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{{Infobox Novel|
|series         = [[Virgin Missing Adventures]]
novel name= Venusian Lullaby |
|range          = Virgin Missing Adventures
image= [[file:Ma-3.jpg|250px]] |
|number in range = 3
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Virgin Missing Adventures]] |
|number          = 3
number= 3 |
|doctor         = First Doctor
doctor=[[First Doctor]] |
|companions     = [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]
companions= [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] |
|enemy           = [[Sou(ou)shi]]
enemy= [[Sou(ou)shi|the Sou(ou)shi]] |
|setting        = [[Venus]], [[Distant past|circa 3,000,000,000 BC]]
year=[[Venus]], Three Billion Years in the Past|
|writer         = Paul Leonard
writer= [[Paul Leonard]] |
|cover          = [[Alister Pearson]]
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|publisher       = Virgin Books
release date= [[October]] [[1994]] |
|release date   = 20 October 1994
format= Paperback Book, 312 Pages |
|format         = Paperback Book, 20 Chapters, 312 Pages
isbn= ISBN 0426204247|  
|isbn           = ISBN 0-426-20424-7
previous story=[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]|
|prev            = Evolution (novel)
next story= [[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]}}
|next            = The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)
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'''''Venusian Lullaby''''' was the third novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Leonard]]. Featuring the [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]], it was set between ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' and ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]'', after [[Susan Foreman]] left but before [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] joined the crew.


==Publisher's summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
''''You want me to help you eat your children?' [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] said.'''<br>
:''"You want me to help you eat your [[children]]?" [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] said.''
'''[[Jellenhut]]'s eye-stalks twitched. 'How else would we remember them?''''
:''[[Jellenhut]]'s eye-stalks twitched. "How else would we remember them?"''


[[Venus]] is dying. When the [[First Doctor|First Doctor]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] and Ian arrive they find an ancient and utterly [[Venusian|alien civilization]] on the verge of oblivion. War is brewing between those who are determined to accept death, and those desperate for salvation whatever the cost.  
[[Venus]] is dying. When [[First Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] and Ian arrive they find an ancient and utterly [[Venusian (Venusian Lullaby)|alien civilization]] on the verge of oblivion. [[War]] is brewing between those who are determined to accept [[death]], and those desperate for salvation whatever the cost.


Then a spacefaring race arrives, offering to rescue the Venusians by moving them all to [[Earth]] - three billion years before mankind is due to evolve. Are the newcomers’ motives as pure as they appear? And will the Doctor allow them to save his oldest friends by sacrificing the future of humanity?  
Then a [[Sou(ou)shi|spacefaring race]] arrives, offering to rescue the Venusians by moving them all to [[Earth]] — [[BC#Prehistory|three billion years]] before [[mankind]] is due to [[evolution|evolve]]. Are the newcomers' motives as pure as they appear? And will the Doctor allow them to save his oldest friends by sacrificing the future of humanity?


==Characters==
== Chapter titles ==
*[[First Doctor|The Doctor]]
=== Prologue ===
:*Has visited [[Venus]] before.
: Dying
:*Is still adapting to life without [[Susan]].
:*Is an old friend of [[Dharkhig|Dharkhig's]].
:*Carries [[Everlasting matches]].


*[[Ian Chesterton]]
=== Book One - The Purple Cloud Hour ===
:*Eats some of [[Inikhut]]'s brain, absorbing some of his memories.
# Remembering
:*Knows of a [[Venusian lullaby]].
# Requests For Assistance
# Further Requests
# Battering Ram


*[[Barbara Wright]]
=== Book Two - The Green Leaf Hour ===
:*Eats some of [[Dharkhig|Dharkhig's]] brain at his funeral, thus gaining some of his memories.
# Searches, Escapes, Predictions
:*Is worried about the Doctor having so recently lost Susan.
# Deaths, Voluntary and Otherwise
:*Becomes momentarily overwhelmed with [[Dharkhig|Dharkhig's]] memories and attacks a [[Venusian]] death squad.
:*Accuses the Doctor of treating everyone like a chess piece now that [[Susan]] is gone.


