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{{Infobox Story SMW
|image        =  Autonomybook.jpg
|number      = 35
|doctor      = Tenth Doctor
|companions  = [[Kate Maguire|Kate]]
|enemy        = [[Nestene Consciousness]], [[Auton]]s
|setting      = [[Hyperville]], [[2013]]
|writer      = Daniel Blythe
|publisher    = BBC Books
|read by      = [[Georgia Moffett]]
|release date = 3 September 2009 (hardcover), 3 March 2010 (audio), 30 November 2011 (Kindle)
|format      = Hardcover;<br/>241 pages
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-84607-759-3
|cover        = [[Lee Binding]]
|series      = [[BBC New Series Adventures|BBC ''New Series Adventures'']]
|prev        = The Taking of Chelsea 426 (novel)
|next        = The Krillitane Storm (novel)
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'''''Autonomy''''' was the thirty-fifth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures|BBC ''New Series Adventures'']] series. It was written by [[Daniel Blythe]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]].


|image = [[Image: Autonomy.jpg|250px]]
Blythe had previously written for the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]''.
|novel name = Autonomy
|series = [[Doctor Who]] -<br/> [[BBC New Series Adventures#Tenth Doctor|BBC New Series Adventures]]
|number = 36
|doctor = [[Tenth Doctor]]
|companions = [[Kate Maguire]]
|enemy = [[Nestene Consciousness]]<br>[[Auton]]s
|year = [[Hyperville]], [[2013]]
|writer = [[Daniel Blythe]]
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
|release date = [[September]], [[2009]]
|format = Hardcover Book, 243 Pages
|isbn = 978-1-846-07759-3
|previous story = [[The Krillitane Storm]]
|next story = [[Apollo 23 (novel)|Apollo 23]]
}}


Published in September 2009, '''Autonomy''' was one of the last set of three original novels published featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]] in the standard [[BBC New Series Adventures]] line.
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Hyperville]] is 2013's top hi-tech 24 hour entertainment complex — a sprawling palace of fun under one massive roof. You can go shopping, or experience the excitement of Doomcastle, WinterZone, or Wild West World. But things are about to get a lot more exciting — and dangerous...


==Publisher's summary==
What unspeakable horror is lurking on Level Zero of Hyperville? And what will happen when the entire complex goes over to Central Computer Control?
Hyperville is 2013's top hi-tech 24 hour entertainment complex - a sprawling palace of fun under one massive roof. You can go shopping, or experience the excitement of Doomcastle, WinterZone, or Wild West World. But things are about to get a lot more exciting- and dangerous...
 
What unspeakable horror is lurking on Level Zero of Hyperville? And what will happen when the entire complex goes over to Central Computer Control.


For years, the Nestene Consciousness has been waiting and planning, recovering from its wounds. But now is ready, and its deadly plastic Autons are already in place around the complex. Now more than ever, visiting Hyperville will be an unforgettable experience.
For years, the Nestene Consciousness has been waiting and planning, recovering from its wounds. But now is ready, and its deadly plastic Autons are already in place around the complex. Now more than ever, visiting Hyperville will be an unforgettable experience.


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


== Characters ==
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
* [[Kate Maguire]]
* [[Nestene Consciousness]]
* [[Auton]]s
* [[Andrea Watkins]]
* [[Lisa (Autonomy)|Lisa]]
* [[Jeff (Autonomy)|Jeff]]
* [[Bob (Autonomy)|Bob]]
* [[Beta-4]]
* [[Shaneeqi]] (a.k.a Shannon Eyam)
* [[Paul Kendrick]]
* [[Max Carson]]
* [[Elizabeth Devonshire|Miss Elizabeth Devonshire]]
* [[Derek (Autonomy)|Derek]]
* [[Reece Stanford]]
* [[Chantelle Stanford]]
* [[Gerry Hobbes-Mayhew|Sir Gerry Hobbes-Mayhew]]
* [[Tess Tilbrook|Captain Tess Tilbrook]]


==Plot==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor mentions the old TV [[test card]] and the "[[credit crunch]]".
* The Doctor mentions [[Disneyland]] and [[Blackpool]]'s "Golden Mile".
* The Doctor has trouble getting the pink wedge in [[Trivial Pursuit]].
* The Doctor mentions the "Wookiee Prisoner Trick" from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
* The Doctor once visited [[Dargeb IV]] and [[Ororous]].


The TARDIS lands in Hyperville, 2013, a top hi-tech entertainment complex, The [[Doctor]] explores, and meets Chantelle and Reece Stanford, he goes with them on a ride, and then encounters plastic witches with come to life, they are deactivated, and they escape.
=== Books ===
* The Fat Controller from the ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' franchise is mentioned.


