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novel name= The Colony of Lies |
|series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
image= The_Colony_of_Lies.jpg |
|number= 60
series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] |
|doctor= Second Doctor
number= 61 |
|featuring= Seventh Doctor
doctor= [[Second Doctor]] |
|featuring2= Ace
companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon]]<br />[[Zoe Heriot]] |
|companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]]
enemy= Administrator [[Greene]] <br /> The [[Tyrenian]]s |
|enemy= [[Laken Greene|Administrator Greene]], [[Tyrenian]]s
year= [[Axista Four]], [[2539]]|
|setting= [[Axista Four]], [[2539]]
writer= [[Colin Brake]] |
|writer= Colin Brake
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|publisher= BBC Books
release date= [[July]] [[2003]] |
|cover = [[Black Sheep]]
format= Paperback Book, 272 Pages |
|release date= 7 July 2003
isbn= ISBN 0-563-48606-6 |
|format= Paperback Book; 20 Chapters, 272 Pages
previous story=[[Loving the Alien]]|
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-48606-6
next story=[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]}}
|prev = Loving the Alien (novel)
|next=Wolfsbane (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixtieth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Colin Brake]], released [[7 July (releases)|7 July]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]] and featured the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] and the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]].
 
This was Brake's only contribution to the Past Doctor Adventures range.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''According to popular legend, the great humanitarian [[Stewart Ransom]] founded the [[Independent Earth Colony]] on [[Axista Four]] in the year [[2439]], but the truth is not as neat and simple as the legend would suggest...''
''According to popular legend, the great humanitarian [[Stewart Ransom]] founded the [[Independent Earth Colony]] on [[Axista Four]] in the year [[2439]], but the truth is not as neat and simple as the legend would suggest...''


The year is [[2539]]. Arriving on Axista Four, the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie find the colony in a state of chaos. A breakaway group of colonists -- the '[[Realist]]s' -- has abandoned Ransome's Back to Basics ideals and is creating a new high-tech settlement. The '[[Loyalist]]s' who remain are dwindling in number and face total extinction.
The year is [[2539]]. Arriving on [[Axista Four]], [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] find the [[colony]] in a state of chaos. A breakaway group of colonists — the "[[Realist]]s" — has abandoned Ransom's Back to Basics ideals and is creating a new high-tech settlement. The "[[Loyalist]]s" who remain are dwindling in number and face total extinction.


Meanwhile, a [[spaceship]] from [[Earth]] has arrived with news that 80,000 refugees are about to descend upon the planet; the Realists are staging raids on the wreck of the colony ship, and in a secret underground bunker mysterious aliens who claim to be the planet's first colonists are beginning to awake.
Meanwhile, a [[spaceship]] from [[Earth]] has arrived with news that 80,000 refugees are about to descend upon the planet; the Realists are staging raids on the wreck of the colony ship, and in a secret underground bunker mysterious aliens who claim to be the planet's first colonists are beginning to awake.


Who are the [[dog]]-like aliens who call themselves [[Tyrenian]]s? What is the secret agenda of the sinister Federation Administrator [[Greene]]? And what really happened when the colony ship crash-landed on Axista Four 100 years ago?
Who are the [[dog]]-like aliens who call themselves [[Tyrenian]]s? What is the secret agenda of the sinister Federation Administrator [[Laken Greene|Greene]]? And what really happened when the colony ship crash-landed on Axista Four 100 years ago?
 
== Plot ==
''to be added''
[[File:Dwm332_colonyoflies_mike_colllins.jpg|thumb|llustration preview by [[Mike Collins]] in DWM 332]]


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Jamie McCrimmon]]
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]]
* [[Zoe Heriot]]
* [[Zoe Heriot]]
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Ace]]
* [[Gustav Tyren]]
=== Axista Four colonists ===
* [[Kirann Ransom]]
* [[Billy Joe Kartryte]]
* [[Jason Kartryte]]
* [[Tam Kartryte]]
* [[Val Freedom]]
* [[Dee Willoughby]]
* [[Hali Devine]]
* [[Max Forde]]
* [[Jed Freedom]]
=== Tyrenians ===
* [[Dyselt]]
* [[Gorhay]]
* [[Lorvalan]]
* [[Zenig]]
=== ''Hannibal'' crew and passengers ===
* [[Jonn Cartor]]
* [[Veena Myles]]
* [[Laken Greene]]
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor claims to prefer ''[[Back to the Future|Back to the Future Part II]]'' to ''Back to the Future Part III''.
* In the [[far future]], Axista Four went nova, becoming a [[fire]]ball.


