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|image= NA50 happyendings.jpg
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|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
|series         = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
|range = Virgin New Adventures
|range           = Virgin New Adventures
|number in range = 50
|number in range = 50
|number= 50
|number         = 50
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
|doctor         = Seventh Doctor
|companions=  [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Chris Cwej|Chris]]
|companions     =  [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Chris Cwej|Chris]]
|featuring = [[Ace]], [[Jason Kane]],  [[Sherlock Holmes|Holmes]], [[John Watson|Watson]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]], [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart|Doris]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[John Benton|Benton]], [[Peter Hutchings|Peter]], [[Emily Hutchings|Emily]], [[Ruby Duvall|Duvall]], [[Hamlet Macbeth]], [[Cristian Alvarez|Christian]], [[Savaar]], [[Rhukk]], [[Beltempest]], [[Dantalion]], [[Alexander Shuttleworth|Alexander]], [[Muldwych]], [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart|Kadiatu]], [[SaRa!qava]], [[aM!xitsa]], [[Keri]], [[Damakort|Kort]], [[Nathan li Shao|Nathan]], [[Sgloomi Po]], [[Leetha t'Zhan|Leetha]], [[Lisa Deranne|Lisa]], [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]], [[Jason (Conundrum)|Jason]], [[Kim Talevera|Kim]], [[Gilgamesh]], [[Leonardo da Vinci|da Vinci]], [[Creed McIlveen|McIlveen]], [[Tom Dekker|Dekker]], [[James Rafferty|Rafferty]], [[Robin Yeadon|Robin]], [[Forgwyn]], [[William Blake|Blake]], [[Liso]], [[Máire Mab Finn|Máire]], [[Saul]], [[Grey Man]], [[Elaine Delahaye|Elaine]], [[Francis (Deceit)|Francis]], [[Manda Sutton|Manda]], [[Herne]], [[Old Davy]], [[Eugene Petion|Petion]], [[Richard Aickland|Richard]], [[Charlotte Aickland|Charlotte]], [[Danny Pain|Danny]], [[Romana II]], [[Spandrell]], [[Flavia]], [[Jinkwa]]
|featuring       = [[Ace]], [[Jason Kane]],  [[Sherlock Holmes|Holmes]], [[John Watson|Watson]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]], [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart|Doris]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[John Benton|Benton]], [[Peter Hutchings|Peter]], [[Emily Hutchings|Emily]], [[Ruby Duvall|Duvall]], [[Hamlet Macbeth]], [[Cristian Alvarez|Christian]], [[Savaar]], [[Rhukk]], [[Beltempest]], [[Dantalion]], [[Alexander Shuttleworth|Alexander]], [[Muldwych]], [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart|Kadiatu]], [[SaRa!qava]], [[aM!xitsa]], [[Keri]], [[Damakort|Kort]], [[Nathan li Shao|Nathan]], [[Sgloomi Po]], [[Leetha t'Zhan|Leetha]], [[Lisa Deranne|Lisa]], [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]], [[Jason (Conundrum)|Jason]], [[Kim Talevera|Kim]], [[Gilgamesh]], [[Leonardo da Vinci|da Vinci]], [[Creed McIlveen|McIlveen]], [[Tom Dekker|Dekker]], [[James Rafferty|Rafferty]], [[Robin Yeadon|Robin]], [[Forgwyn]], [[William Blake|Blake]], [[Liso]], [[Máire Mab Finn|Máire]], [[Saul]], [[Grey Man]], [[Elaine Delahaye|Elaine]], [[Francis (Deceit)|Francis]], [[Manda Sutton|Manda]], [[Herne]], [[Old Davy]], [[Eugene Petion|Petion]], [[Richard Aickland|Richard]], [[Charlotte Aickland|Charlotte]], [[Danny Pain|Danny]], [[Romana II]], [[Spandrell]], [[Flavia]], [[Jinkwa]]
|enemy= {{Tipple|n=The "Tzun" Master}}
|enemy           = {{Tipple|n=The "Tzun" Master}}
|setting= [[Cheldon Bonniface]], [[England]], [[24 April]] [[2010]]
|setting         = [[Cheldon Bonniface]], [[England]], [[24 April]] [[2010]]
|writer= [[Paul Cornell]]
|writer         = Paul Cornell
|cover= [[Paul Campbell]]
|cover           = [[Paul Campbell]]
|publisher= Virgin Books
|publisher       = Virgin Books
|release date= [[16 May (releases)|16 May]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]]
|release date   = 16 May 1996
|format= Paperback Book; 30 Chapters, 291 Pages
|format         = Paperback Book; 30 Chapters, 291 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20470-0
|isbn           = ISBN 0-426-20470-0
|prev= Death and Diplomacy (novel)
|prev           = Death and Diplomacy (novel)
|next= GodEngine (novel)
|next           = GodEngine (novel)
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'''''Happy Endings''''' is the fiftieth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It is a celebration of many of the elements of the series and features the return of many original New Adventures characters. It therefore has a certain commonality with ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' and ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', televised episodes that include significant characters from an entire era of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]'', a comic story which ties a narrative bow around the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s run in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
'''''Happy Endings''''' is the fiftieth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It is a celebration of many of the elements of the series and features the return of many original New Adventures characters. It therefore has a certain commonality with ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' and ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', televised episodes that include significant characters from an entire era of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]'', a comic story which ties a narrative bow around the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s run in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
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=== Personifications of concepts ===
=== Personifications of concepts ===
* The Doctor introduces Emily to [[Time (Set Piece)|Time]], [[Death (Timewyrm: Revelation)|Death]] and [[Pain (Set Piece)|Pain]]. Time curtseys at Emily's feet and says, "Hello again, Grandmother."
* The Doctor introduces Emily to [[Time (mythology)|Time]], [[Death (mythology)|Death]] and [[Pain (mythology)|Pain]]. Time curtseys at Emily's feet and says, "Hello again, Grandmother."


