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novel name= The Domino Effect |
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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] |
{{Infobox Story SMW
number= 62 |
|image = The Domino Effect.jpg
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] |
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Anji Kapoor]] |
|number in range = 62
enemy= [[Sabbath]], Vortex creature of chaos, The Oracle |
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]
year= Alternate-[[Earth]] |
|number= 62
writer= [[David Bishop]] |
|doctor = Eighth Doctor
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Anji Kapoor|Anji]]
release date= February, 2003 |
|featuring = [[Alan Turing|Turing]]
format= Paperback Book, --- Pages |
|enemy= [[Sabbath]], [[The Oracle]]
isbn= ISBN 0-563-53869-4|
|setting = [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]], [[Easter]] [[2003]]  
previous story= [[The Infinity Race]]|
|writer= David Bishop
next story= [[Reckless Engineering]]}}
|publisher= BBC Books
|release date= 3 February 2003
|format= Paperback Book; 9 Chapters, 278 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53869-4
|prev= The Infinity Race (novel)
|next= Reckless Engineering (novel)
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'''''The Domino Effect''''' was the sixty-second novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[David Bishop]], released [[3 February (releases)|3 February]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Anji Kapoor]].


==Publisher’s Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
''The TARDIS lands in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, during Easter 2003. The city is almost at a standstill, its public services close to collapse and its people terrorised by a bombing campaign.''
''[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands in the [[Scotland|Scottish]] capital, [[Edinburgh]], during [[Easter]] [[2003]]. The city is almost at a standstill, its public services close to collapse and its people terrorised by a bombing campaign.''


Within hours one of the Doctor’s friends is caught in a deadly explosion, while another appears on television confessing to the murder of twelve people. The TARDIS is stolen by forces intent on learning its secrets. When the Doctor tries to investigate, his efforts are hampered by crippling chest pains.
Within hours one of [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor's]] friends is caught in a deadly explosion, while another appears on [[television]] confessing to the murder of twelve people. The TARDIS is stolen by forces intent on learning its secrets. When the Doctor tries to investigate, his efforts are hampered by crippling chest pains.


Someone is manipulating events to suppress humanity’s development — but how and why? The trail leads to London where a cabal pushes the world ever closer to catastrophe. Who is the prisoner being held in the Tower of London? Could he or she hold the key to saving mankind?
Someone is manipulating events to suppress [[human]]ity's development — but how and why? The trail leads to [[London]] where a cabal pushes the world ever closer to catastrophe. Who is the prisoner being held in the [[Tower of London]]? Could he or she hold the key to saving mankind?


The Doctor must choose between saving his friends or saving Earth in the past, present and future. But the closer he gets to the truth, the worse his condition becomes...  
The Doctor must choose between saving his friends or saving [[Earth]] in the past, present and future. But the closer he gets to the truth, the worse his condition becomes...


==Characters==
== Plot ==
[[Eighth Doctor | The Doctor]]
''to be added''


[[Fitz Kreiner]]
== Characters ==
* Gets beaten repetitively during a police interrogation.
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Fitz Kreiner]]
* [[Anji Kapoor]]
* [[Sabbath]]
* [[The Oracle]]
* [[Alan Turing]]
* [[Alf (The Domino Effect)|Alf]]
* [[Bill (The Domino Effect)|Bill]]
* [[Charles Babbage]]
* [[Daniel Merrell]]
* [[Dee]]
* [[Edward Knox]]
* [[Francis Clooney]]
* [[Frank (The Domino Effect)|Frank]]
* [[Gordon MacDonald]]
* [[Hamilton (The Domino Effect)|Hamilton]]
* [[Hannah Baxter]]
* [[Helmut Schreyer]]
* [[Herman Hollerith]]
* [[John Herschel]]
* [[Joshua Sutton]]
* [[Konrad Zuse]]
* [[MacLeod]]
* [[Mitch (The Domino Effect)|Mitch]]
* [[Neil Judd]]
* The [[Pentarch]]
* [[Rameau]]
* [[William Hastings]]
* [[William Kempton]]


