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novel name= Tragedy Day|
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{{Infobox Story SMW
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Virgin New Adventures]] |
|image= NA024 tragedyday.jpg
number= 24 |
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
|range = Virgin New Adventures
companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] |
|number in range = 24
enemy= [[Crispin]], [[Friars of Pangloss]] |
|number= 24
year= [[Olleril]], [[5597]] <br> [[Pangloss]], [[5597]]|
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
writer= [[Gareth Roberts]] |
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|enemy= [[Crispin (Tragedy Day)|Crispin]], [[Friars of Pangloss]]
release date= March 1994 |
|setting= [[Empire City, Olleril|Empire City]], [[Olleril]]
format= Paperback Book, 290 Pages |
|writer= Gareth Roberts
isbn= ISBN 0426204107 |
|cover= [[Jeff Cummins]]
previous story= [[No Future]] |
|publisher= Virgin Books
next story= [[Legacy]]}}
|release date= 17 March 1994
|format= Paperback Book; 19 Chapters, 290 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20410-7
|prev= No Future (novel)
|next= Legacy (novel)
|series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]]
|prev2= No Future (novel)
|next2= Uninvited Guest (comic story)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''Tragedy Day''''' was the twenty-fourth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel. It was written by [[Gareth Roberts]], who had previously written the New Adventures novel ''[[The Highest Science]]'' and would write another New Adventure novel and four more [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventure]] novels. This novel featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Ace]].


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
'''Tomorrow, Tragedy Day. Tomorrow, total control.'''
''Tomorrow, [[Tragedy Day]]. Tomorrow, total control.''


In [[Empire City]] on the planet [[Olleril]], it’s time for the annual Tragedy Day -- when the privileged few celebrate their generosity to the masses.
In [[Empire City, Olleril|Empire City]] on the [[planet]] [[Olleril]], it's time for the annual Tragedy Day — when the privileged few celebrate their generosity to the masses.


But this year, something is different. Hideous creatures infest the waters around an island that doesn’t officially exist. Assassins arrive to carry out a killing that may endanger the entire universe. A being known as the Supreme One tests horrific weapons. And a secret order of monks observes the growing chaos.
But this year, something is different. Hideous creatures infest the waters around an [[island]] that doesn't officially exist. Assassins arrive to carry out a killing that may endanger the entire [[universe]]. A being known as the Supreme One tests horrific weapons. And a secret order of monks observes the growing chaos.


Five minutes after they arrive on Olleril, the [[TARDIS]] crew know they want to leave. But [[Ace]] is imprisoned in a sinister refugee camp, and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] are in the custody of a brutal police gang. There is no way out.
Five minutes after they arrive on Olleril, the [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Silurian Earth)|TARDIS]] crew know they want to leave. But [[Ace]] is imprisoned in a sinister refugee camp, and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] are in the custody of a brutal police gang. There is no way out.


==Plot==
== Plot ==
 
''to be added''
 
Long ago, the First Doctor visited a world whose natives believed themselves to be cursed by a fragment of red glass brought to their world by a dying stranger. Dismissing these fears as superstition, the Doctor proved that the sicknesses and crop failures plaguing their community were caused by a radiation leak from the stranger’s damaged spacecraft. He used chemicals from the TARDIS to decontaminate the area, and took the red glass from the grateful villagers, intending to carry out tests upon it to determine its true nature. His visit soon passed into legend. Some time later, the planet was discovered and colonised by the evil human empire of Luminus, and most of the natives were exterminated. The empire itself collapsed soon afterwards, and the human colonists remaining on Olleril picked up on the native superstitions and the stories of a cursed red glass which would one day return to their world. Centuries have passed since the Doctor’s visit, and for all that time, the evil Friars of Pangloss have waited for him to return; now at last his arrival is imminent, and the Friars have despatched assassins to Olleril, to recover the cursed glass and kill the Doctor for his interference.