*[[Jellenhut]]
=== Book Three - The Yellow Moss Hour ===
:*Is a [[Venusian]].
# Differences and Decisions
# Battles for Survival
# Remembering the Children


*[[Trikhobu]]
=== Book Four - The Grey Water Hour ===
:*Is a [[Venusian]] and the daughter of the late [[Dharkhig]].
# News
:*Attacks the [[Sou(ou)shi]] with [[Venusian aikido]], presumably in its pure form.
# Orders to Kill
:*Works out a method for piloting the [[Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], based on tracking individuals.
# Venusian Underground
# Trials of Conscience


==References==
=== Book Five ===
*The Doctor uses an 'unknown sonic device' (quite clearly a [[sonic screwdriver]]).
# Boarding
*The Doctor speculates if the [[Sou(ou)shi]] are related to the [[Great Vampires]].
# Losses
*When it starts to rain, the Doctor says he really must remember to carry an umbrella, possibly a reference to his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor|seventh]] incarnations.
# Deceptions
# Detonations
# Victory and Defeat


==Notes==
=== Epilogue ===
: Dawning
 
== Plot ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==Continuity==
== Characters ==
*[[Susan|Susan's]] departure in [[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' weighs heavily on the Doctor's mind.
* [[First Doctor]]
* [[Ian Chesterton]]
* [[Barbara Wright]]
* [[Pown(ow)ri]]
* [[Jikugihi Dharkhig]]
* [[Fefirhi Trikhobu]]
* [[Efhil Jellenhut]]
* [[Anaghil]]
* [[Vivojkhil]]
* [[Podsighil]]
* [[Jilet Mrak-ecado]]
* [[Kintibi Jofghil]]
* [[Afhighid Kontojij]]
* [[Kantihif Havteg]]
* [[Kinjiju Jignivi]]
* [[Bismar Mrodtikdhil]]
* [[Alitihi Nefkhil]]
* [[Ruribeg]]
* [[Soneghil]]
* [[Lighibu]]
* [[Legdhitreb Brignontojij]]
* [[Taven Frinallenegu]]
* [[Hakih Gwebdhallut]]
* [[Henefenhut]]
* [[Efin Kallenhu]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor is still adapting to life without his [[granddaughter]] [[Susan Foreman|Susan]].
 
=== The Doctor's items ===
* The Doctor carries [[everlasting matches]].
* The Doctor cracks the code for the launch sequence of a Sou(ou)shi shuttle using an "unknown sonic device".
 
=== Culture ===
* Ian knows of a [[Venusian lullaby]].
* There were various factions, known as [[anti-Acceptancer]]s, who tried to find alternatives to their civilisation's fate. These included the [[Below the Sun Believers]], the [[Rocketeer]]s, the [[Water-breather]]s, the [[Volcano People]], the [[Magnetologist]]s and the [[Cave-maker]]s.
 
=== Individuals ===
* Ian has a young cousin called [[John (Venusian Lullaby)|John]].
 
=== TARDIS ===
* Trikhobu works out a method for piloting [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] based on tracking individuals.
 
== Notes ==
* The remark by [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] that [[Christmas]] has passed recently appears to be a rather sly reference to the broadcast date of the television story ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', which aired during the Christmas week. The novel takes place immediately after that story.
* This book, [[Paul Leonard]]'s first, was intended to lead into [[Jim Mortimore]]'s short story ''[[The Book of Shadows (short story)|The Book of Shadows]]''. Mortimore had convinced Leonard to pitch to [[Virgin Books]], and Leonard chose the First Doctor TARDIS team so he could use Mortimore's "ready-made characterisations".<ref>[http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/issue11/interview11g.html Interview: Paul (Leonard) Hinder]</ref>
* Barbara thinks about her father at the time she got her teaching job at [[Coal Hill School]]. However, a later [[Short Trips (series)|short story]] claims that her father was killed in the early stages of [[World War II]] when Barbara was only a child. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tell Me You Love Me (short story)|Tell Me You Love Me]]'')


