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{{Infobox Novel|
|image       = Matrix book cover.jpg
novel name= Matrix |
|range          = BBC Past Doctor Adventures
image= [[File:Matrix_book_cover.jpg|250px]] |
|number in range = 16
series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] |
|series       = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]  
number= 16 |
|number       = 16  
doctor= [[Seventh Doctor]] |
|doctor       = Seventh Doctor  
companions= [[Ace]] |
|companions   = [[Ace]]  
enemy= [[The Valeyard]]|
|enemy       = [[The Valeyard]]
year= |
|setting      = [[London]], [[1888]]  
writer= [[Robert Perry]] and [[Mike Tucker]] |
|writer      = Robert Perry, Mike Tucker
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|publisher   = BBC Books  
release date= October [[1998]] |
|release date = 5 October 1998
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages |
|format       = Paperback Book;<br/>41 Chapters, 288 Pages  
isbn= ISBN 0-563-40596-1 |
|isbn         = ISBN 0-563-40596-1  
previous story=[[Last Man Running]]|
|prev        = Last Man Running (novel)
next story=[[The Infinity Doctors]]}}
|next         = Salvation (novel)
:''You may be looking for [[Matrix|the titular construct]].
}}{{prose stub}}
{{dab page|Matrix (disambiguation)}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixteenth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Robert Perry]] and [[Mike Tucker]], released [[5 October (releases)|5 October]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]] and featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[the Valeyard]]. It also features alternate versions of [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]].
 
The novel is notable for depicting what could be the demise of the Valeyard.
 
== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''"I won't fight you."''
''"I won't fight you."''
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''"Oh, but you will." The voice twisted and cracked. Fury and madness tore through it. "You will fight me, Doctor!"''
''"Oh, but you will." The voice twisted and cracked. Fury and madness tore through it. "You will fight me, Doctor!"''


The Doctor is on the run from a faceless enemy that knows his every thought and move. He flees to his past, planning to leave [[Ace]] in safe hands in order to fight on alone. But his enemy has other plans, and the Doctor's history no longer exists.
[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] is on the run from a faceless enemy that knows his every thought and move. He flees to his past, planning to leave [[Ace]] in [[First Doctor|safe hands]] in order to fight on alone. But his enemy has other plans, and the Doctor's history no longer exists.
 
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] is finally drawn to [[London]] in the winter of [[1888]], where the Doctor and Ace discover a dark secret from [[Gallifrey]]'s past, and the name of their unseen opponent.
It is [[Jack the Ripper]].


The TARDIS is finally drawn to London in the winter of 1888, where the Doctor and Ace discover a dark secret from Gallifrey's past, and the name of their unseen opponent.
== Plot ==
It is Jack the Ripper.
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Ian Chesterton]]  
* [[Ian Chesterton]]
* [[Barbara Wright|Barbara Wright.]]  
* [[Barbara Wright]]
* [[The Valeyard]]
* [[The Valeyard]]
:* has mastery over the [[Dark Matrix]]
* [[Barney Slipman]]
* [[de Vries (Matrix)|de Vries]]
* [[Jane Treddle]]
* [[Jed Barrow]]
* [[Samuel Jefford]]
* [[Jacques Malacroix]]
* [[Peter Ackroyd]]
* [[Tiny Ron]]
* [[Joseph Liebermann]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Foods and beverages ===
* The amnesiac Doctor drinks [[beer]] but gets little effect from it.


== References ==
=== The Doctor ===
* the Valeyard's schemes bring the [[Seventh Doctor]] face-to-face with dark alternate versions of his other selves who have been corrupted by [[Valeyard|him]], these include:
* The Doctor recalls watching a [[Gallifrey]]an [[dawn]] with [[the Doctor's father|his father]].
** The [[First Doctor]], who murdered other Time Lords to depart Gallifrey in the first place. ([[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'')
* [[The Valeyard]]'s schemes bring the [[Seventh Doctor]] face-to-face with dark alternate versions of his other selves who have been corrupted by him. These include:
** The [[Fourth Doctor]], who destroyed the Daleks at their beginning. ([[DW]]: [[Genesis of the Daleks|''Genesis of the Daleks'']])
** The [[First Doctor]], who murdered other [[Time Lord]]s to depart Gallifrey in the first place.
** The [[Fifth Doctor]], who allowed [[Peri]] to die while taking the antitoxin for himself. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]'')
** The [[Fourth Doctor]], who destroyed the [[Dalek]]s at their [[Creation of the Daleks|beginning]].
** The [[Fifth Doctor]], who allowed [[Peri Brown|Peri]] to die while taking the antitoxin for himself.


