Night of the Humans (novel): Difference between revisions

From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
No edit summary
Tag: 2017 source edit
 
(133 intermediate revisions by 44 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{title dab away}}
{{real world}}
{{real world}}
{{title|''{{PAGENAME}}''}}
{{Infobox Story SMW
{{Infobox Novel
|image       = Image Night of the Humans.jpg
|image = [[file: Image_Night_of_the_Humans.jpg|250px]]
|series       = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|novel name = Night of the Humans
|number       = 38
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
|doctor       = Eleventh Doctor
|number = 38
|companions   = [[Amy Pond|Amy]]
|doctor = [[Eleventh Doctor]]
|enemy       = [[Dirk Slipstream]], [[Sollog]]s, [[Django]]
|companions = [[Amy Pond]]
|setting      = [[Gyre]], [[14 March]] [[250339]]
|enemy = <ul><li>[[Dirk Slipstream]]</li><li>[[Sollogs]]</li><li>[[Django]]</li></ul>
|writer       = David Llewellyn
|year = [[Gyre]]
|read by      = [[Arthur Darvill]]
|writer = [[David Llewellyn]]
|cover        = [[Lee Binding]]
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
|publisher    = BBC Books
|release date = [[April]] 22, [[2010]]
|release date = 22 April 2010
|format = Hardcover, 246 Pages
|format       = Hardcover, 246 Pages
|previous story = [[Apollo 23 (novel)|Apollo 23]]
|isbn        = ISBN 978-1-84607-969-6
|next story = [[The Forgotten Army]]
|prev        = Apollo 23 (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
|next         = The Forgotten Army (novel)
}}
'''''Night of the Humans''''' was the thirty-eighth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[David Llewellyn]] and featured the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]].


'''Night of the Humans''' was the second [[Eleventh Doctor]] novel.
== Publisher's summary ==
"This is the [[Gyre]] – the most hostile environment in the [[galaxy]]."


==Publisher's summary==
250,000 years' worth of junk floating in deep space, home to the shipwrecked [[Sittuun]], the carnivorous [[Sollog]]s, and worst of all – the [[human]]s.
''"This is the Gyre – the most hostile environment in the galaxy."''


250,000 years’ worth of junk floating in deep space, home to the shipwrecked [[Sittuun]], the carnivorous [[Sollogs]], and worst of all – the Humans. The Doctor and Amy arrive on this terrifying world in the middle of an all-out frontier war between Sittuun and [[Human]]s, and the clock is already ticking. There’s a comet in the sky, and it’s on a collision course with the [[Gyre]]...When the Doctor is kidnapped, it’s up to Amy and “galaxy-famous swashbuckler” [[Dirk Slipstream]] to save the day. But who is Slipstream, exactly? And what is he really doing here?
The [[Eleventh Doctor|Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] arrive on this terrifying world in the middle of an all-out frontier war between Sittuun and Humans, and the clock is already ticking. There's a [[comet]] in the sky, and it's on a collision course with the [[Gyre]]...


==Plot==
When the Doctor is kidnapped, it's up to Amy and "galaxy-famous swashbuckler" [[Dirk Slipstream]] to save the day.
''to be added''


==Characters==
But who is Slipstream, exactly? And what is he really doing here?
*[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
*[[Amy Pond]]
*[[Dirk Slipstream]]
*[[Charlie (Night of the Humans)|Charlie]]
*[[Ahmed]]
*[[Heeva|Dr Heeva]]
*[[Jamal|Captain Jamal]]
*[[Tuco]]
*[[Django]]
*[[Sancho]]
*[[Manco]]


==References==
== Plot ==
===[[:Category:Anatomy and physiology|Anatomy and physiology]]===
When [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] is pulled off-course, the Doctor and Amy make an unexpected trip to the [[Gyre]]. It is made of junk from all time and space, even a satellite [[Earth]] sent out thousands of years ago. They encounter aliens known as the [[Sittuun]], who kidnap them. In mid-kidnapping, the Doctor falls out of their vehicle and is kidnapped by primitive humans.
*[[Regeneration]] is impossible after being killed by [[acid]].


