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novel name= Genocide |
|series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
image=[[file:genocide_cover.jpg|250px]] |
|range= BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] |
|number in range = 4
number= 4 |
|number= 4  
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] |
|doctor = Eighth Doctor  
companions= [[Sam Jones]] |
|companions= [[Sam Jones|Sam]]
enemy= [[Tractite|The Tractites]] |
|featuring = Jo Grant
year= [[Paratractis]], [[2109]] <br>[[Africa]], [[Tanzania]] [[2,569,878 BCE]] & African Plains [[3,630,000 BCE]]|
|featuring2 = John Benton
writer= [[Paul Leonard]] |
|enemy= [[Tractite|The Tractites]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|setting= {{il|[[Paratractis]], [[2108]]|[[Tanzania]] [[Distant past|2,569,878 BC]]|African Plains [[Distant past|3,630,000 BC]]}}
release date= [[September]] [[1997]] |
|writer= Paul Leonard
format= Paperback Book, 281 Pages |
|publisher= BBC Books
isbn= ISBN 0-563-40572-4|
|cover = [[Black Sheep]]
previous story= [[The Bodysnatchers]]|
|release date= 1 September 1997
next story= [[War of the Daleks]]|}}
|format= Paperback Book; 26 Chapters, 281 Pages  
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|isbn= ISBN 0-563-40572-4
|prev= The Bodysnatchers (novel)
|next= War of the Daleks (novel)
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'''''Genocide''''' was the fourth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Leonard]], released [[1 September]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]].
 
This novel also features [[Jo Grant]], who last appeared in novel form in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]] novel ''[[Speed of Flight (novel)|Speed of Flight]]''. This was the first full length story to feature an older Jo Grant. [[Katy Manning]] would reprise the role, showing a much different outcome of Jo Grant's life in the 2010 ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' TV story ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]''.
 
== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
Years after leaving [[UNIT]], [[Jo Grant]] receives a plea for help from an old acquaintance. A palaeontological study of the earliest known humans is apparently under threat from a UNIT force led by a captain who does not officially exist. Investigating further, she begins to find herself out of her depth - and out of the [[20th century|twentieth century]] altogether...
Years after leaving [[UNIT]], [[Jo Grant]] receives a plea for help from an old acquaintance. A palaeontological study of the earliest known humans is apparently under threat from a UNIT force led by a captain who does not officially exist. Investigating further, she begins to find herself out of her depth — and out of the [[20th century|twentieth century]] altogether...
 
Meanwhile, the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones|Sam]] visit [[Earth]] in 2109 — but there is no trace of the human race. Earth is home of the [[Tractite]]s, a peaceful race who have been living there for hundreds of thousands of years. Astonished and appalled, the Doctor travels back in time to see just what went wrong in Earth's [[Distant past|prehistory]].
 
Why have Jo and the expedition been taken back in time? Are the Tractites all they seem? Finally, separated from [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], the Doctor's last chance to put things right rests with Sam — but has even she turned against him?
 
== Plot ==
''to be added''
 
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Sam Jones]]
* [[Jo Grant]]
* [[Matthew Jones]]
* [[John Benton]]
* [[Rowenna Michaels]]
* [[Julie Sands]]
* [[Jacob Hynes]]
* [[Axeman]]
* [[Gavril]]
* [[Kitig]]
* [[Kitig's father]]
* [[Mauvril]]
* [[Narunil]]
* [[Critil]]
* [[Jontil (Genocide)|Jontil]]
* [[Mritig]]
* [[Partil]]
* [[Pakip]]
* [[Walking Man]]
* [[Walking Man's wife]]
* [[Walking Man's sister]]
* [[Walking Man's brother-in-law]]
* [[Ox Hunter]]
* [[Deer Dance Woman]]
* [[Walks-with-Moonlight]]
* [[Elouise (Genocide)|Elouise]]
* [[Mike (Genocide)|Mike]]
* [[Arcadia (Genocide)|Arcadia]]
* [[Larnaj]]
* [[Pakip's child]]
* [[Mauvril's parents]]
* [[Berulil]]
* [[Bessarinil]]
* [[Menarc]]
* [[Empress (Genocide)|Empress]]


Meanwhile, the [[Eighth Doctor|Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones|Sam]] visit [[Earth]] in [[2109]] - but there is no trace of the human race. Earth is home of the [[Tractite]]s, a peaceful race who have been living there for hundreds of thousands of years. Astonished and appalled, the Doctor travels back in time to see just what went wrong in Earth's [[Distant past|prehistory]].
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Empires ===
* Humans from the [[Earth Empire]] invaded Tractis.


