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novel name= The Face-Eater |
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image=[[Image:The_Face-Eater.jpg|250px]]|
|image = The Face-Eater.jpg
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] |
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
number= 18 |
|number in range = 18
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] |
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]
companions= [[Samantha Jones | Sam Jones]] |
|number= 18  
enemy= The [[Face-Eater]] |
|doctor = Eighth Doctor
year= [[Proxima 2]], [[2132]] |
|companions=[[Sam Jones|Sam]]
writer= [[Simon Messingham]] |
|enemy= The [[Face-Eater]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|setting= [[Proxima 2]], [[2132]]
release date= January, [[1999]]|
|writer= Simon Messingham
format= Paperback Book, 276 Pages |
|publisher= BBC Books
isbn= ISBN 0-563-55569-6 |
|cover = [[Black Sheep]]
previous story= [[Beltempest]]|
|release date= 4 January 1999
next story= [[The Taint]]}}
|format= Paperback Book;<br/>20 Chapters, 276 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-55569-6
|prev= Beltempest (novel)
|next= The Taint (novel)
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'''''The Face-Eater''''' was the eighteenth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Simon Messingham]], released [[4 January (releases)|4 January]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]].


It is the first of two novels Messingham wrote for the EDAs (''[[The Infinity Race (novel)|The Infinity Race]]'' was the second).


==Publisher’s Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
The Doctor and Sam arrive on Proxima II, one of the earliest planets colonised in humanity’s first big push into space. But instead of a brave new world, they find a settlement rife with superstition and unrest.
[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones|Sam]] arrive on [[Proxima II]], one of the earliest planets colonised in humanity's first big push into space. But instead of a brave new world, they find a settlement rife with superstition and unrest.


The native Proximans are inexplicably dying out. Humans too are being killed in horrific ways, with each face being stripped bare.
The native [[Proximan]]s are inexplicably dying out. [[Human]]s too are being killed in horrific ways, with each face being stripped bare.


Posing as investigators from Earth, the Doctor and Sam must track down the force moving through the dark catacombs beneath Proxima City. It seems that the superstitious whisperings of the colonists may be well founded -- that the sinister Face-Eater from Proximan mythology has awakened from its long sleep, to drive out all those who would defile its world...
Posing as investigators from [[Earth]], [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones|Sam]] must track down the force moving through the dark catacombs beneath [[Proxima City]]. It seems that the superstitious whisperings of the colonists may be well founded — that the sinister [[Face-Eater]] from Proximan mythology has awakened from its long sleep, to drive out all those who would defile its world...


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]
''to be added''
:*Falls down a hole, breaks his leg.


*[[Samantha Jones]]
== Characters ==
:*Gets blown up while breaking into an office, gets third degree burns, but recovers.
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
:*''Then'' gets into a car, and crashes it, knocking her out and giving her numerous bruises.
* [[Sam Jones]]
:*She's still a little bit paranoid about nanotech being in her body.
* [[Helen Percival]]
* [[Lopez (The Face-Eater)|Lopez]]
* [[Ben Fuller]]
* [[Joan Betts]]
* [[Jake Leary]]
* The [[Face-Eater]]
* [[de Winter (The Face-Eater)|de Winter]]
* [[Jeffries (The Face-Eater)|Jeffries]]
* [[Pete (The Face-Eater)|Pete]]
* [[Sims]]
* [[Maddy (The Face-Eater)|Maddy]]
* [[Luiz Clark]]
* [[Luiz Clark's father]]
* [[Luiz Clark's grandmother]]
* [[Al (The Face-Eater)|Al]]
* [[Yoss (The Face Eater)|Yoss]]
* [[Phillipe (The Face-Eater)|Phillipe]]
* [[Marlowe (The Face-Eater)|Marlowe]]
* [[Lily (The Face-Eater)|Lily]]
* [[Ricky (The Face-Eater)|Ricky]]
* [[Camilla (The Face-Eater)|Camilla]]
* [[Magda Wolchenka]]
* [[Patrice Kemall]]
* [[Maeve Rupinder]]
* [[Carlos d'Pul]]
* [[Karl Herzog]]
* [[Brendan Hart]]
* [[Sarah Chen]]
* [[Steve Horton]]
* [[Sun (The Face-Eater)|Sun]]
* [[Ballard (The Face-Eater)|Ballard]]
* [[Lee (The Face-Eater)|Lee]]
* [[Chung (The Face-Eater)|Chung]]
* [[Lawrence (The Face-Eater)|Lawrence]]
* [[Akri]]
* [[Rav]]
* [[Sabby]]
* [[Beauty (The Face-Eater)|Beauty]]
* [[Alfie (The Face-Eater)|Alfie]]
* [[Roo (The Face-Eater)|Roo]]
* [[Cheeky Monkey]]
* [[Price (The Face-Eater)|Price]]
* [[Arnold Coors]]
* [[Kishimoto]]
* [[Barr (The Face-Eater)|Barr]]
* [[Casey Burns]]
* [[Casey Burns' mother]]
* [[Pederson (The Face-Eater)|Pederson]]
* [[Muggy (The Face-Eater)|Muggy]]
* [[Johnny (The Face-Eater)|Johnny]]
* [[Tiny (The Face-Eater)|Tiny]]
* [[Spanish woman (The Face-Eater)|Spanish woman]]
* [[Nishi]]
* [[Torres (The Face-Eater)|Torres]]


