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|image = Beltempest.jpg
novel name= Beltempest |
|range = BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
image=[[file:Beltempest.jpg|250px]]|
|number in range = 17
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] |
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]  
number= 17 |
|number = 17  
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] |
|doctor = Eighth Doctor  
companions= [[Samantha Jones | Sam Jones]] |
|companions=[[Sam Jones|Sam]]
enemy= The [[Hoth]] |
|enemy = [[Hoth]], [[Eldred Saketh]], [[Donarrold Lesbert Smoot|Major General Smoot]]
year= [[Bellannia IV]] |
|setting = [[Bellannia IV]]  
writer= [[Jim Mortimore]] |
|writer = Jim Mortimore
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|publisher = BBC Books  
release date= November,[[1998]]|
|release date= 16 November 1998
format= Paperback Book, 249 Pages |
|format = Paperback Book; 12 Chapters, 249 Pages  
isbn= ISBN 0-563-40593-7|
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-40593-7
previous story= [[The Janus Conjunction]]|
|prev = The Janus Conjunction (novel)
next story= [[The Face-Eater]]}}
|next = The Face-Eater (novel)
|featuring = Conaway, Bellis
}}{{prose stub}}
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'''''Beltempest''''' was the seventeenth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Jim Mortimore]], released [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]].


==Publisher’s Summary==
It was Mortimore's only contribution to the EDA range.
The people of [[Bellania II]] see their sun, [[Bel]], shrouded in night for a month following an impossible triple eclipse. When Bel is returned to them a younger, brighter, hotter star, it is the beginning of the end for the entire solar system...


100,000 years later, the Doctor and Sam arrive on [[Bellania IV]], where the population is under threat as disaster looms -- immense gravitational and dimensional disturbances are surging through this area of space.
== Publisher's summary ==
The people of [[Bellania II]] see their sun, [[Bel]], shrouded in night for a month following an impossible triple [[eclipse]]. When Bel is returned to them a younger, brighter, hotter star, it is the beginning of the end for the entire solar system...


While the time travellers attempt to help the survivors and ease the devastation, a religious suicide-cult leader is determined to spread a new [[religion]] through Bel’s system -- and his word may prove even more dangerous than the terrible forces brought into being by the catastrophic changes in the sun...
100,000 years later, [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones|Sam]] arrive on [[Bellania IV]], where the population is under threat as disaster looms — immense gravitational and dimensional disturbances are surging through this area of space.


==Characters==
While the time travellers attempt to help the survivors and ease the devastation, a religious suicide-cult leader is determined to spread a new [[religion]] through Bel's system — and his word may prove even more dangerous than the terrible forces brought into being by the catastrophic changes in the sun...
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]
:*The Doctor mentions ''"'I was in my early nineties before I could bring myself to admit that I still liked to play with my [[perigosto stick]].'"''.
:*Likes chocolates with soft centres.
:*Has degrees in psychology and the social dynamics of machine intelligence.


*[[Samantha Jones]]
== Plot ==
:*Says she'd like to have children.
''to be added''
:*Sam doesn't like ham because her mum packed her lunches with it until she was eight (which may be when she became a vegetarian).
 
:*Takes (drug) speed.
== Characters ==
:*Gets infected with [[nanotech]] and (she believes in some ways) 'dies'.
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
* [[Sam Jones]]
* Surgeon Major [[Alesis Conaway]]
* [[Alexis Denadi]]
* [[Eldred Saketh]]
* Captain [[Ruthelle Bellis]]
* [[Ruthelle Bellis' son]]
* [[Ruthelle Bellis' grandson]]
* [[Ruthelle Bellis' child]]
* [[Aellini]]
* Major General [[Donarrold Lesbert Smoot]]
* [[Skywatcher]]
* [[Fastblade]]
* [[Skywatcher's father]]
* [[Jenny (Beltempest)|Jenny]]
* [[Ranald]]
* [[Sully s'Vufu]]
* [[Geoffran]]
* [[Catheline]]
* [[Jonaghan]]
* [[Jonaghan's father]]
* [[Sehnadi Oleen]]
* [[Masari Oleen]]
* [[Denelden Oleen]]
* [[Joe (Beltempest)|Joe]]
* [[Maresley]]
* [[Harome Janeth]]
* [[Cherry (Beltempest)|Cherry]]
* [[Jarold Farnham]]


*[[Alesis Conaway|Surgeon Major Alesis Conaway]]
== Worldbuilding ==
:*Likes opera.
=== Culture ===
* Conaway likes [[opera]].


*[[Alexis Denadi|Father Alexis Denadi]]
=== The Doctor ===
:*Is a priest.
* The Doctor mentions, "I was in my early nineties before I could bring myself to admit that I still liked to play with my [[perigosto stick]]."
* The Doctor has degrees in [[psychology]] and the social dynamics of machine intelligence.


*[[Eldred Saketh]]
=== Drugs and medicines ===
:*Has [[nanotech]] in his body, making it seem he can't die.
* Sam takes [[speed]].


