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novel name= The King of Terror |
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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] |
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number= 37 |
|series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
doctor=[[Fifth Doctor]]|
|number = 36
companions=[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] <br> [[Turlough]]|
|doctor = Fifth Doctor
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|companions = [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]]
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|featuring = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]]
writer= [[Keith Topping]] |
|enemy =[[Jex]], [[Canavitchi]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|setting =[[Los Angeles]], [[1999]]  
release date= November [[2000]] |
|writer = Keith Topping
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages |
|publisher = BBC Books
isbn= ISBN 0-563-53802-3 |
|release date = 6 November 2000
previous story=[[Independence Day]]|
|format = Paperback Book<br/>30 Chapters, 288 Pages
next story=[[The Quantum Archangel]]}}
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-53802-3
|prev = Independence Day (novel)
|next = The Quantum Archangel (novel)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirty-sixth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Keith Topping]], released [[6 November]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]] and featured the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Tegan Jovanka]], [[Vislor Turlough]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]].


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
'''All this useless beauty. All these great leaps forward. And for what? So that the first alien with an advanced degree in interplanetary warfare can take it all from you?'''
''All this useless beauty. All these great leaps forward. And for what? So that the first alien with an advanced degree in interplanetary warfare can take it all from you?''


As the millennium draws to a close, the future of humankind hinges on the activities of one multimedia company, InterCom. Suspecting that old mistakes are being repeated, the Brigadier asks the Doctor and his companions to investigate the company's Los Angeles headquarters. But their infiltration is disurpted by the murderous games of terrorists seeking the fulfillment of age-old prophecies.
As the [[20th century|millennium]] draws to a close, the future of [[human]]kind hinges on the activities of one multimedia company, [[InterCom]]. Suspecting that old mistakes are being repeated, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] asks [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] and his companions to investigate the company's [[Los Angeles]] headquarters. But their infiltration is disrupted by the murderous games of terrorists seeking the fulfilment of age-old prophecies.


While the Doctor and UNIT encounter aliens in the boardroom, Tegan meets a pop star, Turlough finds himelf a victim of his own desires and Los Angeles becomes a war zone in which humanity is merely a helpless bystander.
While the Doctor and [[UNIT]] encounter aliens in the boardroom, [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] meets a pop star, [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] finds himself a victim of his own desires and Los Angeles becomes a war zone in which humanity is merely a helpless bystander.


==Characters==
== Plot ==
[[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]]
''to be added''


[[Tegan Jovanka]]
== Characters ==
* [[Fifth Doctor]]
* [[Tegan Jovanka]]
* [[Vislor Turlough]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Johnny Chess]]
* [[Bob Franklin]]
* [[Julia Franklin]]
* [[Dave Milligan]]
* [[Dwayne Landmott]]
* [[Eva Oblon]]
* [[Geoff Paynter]]
* [[Jon Newton]]
* [[Kyla O'Shaugnessy]]
* [[Burdon]]
* [[Mark Barrington]]
* [[Paolo Sanger]]
* [[Richard Lewis]]
* [[Serji Bulyjin]]
* [[Shaun Ryman]]
* [[Stephen Joyce]]


[[Turlough]]
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor mentions that he witnessed the [[Charge of the Light Brigade]] in [[October]] [[1854]].


[[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
=== Individuals ===
* Tegan grew up in [[Caloundra]], seventy miles from [[Brisbane]].
* By [[1999]], Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart has met nine Doctors.
* Lethbridge-Stewart confronts "[[Control (The Devil Goblins from Neptune)|Control]]" (his American opposite number) and considers him disreputable.
* Lethbridge-Stewart trusts the Doctor implicitly but still ignores his prohibitions about [[firearm|guns]].
* Johnny Chess is the son of [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]].
* Geoff smokes [[Silk Cut]] [[cigarette]]s.
* [[Denzel Washington]] is mentioned.
* There are statues of great astronomers [[Nicholas Copernicus|Copernicus]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]], [[Johannes Kepler|Kepler]] and [[William Herschel|Herschel]].


[[Johnny Chess]]
=== Locations ===
* [[Griffith Park]] is the highest point in [[Los Angeles]].


==References==
=== Technology ===
''to be added''
* The Brigadier still has the [[space-time telegraph]].
* The Brigadier's email is [[[email protected]]].


==Notes==
=== Food and drinks ===
''to be added''
* Tegan drinks [[vodka]] and [[orange juice]].
 
