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{{Infobox Novel|
|image= The Suns of Caresh.jpg  
novel name= The Suns of Caresh |
|series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]  
image= The_Suns_of_Caresh.jpg |
|number= 55
series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] |
|doctor = Third Doctor  
number= 56 |
|companions= [[Jo Grant|Jo]]
doctor=[[Third Doctor]] |
|enemy= Lord [[Roche (The Suns of Caresh)|Roche]]
companions= [[Jo Grant]]|
|setting = [[England]], [[1970s]]  
enemy= Lord Roche <br /> |
|writer= Paul Saint
year= |
|publisher= BBC Books
writer= [[Paul Saint]] |
|cover = [[Black Sheep]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|release date= 5 August 2002
release date= August [[2002]] |
|format= Paperback Book; 21 Chapters, 286 Pages  
format= Paperback Book, 286 Pages |
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53858-9  
isbn= ISBN 0-563-53858-9 |
|prev = Combat Rock (novel)
previous story=[[Combat Rock]]|
|next=Heritage (novel)
next story=[[Heritage (novel)|Heritage]]}}
}}{{prose stub}}
:''You may be looking for [[Ember]] or [[Beacon]], the two titular "[[sun]]s of [[Caresh]]".
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifty-fifth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Saint]], released [[5 August]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]] and featured the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]].
 
== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''Jo gripped the sides of the console. Even over the roar of the engine she could hear branches whipping and snapping against the TARDIS exterior.''
''[[Jo Grant|Jo]] gripped the sides of the console. Even over the roar of the engine she could hear branches whipping and snapping against [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] exterior.''


The view on the scanner was receding at the speed of an express train. It showed the swathe of destruction they were leaving behind them, a ragged, police-box-shaped tunnel through the forest.
The view on the scanner was receding at the speed of an express train. It showed the swathe of destruction they were leaving behind them, a ragged, [[police box|police-box]]-shaped tunnel through the forest.


In England a hotel worker has been turned to stone, an ancient lake has vanished, and the inmate of a mental hospital is being terrorised by unseen creatures. In Israel, in the shadow of Masada, an archaeological dig unearths something that should have stayed buried.
In [[England]], a hotel worker has been turned to stone, an ancient lake has vanished, and the inmate of a mental hospital is being terrorised by unseen creatures. In [[Israel]], in the shadow of [[Masada]], an archaeological dig unearths something that should have stayed buried.


The Doctor is sure he is dealing with a local and relatively straightforward temporal anomaly. Troy Game, a refugee from the planet Caresh, is not so certain. She believes the impending destruction of her home world is somehow linked to the events on Earth, and she is pinning her hopes on the Doctor to avert the catastrophe.
[[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] is sure he is dealing with a local and relatively straightforward temporal anomaly. [[Troy Game]], a refugee from the planet [[Caresh]], is not so certain. She believes the impending destruction of her home world is somehow linked to the events on [[Earth]], and she is pinning her hopes on the Doctor to avert the catastrophe.


But can the Doctor interfere with a planet's destiny? And should he risk his new-found freedom to do it?
But can the Doctor interfere with a planet's destiny? And should he risk his new-found freedom to do it?
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]
** Bristles at having his head shaved (see cover image).
* [[Jo Grant]]
* [[Jo Grant]]
* Lord [[Roche (The Suns of Caresh)|Roche]]
* Lady [[Solenti]]
* [[Jess (The Suns of Caresh)|Jess]]
* Magus [[Amathon]]
=== Earthlings ===
* [[Ezekiel Child]]
* [[Ben Keller]]
* [[Patric Keller]]
* [[Donald MacRae]]
* [[Helen Ayre]]
* [[James Preedy]]
* [[Michael Sheridan]]
* [[Simon Haldane]]
=== Careshi ===
* [[Troy Game]]
* [[Troy Game]]
* Lord [[Roche]]
* [[Troy Sheltek]]
* [[Ezekiel Child]]
* [[Rak Shal]]
* [[Rak Irik]]
* [[Rak Toos]]
* [[Sha Kal]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Groups ===
* The [[Curia of Nineteen]] live in the [[Time Vortex]].
* The [[Curia of Nineteen]] live in the [[Time Vortex]].
=== Fauna ===
* [[Leshe]] are omnivorous flying insects inhabiting the colder areas on Caresh.
=== Literature ===
* Simon had read and admired the SF authors [[Ursula LeGuin]], [[Greg Egan]], [[Gene Wolfe]] and [[David Langford (author)|David Langford]]. He liked [[James Warren]] even though his works had been criticised in ''[[SFX (magazine)|SFX]]'' and ignored by ''[[Interzone (magazine)|Interzone]]''.
=== Locations ===
* To help recalibrate the TARDIS navigation computer, the Doctor visited several [[planet]]s, including [[Erekan]], [[Gau-Usu]], [[Cern]] and [[Dagusa]], each one of which was unique in some way.
* Lady Solenti had a beach house on [[Lanare]].
* The TARDIS shell room was mentioned.
=== Technology ===
* Time Lords use weapons called [[mercy gun]]s.
=== Biology ===
* Lady [[Solenti]] could have been permanently [[Blindness|blinded]] across all her subsequent incarnations if the accident that made her blind had also damaged the neural pathways in her brain responsible for sight.
=== Time travel ===
* [[Ezekiel Child]] suffered from an extreme case of [[Jeapes' Syndrome]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* The Doctor takes the recently regenerated Lord Roche to the [[Zero Room]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'')
 
