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The Forgotten Army

Main enemy:

General Erik, Vykoids

Main setting:

New York City, 2010

Key crew

Publisher:

BBC Books

Writer:

Brian Minchin

Read by:

Olivia Colman

Cover by:

Lee Binding

Release details

Release number:

39

Release date:

22 April 2010

Format:

Hardcover, 248 Pages

ISBN:

ISBN 978-1-84607-987-0

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The Forgotten Army was the thirty-ninth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Brian Minchin and featured the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond.

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

Let me tell you a story. Long ago, in the froze Arctic wastes, an alien army landed. Only now, 10,000 years later, it isn't a story. And the army is ready to attack.

New York — one of the greatest cities on 21st century Earth... But what's going on in the Museum? And is that really a Woolly Mammoth rampaging down Broadway?

An ordinary day becomes a time of terror, as Ice Age creatures come back to life, and the Doctor and Amy meet a new and deadly enemy. The vicious Army of the Vykoid are armed to the teeth and determined to enslave the human race. Even though they're only seven centimetres high.

With the Doctor kidnapped, and the Vykoid army swarming across Manhattan and sealing it from the world with a powerful alien forcefield, Amy has just 24 hours to find the Doctor and save the city. If she doesn't, the people of Manhattan will be taken to work in the doomed asteroid mines of the Vykoid home planet.

But as time starts to run out, who can she trust? And how far will she have to go to free New York from the Forgotten Army?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor and Amy Pond land in the Times Square in 2010, much to the Doctor's excitement. He leads Amy to a long queue in an alley, waiting at a cart called Paulie's Sausage Burgers. The Doctor claims that beings from all over the Universe and Time come to eat at Paulie's, pointing out a Judoon, a Graske and a few other aliens in line and seated nearby.

to be continued

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor can make the TARDIS go five seconds out of sync with the rest of time by clicking his fingers.
Amy grew up in Inverness, Scotland before moving to Leadworth.
A Judoon, three Graske and a Cat Person are among the aliens eating at "Big Paulie's Sausages".

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Trinity Wells makes her first appearance in a Doctor Who novel. The Doctor says that he has never met her, but when she's on the telly, he knows the world is in danger. This paraphrases a quote by Russell T Davies on Doctor Who Confidential.
This is a comedic style book.
There is much "toilet humour" in this story. Upon awakening, the Mammoth's first act is to defecate, in spite of the fact that it is actually an alien spaceship. Later on, Amy slips in dung, the Mammoth farts (again, ignoring the fact that it is an alien spaceship) and the Doctor says the "asteroid" mines of the Vykroid homeworld are actually excrement of a space-boar, a large animal which fed on the swamps of a planet and grew big enough for space travel.
At the end, the Doctor announces their next stop as the Delerium Archive, placing this adventure directly before the television story The Time of Angels.
The Doctor makes himself known to Stebbins by using the code "X231 hyphen 19 ten", a code that, according to Stebbins, has been in on record since 1932.
According to the Doctor, the restaurant "Big Paulie's Sausages" in June 2010 is the best place in history to eat at, with many species saving up to make the trip to eat there.
This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Amy recalls Mrs Poggit (and her bad hip) from Leadworth. (TV: Amy's Choice)
The Doctor makes reference to the last time he was in New York City, saying he spent far too long underground. (TV: Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks)
The Doctor states yet again (several times) that "bowties are cool", (TV: The Eleventh Hour, Amy's Choice, Vincent and the Doctor, The Lodger, The Big Bang) and says that "they'll all be wearing them soon", which actually occurs in COMIC: Fashion Victims.
The Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to make a wooden chair fall apart, despite the fact that it usually "doesn't do wood". (TV: Silence in the Library, The Hungry Earth, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)
Amy has a strange recollection of seeing Nile Penguins in the museum. (TV: The Big Bang)
The Doctor mentions having "borrowed" the TARDIS, a fact later repeated by him in TV: The Big Bang.
The Doctor mentions the Shadow Proclamation. (TV: Rose, et al.)
The Doctor sends Amy messages on the psychic paper (TV: New Earth, Silence in the Library) and refers to the Atraxi doing the same in TV: The Eleventh Hour.
Barack Obama is mentioned as being President of the United States, following on from his appearance in TV: The End of Time.
Joe Hudson's father still talks about the time Joe "froze and started chanting". (TV: Children of Earth: Day One)
The Doctor mentions all the clocks resetting to zero — this was apparently due to a computer fault. (TV: The Eleventh Hour)
Various smaller scale alien invasions are mentioned, but not the 2009 Dalek invasion of Earth - most likely due to it being erased by a crack in space and time. (TV: Victory of the Daleks, Flesh and Stone)
General Erik observes that Amy is "so important to [the Doctor], but [she doesn't] know why". The reason for this is revealed in TV: The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang.
Amy mentions that the Doctor had planned to take her to see the moons of Poosh. The Lost Moon of Poosh was among the celestial bodies stolen by the Daleks in TV: The Stolen Earth/Journey's End.
The Doctor says he wants to ensure there are no cracks in New York. (TV: The Eleventh Hour)
No-one on Earth feels safe at Christmas, following various invasions by the Sycarox and Racnoss, the Titanic descending on Buckingham Palace and the resurrection of the Master. (TV: The Christmas Invasion, The Runaway Bride, Voyage of the Damned, The End of Time)

