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|novel name = The Face of the Enemy
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|series = [[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
|image = The Face of the Enemy.jpg
|series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
|number = 7
|number = 7
|main character = [[The Master]] <br> [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
|main character = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]], {{Delgado|c}}
|featuring = [[Ian Chesterton]] <br> [[Barbara Wright]]
|featuring = Ian Chesterton
|enemy = [[The Master]] <br> [[Republic of Great Britain (Inferno)|Republic of Great Britain]] <br> The Conclave
|featuring2 = Barbara Wright
|year = [[Earth]]
|featuring3 = Mike Yates
|writer = [[David A. McIntee]]
|featuring4 = John Benton
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
|featuring5 = Tom Osgood
|release date = January [[1998]]
|featuring6 = Carol Bell{{!}}Bell
|format = Paperback Book, 288 Pages
|enemy = [[The Conclave]], [[Republican Security Forces]]
|isbn = ISBN 0563405805
|setting = [[Earth]], [[1970s]]
|previous story = [[The Roundheads]]
|writer = David A. McIntee
|next story = [[Eye of Heaven]]
|publisher = BBC Books
}}
|release date = 5 January 1998
|format = Paperback Book; 22 Chapters, 288 Pages
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-40580-5
|prev = The Roundheads (novel)
|next = Eye of Heaven (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the seventh novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[David A. McIntee]], released [[5 January (releases)|5 January]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]] and featured [[the Master]].


==Publisher's summary==
It was the first full length novel published by BBC books which does not feature [[the Doctor]] as the main character or in the story at all. It features primarily {{Delgado}} in the lead role, whilst also featuring two previous companions, [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]].
''The Doctor and Jo have gone off in the TARDIS, leaving the Brigadier and UNIT facing a deadly mystery - and a moral dilemma...''


Robbery and murder are on the increase in Britain as disputes between underworld gangs escalate into open warfare on the streets. The Master seems inextricably linked to the chaos - despite the fact he is safely under lock and key.
== Publisher's summary ==
''[[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant|Jo]] have gone off in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], leaving [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] and [[UNIT]] facing a deadly mystery — and a moral dilemma...''


Meanwhile UNIT is called in when a plane missing in strange circumstances is rediscovered - contaminated with radiation and particle damage that cannot possibly have occurred on Earth.
Robbery and murder are on the increase in [[Britain]] as disputes between underworld gangs escalate into open warfare on the streets. [[The Master (Terror of the Autons)|The Master]] seems inextricably linked to the chaos — despite the fact he is safely under lock and key.


As the mystery deepens, what little light they can shed on the matter leads the Brigadier to believe that with the Doctor away, Earth's only hope may lie with its greatest enemy...
Meanwhile UNIT is called in when a plane missing in strange circumstances is rediscovered — contaminated with [[radiation]] and particle damage that cannot possibly have occurred on [[Earth]].


==Characters==
As the mystery deepens, what little light they can shed on the matter leads [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] to believe that with the Doctor away, Earth's only hope may lie with its greatest enemy...
*[[The Master]]
**Is prepared to work with UNIT as long as it benefits him.
**Takes action against the government of the Republic of Great Britain because of how they treated his parallel self.
*[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
**Is now divorced.
**Has been tutored by the Doctor in how to disable a Time Lord, just in case someone needs to stop the Master again.
*[[Mike Yates]]
*[[Ian Chesterton]]
**Is in his late 30s.
*[[Barbara Wright|Barbara Wright Chesterton]]
**Teaches history at a local comprehensive school.


==References==
== Plot ==
* Ian and Barbara's son [[Johnny Chess|John]] is in primary school.
''to be added''
*Ian and Barbara eloped on their 1 year anniversary of returning to Earth.
*Both Ian and Barbara required treatment from their exposure to radiation on [[Skaro]].
*Ian and Barbara are writing a journal to leave for [[Susan]] in [[2167]].
*The Brigadier meets [[Harry Sullivan|Surgeon-Lieutenant Harry Sullivan]] for the first time.
*Following his arrest in [[Devil's End]], the Master is held in [[Aylesbury Grange Detention Centre]].


==Notes==
== Characters ==
*This story occurs concurrent with the Doctor and Jo's visit to Peladon in [[The Curse of Peladon]].
* {{Delgado|c}}
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Mike Yates|Captain Mike Yates]]
* [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]]
* [[Ian Chesterton]]
* [[Barbara Wright|Barbara Wright Chesterton]]
* [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]]
* [[Tom Osgood|Sergeant Osgood]]
* [[Carol Bell|Corporal Bell]]
* [[Harry Sullivan]]
* [[Bennetts]]
* [[Beresford]]
* [[Carswell (The Face of the Enemy)|Carswell]]
* [[Frederick Jackson]]
* [[George Boucher|Detective Inspector George Boucher]]
* [[George Boucher (Inferno Earth)|Company Leader George Boucher]]
* [[Joseph Barron]]
* [[Marianne Kyle]]
* [[Rob Thorpe]]
* [[Ross Grant]]
* [[Voshinin]]
* [[Williams (The Face of the Enemy)|Williams]]


