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novel name= Strange England|
{{Infobox Story SMW
image= [[Image:NA029_strangeengland.jpg|250px]]|
|image= NA029 strangeengland.jpg
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Virgin New Adventures]] |
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
number= 29 |
|range = Virgin New Adventures
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
|number in range = 29
companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] |
|number= 29
enemy= [[the Quack]] |
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
year= An asteroid in the [[Jupiter]] belt <br> [[Earth]], [[England]], [[London]], [[1873]] |
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
writer= [[Simon Messingham]] |
|enemy= [[The Quack]], [[Patrick Rix|Dr. Patrick Rix]]
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|setting= {{il|An asteroid in the [[Jupiter]] belt|[[London]], [[England]], [[1873]]}}
release date= Audgust 1994 |
|writer= Simon Messingham
format= Paperback Book, 276 Pages |
|cover= [[Paul Campbell]]
isbn= ISBN 0426204190 |
|publisher= Virgin Books
previous story= [[Blood Harvest]] |
|release date= 18 August 1994
next story= [[First Frontier]]}}
|format= Paperback Book; 11 Chapters, 276 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20419-0
|prev= Blood Harvest (novel)
|next= First Frontier (novel)
|editor = Peter Darvill-Evans
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. This was [[Simon Messingham]]'s first novel, and his only contribution to the Virgin Books range. His next ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novel was the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel ''[[The Face-Eater (novel)|The Face-Eater]]'' in 1999.


==Publisher's summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
''''The more the Doctor dreams,' the Quack said, 'the more real I become. He has not yet dreamed me fully, but he will.''''
''"The more the Doctor dreams," [[the Quack]] said, "the more real I become. He has not yet dreamed me fully, but he will."''


When the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] lands in the idyllic gardens of a [[Victorian]] country house, [[Ace]] knows that something terrible is bound to happen. The Doctor disagrees. Sometimes things really are as perfect as they seem.
When [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lands in the idyllic gardens of a [[Victorian]] country house, [[Ace]] knows that something terrible is bound to happen. The Doctor disagrees. Sometimes things really are as perfect as they seem.


Then they discover a young girl whose body has been possessed by a beautiful but lethal insect. And they meet the people of the House: innocents who have never known age, pain, or death -- until now.
Then they discover a young girl whose body has been possessed by a beautiful but lethal insect. And they meet the people of the House: innocents who have never known age, pain, or death — until now.


Now their rural paradise is turning into a world of nightmare. A world in which the familiar is being twisted into something evil and strange. A world ruled by the Quack, whose patent medicines are deadly poisons and whose aim is the total destruction of the Doctor.
Now their rural paradise is turning into a world of nightmare. A world in which the familiar is being twisted into something evil and strange. A world ruled by the Quack, whose patent medicines are deadly poisons and whose aim is the total destruction of the Doctor.


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Seventh Doctor |The Doctor]]
''to be added''
**He and Galah both went to the Academy together but weren't close.
**Has a moment of spoon playing.
*[[Ace]]
**Her skin is pale from being in space for so long.
*[[Bernice Summerfield]]
**Doesn't get hay fever.
**Enjoys light German wine on summer days.
*[[Galah]]
**Lived a long tedious life as a [[Gallifreyan]] sculptor.
**She's a pacifist.
*The Quack
**The creation of Galah's TARDIS trouble shooting program.


==References==
== Characters ==
* A [[TARDIS]] [[Protyon Unit]] is the reason why some TARDISes have independent thought.
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Galah]]
* [[The Quack]]
* Dr [[Patrick Rix]]
* [[Stephen Rix]]
* [[Charlotte Aickland]]
* [[Richard Aickland]]
* [[Garvey]]
* [[Victoria (Strange England)|Victoria]]
* Mrs [[Irving (Strange England)|Irving]]
* [[Archie Lewis]]
* [[Thorold Lewis|Thos Lewis]]
* [[Arthur (Strange England)|Arthur]]
* [[Bert Robbins]]
* [[Billy (Strange England)|Billy]]
* [[Frankie (Strange England)|Frankie]]
* [[Gray (Strange England)|Gray]]
* [[Ted (Strange England)|Ted]]
* [[Tillie]]
* [[Edith (Strange England)|Edith]]
* [[Marleen]]
* [[Alleyn]]
* [[Chamberlain (Strange England)|Chamberlain]]
* [[Madge Robbins]]
* [[Stan Lewis]]
* [[Joanna Lewis]]
* [[Old Skinner]]
* [[Mary (Strange England)|Mary]]
* [[Jane (Strange England)|Jane]]
* [[Peter (Strange England)|Peter]]
* [[Cameron (Strange England)|Cameron]]
* [[Kathy (Strange England)|Kathy]]
* [[MacKendrick]]


==Notes==
== Worldbuilding ==
*A prelude to this novel was published in [[DWM Issue 215]]
=== Foods and beverages ===
* The Doctor cooks [[scrambled eggs]] for Benny and the others.
* Bernice enjoys light German [[wine]] on summer days. She drinks [[tea]] with the Quack, which reminds her of the tea that the Doctor brews in the TARDIS.
* [[Cucumber sandwich]]es are often served at [[cricket]] matches.