Although Luminus supposedly fell centuries ago, many inhabitants of Empire City believe that it in fact survived as a secret cult which still controls Olleril behind the scenes. Most intelligent people scoff at these foolish conspiracy theories, all of which are true. The egocentric TV actor Howard Devor, star of the cult sci-fi series ''Captain Millennium'', has been initiated into the cult of Luminus and given a brain implant which he believes increases his intelligence and brainpower. When his producer, George Lipton, refuses to grant Devor yet another holiday from his shooting schedule, Devor uses his new connections to have Lipton fired, beaten by a brutal police gang, and thrown into a native refugee camp. As Devor delights in his new-found power, however, he is being monitored by Luminan scientists, who are only allowing him to indulge himself until the brain implant has done its work…
== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Crispin (Tragedy Day)|Crispin]]
* [[Friars of Pangloss]]
* [[Richard Nemmun]]
* [[Ernie McCartney|Ernie "Eight-Legs" McCartney]]
* [[Amm Piering]]
* [[Anna (Tragedy Day)|Anna]]
* [[Anonius]]
* [[Caphymus]]
* [[Charlie (Tragedy Day)|Charlie]]
* [[Danny (Tragedy Day)|Danny]]
* [[Doris (Tragedy Day)|Doris]]
* [[Dulcia Joliff]]
* [[Ed (Tragedy Day)|Ed]]
* [[Frinna]]
* [[George Lipton]]
* [[Linn]]
* [[Elena Salcha]]
* [[Felder]]
* [[Forke]]
* [[Gerd]]
* [[Gholeria]]
* [[Gortlock]]
* [[Guralza]]
* [[Harry Landis]]
* [[Howard Devor]]
* [[Markus (Tragedy Day)|Markus]]
* [[Paul Wilkinson]]
* [[Jalone]]
* [[Jeff Shrubb]]
* [[Joan Cale]]
* [[Laude]]
* [[Lorrayn]]
* [[Luka (Tragedy Day)|Luka]]
* [[Meredith Morgan]]
* [[Metin Kenniter]]
* [[Maurice Taylor]]
* [[Powla]]
* [[Richard Nemmun]]
* [[Richud Danner]]
* [[Forgwyn]]
* [[Wendy Clifton]]
* [[Tom Jakovv]]
* [[Robert Clifton]]
* [[Triss Laughline]]
* [[Sal (Tragedy Day)|Sal]]
* [[Sarul]]
* [[Saen]]
* [[Streel]]
* [[Portellus]]
* [[Stillmun]]
* [[Olleril (Marshal)]]
* [[Urma]]
* [[Marsha (Tragedy Day)|Marsha]]
* [[Susan Foreman|Susan]]
* [[Barbara Wright]]


The TARDIS materialises in the Vijjan refugee camp, and the Doctor, Ace and Benny are appalled by the shocking conditions within. Ace is separated from her friends and, along with the terrified Lipton, is swept up amongst a crowd of refugees and herded onto a transport carrier. Before the Doctor or Benny can intervene they are arrested by security guards, who believe them to be from a liberal protest group and forcibly evict them into the slums of Empire City. The run-down south side has been separated from the affluent central zone by a cordon, and they are unable to get past the gate receptionists to contact any authority figures with the power to help them find Ace. In many ways, Empire City resembles a typical 20th-century Western city, but the Doctor and Benny notice certain examples of advanced technology -- including the use of androids as TV celebrities -- which suggest that a more advanced society is manipulating this civilisation to retard its natural development.
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Astronomical objects ===
* Olleril is located in the [[Pristatrek Galaxy]].