Celebrities Shaneeqi and her footballer husband arrive at the complex. Miss Devonshire is a high power in Hyperville.
=== Individuals ===
* Chantelle confuses [[John Wayne]] with [[Batman|Bruce Wayne]].
* The Doctor references watching [[David Hasselhoff]] sing twice at the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]].


The Doctor gets into trouble for using his Sonic Screwdriver to interfere with technology and has it "confiscated" (he didn't give them the real thing). The Doctor encounters Kate Maguire, who is investigating the complex, and together, they go into the WinterZone, where they find a setting similar to the novel, "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe". The Snow Queen attacks them, and then comes up into the shopping area before being shut down.
=== Technology ===


Derek is followed home after noticing a Child [[Auton]] move, the Auton kills him, his wife discovers him dead, and The Doctor investigates. He realises that they are dealing with Autons.
* The robot witches in the Doomcastle uses gas-jet levitation to stay afloat.
* The Doctor calls the Snow Queen robot in the WinterZone an 'animatronic sychro-thresp'.


The Nestenes are approaching Earth.
=== Television series ===
* ''[[The X Factor]]'' is explicitly mentioned.
* A television is showing ''[[Deal or No Deal]]''.


There is a party, and Shaneeqis husband turns out to be an Auton, everybody runs out, except the Doctor.
=== Fashion ===
* In the mid-[[22nd century]] and the [[23rd century|23rd]] as well, the [[1970s]] are in again.


The Doctor is taken away and forced to help the Nestenes in their plan, otherwise all the plastic in the world will be activated and the world will end.
=== Food and Beverages ===
* The Doctor drinks a [[2013]] [[wine]] here. He likes [[Earl Grey]] with a dash of [[milk]].


The complex is sealed off, and all the plastic comes to life. Chantelle, Reece and Shaniquee, along Sir Gerry fight their way past the Autons, and hide in the Wild West Zone.
== Notes ==
* This book continues the theme of the 2009 novels of featuring returning monsters. It also continues the trend of the Tenth Doctor travelling without a companion.
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
* The Doctor wears his brown pinstripe suit despite the cover showing him in his blue suit.
* The image of [[Hyperville]] on the cover of the book appears to be the [[City of Arts and Sciences]] in [[Valencia]], later used as a filming location for [[Planet (Smile)|a colony planet]] in ''[[Smile (TV story)|Smile]]''.


The Doctor tries to reason with Paul Kendrick, to explain he is not an Auton at heart, but a real man. Paul Kendrick then kills Max Carson. Miss Devonshire remembers her childhood, when she discovered the Nestene and how ever since she has been looking after it, and had built Superville, later Superland and then Hyperville over it. The Doctor arrives to the Wild West Zone, where he creates Antiplastic. Paul Kendrick wanders around, struggling to decide whether he is human or part of the Nestene Conciousness.
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor refers to defeating the [[Nestene Consciousness|Nestenes]] numerous times before. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual]]'', ''[[Synthespians™ (novel)|Synthespians]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Façades (comic story)|Façades]]'', ''[[Plastic Millenium (comic story)|Plastic Millenium]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Brave New Town (audio story)|Brave New Town]]'')
* [[Erisa Magambo|Captain Erisa Magambo]] and [[UNIT]] are called in to clean up the Autons. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
* [[Henrik's]] department store has an outlet in [[Hyperville]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
* The Doctor compares the winter section of [[Hyperville]] to Snow globe 7 ([[AUDIO]]: [[Snowglobe 7 (novel)|Snowglobe 7]])
* The Doctor recalls encountering rogue Autons that were randomly activated after several years. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Brave New Town (audio story)|Brave New Town]]'')
* The Doctor clicks his fingers to shut the TARDIS' doors, commenting that he's getting better. ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'')


He uses an antiplastic method to eliminate the Nestene, the Doctor then visits Kate in 2009 and gives her the Hyperville card, then departs for new adventures.
== Audiobook ==
* This novel was released as an audiobook in [[July (releases)|July]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Georgia Moffett]].


==Characters==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
*[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]
Bbcnewaudio36.jpg|Audiobook cover
*[[Nestene Consciousness]]
</gallery>
*[[Auton]]s
*[[Kate Maguire]]
*[[Andrea Watkins]]
*[[Lisa]]
*[[Jeff]]
*[[Bob (Autonomy)|Bob]]
*[[Beta-4]]
*[[Shaneeqi]] (a.k.a Shannon Eyam)
*[[Paul Kendrick]]
*[[Max Carson]]
*[[Elizabeth Devonshire|Miss Elizabeth Devonshire]]
*Derek
*Reece Stanford
*Chantelle Stanford
*Sir Gerry Hobbes-Mayhew
*Captain Tess Tilbrook
*[[Erisa Magambo|Captain Erisa Magambo]] (Mentioned)