=== Planets ===
=== Planets ===
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=== Religion ===
=== Religion ===
* The [[Traveller (Love and War)|Travellers]] come and perform a ceremony with Bernice, Jason, the Doctor, an Ice Warrior and others, where they all end up in a field naked.
* The [[Traveller (Love and War)|Travellers]] come and perform a ceremony with Bernice, Jason, the Doctor, an Ice Warrior and others, where they all end up in a field naked.
* [[Death (Timewyrm: Revelation)|Death]] and [[Time (Set Piece)|Time]] are referred to as gods on Gallifrey. At least a quarter of Gallifrey's population worship them.
* [[Death (mythology)|Death]] and [[Time (mythology)|Time]] are referred to as gods on Gallifrey. At least a quarter of Gallifrey's population worship them.


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
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* Bernice met Captain [[Lisa Deranne]] during [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown (novelisation)|Shakedown]]''.
* Bernice met Captain [[Lisa Deranne]] during [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown (novelisation)|Shakedown]]''.
* [[Jason (Conundrum)|Jason]], the [[Master of the Land|Master]] of the [[Land of Fiction]], met Benny (though not in any real friendly way) in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'' and ''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]''.
* [[Jason (Conundrum)|Jason]], the [[Master of the Land|Master]] of the [[Land of Fiction]], met Benny (though not in any real friendly way) in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'' and ''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]''.
* [[saRa!qava]], whom Benny met during [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'', has changed sex (to [[male]]) to appeal more to Benny.
* [[saRa!qava]], whom Benny met during [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'', has changed [[sex (trait)|sex]] (to male) to appeal more to Benny.
* Benny was tortured (the Doctor tells the Brig about it) and lost her diary in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]''. It is returned here by [[Bernice Doras]].
* Benny was tortured (the Doctor tells the Brig about it) and lost her diary in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]''. It is returned here by [[Bernice Doras]].
* Benny met her husband [[Jason Kane]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Death and Diplomacy (novel)|Death and Diplomacy]]''.
* Benny met her husband [[Jason Kane]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Death and Diplomacy (novel)|Death and Diplomacy]]''.
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/happy.htm The Cloister Library: '''Happy Endings''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/happy.htm The Cloister Library: '''Happy Endings''']
* [http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/nap/nap50.html A (very meta-fictional) Prelude to '''Happy Endings''' by Paul Cornell]
* [http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/nap/nap50.html A (very meta-fictional) Prelude to '''Happy Endings''' by Paul Cornell]
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv48/paulcornell.html Paul Cornell by Paul Scoones (Interview) - TSV 48]
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv48/paulcornell.html Paul Cornell by Paul Scoones (Interview) - TSV 48]
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv49/endings.html Wedding Notes by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 49]
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv49/endings.html Wedding Notes by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 49]
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Latest revision as of 07:19, 3 December 2024

