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novel name= The Room With No Doors|
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]]
image= [[File:NA059_theroomwithnodoors.jpg|250px]] |
|range = Virgin New Adventures
series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] |
|number in range = 59
number= 59 |
|number= 59
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
companions=  [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] |
|companions=  [[Chris Cwej|Chris]]
enemy= Umemi |
|featuring = Penelope Gate
year= [[Earth]], [[Japan]], [[1560]] |
|featuring2 = Joel Mintz
writer= [[Kate Orman]] |
|enemy= [[Te Yene Rana]]
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|setting= [[Japan]], [[1560]]
release date= February, 1997 |
|writer= Kate Orman
format= Paperback Book, 256 Pages |
|cover= [[John Sullivan]]
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20500-6 |
|publisher= Virgin Books
previous story= [[Eternity Weeps]] |
|release date= 18 February 1997
next story= [[Lungbarrow]]}}
|format= Paperback Book; 30 Chapters, 256 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20500-6
|prev= Eternity Weeps (novel)
|next= Lungbarrow (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifty-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It was the second-last novel in the New Adventures series to feature the [[Seventh Doctor]]. It was the last novel to feature ''just'' the Seventh Doctor and [[Chris Cwej]] pairing.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
'''‘Dear Doctor,’ wrote Chris, ‘I give up.’'''
''"Dear Doctor", wrote Chris, "I give up"''.


Swordplay, samurai, demons, magic, aliens, adventure, excitement... Who needs them?  
Swordplay, [[samurai]], demons, [[magic]], aliens, adventure, excitement... Who needs them?


[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] travel to [[16th century|16th-century]] [[Japan]], a country gripped by civil war as feudal lords vie for control. Anything could tip the balance of power. So when a god falls out of the sky, everyone wants it.  
[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] travel to [[16th century|16th-century]] [[Japan]], a country gripped by civil war as feudal lords vie for control. Anything could tip the balance of power. So when a god falls out of the sky, everyone wants it.


As villagers are healed and crops grow far too fast, the Doctor and Chris try to find the secret of the miracles -- before the two rival armies can start a war over who owns the god. Chris soon finds himself alone -- except for an alien slaver, a time-travelling [[Victorian]] inventor, a gang of demons, an old friend with suspicious motives, a village full of innocent bystanders, and several thousand samurai.  
As villagers are healed and crops grow far too fast, the Doctor and Chris try to find the secret of the miracles — before the two rival armies can start a war over who owns the god.


Without the Doctor, someone has to take up the challenge of adventure and stop the god from falling into the wrong hands. Someone has to be a hero -- but Chris isn’t sure he wants to be a hero any more.  
Chris soon finds himself alone — except for an alien slaver, a time-travelling [[Victorian]] inventor, a gang of demons, an old friend with suspicious motives, a village full of innocent bystanders, and several thousand samurai.
 
Without the Doctor, someone has to take up the challenge of adventure and stop the god from falling into the wrong hands. Someone has to be a hero — but Chris isn't sure he wants to be a hero any more.
 
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
** Gets shot with an arrow whilst carrying a small girl.
* [[Chris Cwej]]
** Knows that his regeneration grows near.
* [[Penelope Gate]]
** Mediates in a lotus position instead of sleeping, but when he does sleep he screams and shouts.
* [[Joel Mintz]]
* [[Te Yene Rana]]
* [[Psychokinetic]]
* [[Talker]]
* [[Kadoguchi]]
* [[Chiyono]]
* [[Aoi]]
* [[Aoi's father]]
* [[Gufuu Kocho]]
* [[Kiiro]]
* [[Kosen]]
* [[Kame]]
* [[Umemi]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Biology ===
* [[Regeneration]] was never meant to be an emergency procedure.


* [[Chris Cwej]]
=== Corporations ===
** The death of [[Liz Shaw]] weighs heavy on Chris.
* [[Caxtarid]] mining corporations have strip mined several worlds.
 
=== Culture ===
* Joel wears a ''[[Real Ghostbusters]]'' [[t-shirt]].
 
=== Individuals ===
* The death of [[Liz Shaw]] weighs heavy on Chris.
 
=== History ===
* Joel tries to advance the [[Japan]]ese and manipulate history.
* Joel handled the [[Gaffney Incident]].
 
=== Organisations ===
* The Doctor is President of the [[Intergalactic Flora Society]].


* [[Penelope Gate]]
=== Planets ===
** Twenty-seven years old, Victorian, red haired.
* The Caxatrid's home world is the fourth planet of [[Lalande 21185]].


* [[Joel Mintz]] (Joel Andrew Mintz)
=== Species ===
** Hasn't seen the Doctor and Chris in thirteen years.
* [[Caxtarid]]s (or at least [[Te Yene Rana]]) have metallic red hair and eyes.
** He's met the [[Eighth Doctor]].
** Tries to advance the Japanese and play with history.