==Continuity==
== Worldbuilding ==
*This ties in with [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' showing the after-affects of the Inferno project on the alternate Earth which, contrary to the Doctor's assumption in that story, has not disintegrated, but has been devastated beyond recovery.
=== Individuals ===
*It is briefly mentioned in the alternate timeline that the British Republic battled a group of [[Bannermen]] in 1959. ([[DW]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'')
* Ian and Barbara's [[son]] [[Johnny Chess|John]] is in primary school.
*Ian and Barbara returned to Earth in [[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]''.
* Ian and Barbara [[marriage|eloped]] on the first anniversary of their returning to Earth.
*Ian and Barbara's marriage was revealed in [[MA]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]''.
* Ian and Barbara required treatment from their exposure to radiation on [[Skaro]].
*The Master hides his TARDIS in Devils End. He is depicted recovering it in [[EDA]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]''.
* Ian and Barbara are writing a journal to leave for [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] in [[2167]].
* Barbara teaches [[history]] at a local comprehensive school.
* The Brigadier meets [[Harry Sullivan|Surgeon-Lieutenant Harry Sullivan]] for the first time.
* The Brigadier is now divorced from [[Fiona Lethbridge-Stewart|his wife]].
* The Doctor has tutored the Brigadier in how to disable a [[Time Lord]], just in case someone needs to stop the Master again.
* Jo and Benton are not fans of [[Woody Allen]]. Benton prefers the ''[[Carry On]]'' films.


==Timeline==
=== The Master ===
*''The Face of the Enemy's'' events are concurrent with [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]''
* Following his arrest in [[Devil's End]], the Master is held in [[Aylesbury Grange Detention Centre]].
*''The Face of the Enemy'' occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]''
* The Master is prepared to work with [[UNIT]] as long as it benefits him.
::As the Master is still in custody following his arrest in Devil's End.
* He takes action against the government of the [[Republic of Great Britain]] because of how they treated his [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|parallel self]].
*''The Face of the Enemy'' occurs before [[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]''
::As the Master has not been transferred to his new prison on [[Fortress Island]].


==External links==
=== Inferno Earth individuals ===
*{{dwrefguide|whobbk07.htm|The Face of the Enemy}}
* [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]] still works for the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] with [[Ailla (Inferno Earth)|Ailla]], who has already died at the hands of [[the Conclave]] and the Republican Security Forces.
*{{whoniverse|PD07.php|The Face of the Enemy}}
* Koschei was tortured to the point where he has run out of [[regeneration]]s.
*[http://www.asminor.info/rico.briggs/fote.html Doctor Who Bewildering Reference Guide to '''The Face of the Enemy''', with notes from David A. McIntee]
* The Conclave has access to space travel thanks to studying [[Bannerman]] ships.
[[Category:UNIT novels|Face of the Enemy, The]]
 
[[Category:The Master novels|Face of the Enemy, The]]
=== Foods and beverages ===
[[Category:BBC Past Doctor Adventures|Face of the Enemy, The]]
* The Master drinks [[absinthe]] and [[brandy]].
[[Category:1998 novels|Face of the Enemy, The]]
 
== Notes ==
* This story occurs concurrent with the Doctor and Jo's visit to [[Peladon]] in the television story ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]''.
* This story re-examines the events of the television story ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'', and shows the after-effects of the "[[Inferno Project]]" at [[Eastchester]] on the alternate Earth which, contrary to the Doctor's assumption in that story, has not disintegrated, but has been devastated beyond recovery.
* The Master's TARDIS is in the form of a black [[Rolls Royce Motors|Rolls-Royce]] [[limousine]] (with darkened windows) for much of the story. It takes the appearance of a thick bulkhead door when it materialises aboard HMS ''Redoubt''. When the Master sends his TARDIS to the cavern of the church at [[Devil's End]], it assumes the form of the Stone of Sacrifice; he is depicted recovering it in the novel ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''.
* After dying in a road accident, George Boucher is taken to the [[afterlife]] by his nephew Rob Thorpe, who had been killed earlier in the story. Making ''The Face of the Enemy'' one of a small number of officially licenced ''Doctor Who'' stories to explicitly touch on, if subtly, the concept of an afterlife with no scientific or pseudoscientific explanation. While it could be rationalised as Boucher hallucinating in his final moments, just seconds earlier he was still lucid enough to attempt to send a message to UNIT about the activities of the parallel Earth infiltrators.
 
