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* [[Mike (Genocide)|Mike]]
* [[Mike (Genocide)|Mike]]
* [[Arcadia (Genocide)|Arcadia]]
* [[Arcadia (Genocide)|Arcadia]]
* [[Kitig's father]]
* [[Larnaj]]
* [[Larnaj]]
* [[Pakip's child]]
* [[Pakip's child]]
* [[John Benton's children]]
* [[Mauvril's parents]]
* [[Mauvril's parents]]
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=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* [[Clifford Jones|Cliff Jones]] and [[Jo Grant]] are separated. They have a son named [[Matthew Jones|Matthew]].
* [[Clifford Jones|Cliff Jones]] and [[Jo Grant]] are separated. They have a son named [[Matthew Jones|Matthew]].
* [[John Benton]] is now a Regimental Sergeant Major, and has a wife and three children.
* [[Rowenna Michaels]] and [[Julie Sands]] are attacked and killed by wild [[dog]]s.
* [[Rowenna Michaels]] and [[Julie Sands]] are attacked and killed by wild [[dog]]s.


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=== United Nations Intelligence Taskforce ===
=== United Nations Intelligence Taskforce ===
* [[Winifred Bambera|Brigadier Winifred Bambera]] is Benton's superior, although Benton's position is now in a purely administrative position at UNIT.
* [[Winifred Bambera|Brigadier Winifred Bambera]] is Benton's superior, although Benton's position is now in a purely administrative position at UNIT.
* Jo has been on the [[UNIT]] books since the [[1970s]].
* Jo has been on the [[UNIT]] books since [[1971]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This novel was advertised on several ''Doctor Who'' VHS releases as one of several new novels. It was advertised with a background showing [[Jo Grant]].
* This novel was advertised on several ''Doctor Who'' VHS releases as one of several new novels. It was advertised with a background showing [[Jo Grant]].
* It has been more than twenty years since Jo last saw the Doctor and Winifred Bambera is a Brigadier, placing part of the novel in the [[1990s]].
* The depiction of Jo in this book is difficult to reconcile with her later appearance in the SJA television story ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]''. We can perhaps imagine that this book takes place in a "rough patch" of Jo's [[marriage]], but she is well and truly on her own here. The word "[[divorce]]" doesn't appear in the book, but it's clear she has total financial responsibility for her child and herself. Moreover, she's only got one child in this story, Matthew, who just started high school. ''Death to the Doctor'' says she's got seven kids. It's hard to see how she could have six more kids after Matthew, with Cliff, starting at roughly the age of thirty-five. Additionally the separation/divorce from Cliff has left her having to hold down two jobs in [[Hackney]]. How exactly she was supposed to be globetrotting given this bleak reality is unclear. However, the short story ''[[Once upon a Time Machine (short story)|Once upon a Time Machine]]'', a loose sequel to ''Genocide'', does suggest a brighter future for Jo.
* The depiction of Jo in this book is difficult to reconcile with her later appearance in the SJA television story ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]''. We can perhaps imagine that this book takes place in a "rough patch" of Jo's [[marriage]], but she is well and truly on her own here. The word "[[divorce]]" doesn't appear in the book, but it's clear she has total financial responsibility for her child and herself. Moreover, she's only got one child in this story, Matthew, who just started high school. ''Death to the Doctor'' says she's got seven kids. It's hard to see how she could have six more kids after Matthew, with Cliff, starting at roughly the age of thirty-five. Additionally the separation/divorce from Cliff has left her having to hold down two jobs in [[Hackney]]. How exactly she was supposed to be globetrotting given this bleak reality is unclear. However, the short story ''[[Once upon a Time Machine (short story)|Once upon a Time Machine]]'', a loose sequel to ''Genocide'', does suggest a brighter future for Jo.


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Genocide was the fourth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Paul Leonard, released 1 September 1997 and featured the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones.

This novel also features Jo Grant, who last appeared in novel form in the Missing Adventures novel Speed of Flight. This was the first full length story to feature an older Jo Grant. Katy Manning would reprise the role, showing a much different outcome of Jo Grant's life in the 2010 The Sarah Jane Adventures TV story Death of the Doctor.

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Years after leaving UNIT, Jo Grant receives a plea for help from an old acquaintance. A palaeontological study of the earliest known humans is apparently under threat from a UNIT force led by a captain who does not officially exist. Investigating further, she begins to find herself out of her depth — and out of the twentieth century altogether...

Meanwhile, the Eighth Doctor and Sam visit Earth in 2109 — but there is no trace of the human race. Earth is home of the Tractites, a peaceful race who have been living there for hundreds of thousands of years. Astonished and appalled, the Doctor travels back in time to see just what went wrong in Earth's prehistory.

Why have Jo and the expedition been taken back in time? Are the Tractites all they seem? Finally, separated from the TARDIS, the Doctor's last chance to put things right rests with Sam — but has even she turned against him?

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  • The Time Vortex and the universe were thrown into chaos by the temporal paradox caused by Sam, the Doctor and the time trees' interference.

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  • The Time Trees allowed for barely controlled time travel.

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  • This novel was advertised on several Doctor Who VHS releases as one of several new novels. It was advertised with a background showing Jo Grant.
  • It has been more than twenty years since Jo last saw the Doctor and Winifred Bambera is a Brigadier, placing part of the novel in the 1990s.
  • The depiction of Jo in this book is difficult to reconcile with her later appearance in the SJA television story Death of the Doctor. We can perhaps imagine that this book takes place in a "rough patch" of Jo's marriage, but she is well and truly on her own here. The word "divorce" doesn't appear in the book, but it's clear she has total financial responsibility for her child and herself. Moreover, she's only got one child in this story, Matthew, who just started high school. Death to the Doctor says she's got seven kids. It's hard to see how she could have six more kids after Matthew, with Cliff, starting at roughly the age of thirty-five. Additionally the separation/divorce from Cliff has left her having to hold down two jobs in Hackney. How exactly she was supposed to be globetrotting given this bleak reality is unclear. However, the short story Once upon a Time Machine, a loose sequel to Genocide, does suggest a brighter future for Jo.

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