== References ==
=== Locations ===
''to be added''
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] takes [[Ace]] to the [[Museum and Archive of the Tellurian Stain]], one of the Seven Hundred [[Wonders of the Universe]].
 
=== Vessels ===
* ''[[The Big Bang (spacecraft)|The Big Bang]]'' crashed on [[Axista Four]] in [[2439]].
* The [[ECSV Hannibal|Earth Colony Support Vessel ''Hannibal'']] was sent to Axista Four to prepare it for refugees displaced by the [[Dalek]]s.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Zoe recalls the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]'s invasion of the Wheel in [[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'', but doesn't think of their attack on 20th-century Earth in [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]''. Although the Doctor and Jamie have told her about the [[Dalek]]s via the thought projections at the end of ''The Wheel in Space'', she has yet to meet any.
* Zoe recalls the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]'s invasion of the Wheel, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'') but doesn't think of their attack on [[20th century]] Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'')
* The Second Doctor compares the sealed panels on the colony ship to the tombs of [[Telos]]. ([[DW]]:'' [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')
* The Second Doctor compares the sealed panels on the colony ship to the tombs of [[Telos]]. ([[TV]]:'' [[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')
* The Doctor compares Plymouth Hope City to [[Tombstone]], [[Arizona]], which he visited. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'')
* The Second Doctor compares Plymouth Hope City to [[Tombstone, Arizona|Tombstone]], [[Arizona]], which he visited in [[October]] [[1881]] during his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] in the company of [[Steven Taylor]] and [[Dodo Chaplet]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'')
 
* The Second Doctor refers to his fondness for [[train|steam trains]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Model Train Set (short story)|Model Train Set]]'')
== Timeline ==
* One of the myths of the frontier concerns a hidden [[Dalek]] army. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'')
=== For the [[Second Doctor - Timeline|Second Doctor]] ===
* The Seventh Doctor tells Ace that he used to keep a diary. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'')
* This story occurs after [[ST]]: ''[[uPVC]]''
* Ace mentions [[Gabriel Chase]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'') and recalls that she was called "Dotty" at school. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')
* This story occurs before: [[DWAN]]: ''[[The Dragons of Kekokro]]''
 
=== For the [[Seventh Doctor - Timeline|Seventh Doctor]] ===
* This story occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[The Genocide Machine]]''
* This story occurs before: [[PDA]]: ''[[Prime Time]]''


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/colony.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Colony of Lies''']


* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406225514/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13689.shtml Interview: Colin Brake]
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The Colony of Lies was the sixtieth novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Colin Brake, released 7 July 2003 and featured the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot and the Seventh Doctor and Ace.

This was Brake's only contribution to the Past Doctor Adventures range.

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

According to popular legend, the great humanitarian Stewart Ransom founded the Independent Earth Colony on Axista Four in the year 2439, but the truth is not as neat and simple as the legend would suggest...

The year is 2539. Arriving on Axista Four, the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie find the colony in a state of chaos. A breakaway group of colonists — the "Realists" — has abandoned Ransom's Back to Basics ideals and is creating a new high-tech settlement. The "Loyalists" who remain are dwindling in number and face total extinction.

Meanwhile, a spaceship from Earth has arrived with news that 80,000 refugees are about to descend upon the planet; the Realists are staging raids on the wreck of the colony ship, and in a secret underground bunker mysterious aliens who claim to be the planet's first colonists are beginning to awake.

Who are the dog-like aliens who call themselves Tyrenians? What is the secret agenda of the sinister Federation Administrator Greene? And what really happened when the colony ship crash-landed on Axista Four 100 years ago?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

llustration preview by Mike Collins in DWM 332

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Axista Four colonists[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tyrenians[[edit] | [edit source]]

Hannibal crew and passengers[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Vessels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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