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Heart of TARDIS

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Publisher:

BBC Books

Writer:

Dave Stone

Cover by:

Black Sheep

Release details

Release number:

31

Release date:

5 June 2000

Format:

Paperback Book; 27 Chapters, 280 Pages

ISBN:

ISBN 0-563-55596-3

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Heart of TARDIS was the thirty-first novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Dave Stone, released 5 June 2000 and featured the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield and the Fourth Doctor, Romana I and K9.

This was the first multi-Doctor novel in the Past Doctor Adventures line up, though in BBC Books' overall publishing line up the most recent multi-Doctor novel was PROSE: Interference - Book One/Interference - Book Two. Unlike previous multi-Doctor stories the Second and Fourth Doctors do not meet in this novel.

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

In the American Midwestern town of Lychburg, something is afoot. Its citizens are being killed in inexpressibly horrible and brutal ways and the police don't have a clue who's responsible. The only suspects are a mysterious and sinister stranger, who calls himself the Doctor, and his young companions Jamie and Victoria.

The Fourth Doctor and Romana, meanwhile, have been summoned by the Gallifreyan High Council. A force has been unleashed into the space/time continuum... a force so unimaginably terrible that it is set to rip the universe itself apart and plunge it into primal, screaming chaos from which nothing will survive.

Of course, since something of this nature happens every other day of the week, the Doctor's really far more interested in finding out what's happened to a close personal friend, who seems to have vanished under mysterious circumstances. And quite right, too. The fate of a universe plunging into foetid and unending chaos can look out for itself for a change...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

John Benton was exposed to something during his career in UNIT that enables him to hold off the effects of an anaesthetic dart for a short time.

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Monty Python and The Holy Grail is mentioned.
A woman (implied to be Margaret Thatcher) is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Ronald Reagan is President of the United States. His administration was investing in Christian Fundamentalism and the "Star Wars" program.

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

The Second Doctor can play the recorder while hanging upside down.
The Second Doctor claims that his own inability to control the TARDIS is the result of security protocols that prevent thieves being able to control the ship properly; he attempts to bypass these by disabling other security protocols, including those responsible for preventing the TARDIS from accidentally materialising inside other objects or in immediately hostile environments such as deep space or the heart of a sun.
The Fourth Doctor reflects that one of the things lost during his forced regenerations was the knack for making soufflés.

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Victoria Waterfield is afraid of rats and spiders.
K9 Mark II has been left behind and recovered by the Doctor after so many long absences that Romana speculates that he must be the oldest coherent lump of matter in the universe when they got him out of the Big Huge and Educational Collection of Old Galactic Stuff.
Victoria mentions her father.

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Daleks, upon hearing rumours of Collectors present near their system, pretend that their planet had been destroyed.
The Second Doctor notes that his people are sensitive to the "shape" of the world, allowing him to sense that he is in a pocket dimension such as the one containing Lychburg.
The Fourth Doctor met two Jarakabeth. One was impersonating Aleister Crowley, the other was Katharine Delbane.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fourth Doctor sees and hides from the Second Doctor in the TARDIS console room at one point; the two never actually meet, with the Fourth hiding under the console on the opposite side from his past self until the Second Doctor leaves the console room again.
Many of the characters in the town are references to characters from The Simpsons. Dr Nick (Dr Rick), Dr Hibbert, comic book guy and others make noticeable appearances to the Second Doctor. A bartender named "Moe" is mentioned.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fourth Doctor is on his quest for the Key to Time. (TV: The Ribos Operation, etc)
As the TARDIS malfunctions, the Fourth Doctor says, "Oh no, not again!", something his eighth incarnation would later say in a similar situation. (TV: Doctor Who)
The Fourth Doctor claims to have witnessed some Time Wars, which might explain why he knows about the Charon. (PROSE: Sky Pirates!) He discusses Rassilon discovering the secrets of time travel by stealing the technology of a faction who attacked Gallifrey, "in retaliation for things we did to them before we'd even heard of them in the first place." (COMIC: Star Death, 4-D War, Black Sun Rising)
Delbane uses the Brigadier's spacetime telegraph to contact the Fourth Doctor. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen, Terror of the Zygons)
Victoria has started a journal. She was depicted writing in a diary as early as COMIC: Bringer of Darkness.
Jamie mentions his first meeting with the Doctor. (TV:The Highlanders)
Victoria, although used to technology in her travels, cannot cope with the idea of escalators. She reminds herself that she has seen "...metal men who walked." (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen)
The Second Doctor refers to his body as "new," referencing his recent regeneration from his previous incarnation. (TV: The Tenth Planet)
When the Golgotha Project activated the magical item, code-named "the Arimathea Artefact," it opened a "rift," similar to the one in Cardiff. (TV: The Unquiet Dead, etc)
As the Fourth Doctor closes the TARDIS door, part of his scarf is shut in it, something he would later do. (TV: Shada) In this instance, the scrap of scarf stays behind, fluttering to the ground.
As the Second Doctor is near death, the Fourth Doctor feels weak. A similar event would happen to the Sixth Doctor. (TV: The Two Doctors)