Ace, Lipton and the Vijjan refugees are relocated to the tropical island of Avax, but the beauty of the setting is marred by bleached skulls and expended weapons cartridges on the beach. They have in fact been dropped into a weapons testing zone to act as living targets. On the submarine ''Gargantuan'', the Supreme One of the cult of Luminus orders the next test to begin, and only Ace realises what’s happening when the beach is bombarded with gas bombs. She gets to safety, but Lipton and the Vijjans are slaughtered. The island’s warrior natives then arrive, along with the young human Forgwyn, whom they believe to be a god; however, when they find that the new arrivals are already dead they turn on Forgwyn, angry that they have been cheated of their victory. The Luminans drop gas masks onto the beach as a psychological test, but when Forgwyn urges the now mistrustful natives to wear them, they refuse to do so and are thus wiped out by the second wave of gas bombs. The Supreme One, disappointed by the test’s failure, feeds the head of his research department to the Slaags, genetically engineered bioweapons which eat everything they encounter.
=== Biology ===
* The Doctor has experience at delivering [[baby|babies]].


The Doctor and Benny hear rumours about the cult of Luminus and learn that the people of the central zone are preparing for Tragedy Day, the annual carnival at which they assuage their guilt over the less fortunate by donating an insignificant part of their wealth to charity. Unable to get past the cordon, they follow a tip to the home of Madame Guralza, a former movie star who has chosen to live amongst the poor. She realises that her visitors are from another world, and agrees to supply them with forged passes on the condition that they take her with them when they leave Olleril. The Doctor and Benny successfully enter the central zone -- but the passes are detected as forgeries, and they are only allowed to enter because the security scan showed that the Doctor had two hearts. The Supreme One guesses the Doctor’s identity and orders his second-in-command, right-wing political columnist Jeff Shrubb, to keep an eye on the new arrivals. He also orders the police gangs to trace the Doctor’s movements through the south side, and eventually they locate and kill Madame Guralza.
=== Books ===
* Forgwyn had read ''[[Artificial Intelligences: The Moral Dilemma]]''.


Since he no longer requires Avax as a test site, the Supreme One releases the Slaags upon the island, and they devour the native population. Forgwyn and Ace shelter in Forgwyn’s spaceship, which crashed on the island some days ago. Forgwyn’s mother Meredith is about to give birth, but it turns out to be a breech birth. As Ace searches the ship for medical supplies she finds a surprising number of weapons -- and a pyramid of red glass which gives her a strong impression of the Doctor. Meanwhile, Shrubb confronts the Doctor, hoping to trick him into revealing the location of his TARDIS, but instead the Doctor demands to be reunited with Ace. The Supreme One thus calls off the Slaags and allows the Doctor to travel to Avax, where he delivers Meredith’s baby and thus earns her undying gratitude. But as the Doctor and Ace discuss their situation, Forgwyn hears them mention the TARDIS, and realises that the Doctor is the Time Lord his mother has been sent to kill.
=== Creatures ===
* [[Aaglon shark]]s and [[sline lizard]]s are creatures native to Olleril.


While Meredith and her newborn son recover in Empire TV’s medical facility, the Doctor wanders the streets, trying to learn all he can about this civilisation. Shrubb leaves him to his own devices at first, but when it becomes clear that the Doctor is going to give nothing away, Shrubb has him drugged and taken to the secret Luminus headquarters in the Toplex Sanitation office building. There, the Luminans try to copy his mind into an android double’s body, but he resists, and they are unable to learn the location of the TARDIS. He is therefore sent on to the ''Gargantuan'', where the Supreme One intends to trick him into helping to complete their master plan. Meanwhile, Devor continues to exercise his new power, terrorising his lackeys, rewriting the scripts of ''Captain Millennium'' to suit himself, and turning away the child prodigy Crispin without an autograph. Eventually, however, Luminus obtains all that it needs from his implant, and Shrubb has him knocked out and sent to the ''Gargantuan'' for the final phase of the plan.
=== Culture ===
* [[Mazuma]]s are a form of [[currency]].
* [[Tragedy Day]] is a holiday celebrated on Olleril.


