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novel name= The Turing Test |
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|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
number= 39 |
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|series= [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]
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|number= 39
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|doctor= Eighth Doctor
year= [[England]], [[Oxford]], [[1945]] <br> [[France]], [[Paris]], [[1945]] <br> [[Germany]], [[Dresden]], [[1945]] |
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writer= [[Paul Leonard]] |
|featuring = [[Alan Turing|Turing]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
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release date= October, 2000 |
|setting= [[Oxford]], [[Paris]] and [[Dresden]], [[1945]]
format= Paperback Book, --- Pages |
|writer= Paul Leonard
isbn= ISBN 0-563-53806-6|
|publisher= BBC Books
previous story= [[Casualties of War (novel)|Casualties of War]]|
|release date= 2 October 2000
next story= [[Endgame]]}}
|format= Paperback Book; 24 Chapters, 242 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53806-6
|prev= Casualties of War (novel)
|next= Endgame (novel)
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'''''The Turing Test''''' was the thirty-ninth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Leonard]], released [[2 October (releases)|2 October]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]].


==Publisher’s Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
The Second World War is drawing to a close. Alan Turing, the code-breaker who has been critical to the allied war effort, is called in to break a mysterious new cypher. It’s coming from Germany, and everyone assumes it is German -- everyone except Turing's new friend, the Doctor, indeed it seems the Doctor knows too much about the code and the code-makers -- and when people start to die, even Turing wonders it the Doctor is the one to blame.
The [[World War II|Second World War]] is drawing to a close. [[Alan Turing]], the code-breaker who has been critical to the allied war effort, is called in to break a mysterious new cypher. It's coming from [[Germany]], and everyone assumes it is German — everyone except Turing's new friend, [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]]. Indeed it seems the Doctor knows too much about the code and the code-makers — and when people start to die, even Turing wonders if the Doctor is the one to blame.


Graham Greene, novelist and spymaster, has also encountered the Doctor, and thinks he’s a rum enough chap, but in a remote African village he has encountered something far stranger.
[[Graham Greene]], novelist and spymaster, has also encountered the Doctor, and thinks he's a rum enough chap, but in a remote [[Africa]]n village he has encountered something far stranger.


To find out the truth, they must all cross the front line and travel through occupied Germany -- right into the firing line of the bloodiest war in history. What they find there has no human explanation -- and only the Doctor has the answers. Or maybe, they’re just more questions...
To find out the truth, they must all cross the front line and travel through occupied Germany — right into the firing line of the bloodiest war in history. What they find there has no human explanation — and only the Doctor has the answers. Or maybe, they're just more questions...


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]
''to be added''
*[[Graham Greene]]
*[[Alan Turing]]
*[[Joseph Heller]]
*Colonel [[Herbert Elgar]]
*[[Bernard (The Turing Test)|Bernard]]
*[[Cray]]
*[[Daria]]
*[[Horatio Elgar]]
*[[Hugh Alexander]]
*[[White]]


==References==
== Characters ==
* The Eighth Doctor is ambidextrous, like his previous [[Seventh Doctor|incarnation]].
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Graham Greene]]
* [[Alan Turing]]
* [[Joseph Heller]]
* Colonel [[Herbert Elgar]]
* [[Bernard (The Turing Test)|Bernard]]
* [[Cray]]
* [[Daria]]
* [[Hugh Alexander]]
* [[Mr Heslop]]
* [[Mrs Heslop]]
* [[Don Bayley]]
* [[Timothy (The Turing Test)|Timothy]]
* [[Tiltman]]


==Notes==
== Worldbuilding ==
* This is the third story in the ‘Earth Arc’
* Graham was stationed at [[Freetown]] during [[World War II]].


==Continuity==
== Notes ==
* According to the [[Remembrance of the Daleks]] novelisation [[Rachel Jensen]] helped Alan Turing with his wartime research.
* This is the third story in the "Earth Arc".
* The glowing keyboard letters on the cover spell out "DR WHO".
* ''The Turning Test'' won Best Book in the 2000 Jade Pagoda mailing list awards.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/jp/jpawards.htm
|title=Jade Pagoda awards
|year of source=2008
|format=HTML
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922194131/http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/jp/jpawards.htm
|archivedate=22 September 2008
}}</ref>


==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== Continuity ==
*This story takes place after [[PDA]]: ''[[Wolfsbane]]''
* [[Rachel Jensen]] assisted Turing with his wartime research. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
*This story takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[Endgame]]''


==External links==
== External links ==
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc39.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: '''The Turing Test''']
{{dwrefguide|whobbc39.htm|The Turing Test}}
*[http://www.whoniverse.net/discontinuity/ED39.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for '''The Turing Test''']
* {{whoniverse|ed39|The Turing Test}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/turi.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Turing Test''']


{{BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[Casualties of War (novel)|Casualties of War]] | after = [[Endgame]]}}
== Footnotes ==
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prose stub

The Turing Test was the thirty-ninth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Paul Leonard, released 2 October 2000 and featured the Eighth Doctor.

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

The Second World War is drawing to a close. Alan Turing, the code-breaker who has been critical to the allied war effort, is called in to break a mysterious new cypher. It's coming from Germany, and everyone assumes it is German — everyone except Turing's new friend, the Doctor. Indeed it seems the Doctor knows too much about the code and the code-makers — and when people start to die, even Turing wonders if the Doctor is the one to blame.

Graham Greene, novelist and spymaster, has also encountered the Doctor, and thinks he's a rum enough chap, but in a remote African village he has encountered something far stranger.

To find out the truth, they must all cross the front line and travel through occupied Germany — right into the firing line of the bloodiest war in history. What they find there has no human explanation — and only the Doctor has the answers. Or maybe, they're just more questions...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the third story in the "Earth Arc".
  • The glowing keyboard letters on the cover spell out "DR WHO".
  • The Turning Test won Best Book in the 2000 Jade Pagoda mailing list awards.[1]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Jade Pagoda awards (HTML) (2008). Archived from the original on 22 September 2008.
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