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name= Timewyrm: Revelation|
name= Timewyrm: Revelation|
image= NA004_revelation.jpg|
image= NA004 revelation.jpg|
series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] |
series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] |
number= 4 |
number= 4 |
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enemy= The [[Timewyrm]] |
enemy= The [[Timewyrm]] |
writer= [[Paul Cornell]] |
writer= [[Paul Cornell]] |
year= {{bp|[[Earth]], [[England]], [[Norfolk]], [[Cheldon Bonniface]], [[1992]]|[[The Moon]], [[1992]]}} |
year= {{il|[[Earth]], [[England]], [[Norfolk]], [[Cheldon Bonniface]], [[1992]]|[[The Moon]], [[1992]]}} |
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
release date= [[December]], [[1991]] |
release date= [[December]], [[1991]] |
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The parishioners of [[Cheldon Bonniface]] walk to church on the Sunday before [[Christmas]], [[1992]]. [[Snow]] is in the air, or is it the threat of something else? The Reverend Trelaw has a premonition, too, and discusses it with the spirit that inhabits his church. Perhaps the Doctor is about to visit them again?  
The parishioners of [[Cheldon Bonniface]] walk to church on the Sunday before [[Christmas]], [[1992]]. [[Snow]] is in the air, or is it the threat of something else? The Reverend Trelaw has a premonition, too, and discusses it with the spirit that inhabits his church. Perhaps the Doctor is about to visit them again?  


Some years earlier, in a playground in [[Perivale]], Chad Boyle picks up a half-brick. He’s going to get that creepy Dorothy who says she wants to be an astronaut. The weapon falls, splitting Dorothy’s skull. She dies instantly.  
Some years earlier, in a playground in [[Perivale]], Chad Boyle picks up a half-brick. He's going to get that creepy Dorothy who says she wants to be an astronaut. The weapon falls, splitting Dorothy's skull. She dies instantly.  


The Doctor has pursued the Timewyrm from prehistoric Mesopotamia to Nazi Germany, and then to the end of the universe. He has tracked down the creature again: but what trans-temporal trap has the Timewyrm prepared for their final confrontation?
The Doctor has pursued the Timewyrm from prehistoric Mesopotamia to Nazi Germany, and then to the end of the universe. He has tracked down the creature again: but what trans-temporal trap has the Timewyrm prepared for their final confrontation?
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* [[Johnny Chess]] was reviewed in the ''NME'' - 18th July 1998.
* [[Johnny Chess]] was reviewed in the ''NME'' - 18th July 1998.
* Ace's fear of [[clown]]s is mentioned, as well as her having a lock of [[Cheetah Person]] fur in her jacket.
* Ace's fear of [[clown]]s is mentioned, as well as her having a lock of [[Cheetah Person]] fur in her jacket.
* [[Shreela]] and [[Midge]] are thought of and there is a vaugue reference to [[Manisha]], Ace's friend whom she mentioned when she was at [[Gabriel Chase]].
* [[Shreela]] and [[Midge]] are thought of and there is a vague reference to [[Manisha]], Ace's friend whom she mentioned when she was at [[Gabriel Chase]].
* Ace walks out onto the surface of the moon and her lungs explode.
* Ace walks out onto the surface of the moon and her lungs explode.
* The essence of the Timewyrm is placed in a baby by the Doctor and given to Emily and Peter Hutchings, with the name [[Timewyrm#As Ishtar|Ishtar Hutchings]].
* The essence of the Timewyrm is placed in a baby by the Doctor and given to Emily and Peter Hutchings, with the name [[Timewyrm#As Ishtar|Ishtar Hutchings]].
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* This is the final novel in the Timewyrm tetralogy.
* This is the final novel in the Timewyrm tetralogy.
* Paul Cornell based much of ''Timewyrm: Revelation'' on a short story called "Total Eclipse";
* Paul Cornell based much of ''Timewyrm: Revelation'' on a short story called "Total Eclipse";
<blockquote>''In its original form as ‘Total Eclipse’, it was the last of a trilogy concerning Saul the sentient church, and two time travellers from a dictatorial future who’d come back to ‘fix’ the past, with the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa getting in the way. (Said Cornell, "They were the TARDIS crew I wrote mostly for.")''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://voxbomb.com/post/203048207 |title=Flashback Interview: Paul Cornell |author= |date of source=2002 |website name=Vox Bomb |accessdate=11th August 2011}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>''In its original form as 'Total Eclipse', it was the last of a trilogy concerning Saul the sentient church, and two time travellers from a dictatorial future who'd come back to 'fix' the past, with the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa getting in the way. (Said Cornell, "They were the TARDIS crew I wrote mostly for.")''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://voxbomb.com/post/203048207 |title=Flashback Interview: Paul Cornell |author= |date of source=2002 |website name=Vox Bomb |accessdate=11th August 2011}}</ref></blockquote>
 