* Turlough drinks eight [[beer]]s in a bar in Los Angeles.
==Continuity==
* When UNIT was based in its second or third London HQ in Marble Arch, the Brigadier used to buy a [[bacon]] and [[cheese]] [[roll]] with a cup of [[tea]] for ninety-nine pence from Signor Graziani's [[coffee]] shop.
''to be added''


==Timeline==
== Notes ==
*The King of Terror occurs after: ''[[DW]]:'' [[The Awakening]]
* This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.
*The King of Terror occurs before: ''[[DW]]:'' [[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]]
* During a conversation, UNIT soldiers make reference to a crisis known as "the Death of Yesterday", where a captain with a notable lisp gave the order to "Westwain the [[Raston Warrior Robot|Waston Wawwiow Wobot]]!"
* This story is set between ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'' and ''[[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]]''.


==External Links==
== Continuity ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbk37.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''The King of Terror''']
* There are references to the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] invasion, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') the [[Auton]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') the [[George Carrington|General Carrington]] affair, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'') the [[Stahlman's gas]] project, ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') the [[Waro]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)|The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'') [[Terminus]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'') and the [[Malus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'')
* In the declassified [[UNIT]] files which were released in [[2050]], the Doctor is referred to as "[[Aliases of the Doctor#John Smith|Dr Smith]]." There is some speculation that "the Doctor" is a code name used by a number of agents who worked for UNIT. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'')
* The Doctor says he was present at the [[Battle of Waterloo]] on [[18 June]] [[1815]] during his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') Later in his personal timeline, the [[Sixth Doctor]] would also be present at the Battle of Waterloo. On that occasion, he encountered [[Davros]] and the [[Dalek]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'')
* In the attempt to return [[Will Chandler]] to [[1643]], the TARDIS materialised on a planet of extremely intelligent, war-like walking reptilians, whose king wanted to execute the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'')
* The Doctor claims to have been present at [[El Alamein]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'')
* The Brigadier claims to have met nine Doctors prior to 1999. He has been shown meeting the first nine incarnations of the Doctor, not counting the [[War Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead From Space]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Official Secrets (comic story)|Official Secrets]]'')


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* {{whoniverse|pd37|The King of Terror}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/kingt.htm The Cloister Library: '''The King of Terror''']
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060324070904/http://www.gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=topping Outpost Gallifrey - Interview: '''Keith Topping''' (archived)]
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The King of Terror was the thirty-sixth novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Keith Topping, released 6 November 2000 and featured the Fifth Doctor, Tegan Jovanka, Vislor Turlough and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.

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

All this useless beauty. All these great leaps forward. And for what? So that the first alien with an advanced degree in interplanetary warfare can take it all from you?

As the millennium draws to a close, the future of humankind hinges on the activities of one multimedia company, InterCom. Suspecting that old mistakes are being repeated, the Brigadier asks the Doctor and his companions to investigate the company's Los Angeles headquarters. But their infiltration is disrupted by the murderous games of terrorists seeking the fulfilment of age-old prophecies.

While the Doctor and UNIT encounter aliens in the boardroom, Tegan meets a pop star, Turlough finds himself a victim of his own desires and Los Angeles becomes a war zone in which humanity is merely a helpless bystander.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Food and drinks[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Tegan drinks vodka and orange juice.
  • Turlough drinks eight beers in a bar in Los Angeles.
  • When UNIT was based in its second or third London HQ in Marble Arch, the Brigadier used to buy a bacon and cheese roll with a cup of tea for ninety-nine pence from Signor Graziani's coffee shop.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.
  • During a conversation, UNIT soldiers make reference to a crisis known as "the Death of Yesterday", where a captain with a notable lisp gave the order to "Westwain the Waston Wawwiow Wobot!"
  • This story is set between The Awakening and Frontios.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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First Doctor
Susan, Ian, Barbara
Ian, Barbara, Vicki
Steven, Dodo
Ben, Polly
 
Second Doctor
Ben, Polly
Ben, Polly, Jamie
Jamie, Victoria
Jamie, Zoe
Serena
 
Third Doctor
Liz, UNIT
Jo, UNIT
Jo, Liz
Jo
Sarah
 
Fourth Doctor
Sarah, Harry
Harry
Leela
Romana I
Romana II, K9
Nyssa
 
Fifth Doctor
Adric, Nyssa, Tegan
Nyssa
Nyssa, Tegan
Tegan, Turlough
Turlough, Kamelion
Peri
 
Sixth Doctor
Peri
Frobisher
Mel
Mel, Evelyn
The Brigadier
 
Seventh Doctor
Ace
Solo travels
 
Eighth Doctor
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Fitz, Anji
 
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"Infinity Doctor"
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