===[[:Category:Colleges and universities|Colleges and universities]]===
Amy explains how she and the Doctor got to the Gyre to the Sittuun, confusing them for the "locals". She learns they came to plant a bomb to destroy the Gyre before a [[comet]] strikes and endangers other worlds with its debris. Meanwhile, the Doctor is taken to the human camp. He learns they are descendants of a crashed cargo ship who believe they are on Earth. When the Doctor tries to tell them the truth, they call him a blasphemer and order him put to death.
*Charlie's father mentions him going to the [[Lux Academy]].


===[[:Category:Cultural references from the real world|Cultural references from the real world]]===
Elsewhere, Amy has bonded with [[Charlie (Night of the Humans)|Charlie]] and met [[Dirk Slipstream]], a man who has answered the distress call the Sittuun sent when they crashed. She persuades him to rescue the Doctor. However, he double-crosses them and leaves to find something the humans have in their camp. As it turns out, Slipstream is an escaped criminal who had encountered the Doctor prior when he foiled a diamond robbery. He persuades them to spare the Doctor and uses him to find the Mymon Key, an object that can harness the forces of the universe.
*The Gyre humans' names are all taken from so-called [[Wikipedia:Spaghetti westerns|"Spaghetti Westerns]]".  
*The human leader Django shares his name with the eponymous hero of the [[1966]] [[Wikipedia:Django_(film)|film]]; Tuco is a character appearing in ''[[Wikipedia:The Good, the Bad and the Ugly|The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'' which is also 1966; while Manco is the name given to Clint Eastwood's "Man With No Name" in ''[[Wikipedia:For a Few Dollars More|For a Few Dollars More]]''.
*Lake Mono, the lake of acid the humans use to execute their prisoners, may be named after [[Wikipedia:Mono Lake|Mono Lake]], California, a location used in the Western ''[[Wikipedia:High Plains Drifter|High Plains Drifter]]''.''


===[[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]]===
The comet draws closer, forcing them to flee. They attempt to use Charlie's helipod to get to the TARDIS, but, an attack from a creature called a Sollog damages an engine and causes them to crash. Dirk is knocked out and the Doctor makes sure the Key, which is pulling the comet to them, is left behind. They land the TARDIS in Dirk's ship, commandeered by the Sittuun, and take off. However, it turns out that the Key that was left behind was a fake, and the ship can't leave. The Doctor takes the real Key back to the Gyre and throws it in a swamp. Dirk regains [[consciousness]] and takes Amy hostage before fleeing to an escape pod. He threatens Amy to make the Doctor give him the Key, but the Doctor only tells him where he threw. it. Dirk enters the swamp to search, but is eaten by the Sollogs. The Doctor and Amy return to the TARDIS and Dirk's ship, and before the comet hits, the Sittuun bomb goes off, destroying the Gyre.
*The Doctor says that the TARDIS can hear every word he says to her.
*The Doctor says he once jammed with [[Ella Fitzgerald]], playing a [[recorder]] (likely a reference to his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]]).
*[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] says that [[Amy Pond|Amy]] is 'the girl with [[Prisoner Zero|a monster]] in her wall'.