==References==
== External links ==
===[[:Category:Books|Books]]===
{{dwrefguide|whobb935.htm|Autonomy}}
* The Fat Controller from the "Thomas the Tank Engine" books is mentioned.<ref>''Autonomy'', page 42</ref>
* {{whoniverse|ns35|Autonomy}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/autonomy.htm The Cloister Library: '''Autonomy''']


===[[:Category:Cultural references from the real world|Cultural references]]===
{{NSA}}
*Celebrity couple Shaneeqi and Paul Kendrick form an obvious parody of Posh and Becks.
{{Nestene stories}}
 
{{Auton stories}}
===[[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]]===
{{TitleSort}}
*[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] mentions his visit to [[Snowglobe 7]] as well as visits to other 'shopping palaces' on [[Dargeb IV]] and the second moon of [[Ororous]].
* The Doctor mentions the old TV test card and the "Credit Crunch".<ref>''Autonomy'', page 21-22</ref>
* The Doctor mentions Disneyland and Blackpool's "Golden Mile".<ref>''Autonomy'', page 39</ref>
* The Doctor has trouble getting the pink wedge in "Trivial Pursuit".<ref>''Autonomy'', page 102</ref>
* The Doctor mentions "The Wookie Prisoner Trick" from ''"[[Star Wars]]"''.
 
===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]===
* There is an oblique reference to [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and her [[Lavinia Smith | Aunt Lavinia]] on page 78.
* Chantelle confuses John Wayne with Bruce Wayne.
* The Doctor references watching [[David Hasselhoff]] sing twice.
 
===[[:Category:TARDIS|TARDIS]]===
* The Doctor closes the TARDIS doors by snapping his fingers
 
===[[:Category:Television series|Television series]]===
* "The X-Factor" is explicitly mentioned <ref>''Autonomy'', page 80</ref> and a television is showing "Deal or No Deal".<ref>''Autonomy'', page 98</ref>


==Notes==
[[Category:Tenth Doctor NSA novels]]
* This book continues the theme of the 2009 novels in featuring returning monsters. It also continues the trend of the Tenth Doctor travelling without a companion.
[[Category:2009 novels]]
 
==Continuity==
*The Autons, and the Nestene Consciousness, last appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.
*The Nestene Consciousness and the Autons were the first aliens used in the new series of Doctor Who (2005), appearing in the episode [[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.
*[[Erisa Magambo|Captain Erisa Magambo]] and [[UNIT]] are mentioned.
*The events of [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'' were mentioned.
*[[Henrik's]] department store has an outlet in [[Hyperville]].
*The Doctor recalls the events of ''[[Brave New Town]]''. <ref>''Autonomy'', page 112</ref>
*"Every organisation...needed a Max." seems to be a reference to [[DW]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'' and/or [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]''.<ref>''Autonomy'', page 10</ref>
*The Doctor clicks his fingers to shut the TARDIS' doors; he previously did this in [[DW]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead]]''.
 
==[[Tenth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
*Autonomy occurs after:[[NSA]]: ''[[The Taking of Chelsea 426]]''
*Autonomy occurs before: [[NSA]]: ''[[The Krillitane Storm]]''
 
==Audio release==
''to be added''
 
==External links==
*{{dwrefguide|whobb935.htm|Autonomy}}
 
==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}
 
{{TDA}}
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[[Category:Nestene/Auton novels]]
[[Category:Stories set in England]]
[[Category:E-books]]

Latest revision as of 17:07, 31 December 2023

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prose stub

Autonomy was the thirty-fifth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Daniel Blythe and featured the Tenth Doctor.

Blythe had previously written for the Virgin New Adventures.

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

Hyperville is 2013's top hi-tech 24 hour entertainment complex — a sprawling palace of fun under one massive roof. You can go shopping, or experience the excitement of Doomcastle, WinterZone, or Wild West World. But things are about to get a lot more exciting — and dangerous...

What unspeakable horror is lurking on Level Zero of Hyperville? And what will happen when the entire complex goes over to Central Computer Control?

For years, the Nestene Consciousness has been waiting and planning, recovering from its wounds. But now is ready, and its deadly plastic Autons are already in place around the complex. Now more than ever, visiting Hyperville will be an unforgettable experience.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The robot witches in the Doomcastle uses gas-jet levitation to stay afloat.
  • The Doctor calls the Snow Queen robot in the WinterZone an 'animatronic sychro-thresp'.

Television series[[edit] | [edit source]]

Fashion[[edit] | [edit source]]

Food and Beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This book continues the theme of the 2009 novels of featuring returning monsters. It also continues the trend of the Tenth Doctor travelling without a companion.
  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
  • The Doctor wears his brown pinstripe suit despite the cover showing him in his blue suit.
  • The image of Hyperville on the cover of the book appears to be the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, later used as a filming location for a colony planet in Smile.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Audiobook cover

    Audiobook cover

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

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