*[[Bellis|Captain Bellis]]
=== Foods and beverages ===
*[[Aellini]]
* The Doctor likes [[chocolate]]s with soft centres.
*[[Smoot]]
* Sam doesn't like [[ham]].
* The Doctor requests some Broken Orange Pekoe [[tea]].


==References==
=== Planets ===
*The Doctor uses an emergency button from a [[Sandminer]] to control a generator for his gramophone.
* [[Belannia XXI]] is too dangerous for colonisation or mining due to the radiation.
*While considering religion, Sam recalls [[Kyle Dale]] and [[Micawber's World]] (and the [[Church of the Way Forward]]'s role in all that occured).
*[[God]] is something of a taboo on the Bellannia system of planets.
*The Doctor (in the lead up to trying to save everyone) requests some Broken Orange Pekoe [[tea]].
*The [[Seeker]]s are planet-like beings that live for billions of years and dwell in the depths of [[Deep Time]].
*The [[Hanakoi]] built many of the cities on [[Belannia VIII]] which are now inhabited by humans.
*[[Belannia XXI]] is too dangerous for colonisation or mining due to the radiation.


==Notes==
=== Religion ===
''to be added''
* While considering religion, Sam recalls [[Kyle Dale]] and [[Micawber's World]] (and the [[Church of the Way Forward]]'s role in all that occurred).


==Continuity==
=== Species ===
*The Doctor wonder's if the TARDIS is taking them to planets with odd suns, the last book [[EDA]]: ''[[The Janus Conjunction]]'' also featured an odd sun.
* The [[Seeker (species)|Seekers]] are planet-like beings that live for billions of years and dwell in the depths of [[Deep Time]].
*Sam wonders to herself what decompression would be like, despite going through it three times in [[EDA]]: ''[[Dreamstone Moon (novel)|Dreamstone Moon]]''.
* The [[Hanakoi]] built many of the cities on [[Belannia VIII]] which are now inhabited by humans.
*Sam recalls the events of [[EDA]]: ''[[Placebo Effect]]''.
*[[:Category:Theatrical movies|Movies]]: ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' has Ian sit on a box of 'soft centres' at the beginning. In this novel the Doctor seems to have an odd obsession with soft centres.


*Similar nanotechnology also appears in [[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]''.
=== Technology ===
* Sam gets infected with [[nanotechnology|nanotech]] and (she believes in some ways) "dies".
* The Doctor uses an emergency button from a [[sandminer]] to control a generator for his gramophone.


==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== Notes ==
*This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[The Janus Conjunction]]''
* In [[2020 (releases)|2020]], author [[Jim Mortimore]] self-published an "Intermix" of ''Beltempest'' which fixed many of the original structural issues and added ten thousand words of new material.
*This story takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[The Face-Eater]]''


==External links==
== Continuity ==
*[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc17.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: '''Beltempest''']
* The Doctor wonders if [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] is taking them to planets with odd suns. The previous book, ''[[The Janus Conjunction (novel)|The Janus Conjunction]],'' also featured an odd sun.
* Sam wonders to herself what decompression would be like, despite having gone through it three times in ''[[Dreamstone Moon (novel)|Dreamstone Moon]]''.
* Sam recalls the events of ''[[Placebo Effect (novel)|Placebo Effect]]''.
* Similar nanotechnology also appears in ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]''.


== External links ==
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* {{whoniverse|ed17|Beltempest}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/beltempest.htm The Cloister Library: '''Beltempest''']
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Beltempest was the seventeenth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Jim Mortimore, released 16 November 1998 and featured the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones.

It was Mortimore's only contribution to the EDA range.

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

The people of Bellania II see their sun, Bel, shrouded in night for a month following an impossible triple eclipse. When Bel is returned to them a younger, brighter, hotter star, it is the beginning of the end for the entire solar system...

100,000 years later, the Doctor and Sam arrive on Bellania IV, where the population is under threat as disaster looms — immense gravitational and dimensional disturbances are surging through this area of space.

While the time travellers attempt to help the survivors and ease the devastation, a religious suicide-cult leader is determined to spread a new religion through Bel's system — and his word may prove even more dangerous than the terrible forces brought into being by the catastrophic changes in the sun...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • The Doctor mentions, "I was in my early nineties before I could bring myself to admit that I still liked to play with my perigosto stick."
  • The Doctor has degrees in psychology and the social dynamics of machine intelligence.

Drugs and medicines[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • The Doctor likes chocolates with soft centres.
  • Sam doesn't like ham.
  • The Doctor requests some Broken Orange Pekoe tea.

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Belannia XXI is too dangerous for colonisation or mining due to the radiation.

Religion[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Seekers are planet-like beings that live for billions of years and dwell in the depths of Deep Time.
  • The Hanakoi built many of the cities on Belannia VIII which are now inhabited by humans.

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Sam gets infected with nanotech and (she believes in some ways) "dies".
  • The Doctor uses an emergency button from a sandminer to control a generator for his gramophone.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In 2020, author Jim Mortimore self-published an "Intermix" of Beltempest which fixed many of the original structural issues and added ten thousand words of new material.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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