]] was published in [[DWM 203]].
* [[Prelude Birthright (short story)|A prelude to this novel]] was published in [[DWM 203]].
* The jacket illustration for this book was incorrectly reproduced reversed as a full-colour page in ''[[Doctor Who: Timeframe: The Illustrated History]]''. A second edition and paperback corrected this error.
* The jacket illustration for this book was incorrectly reproduced reversed as a full-colour page in ''[[Timeframe: The Illustrated History]]''. A second edition and paperback corrected this error.
* The cover art of ''Birthright'' was reproduced in the [[Leekley Bible]] to illustrate the brief synopsis of ''[[Ark in Space (TV story)|Ark in Space]]''.
* The cover art of ''Birthright'' was reproduced in the [[Leekley Bible]] to illustrate the brief synopsis of ''[[Ark in Space (unproduced TV story)|Ark in Space]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona17p.htm Prelude to '''Birthright''' as published in DWM #203]
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona17p.htm Prelude to '''Birthright''' as published in DWM #203]
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/birthright.htm The Cloister Library: '''Birthright''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/birthright.htm The Cloister Library: '''Birthright''']
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv36/btb-birthright.html Beyond the Book: Birthright by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 36]
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv36/btb-birthright.html Beyond the Book: Birthright by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 36]
 
* [http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/issue5/interview5.html Interview with Nigel Robinson, in issue 5 of ''Broadsword'']
* [http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/issue5/interview5.html Interview with Nigel Robinson, in issue 5 of ''Broadsword'']
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Latest revision as of 20:30, 3 June 2024

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Birthright was the seventeenth of Virgin Books' New Adventures novels. It was written by Nigel Robinson, published in 1993, and featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Benny. Notably, the story focused on the companions, who are separated from the Doctor while he experienced the events of the next novel, Iceberg.

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

"I feel like a pawn in a blasted chess game, Ace." "I know what you mean. Trouble is, they keep changing the chess-players."

The TARDIS has died. Stranded in early twentieth-century London, Bernice can only stand and watch as it slowly disintegrates.

In the East End a series of grisly murders has been committed. Is this the work of the ghostly Springheel Jack or, as Bernice suspects, something even more sinister?

In a tiny shop in Bloomsbury, the master of a grand order of sorcerers is nearing the end of a seven-hundred year quest for a fabled magic wand.

And on a barren world in the far-distant future the Queen of a dying race pleads for the help of an old hermit named Muldwych, while Ace leads a group of guerrillas in a desperate struggle against their alien oppressors.

These events are related. Perhaps the Doctor knows how. But the Doctor has gone away.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cults[[edit] | [edit source]]

Diseases and illnesses[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Bernice contracts the flu.

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Languages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Time travel[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Great Divide, a temporal portal from approximately 22,000 to 1909.
  • Ace gets transported to the year 22,000.
  • Bernice gets transported to 1909.

Food and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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