Forgwyn admits to Ace and Benny that the Friars of Pangloss hired his mother to kill the Doctor -- and warns them that even though she now owes her life and her baby’s to the Doctor, this might not be enough to save him. She has never forfeited a contract in her life, and the Friars threatened to take her soul from her body if she failed them. Ace and Benny return to Shrubb’s house, while Forgwyn goes out to a nightclub to unwind. He dances by himself for a while before realising that the dancefloor is a nihilistic game for thrill-seekers, rigged to pulse with anti-matter at random intervals. As he sits at the bar, recovering from the shock, the spider mutant Ernie “Eight-Legs” McCarthy, a feared assassin and bounty hunter, enters the club, and Forgwyn realises that the Friars hired him as backup when Meredith failed to report in on time.
=== The Doctor's items ===
* The Doctor wears a [[blue]] [[gemstone]] [[ring]].


The next morning, the Doctor apparently returns and tells Ace and Benny that it’s time for them to go. He seems to be having trouble with his memory, however, and as Forgwyn accompanies them all back to the refugee camp, Benny becomes suspicious and questions the Doctor about their past adventures. She eventually realises that this is not the real Doctor -- but by this time she and Ace have already mentioned the TARDIS’ location, and the Luminans have seized it and are waiting for them to arrive. As Ace and Benny try to fight them off, Ernie arrives, guns down the android Doctor and pursues the guards taking the TARDIS away from the camp. They manage to get to the docks while Ernie is stuck in traffic, and load the TARDIS onto a sub to be sent on to the ''Gargantuan''. Ernie transforms his car into an underwater craft and sets off in pursuit, determined to complete his mission for the Friars and buy himself a planet with the proceeds. Meanwhile, Meredith checks herself out of the hospital just in time to rescue Forgwyn, Ace and Benny, but when Benny unthinkingly mentions the TARDIS in front of her Meredith realises that the Doctor is her target. After a moment’s reflection, she announces that she owes the Doctor too much to kill him, and agrees to use the red pyramid given to her by the Friars to locate the Doctor and help the others rescue him.
=== Foods and beverages ===
* [[Rakki]] is an [[alcohol]]ic beverage served on Olleril.


The Doctor awakens in the ''Gargantuan''’s cryogenic facility, where dozens of celebrities are held in suspended animation while Luminus uses their Celebroid doubles to influence the media. The Doctor finds and rescues the child genius Crispin from another malfunctioning chamber, and together they explore the submarine and discover that the Luminans are building a psychotronic generator. The Doctor smugly points out the flaws in the generator’s design to Crispin -- and realises too late that Crispin is in fact the Supreme One of the cult of Luminus. Crispin orders him to complete the generator, with which he will acquire total control over the brainwaves of Empire City’s entire population. The data from Devor’s implant has given the Luminans the insight into arrogance and stupidity which they required to complete their understanding of the human mind; now, with the Stupidity Factor in his grasp, Crispin will be able to generate an enormous psychotronic wave and remake society along the lines of his favourite sitcom. The former cast members of ''Martha and Arthur'', including Howard Devor, have already been installed in the generator, and the Doctor has no choice but to build the missing components. The countdown then begins; total control will be achieved in the middle of the Tragedy Day celebrations.
=== Individuals ===
* The [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] make an appearance in the prologue of the novel. There, he cures the radiation poisoning that was blighting the inhabitants and their crops. He also takes a red glass with him, as they believed it caused disaster ever since it arrived.
* The Doctor claims that he delivered [[Genghis Khan]].
* The Doctor claims that he has never met [[Henry VIII]], but that he did meet [[Mary Stuart|Mary, Queen of Scots]].