== Notes ==
=== Technology ===
* This story is a sequel to the [[The Trial of a Time Lord]].
* [[The Valeyard]] has mastery over the [[Dark Matrix]].
 
== Story notes ==
* Perry and Tucker originally pitched this novel for the [[Virgin New Adventures]].
* Perry and Tucker originally pitched this novel for the [[Virgin New Adventures]].
* The comic book story [[IDW]]: ''[[Ripper's Curse]]'' and TV episode [[DW]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]'' provide different accounts for Jack the Ripper.
* This story is a sequel to the television story ''[[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]''.
* The comic story ''[[Ripper's Curse (comic story)|Ripper's Curse]]'' and TV episode ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'' provide different accounts for [[Jack the Ripper]] (although these can be reconciled as ''Ripper's Curse'' takes place after the universe was reset on two separate occasions and ''Good Man Goes to War'' may feature Vastra killing the wrong suspect).
* Numerous clues to the identity of Joseph Liebermann strongly imply that he is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew Wandering Jew], an immortal with Biblical connections. These include his statement that he is 1900 years old, his presence in Rome at the time of Jesus' crucifixion, and his use of the alias 'John Buttadeus'. However this is never confirmed, nor is any in-universe explanation for his immortality given.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Dark Matrix is remarkably similar of the [[Garvond]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dimension Riders]]'')
* The Dark Matrix is remarkably similar to the [[Garvond]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]'')
 
* The Doctor and Ace have just left [[the Blitz]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'')
== Timeline ==
* The Doctor mentions [[Susan Foreman]] and that she left him a long time ago. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
* ''Matrix'' occurs after: [[PDA]]: ''[[Illegal Alien]]''
* Ace remembers [[Gabriel Chase]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')
* ''Matrix ''occurs before: [[PDA]]: ''[[Storm Harvest]]''
* For Ace the events on the [[Cheetah World]] was months ago. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'')
* The Doctor recalls his trial. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet (TV story)|The Mysterious Planet]]'')
* The Valeyard mentions the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s regeneration and the schemes of {{O'Mara}}. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') He also mentions [[Mordred]] and the Doctor being called [[Merlin]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')
* Through the TARDIS's telepathic circuits the Doctor sees himself get shot multiple times. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|whobbk16.htm|Matrix}}
{{dwrefguide|whobbk16.htm|Matrix}}
* {{whoniverse|pd16|Matrix}}


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Matrix was the sixteenth novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Robert Perry and Mike Tucker, released 5 October 1998 and featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and the Valeyard. It also features alternate versions of Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright.

The novel is notable for depicting what could be the demise of the Valeyard.

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

"I won't fight you."

"Oh, but you will." The voice twisted and cracked. Fury and madness tore through it. "You will fight me, Doctor!"

The Doctor is on the run from a faceless enemy that knows his every thought and move. He flees to his past, planning to leave Ace in safe hands in order to fight on alone. But his enemy has other plans, and the Doctor's history no longer exists.

The TARDIS is finally drawn to London in the winter of 1888, where the Doctor and Ace discover a dark secret from Gallifrey's past, and the name of their unseen opponent. It is Jack the Ripper.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • The amnesiac Doctor drinks beer but gets little effect from it.

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

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Perry and Tucker originally pitched this novel for the Virgin New Adventures.
  • This story is a sequel to the television story The Trial of a Time Lord.
  • The comic story Ripper's Curse and TV episode A Good Man Goes to War provide different accounts for Jack the Ripper (although these can be reconciled as Ripper's Curse takes place after the universe was reset on two separate occasions and Good Man Goes to War may feature Vastra killing the wrong suspect).
  • Numerous clues to the identity of Joseph Liebermann strongly imply that he is the Wandering Jew, an immortal with Biblical connections. These include his statement that he is 1900 years old, his presence in Rome at the time of Jesus' crucifixion, and his use of the alias 'John Buttadeus'. However this is never confirmed, nor is any in-universe explanation for his immortality given.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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