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novel name= The Burning |
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{{Infobox Story SMW
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] |
|image = The Burning.jpg
number= 37 |
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] |
|number in range = 37
companions=  |
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
enemy= The Fire Elemental |
|number= 37  
year= [[Earth]], [[England]] Middletown, [[1890]] |
|doctor = Eighth Doctor  
writer= [[Justin Richards]] |
|companions=  [[Matthew Stobbold]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|enemy= The [[Fire elemental]]
release date= August, 2000 |
|setting= [[Middletown]], [[January]] [[1890]]  
format= Paperback Book, --- Pages |
|writer= Justin Richards
isbn= ISBN 0-563-53812-0|
|publisher= BBC Books  
previous story= [[The Ancestor Cell]]|
|release date= 7 August 2000
next story= [[Casualties of War (novel)|Casualties of War]]}}
|format= Paperback Book; 20 Chapters, 240 Pages  
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53812-0
|prev= The Ancestor Cell (novel)
|next= Casualties of War (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''The Burning''''' was the thirty-seventh novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Justin Richards]], released [[7 August (releases)|7 August]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]].


==Publisher’s Summary==
This was the beginning of an arc of stories featuring an amnesiac Doctor trapped on [[Earth]]. This arc of novels and short stories were effectively a soft {{w|reset button technique|reset}}/{{w|Reboot (fiction)|reboot}} of the Eighth Doctor line of stories. With the destruction of [[Gallifrey]] and an amnesiac Doctor the writers were able to begin a new-ish line of stories featuring the Doctor without as much of the arcs and history that had carried the series up to ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]''.
The late nineteenth century -- the age of reason, of enlightenment, of industrialisation. Britain is the workshop of the world, the centre of the Empire.


Progress has left Middletown behind. The tin mine is worked out, jobs are scarce, and a crack has opened across the moors that the locals believe reaches into the depths of Hell itself.
== Publisher's summary ==
The late [[19th century|nineteenth century]] — the age of reason, of enlightenment, of industrialisation. [[Great Britain|Britian]] is the workshop of the world, the centre of the [[British Empire|Empire]].


But things are changing: Lord Urton is preparing to reopen the mine; the Society for Psychical Research is interested in the fissure; Roger Nepath and his sister are exhibiting their collection of mystic Eastern artefacts. People are dying. Then a stranger arrives, walking out of the wilderness: a man with no name, no history.
Progress has left [[Middletown]] behind. The [[tin]] [[mine]] is worked out, jobs are scarce, and a crack has opened across the moors that the locals believe reaches into the depths of [[Hell]] itself.


Only one man can unravel the mysteries; only one man can begin to understand the forces that are gathering; only one man can hope to fight against them. And only one man knows that this is just the beginning of the end of the world.
But things are changing: [[Robert Urton|Lord Urton]] is preparing to reopen the mine; the [[Society for Psychical Research]] is interested in the fissure; [[Roger Nepath]] and [[Patience Nepath|his sister]] are exhibiting their collection of mystic Eastern artefacts. People are dying. Then a stranger arrives, walking out of the wilderness: a man with no name, no history.


Only one man can stop The Burning.
Only [[Eighth Doctor|one man]] can unravel the mysteries; only one man can begin to understand the forces that are gathering; only one man can hope to fight against them. And only one man knows that this is just the beginning of the end of the world.


==Characters==
Only one man can stop the Burning.
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]
*[[Roger Nepath]]
*Colonel Wilson
*Reverend [[Stobbold]]
*profesor dobbs
*lord ultron
*lady urton
*betty stobbold
*delvin
*