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+'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirty-first novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Dave Stone]], released [[5 June (releases)|5 June]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]] and featured the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Victoria Waterfield]] and the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Romana I]] and [[K9]].
+This was the first multi-Doctor novel in the Past Doctor Adventures line up, though in [[BBC Books]]' overall publishing line up the most recent multi-Doctor novel was [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One]]''/''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]''. Unlike previous multi-Doctor stories the Second and Fourth Doctors do not meet in this novel.
 == Publisher's summary ==
+''In the [[United States of America|American]] Midwestern town of [[Lychburg]], something is afoot. Its citizens are being killed in inexpressibly horrible and brutal ways and the police don't have a clue who's responsible. The only suspects are a mysterious and sinister stranger, who calls himself [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]], and his young companions [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]].''
-''In the American Midwestern town of Lychburg, something is afoot. Its citizens are being killed in inexpressibly horrible and brutal ways and the police don't have a clue who's responsible. The only suspects are a mysterious and sinister stranger, who calls himself the Doctor, and his young companions Jamie and Victoria.''
+The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana I|Romana]], meanwhile, have been summoned by the [[Gallifrey]]an [[High Council]]. A force has been unleashed into the [[space]]/[[time]] continuum... a force so unimaginably terrible that it is set to rip the [[universe]] itself apart and plunge it into primal, screaming chaos from which nothing will survive.
-The Fourth Doctor and Romana, meanwhile, have been summoned by the Gallifreyan High Council. A force has been unleashed into the space/time continuum... a force so unimaginably terrible that it is set to rip the universe itself apart and plunge it into primal, screaming chaos from which nothing will survive.
+Of course, since something of this nature happens every other day of the week, the Doctor's really far more interested in finding out what's happened to a [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|close personal friend]], who seems to have vanished under mysterious circumstances. And quite right, too. The fate of a universe plunging into foetid and unending chaos can look out for itself for a change...
-Of course, since something of this nature happens every other day of the week, the Doctor's really far more interested in finding out what's happened to a close personal friend, who seems to have vanished under mysterious circumstances. And quite right, too. The fate of a universe plunging into foetid and unending chaos can look out for itself for a change...
+== Plot ==
+''to be added''
 == Characters ==
 * [[Second Doctor]]
-** Has small, neat handwriting.
-** Can play the recorder while hanging upside down.
-** Cannot remember if you should see a body in a morgue on an empty stomach or a full one.
 * [[Jamie McCrimmon]]
-:* Can now write in English although it's broken and spelt phonetically.
 * [[Victoria Waterfield]]
-:* Is afraid of [[rat]]s and [[spider]]s.
 * [[Fourth Doctor]]
-** Abandons the quest for the [[Key to Time]] the moment he thinks the Brigadier is in danger.
 * [[Romana I]]
-** Is cold and aloof rather then attempting to fit in and be personable (placing the story closer to [[the Ribos Operation]] then any other story)
 * [[K9 Mark II]]
-** Can climb stairs unlike [[K9 Mark I]].
 * [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]]
-:* Meets Romana I.
-:* Knows enough things about the esoteric fields UNIT and the Doctor move in, as well as more mundane military matters to make him a prime target for enemy agents.
 * [[John Benton]]
-** Was exposed to something during his career in UNIT that enables him to hold off the effects of an anaesthetic dart for a short time.
+* [[Wblk]]
+* [[Clancy Tilson]]
+* [[Katharine Delbane]]
+* [[Joel Haasterman]]
+* [[Sohn]]
-== References ==
+== Worldbuilding ==
+=== Biology ===
+* [[John Benton]] was exposed to something during his career in UNIT that enables him to hold off the effects of an [[anaesthetic]] dart for a short time.
+=== Culture ===
+* ''[[Monty Python]] and The Holy Grail'' is mentioned.
+* A woman (implied to be [[Margaret Thatcher]]) is [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].
+* [[Ronald Reagan]] is [[President of the United States]]. His administration was investing in [[Christian]] Fundamentalism and the "[[Star Wars]]" program.
+=== The Doctor ===
+* The Second Doctor can play the [[The Doctor's recorder|recorder]] while hanging upside down.
+* The Second Doctor claims that his own inability to control the TARDIS is the result of security protocols that prevent thieves being able to control the ship properly; he attempts to bypass these by disabling other security protocols, including those responsible for preventing the TARDIS from accidentally materialising inside other objects or in immediately hostile environments such as deep space or the heart of a sun.
+* The [[Fourth Doctor]] reflects that one of the things lost during his forced [[regeneration]]s was the knack for making [[soufflé]]s.
+=== Individuals ===
+* [[Victoria Waterfield]] is afraid of [[rat]]s and [[spider]]s.
