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|range = Cwej: The Series | |range = Cwej: The Series | ||
| | |anthology = Down the Middle (anthology) | ||
|series number in range = 1 | |series number in range = 1 | ||
|number in series = 16 | |number in series = 16 | ||
|image = | |image = the ursine brood.png | ||
|main character = [[Chris Cwej]] | |main character = [[Chris Cwej]] | ||
|featuring = [[Ursine Brood]] | |featuring = [[Ursine Brood]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = [[Cwejopolis]], [[Planet of the Ursine Brood]] | |setting = [[Cwejopolis]], [[Planet of the Ursine Brood]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Gerard Power | ||
|editor = [[Hunter O'Connell]] | |editor = [[Hunter O'Connell]] | ||
|publisher = Arcbeatle Press | |publisher = Arcbeatle Press | ||
|illustrator = [[Kern McCarthy]] | |illustrator = [[Kern McCarthy]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 28 October 2020 | ||
|series = ''[[Cwej: The Series]]'' | |series = ''[[Cwej: The Series]]'' | ||
|prev = The Eternal (short story) | |prev = The Eternal (short story) | ||
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* [[Cwej-Ursa]] | * [[Cwej-Ursa]] | ||
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* Cwej is supposed to go an adventure at the [[Gowlbone Castle]] on the inner surface of the [[Omnium Sphere]] in the [[51st century]], in which a washed-up [[Cwej (species)|Cwej]] has to rescue [[Bicktöv the Millionth]] from the [[Primordial Liberation Front]]. | * Cwej is supposed to go an adventure at the [[Gowlbone Castle]] on the inner surface of the [[Omnium Sphere]] in the [[51st century]], in which a washed-up [[Cwej (species)|Cwej]] has to rescue [[Bicktöv the Millionth]] from the [[Primordial Liberation Front]]. | ||
* Larles and Kwol's abstract sculpture of the [[Grigori Goddess]] resembles a large 3D [[asterisk]]. | * Larles and Kwol's abstract sculpture of the [[Grigori Goddess]] resembles a large 3D [[asterisk]]. | ||
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* One [[Cwej-Plus]] becomes a [[preacher]] for Ursa. | * One [[Cwej-Plus]] becomes a [[preacher]] for Ursa. | ||
* The [[Superior]]s' initial production of the Cwejen had consumed a literally infinite military budget, with [[tetradimensional diffraction comb]]s specially bred and even skilled [[Temporal Engineering|temporal engineers]] retroactively conceived specifically for the project. | * The [[Superior]]s' initial production of the Cwejen had consumed a literally infinite military budget, with [[tetradimensional diffraction comb]]s specially bred and even skilled [[Temporal Engineering|temporal engineers]] retroactively conceived specifically for the project. | ||
* The Superiors have [[TARDIS Graveyards|specialist shipbreakers to euthanise timeships]] once they become senile or defective. | * The Superiors have [[TARDIS Graveyards|specialist shipbreakers to euthanise timeships]] once they become senile or defective. | ||
* When he was very young, Chris had had a beloved [[teddy bear]]. | * When he was very young, Chris had had a beloved [[teddy bear]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:57, 29 June 2024
The Ursine Brood was the sixteenth short story in Down the Middle. It marked a turning point in the anthology's narrative, beginning a sequence of connected stories which close the book.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Cwej is supposed to go an adventure at the Gowlbone Castle on the inner surface of the Omnium Sphere in the 51st century, in which a washed-up Cwej has to rescue Bicktöv the Millionth from the Primordial Liberation Front.
- Larles and Kwol's abstract sculpture of the Grigori Goddess resembles a large 3D asterisk.
- Chris knows of some Cwejen who have deserted, including one who became a DJ on Thoros Minor.
- One Cwej-Plus becomes a preacher for Ursa.
- The Superiors' initial production of the Cwejen had consumed a literally infinite military budget, with tetradimensional diffraction combs specially bred and even skilled temporal engineers retroactively conceived specifically for the project.
- The Superiors have specialist shipbreakers to euthanise timeships once they become senile or defective.
- When he was very young, Chris had had a beloved teddy bear.
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- An online-exclusive illustration for the story was created by artist Kern McCarthy and released through the series's official Facebook page.[1]
- In-line with the story's religious themes, Cwej-Ursa's final regeneration resembles an Ophanim.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Chris is aware that one Cwej ran off to start a family in New New York. (TV: Gridlock)
- The Vicinity was "caesarean-sliced" (TV: Dark Water) from the Superiors' "great mother-computer" (PROSE: Toy Story) which is made of crystals. (PROSE: The Nth Doctor, The V Cwejes)
- Chris and other Cwejen possess low level psychic power. (PROSE: SLEEPY, et al.)
- Ursa arrived on the planet in a crashed "70-Form" timeship, (PROSE: The Book of the War, AUDIO: Embrace the Darkness, et al.) which resembles a gray metallic cylinder without its camouflage unit. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
- A 70-form is an outdated model from Chris' perspective. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
- The crashed timeship has its dimensional transcendentalism leaking. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
- Chris analogizes the Ursine Brood as a "Faction Christopher" to the "Little House of Cwejes". (PROSE: The Book of the War)
- In preparation for the mass production of the Cwejen, Superior occultists used the surviving "black scrolls" (TV: The Five Doctors) to invoke the aid of entities from the Old Times. (PROSE: The Guide to the Dark Times, et al.)
- Chris speculates that Cwej-Ursa's long process of regeneration was influenced by traces of the bear body bepple he'd had for a few months as a young man. (PROSE: Original Sin)
- Chris' trauma from this story continues into PROSE: The Trauma Deception.
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Ursine Brood page at Arcbeatle Press