*[[Helen Percival]]
== Worldbuilding ==
:*Colony executive
* The [[Oceanic-Nippon Bloc]] existed in the [[22nd century]].


*[[Ben Fuller]]
=== Books ===
* Professor Joan Betts wrote ''[[The Life and Customs of the Marine Saurians]]'' after spending three years investigating the [[Sea Devil]] base that was involved in the attack on [[Sea Base 4]] in [[2084]].


*[[Joan Betts]]
=== Colony planets ===
:*Is a [[xenoanthropologist]].
* [[Proxima 2]] is [[Earth]]'s first interstellar colony.
:*Gets killed by the Face-Eater


*[[Jake Leary]]
=== Corporations ===
* [[Global Mining Corporation]] has records of [[the Doctor]] and a female associate who uses several aliases including [[Jo Grant]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Ace]].
* The female associate is listed as having graduated from [[Geneva Corporate University]] in [[2124]].


*The [[Face-Eater]]
=== The Doctor ===
:*Also known by the native [[Proximan]]s as F'Seeta.
* The Doctor rambles as he talks to Jake Leary, mentioning a number of things. "I've seen it all over the galaxy. [[Werewolf|Werewolves]], [[manitous]], [[shapeshifter|shape-shifters]], [[Rutan]]s, robots. Even [[the Master]] has been known to give it a whirl. And did I tell you about that time at [[Crook Marsham]]? Most memorable."
:*Is a shape shifter
* When the Doctor is attacked by the Face Eater, he sees: [[Susan Foreman]] and [[Polly Wright]] laughing, his old diary, a [[Prydonian]] headdress, Sam's face, and a [[Cyberman]] floating through space.
* [[de Winter]]
* [[Jeffries]]


==References==
=== Individuals ===
*[[Global Mining Corporation]] has records of [[the Doctor]] and a female associate who is under several aliases including; [[Jo Grant]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Ace]].
* Joan Betts is a [[xenoanthropologist]].
:*The female associate is listed as having graduated from [[Geneva Corporate University]] in [[2124]].
*The [[Rutan]]s gained their shape shifting ability through genetic tampering.
*The Doctor rambles as he talks to Jake Leary mentioning a number of things; ''"I've seen it all over the galaxy. [[Werewolf|Werewolves]], manitous, [[shape shifter|shape-shifters]], Rutans, robots. Even [[the Master]] has been known to give it a whirl. And did I tell you about that time at [[Crook Marsham]]? Most memorable."''
*The Doctor mentions the [[Hoothi]] to Leary.
*Mention is made of a Bug Eyed Monster (BEM), this is how [[UNIT]] classifies such things, supposedly.
*[[Proxima 2]] is [[Earth]]'s first interstellar colony.
*The [[Proximan]] natives are rodent creatures that can mimic others. They possess telepathy and were once intelligent, but loose the telepathy and shared consciousness when the Face-Eater is destroyed.
*The Doctor claims that [[Mars]] has two indigenous species.
*The [[New Horizon]] was the first [[Human|human]] large-scale colony transporter and arrived on Proxima 2 in [[2128]].