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Happy Endings is the fiftieth Virgin New Adventures novel. It is a celebration of many of the elements of the series and features the return of many original New Adventures characters. It therefore has a certain commonality with The Stolen Earth and Journey's End, televised episodes that include significant characters from an entire era of Doctor Who, and The Flood, a comic story which ties a narrative bow around the Eighth Doctor's run in Doctor Who Magazine.

It centres around the wedding of Jason Kane and Bernice Summerfield. Much of the humour of the novel derives from the reactions of her wedding party — which includes Pakhars, Silurians, Ice Warriors and several other species — to ordinary life in an English village. Amongst the set pieces of the novel are two quintessentially British competitions — the pub quiz and cricket. Both get long, multi-chapter attention. Indeed, despite the fact that it is a Seventh Doctor story, its depiction of the friendly between the local villagers and Benny's mostly non-human wedding party is the longest and most detailed depiction of cricket in all Doctor Who fiction.

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

"Doctor, this is my fiancé. Please don't kill him."

You are cordially invited to the wedding of Mr Jason Kane and Professor Bernice S. Summerfield, to be held in the village of Cheldon Bonniface in the year 2010.

If everything works out, that is. Between rows, fights and pre-emptive divorce proceedings, there may not be a wedding at all. Especially if there really is someone who wants to prevent it happening.

Everybody's coming: from Ice Warriors to UNIT veterans, a flirtatious Ace to a suspicious Hamlet Macbeth -- and a very confused trio of Isley Brothers. The Doctor has to organise a buffet, Roz has a mystery to solve, and Chris has a girlfriend who used to be the Timewyrm.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Wedding Participants[[edit] | [edit source]]

Others[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Anatomy and physiology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Artefacts of Rassilon[[edit] | [edit source]]

Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Communications technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Sherlock Holmes gets annoyed when they first arrive in 2010 because he can't work out what satellite dishes are for.

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

Gallifrey[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Music[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor regrets attending a Bucks Fizz concert.

Personifications of concepts[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor introduces Emily to Time, Death and Pain. Time curtseys at Emily's feet and says, "Hello again, Grandmother."

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

Religion[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Travellers come and perform a ceremony with Bernice, Jason, the Doctor, an Ice Warrior and others, where they all end up in a field naked.
  • Death and Time are referred to as gods on Gallifrey. At least a quarter of Gallifrey's population worship them.

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sport[[edit] | [edit source]]

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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

Vehicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • John Benton owns (and drives to Cheldon Bonniface) an electric Bentley.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Wedding of Mr Jason Kane and Professor Bernice Bernice S. Summerfield
Character guide
  • When the novel was first published, you could send away to Virgin and get a poster of the front cover.
  • The introduction is a poem written by Vanessa Bishop, while the end of the novel has words and sheet music entitled Opposites Attract.
  • The inside back cover features a larger version of the front cover "wedding photo" illustration and a character key.
  • Marked as the fiftieth release of the New Adventures line, this book introduced a new cover design. Among the changes, the Doctor Who logo on the spine, originally rendered as it appeared during the opening credits of the TV series, was replaced by an outline drawing of the logo.
  • A Goth girl briefly meets Benny and is said to have met her twice before; this is a reference to Neil Gaiman's character Death of the Endless and Benny's own brushes with Death.
  • The Seventh Doctor makes his final appearance on the cover of a New Adventures novel until the publication of PROSE: Lungbarrow, in 1997.
  • Despite being published in 1996, this novel features Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart coming down with a terminal illness and having only a short time to live by 2010, eerily mirroring Nicholas Courtney's own battle with pancreatic cancer and ultimate passing away on 22 February 2011.
  • Donna Noble, Amy Pond and Rory Williams also marry in 2010. (TV: The End of Time, The Big Bang)

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Happy Endings references more or less every New Adventure featuring Bernice Summerfield (and some more besides) to date and beyond.

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