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|image= NA039 originalsin.jpg
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|adapted into = Original Sin (audio story)
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|enemy= [[Tobias Vaughn]]
|enemy= [[Tobias Vaughn]]
|setting= {{il|[[London|Spaceport 5 Overcity]], [[Earth]], [[2975]]|[[Purgatory (planet)|Purgatory]], [[2975]]|[[Oolis]], [[2975]]|[[Dis]], [[2975]]}}
|setting= {{il|[[London|Spaceport 5 Overcity]], [[Earth]], [[2975]]|[[Purgatory (planet)|Purgatory]], [[2975]]|[[Oolis]], [[2975]]|[[Dis]], [[2975]]}}
|writer= [[Andy Lane]]
|writer= Andy Lane
|cover= [[Tony Masero]]
|cover= [[Tony Masero]]
|publisher= Virgin Books
|publisher= Virgin Books
|release date= [[15 June (releases)|15 June]] [[1995 (releases)|1995]]
|release date= 15 June 1995
|format= Paperback Book; 19 Chapters, 320 Pages
|format= Paperback Book; 19 Chapters, 320 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20444-1
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20444-1
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* This story is set a few years following the [[Wars of Acquisition]].
* This story is set a few years following the [[Wars of Acquisition]].
* An [[Original Sin (audio story)|audio adaptation]] was released by [[Big Finish Productions]] in [[2016 (releases)|2016]].
* An [[Original Sin (audio story)|audio adaptation]] was released by [[Big Finish Productions]] in [[2016 (releases)|2016]].
* Andy Lane originally pitched the story to [[Virgin Books]] for their ''[[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]]'' line, where it would have been a [[Third Doctor]] story called ''Broken Heroes''. However, Lane remarked, it "mutated along the way."<ref>[https://davidj.richardson.name/drwho/prose_interview_andylane.html David J. Richardson interview of Andy Lane for ''Sonic Screwdriver'' #86 (September 1994)]</ref>
* Vaughn talks of the Cybermen from ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' as possessing a means of [[time travel]]. This was not established in ''The Invasion'', but ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'', released [[1997 (releases)|two years later]], established the invasion force as originating from the [[30th century]].
* Vaughn talks of the Cybermen from ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' as possessing a means of [[time travel]]. This was not established in ''The Invasion'', but ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'', released [[1997 (releases)|two years later]], established the invasion force as originating from the [[30th century]].


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* The Doctor promised to take Bernice to see the [[Oolian]]s of [[Oolis]] at the end of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]''.
* The Doctor promised to take Bernice to see the [[Oolian]]s of [[Oolis]] at the end of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]''.
* Vaughn survived the destruction of his original body. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') He scavenged Cyberman bodies from [[1985]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') [[1986]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') and the post-[[Cyber-Wars]] period. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
* Vaughn survived the destruction of his original body. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') He scavenged Cyberman bodies from [[1985]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') [[1986]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') and the post-[[Cyber-Wars]] period. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
* The manner in which the Divine Empress is hooked into the computer system is extremely similar to the [[Controller (Bad Wolf)|Controller]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]''.
* The manner in which the Divine Empress is hooked into the computer system is extremely similar to the [[Controller (Bad Wolf)|Controller]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Bad Wolf (TV story)}}.
* The Divine Empress reappears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]''.
* The Divine Empress reappears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]''.
* Vaughn funded:
* Vaughn funded:
*: [[BOSS]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')
** [[BOSS]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')
*: [[Whitaker (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)|Whitaker]]'s [[time scoop]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')
** [[Whitaker (Invasion of the Dinosaurs)|Whitaker]]'s [[time scoop]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')
*: [[J.P. Kettlewell|Professor Kettlewell's]] researches ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')
** [[J.P. Kettlewell|Professor Kettlewell's]] researches ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')
*: The [[Glittergun]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
** The [[Glittergun]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
* The Doctor says that [[Romanadvoratrelundar|Romana]] tried out various genetic configurations before she settled on one. ([[TV]] : ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor says that [[Romanadvoratrelundar|Romana]] tried out various genetic configurations before she settled on one. ([[TV]] : ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor remembers a cave on [[Metebelis Three]] and the radiation sleeting through his body. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
* The Doctor remembers a cave on [[Metebelis Three]] and the radiation sleeting through his body. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
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Original Sin frontispiece.jpg|Frontispiece
Original Sin frontispiece.jpg|Frontispiece
Original Sin end piece.jpg|End piece
Chris and Roz casual.jpg|End piece
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/orig.htm The Cloister Library: '''Original Sin''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/orig.htm The Cloister Library: '''Original Sin''']
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Original Sin is the thirty-ninth New Adventures novel, first published in 1995. It featured the Seventh Doctor and Bernice Summerfield and introduced two new companions, Adjudicators Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej.

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"I'm playing with a fire so dangerous I could scorch eternity."

The last words of a dying alien send the Doctor and Bernice to thirtieth-century Earth in an attempt to avert an unspecified disaster. Before they can even unpack they've been arrested by the Adjudicators and sentenced to death by the Imperial army. Their attempts to prove their innocence take them from the mosaic planet Purgatory to a prison inside a star.

Meanwhile, Adjudicators Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej have their own problems. Investigating a series of apparently motiveless murders, they have stumbled upon a conspiracy with sinister overtones. On the run and out of luck, the only people they can turn to are their chief suspects: the Doctor and Bernice.

And as they run, someone is watching them. Someone who knows the Doctor of old...

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  • Krohg is the control nexus for the Skel'Ske.

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  • Chris made (and painted) model spaceships when he was young.

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  • An Adjudicator vehicle is a flitter.

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  • Includes two illustrations by Tony Masero. A colour version of the end piece is shown in DWM 252.

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