== Continuity ==
* Jo recalls her previous trip in the TARDIS to [[Uxarieus]] on [[23 March]] [[2472]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]'')
* Ian and Barbara returned to Earth on [[26 June]] [[1965]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Travellers (novel)|The Time Travellers]]'')
* Ian and Barbara are married. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera (novel)|Goth Opera]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'')
* Ian and Barbara recall leaving [[Shoreditch]] in [[November]] [[1963]], ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') their first encounter with the [[Dalek]]s on [[Skaro]] and the trouble caused by the supposedly damaged [[fluid link]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') the search for the fault in the Doctor's TARDIS, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]'') the sandstorm in the [[Gobi Desert]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'') the [[Voord]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]'') the [[Aztec]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') flying in [[rocket]]s in the [[28th century]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'') being imprisoned in the Conciergerie Prison during the [[French Revolution]] in [[July]] [[1794]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'') being imprisoned in [[Salem Village|Salem]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Witch Hunters]]'') [[Roboman|Robomen]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') the city of [[Bikugih]] on [[Venus]] in [[BC|3,000,000 BC]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Venusian Lullaby (novel)|Venusian Lullaby]]'') lecherous [[Roman]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'') the [[Zarbi]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'') and jumping [[time track]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'')
* Ian is aware of the [[Tzun]] from his time working with NASA and eventually recalls that the Master was said to be involved with them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'')
* The Master was remanded in [[Stangmoor Prison]] prior to his trial. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Freedom (short story)|Freedom]]'')
* The Brigadier vaguely remembers attending a briefing on the [[Chameleon (humanoid)|Chameleons]], whose attempt to invade Earth on [[20 July]] [[1966]] was foiled by the [[Second Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'')
* Marianne Kyle is aware of the Master's [[The Master's aliases|former aliases]] of Colonel Masters and Professor [[Emil Keller]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'')
* In the parallel universe, the [[Republican Security Forces]] of the Republic of Great Britain battled a group of [[Bannermen]], from whom they obtained artificial gravity and fast drive technology, in [[Wales]] in [[1959]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'')
* In the parallel universe, it was the Master's counterpart [[Koschei (Inferno Earth)|Koschei]] who defeated the [[Robot Yeti]] and the [[Great Intelligence]] earlier in the [[1970s]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'')
* While he was posted at the Faslane submarine base, Harry was occasionally visited by [[Esther Bland]], the sister of his close friend [[Teddy Bland]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Harry Sullivan's War (novel)|Harry Sullivan's War]]'')
* [[Anne Travers]] is now working at [[Whitehall]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]'')
* The Brigadier mentions [[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
 
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|whobbk07.htm|The Face of the Enemy}}
* {{whoniverse|pd07|The Face of the Enemy}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/face.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Face of the Enemy''']
* [http://www.oocities.com/rico.briggs/fote.html Doctor Who Bewildering Reference Guide to '''The Face of the Enemy''', with notes from David A. McIntee]
 
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The Face of the Enemy was the seventh novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by David A. McIntee, released 5 January 1998 and featured the Master.

It was the first full length novel published by BBC books which does not feature the Doctor as the main character or in the story at all. It features primarily the Master in the lead role, whilst also featuring two previous companions, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright.

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

The Doctor and Jo have gone off in the TARDIS, leaving the Brigadier and UNIT facing a deadly mystery — and a moral dilemma...

Robbery and murder are on the increase in Britain as disputes between underworld gangs escalate into open warfare on the streets. The Master seems inextricably linked to the chaos — despite the fact he is safely under lock and key.

Meanwhile UNIT is called in when a plane missing in strange circumstances is rediscovered — contaminated with radiation and particle damage that cannot possibly have occurred on Earth.

As the mystery deepens, what little light they can shed on the matter leads the Brigadier to believe that with the Doctor away, Earth's only hope may lie with its greatest enemy...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Ian and Barbara's son John is in primary school.
  • Ian and Barbara eloped on the first anniversary of their returning to Earth.
  • Ian and Barbara required treatment from their exposure to radiation on Skaro.
  • Ian and Barbara are writing a journal to leave for Susan in 2167.
  • Barbara teaches history at a local comprehensive school.
  • The Brigadier meets Surgeon-Lieutenant Harry Sullivan for the first time.
  • The Brigadier is now divorced from his wife.
  • The Doctor has tutored the Brigadier in how to disable a Time Lord, just in case someone needs to stop the Master again.
  • Jo and Benton are not fans of Woody Allen. Benton prefers the Carry On films.

The Master[[edit] | [edit source]]

Inferno Earth individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story occurs concurrent with the Doctor and Jo's visit to Peladon in the television story The Curse of Peladon.
  • This story re-examines the events of the television story Inferno, and shows the after-effects of the "Inferno Project" at Eastchester on the alternate Earth which, contrary to the Doctor's assumption in that story, has not disintegrated, but has been devastated beyond recovery.
  • The Master's TARDIS is in the form of a black Rolls-Royce limousine (with darkened windows) for much of the story. It takes the appearance of a thick bulkhead door when it materialises aboard HMS Redoubt. When the Master sends his TARDIS to the cavern of the church at Devil's End, it assumes the form of the Stone of Sacrifice; he is depicted recovering it in the novel The Eight Doctors.
  • After dying in a road accident, George Boucher is taken to the afterlife by his nephew Rob Thorpe, who had been killed earlier in the story. Making The Face of the Enemy one of a small number of officially licenced Doctor Who stories to explicitly touch on, if subtly, the concept of an afterlife with no scientific or pseudoscientific explanation. While it could be rationalised as Boucher hallucinating in his final moments, just seconds earlier he was still lucid enough to attempt to send a message to UNIT about the activities of the parallel Earth infiltrators.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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