Editions published outside Britain[[edit] | [edit source]]

Published in France by Milady in 2012 as a paperback edition.

French edition

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

This novel was released as an audiobook in December 2010 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Olivia Colman.

Audiobook cover

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

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+|release date = 22 April 2010
-|next story     = [[The Glamour Chase]]
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+|next         = Nuclear Time (novel)
+|cover = [[Lee Binding]]
+}}{{prose stub}}
+'''''The Forgotten Army''''' was the thirty-ninth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Brian Minchin]] and featured the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]].
-'''The Forgotten Army''' is one of the first three announced [[Eleventh Doctor]] novels, released on April 22, 2010.
+== Publisher's summary ==
+''Let me tell you a story. Long ago, in the froze Arctic wastes, an alien army landed. Only now, 10,000 years later, it isn't a story. And the army is ready to attack.''
-==Publisher's summary==
+[[New York City|New York]] — one of the greatest cities on 21st century Earth... But what's going on in the Museum? And is that really a Woolly [[Mammoth]] rampaging down Broadway?
-''Let me tell you a story. Long ago, in the frozen Arctic wastes, an alien army landed. Only now, 10,000 years later, it isn't a story. And the army is ready to attack.''
+An ordinary day becomes a time of terror, as Ice Age creatures come back to life, and the Doctor and Amy meet a new and deadly enemy. The vicious Army of the Vykoid are armed to the teeth and determined to enslave the human race. Even though they're only seven centimetres high.
-[[New York]] – one of the greatest cities on 21st century Earth...
+With the Doctor kidnapped, and the Vykoid army swarming across Manhattan and sealing it from the world with a powerful alien forcefield, Amy has just 24 hours to find the Doctor and save the city. If she doesn't, the people of Manhattan will be taken to work in the doomed asteroid mines of the Vykoid home planet.
-But what's going on in the Museum? And is that really a Woolly [[Mammoth]] rampaging down Broadway? An ordinary day becomes a time of terror, as Ice Age creatures come back to life, and the Doctor and Amy meet a new and deadly enemy. The vicious Army of the Vykoid are armed to the teeth and determined to enslave the human race. Even though they're only seven centimetres high. With the Doctor kidnapped, and the Vykoid army swarming across Manhattan and sealing it from the world with a powerful alien forcefield, Amy has just 24 hours to find the Doctor and save the city. If she doesn't, the people of Manhattan will be taken to work in the doomed asteroid mines of the Vykoid home planet. But as time starts to run out, who can she trust? And how far will she have to go to free New York from the Forgotten Army?
+But as time starts to run out, who can she trust? And how far will she have to go to free New York from the Forgotten Army?
-==Characters==
+== Plot ==
-*[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
+The Doctor and Amy Pond land in the Times Square in 2010, much to the Doctor's excitement. He leads Amy to a long queue in an alley, waiting at a cart called Paulie's Sausage Burgers. The Doctor claims that beings from all over the Universe and Time come to eat at Paulie's, pointing out a Judoon, a Graske and a few other aliens in line and seated nearby.
-*[[Amy Pond]]
-*[[Sam Horwitz]]
-*[[Polly Vernon]]
-*NYPD Officer [[Oscar Henderson]]
-*NYPD Commander [[Jackie Stebbins]]
-*[[Trinity Wells]]
-*[[Vykoids]]
-==References==
+''to be continued''
-*[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] can cause the [[TARDIS]] to go 5 seconds out of sync with the rest of time by clicking his fingers.
-*Amy grew up in Inverness, Scotland before moving to Leadworth. (Incidentally, Inverness is the home city of actress [[Karen Gillan]], who portrays Amy.)
-==Notes==
+== Characters ==
-*[[Trinity Wells]] makes her first appearance in a Doctor Who novel. The Doctor comments that he has never met her, but says that when she's on the telly he knows the world is in danger. This paraphrases a quote by [[Russell T Davies]] on ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]''.
+* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
-*This is a 'comedic' style book.
+* [[Amy Pond]]
-*There is a large amount of "toilet humour" in this story. Upon awakening, the Mammoth's first action is to defecate in spite of the fact that it is actually an alien spaceship. Later on Amy slips in dung, the Mammoth farts (again, ignoring the fact that it is an alien spaceship) and the Doctor says the "Asteroid" mines of the Vykroid homeworld are actually excrement of a large space animal that became extinct.
