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{{Infobox Novel|
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novel name= Halflife |
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image=[[Image:Halflife.jpg|250px]]|
{{Infobox Story SMW
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] |
|image = Halflife.jpg
number= 68 |
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] |
|number in range = 68
companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Trix]] |
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]
enemy= -- |
|number= 68
year= [[Espero]] (an Earth Colony) |
|doctor = Eighth Doctor
writer= [[Mark Michalowski]] |
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]], [[Trix MacMillan|Trix]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|enemy= [[Trove]], [[Reo]]
release date= April, 2004 |
|setting= [[Espero]]
format= Paperback Book, --- Pages |
|writer= Mark Michalowski
isbn= ISBN 0-563-48613-9|
|publisher= BBC Books
previous story= [[Sometime Never...]]|
|release date= 5 April 2004
next story= [[The Tomorrow Windows]]}}
|format= Paperback Book; 29 Chapters, 274 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-48613-9
|prev= Sometime Never... (novel)
|next= The Tomorrow Windows (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''Halflife''''' was the sixty-eighth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Mark Michalowski]], released [[5 April (releases)|5 April]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Trix MacMillan]].


==Publisher’s Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
''‘To lose one set of memories may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose two smacks of carelessness.’''
''"To lose one set of memories may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose two smacks of carelessness."''


The Terran colony world of Espero seems the unlikely source of a sophisticated distress call. And the Doctor, Fitz and Trix are not the only ones responding to it.
The [[Earth|Terran]] colony world of [[Espero]] seems the unlikely source of a sophisticated distress call. And [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner|Fitz]] and [[Trix]] are not the only ones responding to it.


While Fitz consorts with royalty, the Doctor’s on the run with a 16-year-old girl, and Trix meets a small boy with a dark secret.
While Fitz consorts with royalty, the Doctor's on the run with a 16-year-old girl, and Trix meets a small boy with a dark secret.


In a race for the minds and souls of an entire planet, the Doctor and Trix are offered temptations that may change them forever.
In a race for the minds and souls of an entire planet, the Doctor and Trix are offered temptations that may change them forever.
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At least one of them will be unable to resist.
At least one of them will be unable to resist.


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]
''to be added''
*[[Fitz Kreiner]]
 
*[[Trix]]
== Characters ==
*Madam [[Xing]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
**It is strongly implied that she is [[Compassion]], due to her knowing who the Doctor is and being dimensionally transcendental. Her goal in restoring all the Doctor's memories is to prevent the return of the Time Lords.
* [[Fitz Kreiner]]
*Reo
* [[Trix]]
*Tain
* Madam [[Xing]]
*Calamee
* [[Reo]]
*Sensimi
* [[Tain]]
*Trove
* [[Calamee Fischer]]
* [[Sensimi]]
* [[Trove]]
* [[Joshua (Halflife)|Joshua]]
* [[Tannalis]]
* [[Javill]]
* [[Ake]]
* [[Alinti]]
* [[Deel]]
* [[Farine]]
* [[Keef]]
* [[Looloo]]
* [[Nessus]]
* [[Roberto (Halflife)|Roberto]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
[[File:Halflife_Preview.jpg|thumb|Comic preview from [[DWM 341]]. Illustration by [[Mike Collins]].]]
* Calamee suggests the Doctor try [[Transcendental Meditation]].
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor sings a line of [[Duran Duran]]'s "Rio".
* The Doctor played [[Super Mario Bros]] in a [[Bradford]] [[pub]] in the [[1980s]].
* The Doctor smokes [[cigarette]]s after his mind is temporarily jumbled with Fitz's.


=== Locations ===
* [[Advent]], [[Anjon]], [[Saiarossa]] and [[Semane]] are locations on [[Espero]].


*Trix gets possessed by a being called Reo.
=== Species ===
*When Madame Xing scans the Doctor's mind, she notices that he has had no fewer than 37 memory losses and offers to repair them all, which the Doctor declines.
* Native life on Espero includes [[insect]]s, [[burrowbear]]s, [[elephine]]s, [[mokey]]s and [[tree-rat]]s.
* The [[Maker (Halflife)|Makers]] are at war with a species called the [[Oon]].


==Notes==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
 
* The events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timeless (novel)|Timeless]]'', ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'' and ''[[Emotional Chemistry (novel)|Emotional Chemistry]]'' are mentioned.
 
* The Doctor has flashbacks to the death of [[Miranda Dawkins|Miranda]], which occured in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'')
*The events of [[Timeless]], [[Sometime Never...]] and [[Emotional Chemistry]] are mentioned.
* Trix wonders what [[Anji Kapoor|Anji]] and [[Chloe (Timeless)|Chloe]] are up to nowadays, as they left in an earlier novel in this series, {{cs|Timeless (novel)}}
*The Doctor has flashbacks to the death of [[Miranda Dawkins|Miranda]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Sometime Never...]]'')
* Fitz remembers the events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'', specifically the fact that he is a clone of the original Fitz Kreiner. However, he somehow blocked a lot of his previous memories much like the Doctor had and did not remember much of his earlier adventures with the Doctor or Sam.
*Trix wanders what Anji and Chloe are up to nowadays. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Timeless]]'')
*Fitz remembers the events of [[Interference]], specifically the fact that he is a clone of the original Fitz Kreiner. However, he somehow managed to block a lot of his previous memories much like the Doctor had, and did not remember much of his earlier adventures with the Doctor or Sam.


==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== External links ==
*This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[Sometime Never...]]''
{{dwrefguide|whobbc68.htm|Halflife}}
*This story takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]''
* {{whoniverse|ed68|Halflife}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/halflife.htm The Cloister Library: '''Halflife''']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406224722/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13687.shtml Writing Halflife]
{{EDA}}
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==External links==
[[Category:EDA novels]]
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc68.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: '''Halflife''']
*[http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/ED68.php The Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide - '''Halflife''']
{{Prose stub}}
{{BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[Sometime Never...]] | after = [[The Tomorrow Windows]]}}
[[Category:BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]
[[Category:2004 novels]]
[[Category:2004 novels]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 61st century]]

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Halflife was the sixty-eighth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Mark Michalowski, released 5 April 2004 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Trix MacMillan.

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

"To lose one set of memories may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose two smacks of carelessness."

The Terran colony world of Espero seems the unlikely source of a sophisticated distress call. And the Doctor, Fitz and Trix are not the only ones responding to it.

While Fitz consorts with royalty, the Doctor's on the run with a 16-year-old girl, and Trix meets a small boy with a dark secret.

In a race for the minds and souls of an entire planet, the Doctor and Trix are offered temptations that may change them forever.

At least one of them will be unable to resist.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Comic preview from DWM 341. Illustration by Mike Collins.

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The events of PROSE: Timeless, Sometime Never... and Emotional Chemistry are mentioned.
  • The Doctor has flashbacks to the death of Miranda, which occured in PROSE: Sometime Never...)
  • Trix wonders what Anji and Chloe are up to nowadays, as they left in an earlier novel in this series, Timeless [+]Loading...["Timeless (novel)"]
  • Fitz remembers the events of PROSE: Interference - Book Two, specifically the fact that he is a clone of the original Fitz Kreiner. However, he somehow blocked a lot of his previous memories much like the Doctor had and did not remember much of his earlier adventures with the Doctor or Sam.

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

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