[[Anji Kapoor]]
== Worldbuilding ==
* Anji falls victim of extreme racism in the alternate Earth; [[British Empire]].
''to be added''


[[Sabbath]]  
== Notes ==
* This novel takes place in an alternate universe on an Earth where an alternate Sabbath had murdered several key figures, preventing the creation of the computer.
* This was the second novel to feature [[Alan Turing]].
* While never explicitly identified (particularly due to the Doctor's current [[amnesia]]), the descriptions of the Pentarch and Dee have prompted fan speculation that they are the alternate versions of the Doctor's old friends the [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier]] and [[Ace]].
* Author [[David Bishop]] considered this novel to be among his worst. In [[2014 (releases)|2014]] he published his original pitch for the novel, called ''The Turning Shroud'', which was quite different than the final product.<ref>[https://viciousimagery.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-turing-shroud-doctor-who-novel-that.html ''The Turing Shroud'': a lost ''Doctor Who'' novel pitch]</ref>
* This novel was previewed in [[DWM 326]] with a comic from [[Mike Collins]].


==References==
== Gallery ==
* The [[TARDIS]] is ‘tortured’ and through their link the Doctor is affected, and hears hear screams.
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
The Domino Effect.jpg|Original cover art.
Domino_Effect_Preview.jpg|Comic preview from [[DWM 326]].
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==Notes==
== Continuity ==
* This novel takes place in an alternate universe on an Earth where an alternate Sabbath had murdered several key figures preventing the creation of the computer.
* Alan Turing makes an appearance in this novel. He was last seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Turing Test (novel)|The Turing Test]]''. However this version of Alan Turing is part of a parallel universe where he survived to live to ninety-one in [[2003]] instead of committing suicide in [[1954]].
* The events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hope (novel)|Hope]]'' are mentioned.
* Anji mentions [[the Absolute]] of [[The System (History 101)|the System]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[History 101 (novel)|History 101]]'')


==Continuity==
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|whobbc62.htm|The Domino Effect}}
* {{whoniverse|ed62|The Domino Effect}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/domino.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Domino Effect''']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406231112/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13711.shtml Writing The Domino Effect]
* [https://viciousimagery.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-novels-6-domino-effect.html Vicious Imagery: My novels #6: The Domino Effect]


==External Links==
== Footnotes ==
[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc62.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: The Domino Effect]
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[http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/ED62.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for The Domino Effect]
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The Domino Effect was the sixty-second novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by David Bishop, released 3 February 2003 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Anji Kapoor.

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

The TARDIS lands in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, during Easter 2003. The city is almost at a standstill, its public services close to collapse and its people terrorised by a bombing campaign.

Within hours one of the Doctor's friends is caught in a deadly explosion, while another appears on television confessing to the murder of twelve people. The TARDIS is stolen by forces intent on learning its secrets. When the Doctor tries to investigate, his efforts are hampered by crippling chest pains.

Someone is manipulating events to suppress humanity's development — but how and why? The trail leads to London where a cabal pushes the world ever closer to catastrophe. Who is the prisoner being held in the Tower of London? Could he or she hold the key to saving mankind?

The Doctor must choose between saving his friends or saving Earth in the past, present and future. But the closer he gets to the truth, the worse his condition becomes...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This novel takes place in an alternate universe on an Earth where an alternate Sabbath had murdered several key figures, preventing the creation of the computer.
  • This was the second novel to feature Alan Turing.
  • While never explicitly identified (particularly due to the Doctor's current amnesia), the descriptions of the Pentarch and Dee have prompted fan speculation that they are the alternate versions of the Doctor's old friends the Brigadier and Ace.
  • Author David Bishop considered this novel to be among his worst. In 2014 he published his original pitch for the novel, called The Turning Shroud, which was quite different than the final product.[1]
  • This novel was previewed in DWM 326 with a comic from Mike Collins.

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Original cover art.

    Original cover art.

  • Comic preview from DWM 326.

    Comic preview from DWM 326.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ The Turing Shroud: a lost Doctor Who novel pitch
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