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novel name= The Shadows of Avalon |
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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] |
|image = The Shadows of Avalon.jpg
number= 31 |
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] |
|number in range = 31
companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Compassion]] |
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]
enemy= Romana III, [[Gander]] & [[Cavis]] |
|number= 31
year= [[Earth]], [[2012]], July |
|doctor = Eighth Doctor
writer= [[Paul Cornell]] |
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Compassion]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|featuring= Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}The Brigadier
release date= February, 2000 |
|featuring2= Doris Lethbridge-Stewart
format= Paperback Book, --- Pages |
|enemy= [[Romana III (The Shadows of Avalon)|Romana III]], [[Gandar]], [[Cavis]]
isbn= ISBN 0 563 55588 2|
|setting= [[Wiltshire]], [[July]] [[2012]]; [[England]], [[October]] [[1967]]; [[Gallifrey]]
previous story= [[Parallel 59]]|
|writer= Paul Cornell
next story= [[The Fall of Yquatine]]}}
|publisher= BBC Books
|release date= 7 February 2000
|format= Paperback Book; 23 Chapters, 288 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-55588-2
|prev= Parallel 59 (novel)
|next= The Fall of Yquatine (novel)
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'''''The Shadows of Avalon''''' was the thirty-first novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Cornell]], released [[7 February (releases)|7 February]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Compassion]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]], and [[Romana III (The Shadows of Avalon)|Romana III]].


==Publisher’s Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
The Brigadier’s wife is dead. A terrible accident. Grieving, he searches for death, and finds his way to Avalon, the other-dimensional kingdom of the Catuvelauni.
[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier's]] [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart|wife]] is dead. A terrible accident. Grieving, he searches for death, and finds his way to [[Avalon (The Shadows of Avalon)|Avalon]], the other-dimensional kingdom of the [[Catuvellauni|Catuvelauni]].


The Doctor is also in Avalon, marooned. He’s lost his companions, his TARDIS... and his hope for the future.
The [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor]] is also in Avalon, marooned. He's lost his companions, [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]... and his hope for the future.


Now it seems they’ll have to make a new life for themselves with the Celts who live in the Dreamlands. Perhaps even help in the Celts’ negotiations with the Unseelie, the sinister original inhabitants of Avalon, who live far to the North.
Now it seems they'll have to make a new life for themselves with the [[Celt]]s who live in the Dreamlands. Perhaps even help in the Celts' negotiations with the [[Unseelie Court|Unseelie]], the sinister original inhabitants of Avalon, who live far to the North.


But then a gateway opens between Earth and Avalon. The British Army arrives in force. And the Brigadier negotiates a treaty that will lead to war in the Land of Dreams.
But then a gateway opens between [[Earth]] and Avalon. The [[British Army]] arrives in force. And the Brigadier negotiates a treaty that will lead to war in the Land of Dreams.


With fearsome dragons duelling jet fighters, vicious Gallifreyan agents causing havoc, and Compassion fighting against her ultimate fate, can the Doctor save the world, his best friend, and himself?
With fearsome [[dragon]]s duelling jet fighters, vicious [[Gallifreyan]] agents causing havoc, and [[Compassion]] fighting against her ultimate fate, can the Doctor save the world, his best friend, and himself?


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Eighth Doctor | The Doctor]]
''to be added''
**Tries to build/grow a new TARDIS using the magics of Avalon. It's destroyed when the Tower is destroyed by Cavis and Gandar.
**Rides a dragon.
**Again sees the future of some of the people he's just met. And is proven wrong when Cavis and Gandar kill one of the UNIT officers for entertainment.
*[[Fitz Kreiner]]
*[[Compassion]]
**Spends time on Earth.
**Is at first terrified by her transformation into a TARDIS and then liberated by it.
*[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart |Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
**Has become suicidally depressed over Doris' death.
**Cares for his troops, to the point of marching into a no-man's land to rescue one wounded soldier (see above for the other motivation for it).
**Stays behind in the Dream Realms of Avalon.
*[[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart]]
*[[Queen Mab | Queen Regent Ma bab Mab Pendragon]]
**Queen Mab is also known as: Queen Regent of the Catuvelauni, Protector of Avalon.
*[[King Constantine]]
**Sleeps to maintain the dream that is Avalon.
*[[Fair Folk | Fair Folk (aka Faerie Folk)]]
**Ruled by Brona and Arwen.
**Compassion realises that they're descendants of Silurians who were also caught up in the creation of Avalon.
*[[Romana | Romana III]]
**Has regenerated to prepare for the war
**Romana’s other names mentioned are: Lady President, War Queen, Mistress of the Nine Gallifreys.
**Looks a little like the Doctor's mother in her third body. The Doctor finds that unsettling.
*[[Cavis | Cavis (Cavisadoratrelundar)]]
**Cavis has one heart (and therefore has ''not'' regenerated.) She has messy blonde hair.
*[[Gandar | Gandar (Gandarotethetledrax)]]


