Venusian Lullaby (novel)

Venusian Lullaby
Doctor:	[[doctor::First Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Ian Chesterton Barbara Wright
Main enemy:	The Sou(ou)shi
Main setting:	Venus, 3,000,000,000 BC
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Virgin Books]]
Writer:	Paul Leonard
Release details
Release number:	3
Release date:	October 1994
Format:	Paperback Book, 312 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20424-7
Virgin Missing Adventures
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Venusian Lullaby was the third novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series.

Publisher's summary

'You want me to help you eat your children?' Ian said.
Jellenhut's eye-stalks twitched. 'How else would we remember them?'

Venus is dying. When the First Doctor, Barbara and Ian arrive they find an ancient and utterly alien civilization on the verge of oblivion. War is brewing between those who are determined to accept death, and those desperate for salvation whatever the cost.

Then a spacefaring race arrives, offering to rescue the Venusians by moving them all to Earth - three billion years before mankind is due to evolve. Are the newcomers’ motives as pure as they appear? And will the Doctor allow them to save his oldest friends by sacrificing the future of humanity?

Characters

• The Doctor

• Has visited Venus before.
• Is still adapting to life without Susan.
• Is an old friend of Dharkhig's.
• Carries Everlasting matches.

• Ian Chesterton

• Eats some of Inikhut's brain, absorbing some of his memories.
• Knows of a Venusian lullaby.

• Barbara Wright

• Eats some of Dharkhig's brain at his funeral, gaining some of his memories.
• Is worried about the Doctor having so recently lost Susan.
• Becomes momentarily overwhelmed with Dharkhig's memories and attacks a Venusian death squad.
• Accuses the Doctor of treating everyone like a chess piece now that Susan is gone.

• Jellenhut

• Is a Venusian.

• Trikhobu

• Is a Venusian and the daughter of the late Dharkhig.
• Attacks the Sou(ou)shi with Venusian aikido, presumably in its pure form.
• Works out a method for piloting the TARDIS, based on tracking individuals.

References

• The Doctor uses an 'unknown sonic device' (quite clearly a sonic screwdriver).
• The Doctor speculates if the Sou(ou)shi are related to the Great Vampires.
• When it starts to rain, the Doctor says he really must remember to carry an umbrella, possibly a reference to his sixth and seventh incarnations.

Notes

• Ian's remark that Christmas has passed recently appears to be a rather sly reference to the broadcast date of DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth which aired during the Christmas week.

Continuity

• Susan's departure in DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth weighs heavily on the Doctor's mind.
• The Doctor takes out an 'unknown sonic device', possibly the sonic screwdriver. (DW: Fury From the Deep)

Timeline

• Venusian Lullaby occurs immediately after: DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
• Venusian Lullaby occurs before: VD: The Book of Shadows

External links

• Venusian Lullaby at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Discontinuity Guide to: Venusian Lullaby at The Whoniverse
• Doctor Who Bewildering Reference Guide to Venusian Lullaby