Ernie arrives on the ''Gargantuan'' in search of the TARDIS, but he is unable to fight his way past the guards and is forced to retreat into the service corridors. Crispin sends a Slaag after him and puts the incident out of his mind -- but before he is killed, Ernie damages a vital part of the sub’s infrastructure. The Doctor’s friends then arrive, and Ace and Meredith fight their way to the control centre together, injuring Shrubb in the process; but upon arriving in the control centre, Meredith breaks her earlier promise and prepares to fulfill her contract by killing the Doctor. Before she can do so, Crispin shoots her dead. The countdown then reaches zero, and anyone not protected by an immuniser plate instantly falls under the spell of the psychotronic generator and begins to live out the character roles from ''Martha and Arthur'' -- Crispin’s ideal of family perfection. Meanwhile, the Friars detect the deaths of their assassins, and prepare to intervene personally.
=== Locations ===
* [[Empire City, Olleril|Empire City]] is Olleril's largest city.
* The ''[[Empire Clarion]]'' is an Olleril newspaper.
* [[Empirica]] is a nation on Olleril.
* Meredith Morgan was hired to kill the Doctor on [[Frinjel 87]].
* The [[Vijjan]]s are the native people of Olleril.
* [[Spindizzy's]] and [[Yumm's]] are bars in Empire City.
* Ernie McCartney is the most feared assassin in the [[Seventh Quadrant]].
* Tragedy Day was celebrated in [[Lerthin Square]].
* [[Luminus]] is a cult which secretly controls Olleril.
* The shelf containing the [[Bibles of Pangloss]] was made from timber carted from the groves of [[Knassos]].


The Celebroids stalk the streets of Empire City, killing all whose appearance does not fit in with the new ideal, and sending out excavators to tear down the city and rebuild row upon row of suburban tract houses. In the ''Gargantuan'', the Doctor and his companions are placed under a mind probe, but even under the influence of the psychotronic wave the Doctor is able to shield his mind and prevent Crispin from learning how to operate the TARDIS. Convinced that the Doctor will break eventually, and that everything is going to plan, Crispin retires to bed… but while asleep he has a very interesting dream indeed about the beautiful Bernice, and wakes to find that puberty has at last set in. Suddenly, Crispin has odd feelings he’s never felt before, and is now terribly guilty about what he’s done to the planet in his desire to make a perfect family for himself. Meanwhile, as Shrubb tends to his injuries, he discovers that he too is a Celebroid. The knowledge drives him mad, and he goes to the cryogenics unit to kill his real self, determined to dispose of Crispin and make the Celebroids, “his” people, the dominant life form on Olleril.
=== Olleril locations ===
* [[Agrave]] is the home of sline lizards and aaglon sharks.
* [[Avax]] is the island home of a Vijjan tribe.
* [[Daisycombe Park]] is located on the south side of Empire City.
* [[Fresta]] is a nation on Olleril.
* [[Funland]] is an [[amusement park]] on Olleril.
* [[Quantern]] was a group of rebels.
* [[Vijja]] is a nation on Olleril.
* [[Yuvador]] is the site of guerrilla activity.


Just as the Doctor expected, the psychotronic generator is unable to maintain control over the entire population of the planet, and it overloads and explodes. Due to Ernie’s interference in the infrastructure, the explosion causes a chain reaction which begins to destroy the ''Gargantuan''. Devor is released from the generator in the confusion, but remains disoriented and concludes that Shrubb has been using him in a plot to overthrow the Supreme One. Shrubb catches Devor looking for a gun in the weapons laboratory and shoots him, but in a dying spasm, Devor fires a mezon gun into a pile of compression grenades, and the resulting explosion blows open the Slaag holding tank, setting them free. The panic- and guilt-stricken Crispin releases the Doctor and his friends just to show Bernice what a nice guy he really is, and the Doctor forces him to release the kidnapped celebrities and send them to safety in the sub’s escape pods.
=== Organisations ===
* The [[Vijjan Liberation League]] sympathised with the plight of the Vijjans.
* [[Riftet Insurance]] was a business on Olleril.
* [[Toplex Sanitation]] was a front for Luminus.
* The [[Friars of Pangloss]] were three immortal beings that ruled [[Pangloss]].
* Morgan killed the [[Prime Motivator]] of the [[Rullian Confederacy]].
* [[Tyack's Fittings]] was a business on Olleril.
* [[Fancy That]] was a popular music group.