Why have Jo and the expedition been taken back in time? Are the Tractites all they seem? Finally, separated from the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], the Doctor's last chance to put things right rests with Sam - but has even she turned against him?
=== Fashion and clothing ===
* The Doctor is still wearing the [[shoe]]s that [[Grace Holloway]] gave him.


==Characters==
=== Individuals ===
*The [[Eighth Doctor|Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Clifford Jones|Cliff Jones]] and [[Jo Grant]] are separated. They have a son named [[Matthew Jones|Matthew]].
**Mentions [[Davros]] in talking to Sam ''"My old friend Davros"''.
* [[John Benton]] is now a Regimental Sergeant Major, and has a wife and three children.
*[[Samantha Jones|Sam Jones]]
* [[Rowenna Michaels]] and [[Julie Sands]] are attacked and killed by wild [[dog]]s.
**Is still 17.
**Mentions [[Zygon]]s and [[Vampire]]s (who she's met) and [[Dalek]]s (who's she's yet to).
*[[Jo Grant]]
**Blasts away Tractites to make sure her future would still be there.
*[[John Benton]]
**Is now in a purely administrative position at UNIT.
*[[Rowenna Michaels]]
**Attacked and killed by wild dogs.
*[[Julie Sands]]
**Killed by wild dogs.
*[[Mauvril]]
**Mentions [[Earth Reptile]]s.
*[[Kitig]]
*[[Axeman]]
*[[Gavril]]
*[[Jacob Hynes]]
*[[Kitig]]
*[[Narunil]]


==References==
=== Planets ===
*[[Clifford Jones | Cliff Jones]] and [[Jo Grant]] are separated, they have a son; Matthew.
* [[Tractis]] is the home planet of the [[Tractite]]s.
*The [[Time Tree]]s allowed for barely controlled time travel.
*The [[Time Vortex]] and the universe was thrown into chaos from the [[temporal paradox]] cause by the Sam, the Doctor and the time tree's interference.
*Jo has been on the [[UNIT]] books since the [[1970s]].
*[[Tractis]] is the home planet of the [[Tractite]]s. The Tractites are half-horse, half-ox with four eyes and two hands with three fingers.
*The Doctor is still wearing the shoes that [[Grace Holloway]] gave him.
* [[Paratractis]] is the name of [[Earth]] in the alternate timeline.
* [[Paratractis]] is the name of [[Earth]] in the alternate timeline.
*Humans from the [[Earth Empire]] invaded Tractis.
*[[Winifred Bambera|Brigadier Winifred Bambera]] is Benton's superior
*At one point Jo thinks to herself: ''"She made herself remember the jungles of [[Spiridon]], the [[Dalek]]s cruising through the mist. [[Auton]]s, faceless faces turning the corner - [[Sea Devil]]s, [[Xarax]], deadly parasitic [[Axon]]s."'' (page 149)
*The Doctor and Sam go and see the [[Divine Empress|Empress]] and see [[Earth Reptile]]s, [[Draconian]]s, [[Ice Warrior]]s, [[Zygon]]s, [[GorEntelech]] and [[Tractite]]s kneeling to her. The Doctor doesn't kneel so neither does Sam.


