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|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Anji Kapoor]]  
|companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Anji Kapoor]]  
|enemy= [[Baskerville]], [[Jonah Cosgrove]], [[Onihr]]  
|enemy= [[Baskerville]], [[Jonah Cosgrove]], [[Onihr]]  
|setting= {{il|[[Earth]], [[21st century]]|*[[Athens]], [[Greece]]|*[[Toronto]], [[Canada]]|*Neverland, [[California]], [[USA]]|*[[Heathrow Airport]], [[London]]|*The Green Hotel, [[Istanbul]]|*Baskerville's RealWar Factory, the Steppes of [[Russia]]|{{w||Mare Tranquillitatis}}, [[the Moon]], date unknown}}
|setting= {{il|Various [[Earth]] locations, [[21st century]]|[[The Moon]]}}
|writer= [[Lance Parkin]]  
|writer= [[Lance Parkin]]  
|publisher= [[BBC Books]]  
|publisher= [[BBC Books]]  
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Eighth Doctor]]
** Can use a gun to to deflect bullets in mid-air by shooting them.
* [[Fitz Kreiner]]
* [[Fitz Kreiner]]
** Fitz can still speak Chinese.
** Is mistaken for the [[Eighth Doctor]] and successfully defeats the alien invaders on his own, acting as the Doctor.
* [[Anji Kapoor]]
* [[Anji Kapoor]]
** Tries to use Baskerville's time machine (which isn't) to contact Dave.
* [[Jonah Cosgrove]]
* [[Jonah Cosgrove]]
** Deputy Head of Eurozone Secret Service.
* [[Baskerville]]
* [[Baskerville]]
** Is the richest man in the world.
** Is ''not'' a time traveller.
** Possesses his own personal stealth [[Concorde]].
* [[Jaxa]]
* [[Jaxa]]
** [[Sabbath]]'s [[Time Agent]] mercenary.
** She's a historian.
* [[Roja]]
* [[Roja]]
** Sabbath's cabin boy and Time Agent mercenary.
* [[Bermuda Atkins]]
* [[Bermuda Atkins]]
* [[Dee Gordon]]
* [[Dee Gordon]]
* [[Felix Mather]]
* [[Felix Mather]]
** Has become President of the United States since the Doctor last met him.
* [[Malady Chang]]
* [[Malady Chang]]
** A CIA agent, working for [[Control (The Devil Goblins from Neptune)|Control]].
* [[Penny Lik]]
* [[Penny Lik]]
* [[Relker]]
* [[Relker]]
* Pad
* [[Pad]]
* [[Onihr]] Leader
* [[Onihr Leader]]
* Onihr Deputy Leader
* [[Onihr Deputy Leader]]


== References ==
== References ==
* The Doctor uses the [[Bocca Scale]] to measure time disturbances.
=== The Doctor ===
* The [[Eurozone]], or EZ, is one of the larger superpowers in the "near future". Britain is part of the EZ.
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] uses the [[Bocca Scale]] to measure time disturbances.
* The Doctor can use a gun to to deflect bullets in mid-air by shooting them.
 
=== Fitz Kreiner ===
* Fitz uses a [[RealWar]] robot in what he thinks is an arcade game. Later Anji meets Baskerville, the owner of [[RealWar]].
* Fitz uses a [[RealWar]] robot in what he thinks is an arcade game. Later Anji meets Baskerville, the owner of [[RealWar]].
* Fitz can still speak [[Chinese language|Chinese]].
* Fitz is mistaken for the [[Eighth Doctor]] and successfully defeats the alien invaders on his own, acting as the Doctor.
=== Anji Kapoor ===
* Anji thinks about "current" technology in relation to [[Hitchemus]]'s.
* Anji thinks about "current" technology in relation to [[Hitchemus]]'s.
* This marks another appearance of humans with access to [[time travel]] technology, highlighting the destruction of the [[Time Lord]]s.
* Anji tries to use Baskerville's time machine (which isn't) to contact Dave.
 
=== Politics ===
* The [[Eurozone]], or EZ, is one of the larger superpowers in the "near future". Britain is part of the EZ.
* [[Jonah Cosgrove]] is the deputy Head of Eurozone Secret Service.
* [[Felix Mather]] is [[President of the United States]].
* [[Malady Chang]] is a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent, working for [[Control (The Devil Goblins from Neptune)|Control]].
 
=== Time Lords ===
* After the destruction of the [[Time Lord]]s, there are now [[human]]s with access to [[time travel]] technology.
 