Shrubb finds Crispin and tries to kill him, but Crispin uses a remote control to shut him down, which was the reason he’d replaced the ambitious Shrubb with a Celebroid copy in the first place. He then tries to force the others away at gunpoint so he and Bernice can run away together, but part of the submarine collapses around him, crushing him to death. As the Slaags chew their way through the remaining Luminans, the Doctor, Ace, Benny and Forgwyn escape in Ernie’s car, with the TARDIS still inside. Moments later, the ''Gargantuan'' explodes, and the shockwave knocks Ernie’s red pyramid into the Doctor’s hands -- and puts him in direct contact with the Friars. Before his companions can do anything, the Doctor and the TARDIS are transported to the wastes of Pangloss. Benny, Ace and Forgwyn have no choice but to continue on back to the devastated Empire City, where they find the stunned and unquestioning citizens lining up in a queue for disintegration on the antimatter dancefloor. Benny turns them away by telling them that it’s full and they should return tomorrow, and she and her friends set about switching the dancefloor off.
=== Plants ===
* [[Barjorum]] and [[frashel]]s are plants native to Olleril.


The Friars confront the Doctor and demand the return of the red glass, which none of their subservient followers have realised was stolen centuries ago. The Doctor manages to lock himself in the TARDIS, but the Friars prevent it from dematerialising; however, while trapped inside, he finds an entry on the Friars in the TARDIS data banks and learns how to destroy them. He thus contacts them and offers to surrender his TARDIS to them if they agree to spare his life. The Friars greedily grasp the chance to spread their domain of suffering through all time and space, and allow the Doctor to take them on a “test flight” to Olleril. There, the TARDIS materialises on the dancefloor, and the Friars emerge and prepare to use their psychic powers to transform Olleril into a wasteland of endless doom and despair -- but at the last moment, Forgwyn switches the floor back on, and the antimatter surge banishes the Friars into the Time Vortex for eternity.
=== Planets ===
* The Doctor defeated Luminus on [[Argos]].
* Automatic carriers were used in a border conflict on [[Eferun]].
* [[Pangloss]] is a galaxy ruled by the Friars of Pangloss.
* Meredith once killed fifty-nine people in two hours on [[Phlanji]].
* [[Quique]] and [[Rexel]] were visible from Olleril.
* The Celebroid Doctor suggests going to [[Zeraticus 2]] for a holiday.


Tragedy Day has ended with the central zone of Empire City in ruins, and the divisions between the formerly affluent and the poverty-stricken have been all but completely erased. The Doctor addresses the crowds, telling them that he has finally located and analysed the red glass -- and has found it to have no special properties whatsoever. The Friars merely convinced their followers that they were cursed, and their own fear kept them enslaved. The same happened on Olleril, where the natives and the human colonists who supplanted them were held back from putting their lives right by fear of a non-existent curse. Forgwyn decides to remain on Olleril with his baby brother until a rescue ship arrives to take him home, and the Doctor, Ace and Benny depart, leaving the people of Olleril to a brighter future.
=== Science ===
* A [[psychotronic generator]] generates waves of psychic energy.
* The hull of Morgan's ship is made of [[jauxite]].
* [[Celebroid]]s are robot duplicates.
* The Doctor constructs a [[Triton T80]] to sabotage Crispin's plans.
* Morgan once took an assignment on [[Kallak 56]].
* [[Slaag]]s are genetically engineered creatures created from sline lizards and aaglon sharks.


==Characters==
=== Television series ===
*[[Seventh Doctor |The Doctor]]
* Television series on Olleril include ''[[Whittaker's Harbour]]'', ''[[Martha and Arthur]]'', and ''[[Captain Millennium]]''.
:*Wears a blue gemstone ring.
:*Has experience delivering babies.


*[[Ace]]
=== Time Lords ===
 
* [[Pandorastrumnelliahanfloriana]] developed a theory regarding the psychic abilities of the Friars of Pangloss.
*[[Bernice Summerfield]]
:*Learnt how to reset bones 'years ago'.
 