==References==
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Fitz Kreiner]]
* [[Compassion]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* Queen Regent [[Mab bab Mab Pendragon]]
* [[Constantine (The Shadows of Avalon)|King Constantine]] / "Constantine King" (Rex) / [[Brigida]]
* [[Fair Folk|Fair Folk (aka Faerie Folk)]]
* [[Romana III (The Shadows of Avalon)|Romana III]]
* [[Cavis|Cavis (Cavisadoratrelundar)]]
* [[Gandar|Gandar (Gandarotethetledrax)]]
* [[Joe Boyce]]
* [[Mark Caldera]]
* [[Anthony Cronin]]
* [[Margwyn]]
* [[Matthew Bedser]]
* [[Franks (The Shadows of Avalon)|Franks]]
* [[Marcus (The Shadows of Avalon)|Marcus]]
* [[George (The Shadows of Avalon)|George]]
* [[Allan (The Shadows of Avalon)|Allan]]
* [[Patrick (The Shadows of Avalon)|Patrick]]
* [[Joe (The Shadows of Avalon)|Joe]]
* [[Catherine (The Shadows of Avalon)|Catherine]]
* [[Judy (The Shadows of Avalon)|Judy]]
* [[Cheese (The Shadows of Avalon)|Cheese]]
* [[Wilson (The Shadows of Avalon)|Wilson]]
* [[Steven Hodges]]
* [[Gwyn (The Shadows of Avalon)|Gwyn]]
* [[McKewon]]
* [[Symcox]]
* [[Chambers (The Shadows of Avalon)|Chambers]]
* [[Munro (The Shadows of Avalon)|Munro]]
* [[Jack Dobson]]
* [[Charles Finningley]]
* [[Brona (The Shadows of Avalon)|Brona]]
* [[Arwen (The Shadows of Avalon)|Arwen]]
* [[Gwyllm]]
* [[Gwyllm's wife]]
* [[Bran (The Shadows of Avalon)|Bran]]
* [[Arun (The Shadows of Avalon)|Arun]]
* [[Hawkins (The Shadows of Avalon)|Hawkins]]
* [[Charlie Heineman]]
* [[Michael Wheeler]]
* [[Owen (The Shadows of Avalon)|Owen]]
* [[Rhodri (The Shadows of Avalon)|Rhodri]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Romana uses a [[Time-Space Visualiser|Space-Time Visualiser]] to look into near future events.
* Romana uses a [[Time-Space Visualiser|Space-Time Visualiser]] to look into near future events.
* Sentient TARDISs are integral to the [[The War|Future War]] with [[The Enemy]].
* Sentient TARDISs are integral to the [[War in Heaven]] against [[the Enemy]].
* In the vortex you are vulnerable to such predators as: [[Kraken]], [[Chronovore]] and [[Swimmer]]’s.
* [[Kraken (Unnatural History)|Krakens]], [[Chronovore]]s and [[Swimmer (species)|Swimmers]] are all predators that you are vulnerable to in the [[time vortex]].
 
* [[The People]] are mentioned in relation to [[Gallifrey]] and its narrowly averted war.
*[[The People]] are mentioned in relation to [[Gallifrey]] and its narrowly missed war.
* Fitz and Compassion take a brief "swim" through the [[Time Vortex]].
 
* England has a king by [[2012]].
*Fitz and Compassion take a brief 'swim' through the [[Time Vortex]].
* The Doctor can remember his [[The Doctor's father|father]] and the [[Loom]]s, but he is unsure which of them is real.
 
