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novel name= Reckless Engineering |
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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] |
{{Infobox Story SMW
number= 63 |
|image = Reckless Engineering.jpg
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] |
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Anji Kapoor]] |
|number in range = 63
enemy= -- |
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]
year= Alternate-[[Earth]] |
|number= 63
writer= [[Nick Walters]] |
|doctor = Eighth Doctor
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Anji Kapoor|Anji]]
release date= April, 2003 |
|enemy= [[Watchlar]]
format= Paperback Book, --- Pages |
|setting= [[Bristol]]: [[1 November]] [[1831]], [[19 July]] [[1843]], [[2003]]
isbn= ISBN 0-563-48603-1|
|writer= Nick Walters
previous story= [[The Domino Effect]]|
|publisher= BBC Books
next story= [[The Last Resort]]}}
|release date= 7 April 2003
|format= Paperback Book; 29 Chapters, 270 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-48603-1
|prev= The Domino Effect (novel)
|next= The Last Resort (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''Reckless Engineering''''' was the sixty-third novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Nick Walters]], released [[7 April (releases)|7 April]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Anji Kapoor]].


==Publisher’s Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
''“What right do you have to wipe out a whole reality?”''
''"What right do you have to wipe out a whole reality?"''


The history of the planet Earth has become splintered, each splinter vying to become the prime reality. But there can only be one true history.
The history of the planet [[Earth]] has become splintered, each splinter vying to become the prime reality. But there can only be one true history.


The Doctor has a plan to ensure that the correct version of history prevails -- a plan that involves breaking every law of Time. But with the vortex itself on the brink of total collapse, what do mere laws matter?
[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] has a plan to ensure that the correct version of history prevails — a plan that involves breaking every [[Laws of Time|law of Time]]. But with the [[Time vortex|vortex]] itself on the brink of total collapse, what do mere laws matter?


From the Bristol riots of 1831, to the ruins of the city in 2003, from a chance encounter between a frustrated poet and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, to a plan to save the human race, the stakes are raised ever higher -- until reality itself is threatened.  
From the [[Bristol]] riots of [[1831]], to the ruins of the city in [[2003]], from a chance encounter between a frustrated poet and [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]], to a plan to save the [[human]] race, the stakes are raised ever higher — until reality itself is threatened.
==Characters==
[[Eighth Doctor | The Doctor]]


[[Fitz Kreiner]]
== Plot ==
''to be added''


[[Anji Kapoor]]
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Fitz Kreiner]]
* [[Anji Kapoor]]
* [[Watchlar]]
* [[Jared Malahyde]]
* Father [[Franz Gottlieb]]
* [[Aboetta Cigetrais]]
* [[Bryant (Reckless Engineering)|Bryant]]
* Father [[Cluny]]
* [[Collins (Reckless Engineering)|Collins]]
* [[Emily Riverston]]
* [[Evelyn (Reckless Engineering)|Evelyn]]
* [[George (Reckless Engineering)|George]]
* [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]
* [[Morgan Foster]]
* [[Robin Larkspar]]


== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[Eternium]] is a pocket universe contemporaneous with the mainstream universe.
* [[Wildren]] are created from rapidly aged children.
* Anji mentions [[Hannibal Lecter]].


==References==
=== English railway stations ===
''to be added''
* Brunel designed [[Paddington station]].


==Notes==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
[[File:Robert Howlett (Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern), The Metropolitan Museum of Art - restoration1.jpg|thumb|Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]
 
* The cover of ''Reckless Engineering'' is modified from a famous photograph of [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]].
==Continuity==
* This novel was previewed in [[DWM 329]] with a comic by [[Mike Collins]].
''to be added''


==External Links==
== Gallery ==
[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc63.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: Reckless Engineering]
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
Reckless Engineering.jpg|Original cover art.
Reckless_Engineering_Preview.jpg|Comic Preview from [[DWM 329]].
</gallery>


[http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/ED63.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for Reckless Engineering]
== Continuity ==
* Although the Doctor does not remember it, he has met Isambard Brunel in his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]] in [[1828]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Iron Bright (audio story)|Iron Bright]]'')
* Fitz recalls the Doctor's heart growing back, and his change in behaviour since, which occured in [PROSE]]: ''[[Camera Obscura (novel)|Camera Obscura]]'')
* Anji and Fitz mention their trip to [[Edinburgh]] in the last alternate timeline they visited, in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Domino Effect (novel)|The Domino Effect]]'')


{{BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[The Domino Effect]] | after = [[The Last Resort]]}}
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|whobbc63.htm|Reckless Engineering}}
* {{whoniverse|ed63|Reckless Engineering}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/reckless.htm The Cloister Library: '''Reckless Engineering''']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406223949/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13717.shtml Interview: Nick Walters]
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[[Category:Stories set in 1843]]
[[Category:Stories set in 2003]]

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Reckless Engineering was the sixty-third novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Nick Walters, released 7 April 2003 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Anji Kapoor.

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

"What right do you have to wipe out a whole reality?"

The history of the planet Earth has become splintered, each splinter vying to become the prime reality. But there can only be one true history.

The Doctor has a plan to ensure that the correct version of history prevails — a plan that involves breaking every law of Time. But with the vortex itself on the brink of total collapse, what do mere laws matter?

From the Bristol riots of 1831, to the ruins of the city in 2003, from a chance encounter between a frustrated poet and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, to a plan to save the human race, the stakes are raised ever higher — until reality itself is threatened.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Eternium is a pocket universe contemporaneous with the mainstream universe.
  • Wildren are created from rapidly aged children.
  • Anji mentions Hannibal Lecter.

English railway stations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

File:Robert Howlett (Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern), The Metropolitan Museum of Art - restoration1.jpg
Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Original cover art.

    Original cover art.

  • Comic Preview from DWM 329.

    Comic Preview from DWM 329.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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