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* The events of ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'' are...re-interpreted to take on a slightly different meaning, which in turn makes more sense…sort of, than that original book. | * The events of ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'' are...re-interpreted to take on a slightly different meaning, which in turn makes more sense…sort of, than that original book. | ||
*Marnal lists the Eighth Doctor's companions as; Lorenzo, Delilah, Frank, Claudia, Deborah, Jemima-Katy, Miranda, Nina, Anji, and Beatrice. Of the list only Miranda ([[Miranda Dawkins]]) and [[Anji Kapoor]] can be positively identified as having previously appeared. One could assume "Beatrice" to be a reference to [[Trix]], especially considering it's a pseudonym that she herself uses later on in the book, (Page 215) but even this is not entirely clear. Missing from this list are [[Grace Holloway]] (often identified as a companion of the Eighth Doctor, and [[Bernice Summerfield]], who served as companion in [[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]''. As both only shared one known adventure with the Eighth Doctor, they may have been overlooked in deference to companions he travelled with for longer. | *Marnal lists the Eighth Doctor's companions as; Lorenzo, Delilah, Frank, Claudia, Deborah, Jemima-Katy, Miranda, Nina, Anji, and Beatrice. Of the list only Miranda ([[Miranda Dawkins]]) and [[Anji Kapoor]] can be positively identified as having previously appeared. One could assume "Beatrice" to be a reference to [[Trix]], especially considering it's a pseudonym that she herself uses later on in the book, (Page 215) but even this is not entirely clear. Missing from this list are [[Grace Holloway]] (often identified as a companion of the Eighth Doctor, and [[Bernice Summerfield]], who served as companion in [[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]''. As both only shared one known adventure with the Eighth Doctor, they may have been overlooked in deference to companions he travelled with for longer. The list also omits the companions he travelled with in the ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic strip (i.e. [[Izzy Sinclair]] and [[Destrii]] and the [[Big Finish]] audio productions, particularly [[Charley Pollard]] and [[Lucie Miller]] (although the latter wouldn't be introduced until nearly two years after this book as published. | ||
==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
Revision as of 01:18, 19 July 2008
Publisher’s Summary
The Doctor’s home planet of Gallifrey has been destroyed. The Time Lords are dead, their TARDISes annihilated. The man responsible has been tracked down and lured to Earth in the year 2005, where there will be no escape. But Earth has other problems -- a mysterious signal is being received, a second moon appears in the sky, and a primordial alien menace waits to be unleashed...
The stage is set for the ultimate confrontation -- for justice to be done. The Doctor and his companions Fitz and Trix will meet their destiny. And this time, the Doctor isn’t going to be able to save everyone.
Characters
References
- Faction Paradox and their attack on Gallifrey.
- The TARDIS materialises in a graveyard showing Samantha Lynn Jones’s gravestone in 2002.
- The Eye of Harmony opens briefly and a voice comes from it, (assumedly the Master, who got stuck in there during the events surrounding the Doctor's regeneration).
- Marnal makes reference to many events, characters, and places from previous novels:
- Marnal was placed in the care of a Mrs Gate in 1883, (the only Mrs Gate mentioned previously is Penelope Gate).
- K-9 is revealed to be the scratching thing behind the TARDIS walls.
- The Doctor sends K9 to the planet Espero.
- Gallifrey was said to be attacked by Omega, the Sontarans, Tannis, the Faction Paradox, Varnax, Catavolcus, and the Timewyrm.
- The reference to the Timewyrm is significant as it was featured in the first original Doctor Who novel, published under the Virgin New Adventures line, Timewyrm: Genesys.
Notes
- The events of The Ancestor Cell are...re-interpreted to take on a slightly different meaning, which in turn makes more sense…sort of, than that original book.
- Marnal lists the Eighth Doctor's companions as; Lorenzo, Delilah, Frank, Claudia, Deborah, Jemima-Katy, Miranda, Nina, Anji, and Beatrice. Of the list only Miranda (Miranda Dawkins) and Anji Kapoor can be positively identified as having previously appeared. One could assume "Beatrice" to be a reference to Trix, especially considering it's a pseudonym that she herself uses later on in the book, (Page 215) but even this is not entirely clear. Missing from this list are Grace Holloway (often identified as a companion of the Eighth Doctor, and Bernice Summerfield, who served as companion in NA: The Dying Days. As both only shared one known adventure with the Eighth Doctor, they may have been overlooked in deference to companions he travelled with for longer. The list also omits the companions he travelled with in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip (i.e. Izzy Sinclair and Destrii and the Big Finish audio productions, particularly Charley Pollard and Lucie Miller (although the latter wouldn't be introduced until nearly two years after this book as published.
Continuity
- The Doctor's battle with the Master in DW: Doctor Who: The TV Movie is referenced.
- The events of EDA: The Ancestor Cell are revisited and analysed.
- The Klade first appeared in EDA: Father Time (and were last mentioned in EDA: Trading Futures).
- The grave for Samantha Lynn Jones seen here might contradict events in Interference - Book Two where it's implied that Sam Jones will lead a long life (beyond 22), however Samantha Lynn Jones, was Sam's original timeline (aka Dark Sam) seen last in EDA: Unnatural History.
- The Doctor (Marnal discovers) has 3 Ninth incarnations as seen in: WC: The Scream of the Shalka, DW: The Curse of the Fatal Death and DW: Rose.
- Gallifrey was attacked by; Omega in DW: The Three Doctors, the Sontarans in DW: The Invasion of Time, Tannis in WC: Death Comes to Time, the Faction Paradox in EDA: The Ancestor Cell, Catavolcus in DWM: The Neutron Knights, the Timewyrm in NA: Timewyrm: Revelation and Varnax in an unmade movie from the 1990s (detailed in REF: The Nth Doctor).