* The name Mount Cadon was invented here. It has been referenced in several other stories.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oocities.org/rico.briggs/reve.html |title=timewyrm: revelation |author= Eric Briggs|coauthors=Paul Cornell |date of source=1999 |website name=The Doctor Who Bewildering Reference Guide |accessdate=11th August 2011}}</ref>
* The name Mount Cadon was invented here. It has been referenced in several other stories.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oocities.org/rico.briggs/reve.html |title=timewyrm: revelation |author= Eric Briggs|coauthors=Paul Cornell |date of source=1999 |website name=The Doctor Who Bewildering Reference Guide |accessdate=11th August 2011}}</ref>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* The Timewyrm claims to have been around during: [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', ''[[Earthshock]]'', ''[[Ghost Light]]'', and ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]''
* The Timewyrm claims to have been around during: [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', ''[[Earthshock]]'', ''[[Ghost Light]]'', and ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]''
* Lt Hemmings last appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'' and puts in an appearance in ''[[Happy Endings]]''.
* Lt Hemmings last appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'' and puts in an appearance in ''[[Happy Endings]]''.
For the First Doctor (flashback):
* This story occurs after [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''
* This story occurs before [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Home Truths]]''


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==

Revision as of 11:18, 5 January 2013

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Timewyrm: Revelation is the fourth book in the New Adventures series, and the fourth (and final) book in the Timewyrm arc. It was written by Paul Cornell and features the Seventh Doctor and Ace.

Publisher's summary

The parishioners of Cheldon Bonniface walk to church on the Sunday before Christmas, 1992. Snow is in the air, or is it the threat of something else? The Reverend Trelaw has a premonition, too, and discusses it with the spirit that inhabits his church. Perhaps the Doctor is about to visit them again?

Some years earlier, in a playground in Perivale, Chad Boyle picks up a half-brick. He's going to get that creepy Dorothy who says she wants to be an astronaut. The weapon falls, splitting Dorothy's skull. She dies instantly.

The Doctor has pursued the Timewyrm from prehistoric Mesopotamia to Nazi Germany, and then to the end of the universe. He has tracked down the creature again: but what trans-temporal trap has the Timewyrm prepared for their final confrontation?

Plot

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Characters

References

Books

British locations

The Doctor

  • The Doctor feels immense guilt over the deaths of Katarina, Sara Kingdom and Adric.
  • The Doctor's mind has seven regions for his past and present selves.
  • The Doctor makes the sign of the Horns of Rassilon with his fingers.

The Doctors as they appear within the Seventh Doctor's mind

Gallifrey

Individuals

Music

Personifications of concepts

  • Death is created by the Timewyrm.
  • The Doctor (literally) dances with Death.

Psychic powers

Species

  • The Daleks call the Timewyrm Golyan Ak Tana, the twister of paths.
  • The Doctor is called Ka Faraq Gatri / Destroyer of Worlds by the Daleks for destroying Skaro.
  • The Timewyrm will always exist in some form.

Religion

  • Ernest Trelaw is the current vicar of St. Christopher's (Saul), he knows about Saul's sentience.

Timelines

Notes

  • This is the final novel in the Timewyrm tetralogy.
  • Paul Cornell based much of Timewyrm: Revelation on a short story called "Total Eclipse";

In its original form as 'Total Eclipse', it was the last of a trilogy concerning Saul the sentient church, and two time travellers from a dictatorial future who'd come back to 'fix' the past, with the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa getting in the way. (Said Cornell, "They were the TARDIS crew I wrote mostly for.")[2]

  • The name Mount Cadon was invented here. It has been referenced in several other stories.[3]

Continuity

Footnotes

  1. Timewyrm: Revelation, pg.15
  2. Flashback Interview: Paul Cornell. Vox Bomb (2002). Retrieved on 11th August 2011.
  3. Eric Briggs; Paul Cornell (1999). timewyrm: revelation. The Doctor Who Bewildering Reference Guide. Retrieved on 11th August 2011.

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