+* [[Sam Horwitz]]
-*Amy thinks of Rory at one point, placing this adventure before [[DW]]: ''[[The Time of Angels]]''.
+* [[Polly Vernon]]
+* [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] Officer [[Oscar Henderson]]
+* [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] Commander [[Jackie Stebbins]]
+* [[Vykoid]]s
-==Continuity==
+== Worldbuilding ==
-*Amy recalls Mrs Poggitt (and her bad hip) from Leadworth ([[DW]]: ''[[Amy's Choice]]'').
+* The Doctor can make [[the TARDIS]] go five seconds out of sync with the rest of time by clicking his fingers.
-*The Doctor says he wants to make sure there are no cracks in New York, possibly referring to the [[Crack]]s in space and time.
+* Amy grew up in [[Inverness]], [[Scotland]] before moving to [[Leadworth]].
-*The Doctor makes reference to the last time he was in New York City, saying he spent far too long underground ([[DW]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]/[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'').
+* A [[Judoon]], three [[Graske]] and a [[Catkind|Cat Person]] are among the aliens eating at "Big Paulie's Sausages".
-*The Doctor states yet again (several times) that 'bowties are cool' ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice]]'', ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Lodger]]'', ''[[The Big Bang]]''), and says that 'they'll all be wearing them soon', which actually occurs in [[DWA]]: ''[[Fashion Victims]]''.
-*When jumping on to the back of the mammoth, the Doctor yells 'Geronimo', once again. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Beast Below]]'', ''[[The Big Bang]]'', [[NSA]]: ''[[Apollo 23]]'', [[VG]]: ''[[City of the Daleks]]'')
-*The Doctor uses his [[Sonic screwdriver]] to make a wooden chair fall apart, despite the fact that is usually 'doesn't do wood' ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'', ''[[The Hungry Earth]]'')
-*Amy has a strange recollection of seeing Nile Penguins in the museum ([[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')
-*The Doctor mentions having 'borrowed' the TARDIS, a fact later repeated by him in [[DW]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]''.
-*The Doctor mentions the [[Shadow Proclamation]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Rose]]'', et al)
-*The Doctor sends Amy messages on the [[Psychic paper]] ([[DW]]: ''[[New Earth]]'', ''[[Silence in the Library]]'',) and refers to the [[Atraxi]] doing the same in [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''.
-*References are made to nobody feeling "safe at [[Christmas]]", following recent events.
-*[[Barack Obama]] is mentioned as being [[President (United States of America)|President of the United States of America]], following on from his appearance in ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'').
-*Joe Hudson's father still talks about the time Joe "froze and started chanting" ([[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One]]'')
-*[[Colonel Mace]] of [[UNIT]] is mentioned, and is still in Vancouver.
-*The Doctor mentions all the clocks resetting to zero ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'') - this was apparantly due to a computer fault.
-*A [[Judoon]], three [[Graske |Graske]] and a [[Catkind|Cat Person]] are among the aliens eating at a New York Diner.
-==Timeline==
+== Notes ==
-*This story occurs after [[BBCR]]: ''[[The Runaway Train]]''
+* [[Trinity Wells]] makes her first appearance in a ''Doctor Who'' novel. The Doctor says that he has never met her, but when she's on the telly, he knows the world is in danger. This paraphrases a quote by [[Russell T Davies]] on ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]''.
-*This story occurs before [[DW]]: ''[[The Time of Angels]]''
+* This is a comedic style book.
+* There is much "toilet humour" in this story. Upon awakening, the Mammoth's first act is to defecate, in spite of the fact that it is actually an alien spaceship. Later on, Amy slips in dung, the Mammoth farts (again, ignoring the fact that it is an alien spaceship) and the Doctor says the "asteroid" mines of the Vykroid homeworld are actually excrement of a space-boar, a large animal which fed on the swamps of a planet and grew big enough for space travel.
+* At the end, the Doctor announces their next stop as the [[Delerium Archive]], placing this adventure directly before the television story ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]''.
+* The Doctor makes himself known to Stebbins by using the code "X231 hyphen 19 ten", a code that, according to Stebbins, has been in on record since [[1932]].
