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|image            = Rose The Sequel.jpg
|image            = Rose The Sequel.jpg
|main character    = [[Nestene Consciousness]]
|main character    = [[Nestene Consciousness]]
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|enemy            =  
|setting          = [[London]], [[2005]]
|setting          = [[London]], [[2005]]
|writer            = [[Russell T Davies]]
|writer            = Russell T Davies
|director          =  
|director          =  
|producer          = [[Emily Cook]]
|producer          = [[Emily Cook]]
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|publisher        =  
|publisher        =  
|read by          = [[Jacob Dudman]]
|read by          = [[Jacob Dudman]]
|release date      = [[26 March (releases)|26 March]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|release date      = 26 March 2020
|format            = Online short story
|format            = Online short story
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|series            = ''[[Doctor Who: Lockdown!]]'' originals
|series            = ''[[Doctor Who: Lockdown!]]'' originals
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|prev              = Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)
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* [[Boris Johnson|"Blond man"/Auton]]
* [[Boris Johnson|"Blond man"/Auton]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Locations ===
=== Locations ===
* The Consciousness remembers "the day [[Nestenia]] fell" in the [[Time War]].
* The Consciousness remembers "the day [[Nestenia]] fell" in the [[Time War]].
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* This story was first released as an audiobook of sorts, narrated by [[Jacob Dudman]], and then published as a text by [[Russell T Davies]] on his [[Instagram]]. Mirroring ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]'', the latter release framed this as an excerpt — Chapter 21, "Revenge of the Nestene" — from the fictitious pages 198-203 of [[Rose (novelisation)|Davies' 2018 ''Rose'' novelisation]].<ref name="Instagram">https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Nfoa5Ha_T/</ref>
* This story was first released as an audiobook of sorts, narrated by [[Jacob Dudman]], and then published as a text by [[Russell T Davies]] on his [[Instagram]]. Mirroring ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]'', the latter release framed this as an excerpt — Chapter 21, "Revenge of the Nestene" — from the fictitious pages 198-203 of [[Rose (novelisation)|Davies' 2018 ''Rose'' novelisation]].<ref name="Instagram">https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Nfoa5Ha_T/</ref>
** The cover included with this second release was a slight edit on the original [[Target novelisation]] cover, which was illustrated by [[Anthony Dry]]. Davies credits [[Richard Atkinson]] with designing the pages themselves, which visually present as a direct continuation to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]''.<ref name="Instagram" />
** The cover included with this second release was a slight edit on the original [[Target novelisation]] cover, which was illustrated by [[Anthony Dry]]. Davies credits [[Richard Atkinson]] with designing the pages themselves, which visually present as a direct continuation to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]''.<ref name="Instagram" />
**The story was re-published in both the ''[[Adventures in Lockdown]]'' anthology and the illustrated edition of ''Rose''.
* In the audio release's credits, [[Big Finish Productions]] is given "special thanks".
* In the audio release's credits, [[Big Finish Productions]] is given "special thanks".
* While the man that the Auton becomes at the end of the story is not named outright, all-but-confirmed to be [[Boris Johnson]] through the description of the man. Boris, at the time of the story's writing, was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].<ref>[https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-03-26/doctor-who-rose-sequel/ RadioTimes: Doctor Who Rose sequel]</ref>
* While the man that the Auton becomes at the end of the story is not named outright, all-but-confirmed to be [[Boris Johnson]] through the description of the man. Johnson, at the time of the story's writing, was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].<ref>[https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-03-26/doctor-who-rose-sequel/ RadioTimes: Doctor Who Rose sequel]</ref>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* One "nugget" of the [[Nestene Consciousness]] has survived the [[Ninth Doctor]]'s [[anti-plastic]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
* One "nugget" of the [[Nestene Consciousness]] has survived the [[Ninth Doctor]]'s [[anti-plastic]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
* The Nestene Consciousness considers starting [[The Alliance (The Pandorica Opens)|an alliance with the Doctor's greatest enemies]], including the [[Dalek]]s and the [[Cybermen]], in order to finally defeat him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')
* The Nestene Consciousness considers starting [[Pandorica Alliance|an alliance with the Doctor's greatest enemies]], including the [[Dalek]]s and the [[Cybermen]], in order to finally defeat him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')
* The Nestene Consciousness enjoyed a romance with the [[Embodiment of Gris]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'', et al.)
* The Nestene Consciousness enjoyed a romance with the [[Embodiment of Gris]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion (novel)|Cold Fusion]]'', et al.)
* At the edge of the [[Time War]], the Nestene encountered 100 [[Gallifrey]]s, 1,000 burnt out [[Skaro]]s, and a dozen [[Earth]]s, taken from different moments and used as weapons in the War. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]'')
* At the edge of the [[Time War]], the Nestene encountered 100 [[Gallifrey]]s, 1,000 burnt out [[Skaro]]s, and a dozen [[Earth]]s, taken from different moments and used as weapons in the War. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)|Doctor Who and the Time War]]'')
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Latest revision as of 17:18, 26 June 2024

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Revenge of the Nestene was "Chapter 21" of the original novelisation for Rose, written by Russell T Davies and narrated by Jacob Dudman. It was released in 2020 as a sequel to the television story Rose for the Doctor Who: Lockdown! watch-along series. Later, it was published as the fifth story in the anthology Adventures in Lockdown.

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Part of the Nestene survives in the form of a Pierrot clown. It enters Westminster and merges with the body of someone killed in the destruction, who has ambitions of power, creating a new being, and deciding to take revenge on the Doctor.

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