===[[:Category:Locations|locations]]===
== Characters ==
*[[Lake Mono]] is the name of the lake of acid the humans use to execute their prisoners.
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
*The [[Gyre]] is located in the [[Battani 045 system]].
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[Ahmed (Night of the Humans)|Ahmed]]
* [[Charlie (Night of the Humans)|Charlie]]
* [[Captain]] [[Jamal al-Jehedeh]]
* Doctor [[Heeva]]
* [[Sancho]]
* [[Tuco]]
* [[Dirk Slipstream]]
* [[Guard (Night of the Humans)|Guard]]
* [[Manco]]
* [[Django]]
* [[Captain]] [[Zachary Velasquez]]


===[[:Category:Planets|Planets]]===
== Worldbuilding ==
*Amy had been expecting the 'planet' to look a more like the [[moon]].
=== Anatomy and physiology ===
*Charlie and Slipstream mention the planet of Gold, [[Voga]]. They also mention that, because of the discovery of these Golden planets, Gold was now much less valuable.
* [[Regeneration]] is impossible if the ''entire'' body has been immersed in [[acid]], such as being submerged in [[Lake Mono]].
*[[Dirk Slipstream]] was once a prisoner on Prison planet [[Volag-Noc]].
*Amy refers to [[Star Whale|Star-Whales]] and 'intergalactic felons'.
*Dirk Slipstream claims to have earned a medal for bravery during the battle of [[Krontep]].


===[[:Category:Spacecraft|Spacecraft]]===
=== Colleges and universities ===
*One of the crashed spaceships is made from Proamonium, found only on [[Proamon]].
* Charlie's father mentions him going to the [[Lux Academy]].
*The NASA deep space probe [[Pioneer 10]] appears as part of the Gyre's Landscape.
*Dirk Slipstream's ship, ''[[The Golden Bough]]'', takes its name from the [[Wikipedia:The Golden Bough|book of the same name]].
*The Sittuun ship, the ''[[Beagle XXI]]'' is likely named after the ship that took [[Charles Darwin]] to the [[Galapagos Islands]]; the ''[[HMS Beagle]]''.


===[[:Category:TARDIS|TARDIS]]===
=== Music ===
*[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] is unable to translate the Sittuun language, despite the Doctor claiming it can translate any language.
* The Doctor says he once jammed with [[Ella Fitzgerald]], playing a [[recorder]].


==Notes==
=== Planets ===
*The smaller craft used by the Sittuun take their names from 20th Century jazz musicians. The buggy, Ella, is named after the singer [[Wikipedia:Ella Fitzgerald|Ella Fitzgerald]], while the "helipod", Bird, takes its name from saxophonist [[Wikipedia:Charlie Parker|Charlie Parker]], whose nickname was "Bird".
* Charlie and Slipstream mention the planet of gold, [[Voga]], along with another gold planet, [[Midas Superior]].
*The [[Gyre]] is located in the Battani 045 system. [[Wikipedia:Muhammad ibn Jābir al-Harrānī al-Battānī|Muhammad ibn Jābir al-Harrānī al-Battānī]] (c. 858CE - 929CE) was an Arab astronomer and mathematician.
* Amy refers to [[star whale]]s and "[[Prisoner Zero|intergalactic felons]]".
* Dirk Slipstream claims to have earned a medal for bravery during the battle of [[Krontep]].
 
=== Spacecraft ===
* One of the crashed spaceships is made from Proamonium, found only on [[Proamon]].
* The NASA deep space probe [[Pioneer 10]] appears as part of the Gyre's Landscape.
* Dirk Slipstream's ship is named the ''[[Golden Bough]]''.
 