==References==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==Notes==
== Characters ==
* This is the first story in the ‘Earth Arc’
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Pete Manson]]
* [[Roger Nepath]]
* Colonel [[Wilson (The Burning)|Wilson]]
* Reverend [[Matthew Stobbold]]
* Professor [[Isaac Dobbs]]
* [[Eloise Urton]]
* [[Robert Urton]]
* [[Alistair Gaddis]]
* [[Betty Stobbold]]
* Captain [[Michael Brookes]]
* [[Harry Devlin]]
* Sergeant [[Griffiths (The Burning)|Griffiths]]
* [[Patience Nepath]]
* Sir [[William Grant]]
* [[Fire elemental]]
* [[Arthur Melstead]]
* [[Rosie Devlin]]
* [[Annie Devlin]]
* [[Lawrence Devlin]]
* [[James Devlin]]
* [[Webber (The Burning)|Webber]]
* [[Garfield Gelt]]
* [[Milton (The Burning)|Milton]]
* [[Olson (The Burning)|Olson]]
* [[Jimmy Moorgate]]
* [[Michael Grisham]]
* [[Carter (The Burning)|Carter]]


* The Doctor has a note from [[Compassion]] which reads ''Meet me in St. Louis, February 8, 2001. Fitz.''
== Worldbuilding ==
* The novel plays with the imagery that usually sorounds the Doctor's arrival and description (ie someone looking mournfully at a body, or a wild haired gentleman making unusual conversations at dinner). The Doctor actually arrives paragraphs before the reader realises he's there at dinner.
* The Doctor has a note left in his pocket by [[Compassion]] which reads, "Meet me in St. Louis, February 8, 2001. Fitz."
* [[Middletown]] was halfway between [[Ambleton]] and [[Branscombe-sub-Edge]].


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
* The Doctor revisits Reverend Stobbold’s daughter Betty in [[Father Time]].
* This is the first story in the "Eighth Doctor on Earth Arc".
* The novel plays with the imagery that usually surrounds the Doctor's arrival and description (i.e. someone looking mournfully at a [[body]], or a wild haired gentleman making unusual conversations at dinner). The Doctor actually arrives paragraphs before the reader realises he's there at dinner.


==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== Continuity ==
*This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]''
* The Doctor revisits Reverend Stobbold's daughter Betty in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Father Time (novel)|Father Time]]''.
*This story taker place before [[ST]]: ''[[Evergreen]]''
* The origin of the fire elemental is explained in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Zero (novel)|Time Zero]]''.


==External links==
== External links ==
[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc37.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: The Burning]
{{dwrefguide|whobbc37.htm|The Burning}}
* {{whoniverse|ed37|The Burning}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/burning.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Burning''']
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[http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/ED37.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for The Burning]
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The Burning was the thirty-seventh novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Justin Richards, released 7 August 2000 and featured the Eighth Doctor.

This was the beginning of an arc of stories featuring an amnesiac Doctor trapped on Earth. This arc of novels and short stories were effectively a soft reset/reboot of the Eighth Doctor line of stories. With the destruction of Gallifrey and an amnesiac Doctor the writers were able to begin a new-ish line of stories featuring the Doctor without as much of the arcs and history that had carried the series up to The Ancestor Cell.

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

The late nineteenth century — the age of reason, of enlightenment, of industrialisation. Britian is the workshop of the world, the centre of the Empire.

Progress has left Middletown behind. The tin mine is worked out, jobs are scarce, and a crack has opened across the moors that the locals believe reaches into the depths of Hell itself.

But things are changing: Lord Urton is preparing to reopen the mine; the Society for Psychical Research is interested in the fissure; Roger Nepath and his sister are exhibiting their collection of mystic Eastern artefacts. People are dying. Then a stranger arrives, walking out of the wilderness: a man with no name, no history.

Only one man can unravel the mysteries; only one man can begin to understand the forces that are gathering; only one man can hope to fight against them. And only one man knows that this is just the beginning of the end of the world.

Only one man can stop the Burning.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the first story in the "Eighth Doctor on Earth Arc".
  • The novel plays with the imagery that usually surrounds the Doctor's arrival and description (i.e. someone looking mournfully at a body, or a wild haired gentleman making unusual conversations at dinner). The Doctor actually arrives paragraphs before the reader realises he's there at dinner.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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