==Notes==
=== Species ===
*The alternate cover (below main cover) is is a pre-press cover which is used on some internet sites such as Amazon.com.
* Sam mentions [[Zygon]]s and [[Vampire]]s (whom she's met) and [[Dalek]]s (whom she's yet to).
*This novel was advertised on several Doctor Who VHS releases as one of several new novels, it was advertised with a background showing Jo Grant.
* The [[Tractite]]s are half-[[horse]], half-[[ox]], with four eyes and two hands with three fingers.
* Jo remembers the jungles of [[Spiridon]], the [[Dalek]]s cruising through the mist. [[Auton]]s, faceless faces turning the corner — [[Sea Devil]]s, [[Xarax]], deadly parasitic [[Axon]]s."
* The Doctor and Sam go to see the [[Divine Empress|Empress]] and see [[Earth reptile]]s, [[Draconian]]s, [[Ice Warrior]]s, [[Zygon]]s, [[GorEntelech]] and [[Tractite]]s kneeling to her. The Doctor doesn't kneel, so neither does Sam.
* Mauvril mentions Earth [[reptile]]s.
 
=== Theories and concepts ===
* The [[Time Vortex]] and the universe were thrown into chaos by the [[temporal paradox]] caused by Sam, the Doctor and the time trees' interference.
 
=== Time travel ===
* The [[Time Tree]]s allowed for barely controlled time travel.


==Continuity==
=== United Nations Intelligence Taskforce ===
*[[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'' introduced Cliff Jones and showed him and Jo planning to get married.
* [[Winifred Bambera|Brigadier Winifred Bambera]] is Benton's superior, although Benton's position is now in a purely administrative position at UNIT.
* The last contact the Doctor had with Jo was in the form of a letter ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'')
* Jo has been on the [[UNIT]] books since [[1971]].
*The model train set from [[ST]]: ''[[Model Train Set]]'' is seen.
*The Doctor mentions Davros in this novel and later meets him in [[EDA]]: ''[[War of the Daleks]]''.
*Jo saw the jungles of Spiridon in [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'', Axons in ''[[The Claws of Axos]]'', Sea Devils in ''[[The Sea Devils]]'', Autons in ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'' and Xarax in [[MA]]: ''[[Dancing the Code]]''.
*The depiction of Jo in this book is somewhat difficult to reconcile against her later appearance in [[SJA]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor]]''. We can perhaps imagine that this book takes place in a "rough patch" of Jo's marriage, but she is well and truly on her own here. The word "divorce" doesn't appear in the book, but it's clear she has total financial responsibility for her and her child. Moreover, she's only got one child in this story, Matthew, and he's just started high school. ''Death to the Doctor'' says she's got 7 kids. It's hard to see how she could have six more kids after Matthew, with Cliff, starting at roughly the age of 35. Additionally the separation/divorce from Cliff has left her having to hold down two jobs in [[Hackney]]. How exactly she was supposed to be globetrotting given this somewhat bleak reality is unclear.
*Russell T Davies stated in an interview about SJA: Death of the Doctor that he wanted to rework the life of Jo Grant after her time with the 3<sup>rd</sup> Doctor, stating that he didn’t feel it right that Jo would eventually divorce the man she left the Doctor and all of time and space for.
*Jo also states that she never saw the Doctor again between the events of DW:'' The Green Death ''and SJA: ''Death of the Doctor.''


==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== Notes ==
*This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[The Bodysnatchers]]''
* This novel was advertised on several ''Doctor Who'' VHS releases as one of several new novels. It was advertised with a background showing [[Jo Grant]].
*This story takes place before [[ST]]: ''[[Dead Time]]''
* It has been more than twenty years since Jo last saw the Doctor and Winifred Bambera is a Brigadier, placing part of the novel in the [[1990s]].
* The depiction of Jo in this book is difficult to reconcile with her later appearance in the SJA television story ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]''. We can perhaps imagine that this book takes place in a "rough patch" of Jo's [[marriage]], but she is well and truly on her own here. The word "[[divorce]]" doesn't appear in the book, but it's clear she has total financial responsibility for her child and herself. Moreover, she's only got one child in this story, Matthew, who just started high school. ''Death to the Doctor'' says she's got seven kids. It's hard to see how she could have six more kids after Matthew, with Cliff, starting at roughly the age of thirty-five. Additionally the separation/divorce from Cliff has left her having to hold down two jobs in [[Hackney]]. How exactly she was supposed to be globetrotting given this bleak reality is unclear. However, the short story ''[[Once upon a Time Machine (short story)|Once upon a Time Machine]]'', a loose sequel to ''Genocide'', does suggest a brighter future for Jo.