==[[First Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== Continuity ==
*Venusian Lullaby occurs immediately after: [[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''
* [[Susan Foreman]]'s departure from the TARDIS weighs heavily on the Doctor's mind. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
*Venusian Lullaby occurs before: [[VD]]: ''[[The Book of Shadows]]''
* A Venusian lullaby was later mentioned by the [[Third Doctor]] at [[Devil's End]], the beginning of which went "Close your eyes, my darling, or three of them at least." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'')
* Ian notes the dissimilarity between [[Bikugih]] and other alien cities, including [[Morphoton]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]'') the [[Sense Sphere]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'' and the [[Dalek City]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return to Skaro (audio story)|Return to Skaro]]'')
* The Doctor uses his [[Promethean Everlasting Matches|everlasting matches]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Book of Shadows (short story)|The Book of Shadows]]'', et al.)
* [[Nightfish]] are used to power Venusian boats and are also used as a source of food. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor asks Pown(ow)ri whether the Sou(ou)shi are related to the [[Great Vampire]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'')
* At the end, the Doctor expresses his intention to travel to the time of [[Aristea]] in order to collect some [[gold]] to make a [[wedding]] [[ring]] for Susan's wedding. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of Shadows (short story)|The Book of Shadows]]'')
* After getting caught in a [[rain]]storm, the Doctor remarks that he "really must remember to carry an [[umbrella]]... at all times." It would not be until his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth regeneration]] that he would do so regularly. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'', et al.)


==External links==
== External links ==
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*[http://www.oocities.com/rico.briggs/venu.html Doctor Who Bewildering Reference Guide to '''Venusian Lullaby''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/venulula.htm The Cloister Library: '''Venusian Lullaby''']
* [http://www.oocities.com/rico.briggs/venu.html Doctor Who Bewildering Reference Guide to '''Venusian Lullaby''']
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#ma003 Beyond the Book: Venusian Lullaby by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43]


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Venusian Lullaby was the third novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series. It was written by Paul Leonard. Featuring the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, it was set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue, after Susan Foreman left but before Vicki joined the crew.

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

"You want me to help you eat your children?" Ian said.
Jellenhut's eye-stalks twitched. "How else would we remember them?"

Venus is dying. When the Doctor, Barbara and Ian arrive they find an ancient and utterly alien civilization on the verge of oblivion. War is brewing between those who are determined to accept death, and those desperate for salvation whatever the cost.

Then a spacefaring race arrives, offering to rescue the Venusians by moving them all to Earth — three billion years before mankind is due to evolve. Are the newcomers' motives as pure as they appear? And will the Doctor allow them to save his oldest friends by sacrificing the future of humanity?

Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]

Prologue[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dying

Book One - The Purple Cloud Hour[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Remembering
  2. Requests For Assistance
  3. Further Requests
  4. Battering Ram

Book Two - The Green Leaf Hour[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Searches, Escapes, Predictions
  2. Deaths, Voluntary and Otherwise

Book Three - The Yellow Moss Hour[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Differences and Decisions
  2. Battles for Survival
  3. Remembering the Children

Book Four - The Grey Water Hour[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. News
  2. Orders to Kill
  3. Venusian Underground
  4. Trials of Conscience

Book Five[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Boarding
  2. Losses
  3. Deceptions
  4. Detonations
  5. Victory and Defeat

Epilogue[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dawning

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

The Doctor's items[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor carries everlasting matches.
  • The Doctor cracks the code for the launch sequence of a Sou(ou)shi shuttle using an "unknown sonic device".

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Ian has a young cousin called John.

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Trikhobu works out a method for piloting the TARDIS based on tracking individuals.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Interview: Paul (Leonard) Hinder
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