*[[Crispin]]
 
*[[Friars of Pangloss]]
 
*[[Richard Nemmun]]
*Earney "Eight-Legs" McCartney
 
==References==
[[Carryl]], [[Eferun]], [[Fancy That]], [[Felder]], [[Forke]], [[Frashel]], [[Fresta]], [[Funland]], [[Gerd]], [[Gholeria]], [[Gortlock]], [[Guralza]], [[Jalone]], [[Knassos]], [[Laude]], [[Lorrayn]], [[Luka]], [[Phlanji]], [[Powla]], [[Quantern]], [[Quique]], [[Saen]], [[Sal]]
 
===[[:Category:Books|Books]]===
*''[[Artificial Intelligences: The Moral Dilemma]]''
 
===[[:Category:Creatures|Creatures]]===
*[[Aaglon shark]]
*[[Sline lizard]]
 
===[[:Category:Culture|Culture]]===
*[[mazuma]] is a form of currency.
*[[Tragedy Day (holiday)]]
 
===[[:Category:Foods and beverages|Foods and Beverages]]===
*[[rakki]]
 
===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]===
*[[Amm Piering]]
*[[Anna]]
*[[Anonius]]
*[[Charlie]]
*[[Crispin]]
*[[Danny]]
*[[Doris]]
*[[Dulcia Joliff]]
*[[Ed]]
*[[Frinna]]
*[[Genghis Khan]]
*[[George Lipton]]
*[[Linn]]
*[[Ernie McCarthy]]
*[[Elena Salcha]]
*[[Henry VIII]]
*[[Howard Devor]]
*[[Harry Landis]]
*[[Markus]]
*[[Paul Wilkinson]]
*[[Jeff Shrubb]]
*[[Joan Cale]]
*[[Meredith Morgan]]
*[[Metin Kenniter]]
*[[Mary (Queen)]]
*[[Maurice Taylor]]
*[[Richard Nemmun]]
*[[Richud Danner]]
*[[Forgwyn]]
*[[Wendy Clifton]]
*[[Tom Jakovv]]
*[[Robert Clifton]]
*[[Triss Laughline]]
*[[Sarul]]
*[[Streel]]
*[[Portellus]]
*[[Stillmun]]
*[[Olleril (Marshall)]]
*[[Urma]]
*[[Marsha]]
 
===[[:Category:Locations|Locations]]===
*[[Empire City]]
*[[Empire Clarion]]
*[[Empirica]]
*[[Pristatrek Galaxy]]
*[[Frinjel 87]]
*[[Vijjan]]
*[[Spindizzy's]]
*[[Yumm's]]
*[[Seventh Quadrant]]
*[[Lerthin Square]]
*[[Luminus]]
 
===[[:Category:Olleril locations|Olleril locations]]===
*[[Agrave]]
*[[Avax]]
*[[Daisycombe Park]]
*[[Vijja]]
*[[Yuvador]]
 
===[[:Category:Organizations|Organizations]]===
*[[Vijjan Liberation League]]
*[[Riftet Insurance]]
*[[Toplex Sanitation]]
*[[Friars of Pangloss]]
*[[Rullian Confederacy]]
*[[Tyack's Fittings]]
 
===[[:Category:Plants|Plants]]===
*[[Barjorum]]
*[[Caphymus]]
 
===[[:Category:Planets|Planets]]===
*[[Zeraticus 2]]
*[[Olleril]]
*[[Pangloss]]
*[[Rexel]]
*[[Argos]]
 
===[[:Category:Science|Science]]===
*[[psychotronic generator]]
*[[jauxite]]
*[[Celebroid]]
*[[Triton T80]]
*[[Kallak 56]]
*[[Slaag]]
 
===[[:Category:Television series|Television series]]===
*''[[Whittaker's Harbour]]''
*''[[Martha and Arthur]]''
*''[[Captain Millennium]]''
*''[[Ganymede]]''
 
===[[:Category:Time Lords|Time Lords]]===
*[[Pandorastrumnelliahanfloriana]]
 
===[[:Category:Vehicles|Vehicles]]===
*''[[Gargantuan]]''
 
==Notes==
*Prologue to this novel was published in [[DWM Issue 210]].
 