== Notes ==
* The smaller craft used by the Sittuun take their names from 20th Century jazz musicians. The buggy, Ella, is named after the singer {{w|Ella Fitzgerald}}, while the "helipod", Bird, takes its name from saxophonist {{w|Charlie Parker}}, whose nickname was "Bird".
* The [[Gyre]] is located in the [[Battani 045 system]]. {{w|Muhammad ibn Jābir al-Harrānī al-Battānī}} (c. 858CE - 929CE) was an [[Arab]] [[astronomer]] and [[mathematician]].
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
*[[Volag-Noc]] is mentioned which first appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest]]''.
* [[Volag-Noc]] is mentioned. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest (TV story)|The Infinite Quest]]'')
*The shipwrecked ''Herald Of Nanking'' featured as a working spaceship in Llewellyn's [[NSA]]: ''[[The Taking of Chelsea 426]]''.
* [[Voga]] was a planet made of [[gold]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'')
*The Doctor recalls surviving after falling from great heights ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''), being shot ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''), losing a hand and growing it back ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') and seeing the end of the universe ([[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'').
* The shipwrecked ''[[Herald Of Nanking]]'' featured as a working spaceship in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Chelsea 426]]''.
*Amy recalls running around a spaceship in her nightie. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]'')
* The Doctor recalls surviving after falling from great heights, ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') being shot, ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') losing a hand and growing it back ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') and seeing the end of the universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
*Amy recalls her wedding dress that 'she might never wear', and later says that she has 'a big day tomorrow' 250,000 years ago, placing this adventure before [[DW]]: ''[[The Time of Angels]]''.
* The Doctor refers to the [[Prisoner Zero|monster]] in Amy's wall. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'')
* Amy recalls running around a spaceship in her nightie. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]'')
* Amy recalls her wedding dress that 'she might never wear', and later says that she has 'a big day tomorrow' 250,000 years ago, placing this adventure before [[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]''.
* The Sittuun ship is named [[Beagle XXI]]. The Doctor previously encountered a similarly named ship, the [[HMS Beagle|HMS ''Beagle'']], commanded by [[Charles Darwin]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bloodtide (audio story)|Bloodtide]]'')
 
== Editions published outside Britain ==
* Published in France by Milady in 2012 as a paperback edition.
* Published in Italy by Asengard Edizioni in 2013 as a paperback edition.
* Published again in Italy by Armenia in 2018 as a paperback edition. It used the same cover as the previous edition.
 
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
Night_of_the_Humans_French.jpg|French edition
ItalianNightOfTheHumans.jpg|Italian edition
</gallery>


==[[Eleventh Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]==
== Audiobook ==
*This story occurs after [[NSA]]: ''[[Apollo 23]]''
* This novel was released as an audiobook in [[November (releases)|November]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Arthur Darvill]].
*This story occurs before [[DWAN]]: ''[[Attack of the Space Leeches!]]''
* The audiobook was offered as a free download with ''[[The Brilliant Book 2012]]''.


==External links==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
*[http://www.bbcshop.com/Doctor-Who-Books/Doctor-Who-Night-Of-The-Humans/invt/9781846079696 BBC Shop - Night of the Humans]
Night_of_the_Humans_Audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover
*{{dwrefguide|whobb938.htm|Night of the Humans}}
</gallery>


{{ELDA}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.bbcshop.com/Doctor-Who-Books/Doctor-Who-Night-Of-The-Humans/invt/9781846079696 BBC Shop - Night of the Humans]
{{dwrefguide|whobb938.htm|Night of the Humans}}
* {{whoniverse|ns38|Night of the Humans}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/nighthumans.htm The Cloister Library: '''Night of the Humans''']
{{NSA}}
{{TitleSort}}
{{TitleSort}}
[[Category:BBC Eleventh Doctor Adventures]]
 
[[Category:Eleventh Doctor NSA novels]]
[[Category:2010 novels]]
[[Category:2010 novels]]
[[Category:Eleventh Doctor novels]]
[[Category:Stories set in 250339]]
[[Category:E-books]]
 
[[fr:Night of the Humans]]
[[ru:Ночь людей]]

Latest revision as of 21:13, 15 February 2024

RealWorld.png

Night of the Humans was the thirty-eighth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by David Llewellyn and featured the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond.

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

"This is the Gyre – the most hostile environment in the galaxy."

250,000 years' worth of junk floating in deep space, home to the shipwrecked Sittuun, the carnivorous Sollogs, and worst of all – the humans.

The Doctor and Amy arrive on this terrifying world in the middle of an all-out frontier war between Sittuun and Humans, and the clock is already ticking. There's a comet in the sky, and it's on a collision course with the Gyre...