==Continuity==
=== Art ===
''to be added''
* [[Hieronymus Bosch|Bosch]] and the [[Martian]] [[S'Klyr]] are both painters whose works have a nightmare-ish quality.


==[[Seventh Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
=== Music ===
*This story takes place after [[NA]]: ''[[Blood Harvest]]''
* The Doctor has a moment of [[spoon]] playing.
*This story takes place before [[NA]]: ''[[First Frontier]]''


==External links==
=== TARDIS ===
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na29.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Strange England''']
* A [[TARDIS]] [[Protyon Unit]] is the reason why some TARDISes have independent thought.
*{{whoniverse|NA29.php|Strange England}}
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona29p.htm Prelude to Blood Harvest as published in DWM #215]


{{Virgin New Adventure Series Box | before = [[Blood Harvest]] | after = [[First Frontier]]}}
== Notes ==
* A [[Prelude Strange England (short story)|prelude]] to this story was published in [[DWM 215]].
* Author Simon Messingham has commented on more than one occasion that he was unhappy with this novel.<ref>[http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#na029 NZDWFC: FSV 43: Beyond the Book By Paul Scoones]</ref>


== Continuity ==
* The Doctor, Ace, and Benny would visit another house of horrors that would be destroyed in a changing environment. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Falls the Shadow (novel)|Falls the Shadow]]'')
* He tells Bernice he has always believed [[evil]] to be an actual force. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Guardians of Prophecy (audio story)|The Guardians of Prophecy]]'')
* Bernice mentions being inside a TARDIS ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'') while Ace mentions being in an [[SARDIT|inside-out TARDIS]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') She implies this occurred relatively soon after she and the Doctor defeated the [[Timewyrm]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')
* Reference is made to [[the Matrix]] within a TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
* Being in the white void reminds Bernice of the [[Land of Fiction]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'') She tries to deny the reality, but it doesn't work. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
* Ace calls Arthur an angel, and has had enough of Victorian England. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')
* She's aware that some components of a TARDIS are organic. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')
* Galah connects herself to the [[Architectural Configuration]] Programme. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'')
* The Doctor's former companion [[Sarah Jane Smith]] would encounter [[Nightmare Man|an entity]] that first appears in nightmares and then in reality. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Nightmare Man (TV story)|The Nightmare Man]]'')


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== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|who_na29.htm|Strange England}}
* {{whoniverse|na29|Strange England}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/stra.htm The Cloister Library: '''Strange England''']
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#na029 Beyond the Book: Strange England by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43]
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Strange England was the twenty-ninth New Adventures novel. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield. This was Simon Messingham's first novel, and his only contribution to the Virgin Books range. His next Doctor Who novel was the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures novel The Face-Eater in 1999.

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

"The more the Doctor dreams," the Quack said, "the more real I become. He has not yet dreamed me fully, but he will."

When the TARDIS lands in the idyllic gardens of a Victorian country house, Ace knows that something terrible is bound to happen. The Doctor disagrees. Sometimes things really are as perfect as they seem.

Then they discover a young girl whose body has been possessed by a beautiful but lethal insect. And they meet the people of the House: innocents who have never known age, pain, or death — until now.

Now their rural paradise is turning into a world of nightmare. A world in which the familiar is being twisted into something evil and strange. A world ruled by the Quack, whose patent medicines are deadly poisons and whose aim is the total destruction of the Doctor.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • The Doctor cooks scrambled eggs for Benny and the others.
  • Bernice enjoys light German wine on summer days. She drinks tea with the Quack, which reminds her of the tea that the Doctor brews in the TARDIS.
  • Cucumber sandwiches are often served at cricket matches.

Art[[edit] | [edit source]]

Music[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor has a moment of spoon playing.

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • A prelude to this story was published in DWM 215.
  • Author Simon Messingham has commented on more than one occasion that he was unhappy with this novel.[1]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ NZDWFC: FSV 43: Beyond the Book By Paul Scoones

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

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