+* According to the Doctor, the restaurant "[[Big Paulie's Sausages]]" in [[June]] [[2010]] is the best place in history to eat at, with many species saving up to make the trip to eat there.
+* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
-==External links==
+== Continuity ==
-[http://www.bbcshop.com/Doctor-Who-Books/Doctor-Who-The-Forgotten-Army/invt/9781846079870 BBC Shop - The Forgotten Army]
+* Amy recalls Mrs [[Poggit]] (and her bad hip) from [[Leadworth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'')
+* The Doctor makes reference to the last time he was in New York City, saying he spent far too long underground. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]''/''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'')
+* The Doctor states yet again (several times) that "[[bowtie]]s are cool", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'', ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') and says that "they'll all be wearing them soon", which actually occurs in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Fashion Victims (comic story)|Fashion Victims]]''.
+* The Doctor uses his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] to make a wooden chair fall apart, despite the fact that it usually "doesn't do wood". ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'', ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'', ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')
+* Amy has a strange recollection of seeing Nile Penguins in the museum. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
+* The Doctor mentions having "borrowed" the TARDIS, a fact later repeated by him in [[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]''.
+* The Doctor mentions the [[Shadow Proclamation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', et al.)
+* The Doctor sends Amy messages on the [[psychic paper]] ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'') and refers to the [[Atraxi]] doing the same in [[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]''.
+* [[Barack Obama]] is mentioned as being [[President of the United States]], following on from his appearance in [[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''.
+* Joe Hudson's father still talks about the time Joe "froze and started chanting". ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'')
+* The Doctor mentions all the clocks resetting to zero — this was apparently due to a computer fault. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'')
+* Various smaller scale alien invasions are mentioned, but not the [[2009 Dalek invasion of Earth]] - most likely due to it being erased by a crack in space and time. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'')
+* General Erik observes that Amy is "so important to [the Doctor], but [she doesn't] know why". The reason for this is revealed in [[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''/''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]''.
+* Amy mentions that the Doctor had planned to take her to see the moons of [[Poosh]]. The [[Lost Moon of Poosh]] was among the celestial bodies stolen by the Daleks in [[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]''.
+* The Doctor says he wants to ensure there are no cracks in New York. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'')
+* No-one on Earth feels safe at [[Christmas]], following various invasions by the Sycarox and Racnoss, the Titanic descending on Buckingham Palace and the resurrection of the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]],'' ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
-{{ELDA}}
+== Editions published outside Britain ==
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Forgotten Army, The}}
+* Published in France by Milady in 2012 as a paperback edition.
-[[Category:BBC Eleventh Doctor Adventures]]
+<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
+The Forgotten Army French.jpg|French edition
+</gallery>
+== Audiobook ==
+* This novel was released as an audiobook in [[December (releases)|December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Olivia Colman]].
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
+The Forgotten Army Audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover
+</gallery>
+== External links ==
+{{dwrefguide|whobb939.htm|The Forgotten Army}}
+* {{whoniverse|ns39|The Forgotten Army}}
+* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/forgottenarmy.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Forgotten Army''']
+* [http://www.bbcshop.com/Doctor-Who-Books/Doctor-Who-The-Forgotten-Army/invt/9781846079870 BBC Shop - The Forgotten Army]
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+[[Category:Graske stories]]
+[[Category:Catkind stories]]
+[[Category:E-books]]
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