* The Doctor mentions that as a child he always wanted to drive a train. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'')
== Timeline ==
* Jo Grant jokingly asks if the TARDIS has safety belts. ([[TV]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'')
* ''The Suns of Caresh'' occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]''
* The Doctor is still trying to get Jo Grant to [[Metebelis Three]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'')
* ''The Suns of Caresh ''occurs before: [[ST]]: ''[[Rock Star]]''
* One of the inmates of the asylum is called [[Judith Winters]]; she has been locked up there since the [[Shoreditch Incident]] in [[November]] [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[In the Community (short story)|In the Community]]'')
* Jo remembers her first experience on [[Uxarieus|another planet]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]'') and when [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] fell over a cliff on Peladon. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'')
* The new incarnation of Lord Roche is identical to the Third Doctor, just as the [[Romana II|second incarnation of Romana]] is identical to the [[Astra of Atrios|princess Astra]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]'', ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor suggests that Lord Roche could become stroppy and paranoid just after his regeneration, ironically foreshadowing his own fifth regeneration from the Spectrox toxin. (''[[TV]]: [[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|whobbk56.htm|The Suns of Caresh}}
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* {{whoniverse|PD56.php|The Suns of Caresh}}
* {{whoniverse|pd56|The Suns of Caresh}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/caresh.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Suns of Caresh''']


* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406224738/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13720.shtml Interview: Paul Saint]
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Latest revision as of 21:43, 8 January 2024

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The Suns of Caresh was the fifty-fifth novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Paul Saint, released 5 August 2002 and featured the Third Doctor and Jo Grant.

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

Jo gripped the sides of the console. Even over the roar of the engine she could hear branches whipping and snapping against the TARDIS exterior.

The view on the scanner was receding at the speed of an express train. It showed the swathe of destruction they were leaving behind them, a ragged, police-box-shaped tunnel through the forest.

In England, a hotel worker has been turned to stone, an ancient lake has vanished, and the inmate of a mental hospital is being terrorised by unseen creatures. In Israel, in the shadow of Masada, an archaeological dig unearths something that should have stayed buried.

The Doctor is sure he is dealing with a local and relatively straightforward temporal anomaly. Troy Game, a refugee from the planet Caresh, is not so certain. She believes the impending destruction of her home world is somehow linked to the events on Earth, and she is pinning her hopes on the Doctor to avert the catastrophe.

But can the Doctor interfere with a planet's destiny? And should he risk his new-found freedom to do it?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Earthlings[[edit] | [edit source]]

Careshi[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Groups[[edit] | [edit source]]

Fauna[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Leshe are omnivorous flying insects inhabiting the colder areas on Caresh.

Literature[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • To help recalibrate the TARDIS navigation computer, the Doctor visited several planets, including Erekan, Gau-Usu, Cern and Dagusa, each one of which was unique in some way.
  • Lady Solenti had a beach house on Lanare.
  • The TARDIS shell room was mentioned.

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Lady Solenti could have been permanently blinded across all her subsequent incarnations if the accident that made her blind had also damaged the neural pathways in her brain responsible for sight.

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

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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