+* [[K9 Mark II]] has been left behind and recovered by the Doctor after so many long absences that Romana speculates that he must be the oldest coherent lump of matter in the universe when they got him out of the [[Big Huge and Educational Collection of Old Galactic Stuff]].
+* Victoria mentions her [[Edward Waterfield|father]].
+=== Species ===
 * The [[Dalek]]s, upon hearing rumours of [[Collector]]s present near their system, pretend that their [[Skaro|planet]] had been destroyed.
+* The Second Doctor notes that [[Time Lord|his people]] are sensitive to the "shape" of the world, allowing him to sense that he is in a pocket dimension such as the one containing Lychburg.
+* The Fourth Doctor met two [[Jarakabeth]]. One was impersonating [[Aleister Crowley]], the other was [[Katharine Delbane]].
 == Notes ==
-* Many of the characters are direct copies of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' characters in this novel, (not The Doctor or any of his companions, of course). However Dr Nick (Dr Rick), Dr Hibbert, comic book guy among others all make noticeable appearances to the Second doctor.
+* The Fourth Doctor sees and hides from the Second Doctor in the TARDIS console room at one point; the two never actually meet, with the Fourth hiding under the console on the opposite side from his past self until the Second Doctor leaves the console room again.
-* The Fourth Doctor sees and hides from the Second Doctor at one point; the two never actually meet.
+* Many of the characters in the town are references to characters from ''[[The Simpsons]]''. Dr Nick (Dr Rick), Dr Hibbert, comic book guy and others make noticeable appearances to the Second Doctor. A bartender named "Moe" is mentioned.
 == Continuity ==
-* The Fourth Doctor is on his quest for the Key to Time. (DW: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'', etc)
+* The Fourth Doctor is on his quest for the [[Key to Time]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'', etc)
-* As the TARDIS malfunctions, the Fourth Doctor says "Oh no, not again!" Something his Eighth regeneration would later say in a similar situation. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
+* As the TARDIS malfunctions, the Fourth Doctor says, "Oh no, not again!", something his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]] would later say in a similar situation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
-* The Fourth Doctor claims to have witnessed some Time Wars, which might explain why he knows about the [[Charon ]]from ''[[Sky Pirates!]]''
+* The Fourth Doctor claims to have witnessed some [[Time Wars]], which might explain why he knows about the [[Charon (species)|Charon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'') He discusses [[Rassilon]] discovering the secrets of time travel by stealing the [[Time-jumper|technology]] of a [[Order of the Black Sun|faction]] who [[4-D War|attacked]] [[Gallifrey]], "in retaliation for things we did to them before we'd even heard of them in the first place." ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Star Death (comic story)|Star Death]]'', ''[[4-D War (comic story)|4-D War]]'', ''[[Black Sun Rising (comic story)|Black Sun Rising]]'')
-* Delbane uses the Brigadear's spacetime telegraph to contact the Fourth Doctor. ([[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'')
+* Delbane uses the Brigadier's spacetime telegraph to contact the Fourth Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'')
-* Victoria mentions her father. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'')
+* Victoria has started [[Victoria Waterfield's diary|a journal]]. She was depicted writing in a diary as early as [[COMIC]]: ''[[Bringer of Darkness (comic story)|Bringer of Darkness]]''.
-* Jamie mentions his first meeting with the Doctor. ([[DW]]:''[[The Highlanders]]'')
+* Jamie mentions his first meeting with the Doctor. ([[TV]]:''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'')
+* Victoria, although used to technology in her travels, cannot cope with the idea of [[escalator]]s. She reminds herself that she has seen "...[[Cyberman|metal men who walked]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')
-== Timeline ==
+* The Second Doctor refers to his body as "new," referencing his recent [[regeneration]] from his [[First Doctor|previous incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')
-=== For the Second Doctor ===
+* When [[the Golgotha Project]] activated the magical item, code-named "the [[Arimathea Artefact]]," it opened a "rift," similar to the one in [[Cardiff]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', etc)
-* ''Heart of TARDIS'' occurs after: [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/CC CC]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Great_Space_Elevator The Great Space Elevator]''
+* As the [[Fourth Doctor]] closes the TARDIS door, part of his scarf is shut in it, something he would later do. ([[TV]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'') In this instance, the scrap of scarf stays behind, fluttering to the ground.
-::In ''The Lost'' Jamie has yet to learn how to write.
+* As the Second Doctor is near death, the Fourth Doctor feels weak. A similar event would happen to the [[Sixth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'')
-* ''Heart of TARDIS'' occurs before: [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/PDA PDA]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Independence_Day_(novel) Independence Day] (flashback)''
-=== For the Fourth Doctor ===
-::The Fourth Doctor elements are between his and Romana's quest for the Key to Time.
-* ''Heart of TARDIS'' occurs after: [[MA]]: ''[[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]]''
-* ''Heart of TARDIS ''occurs before: [[CC]] : [[Ferril's Folly]]
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