==External links==
== Continuity ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc04.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Genocide''']
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'' introduced [[Cliff Jones]] and showed him and Jo planning to get married.
* [http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/ED04.php The Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide - '''Genocide''']
* The last contact the Doctor had with Jo was a letter. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
*[http://tinyurl.com/3x5kp8 The Cloister Library - '''Genocide''']
* The model train set from [[PROSE]]: ''[[Model Train Set (short story)|Model Train Set]]'' is seen.
* The Doctor mentions Davros in this novel and later meets him in [[PROSE]]: ''[[War of the Daleks (novel)|War of the Daleks]]''.
* Jo saw the jungles of Spiridon in [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Dalek]]'', Axons in ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'', Sea Devils in ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'', Autons in ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'' and Xarax in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dancing the Code (novel)|Dancing the Code]]''.
* Jo also states that she never saw the Doctor again between the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]''.


{{BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[The Bodysnatchers]] | after = [[War of the Daleks]]}}
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|whobbc04.htm|Genocide}}
* {{whoniverse|ed04|Genocide}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/geno.htm The Cloister Library: '''Genocide''']
* [http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/issue11/interview11g.html Interview with Paul (Leonard) Hinder, in issue 11 of ''Broadsword'']{{EDA}}
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You may be looking for the titular concept.

Genocide was the fourth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Paul Leonard, released 1 September 1997 and featured the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones.

This novel also features Jo Grant, who last appeared in novel form in the Missing Adventures novel Speed of Flight. This was the first full length story to feature an older Jo Grant. Katy Manning would reprise the role, showing a much different outcome of Jo Grant's life in the 2010 The Sarah Jane Adventures TV story Death of the Doctor.

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

Years after leaving UNIT, Jo Grant receives a plea for help from an old acquaintance. A palaeontological study of the earliest known humans is apparently under threat from a UNIT force led by a captain who does not officially exist. Investigating further, she begins to find herself out of her depth — and out of the twentieth century altogether...

Meanwhile, the Eighth Doctor and Sam visit Earth in 2109 — but there is no trace of the human race. Earth is home of the Tractites, a peaceful race who have been living there for hundreds of thousands of years. Astonished and appalled, the Doctor travels back in time to see just what went wrong in Earth's prehistory.

Why have Jo and the expedition been taken back in time? Are the Tractites all they seem? Finally, separated from the TARDIS, the Doctor's last chance to put things right rests with Sam — but has even she turned against him?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Empires[[edit] | [edit source]]

Fashion and clothing[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Theories and concepts[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Time Vortex and the universe were thrown into chaos by the temporal paradox caused by Sam, the Doctor and the time trees' interference.

Time travel[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Time Trees allowed for barely controlled time travel.

United Nations Intelligence Taskforce[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This novel was advertised on several Doctor Who VHS releases as one of several new novels. It was advertised with a background showing Jo Grant.
  • It has been more than twenty years since Jo last saw the Doctor and Winifred Bambera is a Brigadier, placing part of the novel in the 1990s.
  • The depiction of Jo in this book is difficult to reconcile with her later appearance in the SJA television story Death of the Doctor. We can perhaps imagine that this book takes place in a "rough patch" of Jo's marriage, but she is well and truly on her own here. The word "divorce" doesn't appear in the book, but it's clear she has total financial responsibility for her child and herself. Moreover, she's only got one child in this story, Matthew, who just started high school. Death to the Doctor says she's got seven kids. It's hard to see how she could have six more kids after Matthew, with Cliff, starting at roughly the age of thirty-five. Additionally the separation/divorce from Cliff has left her having to hold down two jobs in Hackney. How exactly she was supposed to be globetrotting given this bleak reality is unclear. However, the short story Once upon a Time Machine, a loose sequel to Genocide, does suggest a brighter future for Jo.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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