When the Doctor is kidnapped, it's up to Amy and "galaxy-famous swashbuckler" Dirk Slipstream to save the day.

But who is Slipstream, exactly? And what is he really doing here?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

When the TARDIS is pulled off-course, the Doctor and Amy make an unexpected trip to the Gyre. It is made of junk from all time and space, even a satellite Earth sent out thousands of years ago. They encounter aliens known as the Sittuun, who kidnap them. In mid-kidnapping, the Doctor falls out of their vehicle and is kidnapped by primitive humans.

Amy explains how she and the Doctor got to the Gyre to the Sittuun, confusing them for the "locals". She learns they came to plant a bomb to destroy the Gyre before a comet strikes and endangers other worlds with its debris. Meanwhile, the Doctor is taken to the human camp. He learns they are descendants of a crashed cargo ship who believe they are on Earth. When the Doctor tries to tell them the truth, they call him a blasphemer and order him put to death.

Elsewhere, Amy has bonded with Charlie and met Dirk Slipstream, a man who has answered the distress call the Sittuun sent when they crashed. She persuades him to rescue the Doctor. However, he double-crosses them and leaves to find something the humans have in their camp. As it turns out, Slipstream is an escaped criminal who had encountered the Doctor prior when he foiled a diamond robbery. He persuades them to spare the Doctor and uses him to find the Mymon Key, an object that can harness the forces of the universe.

The comet draws closer, forcing them to flee. They attempt to use Charlie's helipod to get to the TARDIS, but, an attack from a creature called a Sollog damages an engine and causes them to crash. Dirk is knocked out and the Doctor makes sure the Key, which is pulling the comet to them, is left behind. They land the TARDIS in Dirk's ship, commandeered by the Sittuun, and take off. However, it turns out that the Key that was left behind was a fake, and the ship can't leave. The Doctor takes the real Key back to the Gyre and throws it in a swamp. Dirk regains consciousness and takes Amy hostage before fleeing to an escape pod. He threatens Amy to make the Doctor give him the Key, but the Doctor only tells him where he threw. it. Dirk enters the swamp to search, but is eaten by the Sollogs. The Doctor and Amy return to the TARDIS and Dirk's ship, and before the comet hits, the Sittuun bomb goes off, destroying the Gyre.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Anatomy and physiology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Colleges and universities[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Charlie's father mentions him going to the Lux Academy.

Music[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

Spacecraft[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • One of the crashed spaceships is made from Proamonium, found only on Proamon.
  • The NASA deep space probe Pioneer 10 appears as part of the Gyre's Landscape.
  • Dirk Slipstream's ship is named the Golden Bough.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Editions published outside Britain[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Published in France by Milady in 2012 as a paperback edition.
  • Published in Italy by Asengard Edizioni in 2013 as a paperback edition.
  • Published again in Italy by Armenia in 2018 as a paperback edition. It used the same cover as the previous edition.
  • French edition

    French edition

  • ItalianNightOfTheHumans.jpg

    Italian edition

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Audiobook cover

    Audiobook cover

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

v • e
BBC New Series Adventures
 
Ninth Doctor
Main book series
Rose
Rose and Jack
 
Tenth Doctor
Main book series
Rose
Martha
Donna
Alone
Quick Reads
Rose
Martha
Alone
Audiobooks
Donna
Alone
 
Eleventh Doctor
Main book series
Amy
Amy and Rory
Alone
Clara
Quick Reads
Amy and Rory
Alone
Audiobooks
Amy
Amy and Rory
2-in-1 books
Amy and Rory
 
Twelfth Doctor
Main book series
Clara
Benny
Bill
Bill and Nardole
Audiobooks
Clara
Alex and Brandon
Alone
 
Thirteenth Doctor
Main book series
Ryan, Yaz and Graham
Ryan, Yaz, Graham and Ace
Retrieved from "https://tardis.wiki/w/index.php?title=Night_of_the_Humans_(novel)&oldid=3710831"