==Notes==
=== Species ===
*Page 215 contains what is possibly the only mention of the Doctor's bladder in a licensed work of ''Doctor Who'' fiction.
* The [[Rutan]]s gained their shape shifting ability through genetic tampering.
* Mention is made of a Bug Eyed Monster (BEM). This is how [[UNIT]] supposedly classifies such things.
* The [[Proximan]] natives are rodent creatures that can mimic others.
* The Doctor claims that [[Mars]] has two indigenous species, one of them being the [[Ice Warrior]]s.
* Joan Betts is killed by a Face-Eater.
* The [[Face-Eater]] is also known to native [[Proximan]]s as F'Seeta; it is a shape shifter.


==Continuity==
=== Spacecraft ===
*The events of [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep]]'' are mentioned.
* The [[New Horizon]] was the first [[human]] large-scale colony transporter and arrived on Proxima 2 in [[2128]].
*The Doctor's imprisonment in [[EDA]]: ''[[Seeing I]]'' is mentioned by the shape shifter.
*There is a flashback sequence to [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]''
*Sam no longer has the nanotech in her body she accquired in [[EDA]]: ''[[Beltempest]]''.


==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
=== Technology ===
*This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[Beltempest]]''
* Sam Jones is still a little bit paranoid about [[nanotechnology|nanotech]] being in her body.
*This story takes place before [[ST]]: ''[[Femme Fatale]]''


==External links==
== Notes ==
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc18.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: '''The Face-Eater''']
''to be added''


{{BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[Beltempest]] | after = [[The Taint]]}}
== Continuity ==
[[Category:BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Face-Eater]]
* The events of [[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]'' are mentioned.
[[Category:1999 novels|Face-Eater]]
* The Doctor's imprisonment in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]'' is mentioned by the shape shifter.
[[Category:Stories set in the 22nd century]]
* There is a flashback sequence to [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]''.
* Sam no longer has the nanotech in her body she accquired in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beltempest (novel)|Beltempest]]''.
* The Doctor tells Leary of the time he met the [[Hoothi]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'')
* The Doctor mentions that [[the Master]] once had a go at being a [[werewolf]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'')
 
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|whobbc18.htm|The Face-Eater}}
* {{whoniverse|ed18|The Face-Eater}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/faceea.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Face-Eater''']
 
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The Face-Eater was the eighteenth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Simon Messingham, released 4 January 1999 and featured the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones.

It is the first of two novels Messingham wrote for the EDAs (The Infinity Race was the second).

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

The Doctor and Sam arrive on Proxima II, one of the earliest planets colonised in humanity's first big push into space. But instead of a brave new world, they find a settlement rife with superstition and unrest.

The native Proximans are inexplicably dying out. Humans too are being killed in horrific ways, with each face being stripped bare.

Posing as investigators from Earth, the Doctor and Sam must track down the force moving through the dark catacombs beneath Proxima City. It seems that the superstitious whisperings of the colonists may be well founded — that the sinister Face-Eater from Proximan mythology has awakened from its long sleep, to drive out all those who would defile its world...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Colony planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

Corporations[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Rutans gained their shape shifting ability through genetic tampering.
  • Mention is made of a Bug Eyed Monster (BEM). This is how UNIT supposedly classifies such things.
  • The Proximan natives are rodent creatures that can mimic others.
  • The Doctor claims that Mars has two indigenous species, one of them being the Ice Warriors.
  • Joan Betts is killed by a Face-Eater.
  • The Face-Eater is also known to native Proximans as F'Seeta; it is a shape shifter.

Spacecraft[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The New Horizon was the first human large-scale colony transporter and arrived on Proxima 2 in 2128.

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Sam Jones is still a little bit paranoid about nanotech being in her body.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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