=== Other species ===
* The [[Onihr]] are among many alien races seeking time travel in the post-Gallifrey universe, and have discovered some Time Lord relics (including the high-collared robes) in their quest.
* The [[Onihr]] are among many alien races seeking time travel in the post-Gallifrey universe, and have discovered some Time Lord relics (including the high-collared robes) in their quest.
* The Onihr are large rhinoceros-like alien humanoids.
=== Earth ===
* The Onihr mention that the Earth acts as a magnet to "time travellers and other fourth-dimensional beings", but don't know why.
* The Onihr mention that the Earth acts as a magnet to "time travellers and other fourth-dimensional beings", but don't know why.
* Baskerville's time machine (which several parties try to get throughout the novel) isn't. It's a coffee machine...more or less.
 
* The [[Onihr]] are large rhinoceros-like alien humanoids similar in description (but not in character) to the later [[Judoon]].
=== Baskerville ===
* Baskerville isn't a time traveller. His time machine (which several parties try to get throughout the novel) isn't. It's a coffee machine...more or less.
* Baskerville is the richest man in the world. He possesses his own personal stealth [[Concorde]].
 
=== Sabbath ===
* [[Jaxa]] and [[Roja]] are [[Sabbath]]'s [[Time Agent]] mercenaries. Jaxa is a historian.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Fitz learnt to speak Chinese during his time brainwashed for Communist [[China]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Revolution Man (novel)|Revolution Man]]'')
* Fitz learnt to speak [[Chinese language|Chinese]] during his time brainwashed for Communist [[China]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Revolution Man (novel)|Revolution Man]]'')
* Fitz wanders the TARDIS corridors and hears something scratching behind the walls. The source of the noise is revealed in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]''.
* Fitz wanders the TARDIS corridors and hears something scratching behind the walls. The source of the noise is revealed in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]''.
* The Doctor first met Felix Mather while hijacking the ''Atlantis'' space shuttle. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Father Time (novel)|Father Time]]'')
* The Doctor first met Felix Mather while hijacking the ''Atlantis'' space shuttle. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Father Time (novel)|Father Time]]'')
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Trading Futures was the fifty-fifth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Lance Parkin. It featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Anji Kapoor.

Publisher's summary

"Welcome to the future."

The early decades of the twenty-first century. All the wars have been won. There are no rogue states. The secret services of the world keep the planet electronically monitored, safe from all threat. There is no one left for the United States and the Eurozone to fight. Except each other.

A mysterious time traveler offers a better future — he has a time machine, and with it, humanity could reach the next stage of evolution, they could share its secrets and become the new Lords of Time...

...either that, or someone could keep the technology for themselves, and use it to fight the ultimate war.

Characters

References

The Doctor

  • The Eighth Doctor uses the Bocca Scale to measure time disturbances.
  • The Doctor can use a gun to to deflect bullets in mid-air by shooting them.

Fitz Kreiner

  • Fitz uses a RealWar robot in what he thinks is an arcade game. Later Anji meets Baskerville, the owner of RealWar.
  • Fitz can still speak Chinese.
  • Fitz is mistaken for the Eighth Doctor and successfully defeats the alien invaders on his own, acting as the Doctor.

Anji Kapoor

  • Anji thinks about "current" technology in relation to Hitchemus's.
  • Anji tries to use Baskerville's time machine (which isn't) to contact Dave.

Politics

Time Lords

Other species

  • The Onihr are among many alien races seeking time travel in the post-Gallifrey universe, and have discovered some Time Lord relics (including the high-collared robes) in their quest.
  • The Onihr are large rhinoceros-like alien humanoids.

Earth

  • The Onihr mention that the Earth acts as a magnet to "time travellers and other fourth-dimensional beings", but don't know why.

Baskerville

  • Baskerville isn't a time traveller. His time machine (which several parties try to get throughout the novel) isn't. It's a coffee machine...more or less.
  • Baskerville is the richest man in the world. He possesses his own personal stealth Concorde.

Sabbath

Notes

  • Stylistically (right down to the cover), Trading Futures is a little bit like a James Bond movie, with the Doctor blowing up spy boats, car chases and international travel, bombs in interesting places...plus some genuine (non-coffee machine) time travel (and space alien rhinos).
  • The "dancing flame women" on the cover is a reuse of the fire image from PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street; you can see the silhouette of the Doctor in one of the women.
  • BBC Books has announced that a "print on demand" reprint edition of this novel will be made available as of 31st August 2011 as the imprint revisits adventures featuring the first eight Doctors. This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.[source needed]

Continuity

External links

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Susan
Sam
Fitz, Sam
Sam, Fitz, Compassion
Third Doctor, Sarah
Fitz, Compassion
Solo travels
Anji, Fitz
Anji, Fitz, Trix
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