* [[Otherf–]] is an expletive.
==Notes==
* [[Calstone]] and [[Heddington]] are villages in [[Wiltshire]], close to the [[Wiltshire Downs]].
* It is noted here that a Time Lord can regenerate even after decapitation, growing a new head in the process.
* It is also noted that a Time Lord can be killed (without regeneration taking place) by being stabbed through ‘’both’’ hearts.
 
==Continuity==
* The Brigadier gained a younger body in ''[[Happy Endings]]''.
 
* The Doctor states he hasn’t been Merlin yet, as was hinted at in ''[[Battlefield]]'' which also featured an alternate dimension (though not this Avalon) where the Doctor had been Merlin.
 
* Here Compassion evolves into a fully fledged sentient TARDIS (first seen in ''[[Alien Bodies]]'', a process which began in ''[[The Blue Angel]]'', and for which they (the Doctor, Fitz and Compassion) are pursued by the Time Lords through ''[[The Fall of Yquatine]]'', ''[[Coldheart]]'', ''[[The Space Age]]'' and ''[[The Banquo Legacy]]''.
 
* ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'' reveals just what happened to the TARDIS after its collision between the dimensional barriers.
 
* The Doctor contemplates growing a TARDIS with magic. In the TV story [[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet]]'', he affirms that TARDISes are grown.


* The statement that a Time Lord can be killed (without regeneration taking place) by being stabbed through ''both'' hearts is later confirmed by [[River Song]] in ''[[Forest of the Dead]]''.
== Notes ==
''to be added''


==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== Continuity ==
*This story takes place after [[ST]]: ''[[Growing Higher]]''
* The Brigadier gained a younger body in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''.
*This story takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[The Fall of Yquatine]]''
* There is a mention of [[the People]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'')
* The Doctor mentions he is known as Merlin. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[One Fateful Knight (short story)|One Fateful Knight]]'')
* Compassion transforms into a fully fledged humanoid TARDIS. Humanoid TARDISes were first seen in ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]''. Compassion's gradual transformation process began in ''[[The Blue Angel (novel)|The Blue Angel]]''. the Doctor, Fitz and Compassion are pursued by the Time Lords for this reason through ''[[The Fall of Yquatine (novel)|The Fall of Yquatine]]'', ''[[Coldheart (novel)|Coldheart]]'', ''[[The Space Age (novel)|The Space Age]]'' and ''[[The Banquo Legacy (novel)|The Banquo Legacy]]''.
* ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'' reveals just what happened to the TARDIS after its collision between the dimensional barriers.
* The Doctor contemplates growing a TARDIS with magic. In [[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'', he affirms that TARDISes are grown.
* The statement that a Time Lord can be killed (without regeneration taking place, regardless of how many they have left) if ''both'' hearts are seriously damaged simultaneously is later confirmed by [[River Song]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'', when concerned that the [[Tenth Doctor]] will inflict a lethal electric shock on himself. It is also demonstrated in [[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'', when the [[Second Doctor]]'s companion [[Serena]] is shot in the side with a musket-ball, the blast destroying both her hearts at once.
* The Eighth Doctor also encounters the Brigadier in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]''


==External links==
== External links ==
[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc31.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis of The Shadows of Avalon]
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/shadav.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Shadows of Avalon''']
* [http://jao.voxtheory.net/2014/08/28/throwback-interview-paul-cornell-2002/ Throwback Interview: Paul Cornell (2002)]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060324071143/http://www.gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=cornell Outpost Gallifrey - Interview: '''Paul Cornell''' (archived)]
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The Shadows of Avalon was the thirty-first novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Paul Cornell, released 7 February 2000 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner, Compassion, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, and Romana III.

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

The Brigadier's wife is dead. A terrible accident. Grieving, he searches for death, and finds his way to Avalon, the other-dimensional kingdom of the Catuvelauni.

The Doctor is also in Avalon, marooned. He's lost his companions, his TARDIS... and his hope for the future.

Now it seems they'll have to make a new life for themselves with the Celts who live in the Dreamlands. Perhaps even help in the Celts' negotiations with the Unseelie, the sinister original inhabitants of Avalon, who live far to the North.

But then a gateway opens between Earth and Avalon. The British Army arrives in force. And the Brigadier negotiates a treaty that will lead to war in the Land of Dreams.

With fearsome dragons duelling jet fighters, vicious Gallifreyan agents causing havoc, and Compassion fighting against her ultimate fate, can the Doctor save the world, his best friend, and himself?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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