== References ==
=== Time travel ===
* Penelope Gate's time machine has a [[Tzun]] battery powering it.
* Penelope Gate's time machine has a [[Tzun]] battery powering it.
* Joel handled the [[Gaffney Incident]].
* [[Regeneration]] was never meant to be an emergency procedure.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* In a sequence cut from this novel Wolsey was to have succumbed to the dreams plaguing Chris, meeting three other cats in the TARDIS; black, white and red representing the three gods of Gallifrey. They are joined by the rose-woman later to appear in ''[[Lungbarrow]]''.<ref>[[DWM]]: ''[[DWM 252]]'' (Licence to Kill p.28)</ref>
* In a sequence cut from this novel, Wolsey was to have succumbed to the dreams plaguing Chris, meeting three other cats in the TARDIS: black, white and red, representing the three gods of Gallifrey. They are joined by the rose-woman later to appear in ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]''.<ref>[[DWM 252]] (''Licence to Kill'', p.28)</ref>
* [[Kate Orman]] contributed a 310-word "missing scene" from the novel to ''[[Shelf Life]]'', a [[charity publication]] dedicated to [[Craig Hinton]]. It portrayed an intimate sexual encounter between Joel and Chris.
* Penelope Gate would return obliquely in the works of [[Lance Parkin]]; she was implied in ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'' and ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'' to be the Doctor's mother.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Joel Mintz first met the Doctor and Chris in [[NA]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]''.
* Joel Mintz first met the Doctor and Chris in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]''.
* The Doctor ends this novel thinking about his next of kin and family, leading into [[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]''.
* The Doctor ends this novel thinking about his next of kin and family, leading into [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]''.
* [[Liz Shaw]] is mentioned. She died in the previous story [[NA]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps]]''.
* Chris thinks about [[Liz Shaw]] and her death. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps]]'')
* The Doctor claims to be an Honorary [[Kang]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'')
* Te Yene Rana tells the Doctor she was transporting [[Oolian]] [[underpants]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'')


== Timeline ==
== Cover Gallery ==
* This story occurs after [[ST]]: ''[[The Southwell Park Mermaid]]''
 
* This story occurs before [[ST]]: ''[[Culture War]]''
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* After returning Penelope and Joel home, but before returning to Chris, the Doctor has a series of adventures beginning with [[BFA]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]'' and ending with [[EDA]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]''.
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|who_na59.htm|The Room With No Doors}}
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* {{whoniverse|NA59.php|The Room With No Doors}}
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/room.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Room With No Doors''']


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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The Room With No Doors was the fifty-ninth Virgin New Adventures novel. It was the second-last novel in the New Adventures series to feature the Seventh Doctor. It was the last novel to feature just the Seventh Doctor and Chris Cwej pairing.

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

"Dear Doctor", wrote Chris, "I give up".

Swordplay, samurai, demons, magic, aliens, adventure, excitement... Who needs them?

The Doctor and Chris travel to 16th-century Japan, a country gripped by civil war as feudal lords vie for control. Anything could tip the balance of power. So when a god falls out of the sky, everyone wants it.

As villagers are healed and crops grow far too fast, the Doctor and Chris try to find the secret of the miracles — before the two rival armies can start a war over who owns the god.

Chris soon finds himself alone — except for an alien slaver, a time-travelling Victorian inventor, a gang of demons, an old friend with suspicious motives, a village full of innocent bystanders, and several thousand samurai.

Without the Doctor, someone has to take up the challenge of adventure and stop the god from falling into the wrong hands. Someone has to be a hero — but Chris isn't sure he wants to be a hero any more.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Corporations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Caxtarid mining corporations have strip mined several worlds.

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The death of Liz Shaw weighs heavy on Chris.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Organisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • Penelope Gate's time machine has a Tzun battery powering it.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In a sequence cut from this novel, Wolsey was to have succumbed to the dreams plaguing Chris, meeting three other cats in the TARDIS: black, white and red, representing the three gods of Gallifrey. They are joined by the rose-woman later to appear in Lungbarrow.[1]
  • Kate Orman contributed a 310-word "missing scene" from the novel to Shelf Life, a charity publication dedicated to Craig Hinton. It portrayed an intimate sexual encounter between Joel and Chris.
  • Penelope Gate would return obliquely in the works of Lance Parkin; she was implied in The Infinity Doctors and The Gallifrey Chronicles to be the Doctor's mother.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

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    Cover

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    Textless cover

  • Concept Sketch

    Concept Sketch

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ DWM 252 (Licence to Kill, p.28)
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