==Continuity==
''to be added''


==External Links==
=== Vehicles ===
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona24p.htm Prelude to Tragedy Day as published in DWM210]
* Forgwyn was born on the ''[[Ganymede (ship)|Ganymede]]''.
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na24.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Tragedy Day''']
* The ''[[Gargantuan]]'' was a submarine used by Luminus as its base.
*{{whoniverse|NA24.php|Tragedy Day}}


== Notes ==
* The [[Prelude Tragedy Day (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 210]].
* [[Gareth Roberts]] later described the book as "okay".


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== Continuity ==
* The Doctor claims that he has never met [[Henry VIII]]. However, he has been described or depicted as meeting him on at least three previous occasions in his personal timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[God Send Me Well to Keep (short story)|God Send Me Well to Keep]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Recorded Time (audio story)|Recorded Time]]'')
* Bernice mentions [[Rhoos]], a planet which does not exist. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Playthings of Fo (short story)|The Playthings of Fo]]'')
* The [[Luminus]] was the result of a [[Faction Paradox]] plot. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'')


== External links ==
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona24p.htm Prelude to Tragedy Day as published in DWM210]
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* {{whoniverse|na24|Tragedy Day}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/trag.htm The Cloister Library: '''Tragedy Day''']
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#na024 Beyond the Book: Tragedy Day by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43]
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Tragedy Day was the twenty-fourth New Adventures novel. It was written by Gareth Roberts, who had previously written the New Adventures novel The Highest Science and would write another New Adventure novel and four more Missing Adventure novels. This novel featured the Seventh Doctor, Bernice Summerfield and Ace.

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

Tomorrow, Tragedy Day. Tomorrow, total control.

In Empire City on the planet Olleril, it's time for the annual Tragedy Day — when the privileged few celebrate their generosity to the masses.

But this year, something is different. Hideous creatures infest the waters around an island that doesn't officially exist. Assassins arrive to carry out a killing that may endanger the entire universe. A being known as the Supreme One tests horrific weapons. And a secret order of monks observes the growing chaos.

Five minutes after they arrive on Olleril, the TARDIS crew know they want to leave. But Ace is imprisoned in a sinister refugee camp, and Bernice and the Doctor are in the custody of a brutal police gang. There is no way out.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Astronomical objects[[edit] | [edit source]]

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor has experience at delivering babies.

Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Creatures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor's items[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The First Doctor and Susan make an appearance in the prologue of the novel. There, he cures the radiation poisoning that was blighting the inhabitants and their crops. He also takes a red glass with him, as they believed it caused disaster ever since it arrived.
  • The Doctor claims that he delivered Genghis Khan.
  • The Doctor claims that he has never met Henry VIII, but that he did meet Mary, Queen of Scots.

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Olleril locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Organisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Plants[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor defeated Luminus on Argos.
  • Automatic carriers were used in a border conflict on Eferun.
  • Pangloss is a galaxy ruled by the Friars of Pangloss.
  • Meredith once killed fifty-nine people in two hours on Phlanji.
  • Quique and Rexel were visible from Olleril.
  • The Celebroid Doctor suggests going to Zeraticus 2 for a holiday.

Science[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • A psychotronic generator generates waves of psychic energy.
  • The hull of Morgan's ship is made of jauxite.
  • Celebroids are robot duplicates.
  • The Doctor constructs a Triton T80 to sabotage Crispin's plans.
  • Morgan once took an assignment on Kallak 56.
  • Slaags are genetically engineered creatures created from sline lizards and aaglon sharks.

Television series[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time Lords[[edit] | [edit source]]

Vehicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Forgwyn was born on the Ganymede.
  • The Gargantuan was a submarine used by Luminus as its base.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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