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|image = [[Image:Wishing_Well.jpg|250px]]
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|novel name = Wishing Well
{{Infobox Story SMW
|image = Wishing Well.jpg
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|number = 13
|number = 19
|doctor = [[Tenth Doctor]]
|doctor = Tenth Doctor
|companions = [[Martha Jones]]
|companions = [[Martha Jones|Martha]]
|enemy = [[Vurosis]]
|enemy = [[Vurosis]]
|writer = [[Trevor Baxendale]]
|setting = [[Creighton Mere]], [[2008]]
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
|writer = Trevor Baxendale
|release date = [[26th December]] [[2007]]
|publisher = BBC Books
|format = Hardcover Book, 241 Pages
|release date = 26 December 2007
Paperback, 239 Pages
|read by = [[Debbie Chazen]]
|format = Hardcover: 241 pages;<br/>Paperback: 239 pages
|isbn = ISBN 1-84607-348-0
|isbn = ISBN 1-84607-348-0
|previous story = [[Wetworld]]
|prev = Wetworld (novel)
|next story = [[The Pirate Loop]]
|next = The Pirate Loop (novel)
|cover = [[Lee Binding]]
}}{{prose stub}}
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'''''Wishing Well''''' was the nineteenth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Trevor Baxendale]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]].


==Publisher's summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
The old village well is just a curiosity - something to attract tourists intrigued by stories of lost treasure, or visitors just making a wish. Unless something alien and terrifying could be lurking inside the well. Something utterly monstrous that causes nothing but death and destruction. But who knows the real truth about the well? Who wishes to unleash the hideous force it contains? What terrible consequences will follow the search for a legendary treasure hidden at the bottom? No one wants to believe the Doctor's warnings about the deadly horror lying in wait - but soon they'll wish they had...
The old [[village]] well is just a curiosity something to attract [[tourist]]s intrigued by stories of lost treasure, or visitors just making a wish. Unless something alien and terrifying could be lurking inside the well. Something utterly monstrous that causes nothing but death and destruction. But who knows the real truth about the well? Who wishes to unleash the hideous force it contains? What terrible consequences will follow the search for a legendary treasure hidden at the bottom? No one wants to believe the Doctor's warnings about the deadly horror lying in wait but soon they'll wish they had...


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]
''to be added''
*[[Martha Jones]]
 
*[[Vurosis]]
== Characters ==
*[[Barney Hackett]]
* [[Tenth Doctor]]
*[[Angela Hook]]
* [[Martha Jones]]
*[[Sadie Brown]]
* [[Vurosis]]
*[[Henry Gaskin]]
* [[Barney Hackett]]
*[[Nigel Carson]]
* [[Angela Hook]]
*[[Ben Seddon]]
* [[Sadie Brown]]
*[[Duncan Goode]]
* [[Henry Gaskin]]
*[[Lucy (Wishing Well)|Lucy]]
* [[Nigel Carson]]
* [[Ben Seddon]]
* [[Duncan Goode]]
* [[Lucy (Wishing Well)|Lucy]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor also takes Martha to [[Vega Opsis]] system, the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]], and to the [[Frozen Castles]] of the [[Ice Warrior]]s.
* Ben Seddon wishes to have a [[James Bond]] car.
* Angela drives a [[Land Rover]].


==References==
=== Food and Beverages ===
*The Doctor refers to the planet of gold, [[Voga]].
* The Doctor eats [[marmalade]] straight out of a jar, and receives a jar of Thick-Cut Tawny from Sadie at the end.
*The Doctor also takes Martha to [[Vega Opsis]] system, the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]], and to the [[Frozen Castles]] of the [[Ice Warrior]]s.
* Martha drinks mineral water in the Drinking Hole.


==Notes==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
 
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor refers to the planet of gold, [[Voga]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')


==Continuity==
== Audiobook ==
*Voga first appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]''.
* This novel was released as an audiobook on [[10 July (releases)|10 July]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Debbie Chazen]].


==Timeline==
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*Wishing Well occurs after: [[NSA]]: ''[[Wetworld]]''
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*Wishing Well occurs before: [[NSA]]: ''[[The Pirate Loop]]''
</gallery>


==Audio release==
== External links ==
*The story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by [[Debbie Chazen]].
{{dwrefguide|whobb919.htm|Wishing Well}}
* {{whoniverse|ns19|Wishing Well}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/wishingwell.htm The Cloister Library: '''Wishing Well''']
{{NSA}}


==External links==
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*{{dwrefguide|whobb919.htm|Wishing Well}}


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Latest revision as of 20:25, 12 February 2024

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Wishing Well was the nineteenth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Trevor Baxendale and featured the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones.

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

The old village well is just a curiosity — something to attract tourists intrigued by stories of lost treasure, or visitors just making a wish. Unless something alien and terrifying could be lurking inside the well. Something utterly monstrous that causes nothing but death and destruction. But who knows the real truth about the well? Who wishes to unleash the hideous force it contains? What terrible consequences will follow the search for a legendary treasure hidden at the bottom? No one wants to believe the Doctor's warnings about the deadly horror lying in wait — but soon they'll wish they had...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • The Doctor eats marmalade straight out of a jar, and receives a jar of Thick-Cut Tawny from Sadie at the end.
  • Martha drinks mineral water in the Drinking Hole.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

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