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companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | | companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | | ||
enemy= [[Ants]], [[Ship]] | | enemy= [[Ants]], [[Ship]] | | ||
year= [[Earth]], [[Australia]], [[Sydney]], inter-dimensional cafe, [[1995]] <br> [[Bellatrix City]], inter-dimensional cafe, 25th century <br> [[Argolis]], inter-dimensional cafe <br> Luxury Liner ''Cortese'', [[1815]] <br> [[Earth]], [[Egypt]], [[Akheaten]], [[1366 BCE]] <br> [[Earth]], [[Egypt]], [[Cairo]], [[1798]] <br> [[Earth]], [[France]], [[Paris]], [[1871]] <br> On board The Ship | | |||
writer= [[Kate Orman]] | | writer= [[Kate Orman]] | | ||
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | ||
release date= | release date= February, 1995 | | ||
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | | format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | | ||
isbn= 0426204360 }} | isbn= 0426204360 | | ||
previous story= [[Warlock (novel) | Warlock]] | | |||
next story= [[Infinite Requiem]] }} | |||
==Publisher's Summary== | ==Publisher's Summary== | ||
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Ace, stranded in Ancient [[Egypt]], struggles to survive in an environment as alien as a distant planet: the [[Earth]] 3,000 years before she was born. She manages to find employment as a nobleman's bodyguard. And then she comes face to face with the metal horrors which have pursued her through time - the creatures she saw kill the Doctor. | Ace, stranded in Ancient [[Egypt]], struggles to survive in an environment as alien as a distant planet: the [[Earth]] 3,000 years before she was born. She manages to find employment as a nobleman's bodyguard. And then she comes face to face with the metal horrors which have pursued her through time - the creatures she saw kill the Doctor. | ||
== | ==Characters== | ||
''to | [[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]] | ||
* Knows how to speak French (separate from the TARDIS). | |||
* [[Time (Eternal) | Time]] calls the Doctor her champion. | |||
* First met [[Death]] on a Gallifreyan hill side. | |||
* Suffers a double cardiac arrest. | |||
[[Ace]] | |||
* Ace's name is revealed as [[Dorothy McShane]]. | |||
* Becomes one of Sejet's bodyguards, she's called Tepy; meaning 'First One'. | |||
* Leaves the Doctor; aged 26. | |||
* Ace visits Dennon in 1815; aged 28. | |||
* She goes to [[Glebe]] ([[Sydney]], [[Australia]]); aged 37. | |||
* She at one point ends up in a relationship with one of Count [[Sorin]]'s ancestors. | |||
[[Bernice Summerfield]] | |||
* [[Pain (Eternal) | Pain]] visits Benny in a dream telling her of the vulnerable nerve cluster on a Time Lords' shoulder. | |||
* Drinks [[abinsthe]] and eats grapes in Cairo. | |||
[[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]] | |||
* Her time machine has been knocking holes in space time. | |||
[[Sedjet]] | |||
[[Vivant Dennon]] | |||
* Harbors Kadiatu. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
''to be | * The Doctor showed the [[Brigadier]] how to disable a [[Time Lord]] (in case of [[the Master]] ever returning to Earth); a blow to the left shoulder on a Time Lord hits a vital nerve cluster. | ||
* [[Death]] clarifies for Benny that her mother ([[Claire Summerfield]]) was killed by the first [[Dalek]] beams during the attack on their colony. | |||
* Some of [[Death]]'s 'siblings' appear including: [[Pain (Eternal) | Pain]] and [[Time (Eternal) | Time]]. All the Eternals (Time, Death, Pain) appear to be female. | |||
:* [[Pain (Eternal) | Pain]] is older than [[Death]]. | |||
* Ace carries a [[Draconian]] army knife. | |||
* Benny's travelling bag contains; [[gold]], [[vodka]], [[Antibiotics]] and camping equipment. | |||
==Notes== | |||
* [[Sophie Aldred]] wrote the afterward for this novel. | |||
== | ==Continuity== | ||
' | * It's claimed here that Time Lord nanites can regrow limbs, a similar occourace happens when the Doctor regrows a hand in [[The Christmas Invasion]]. | ||
* Whilst reading records of history of Egypt Ace finds references to Daleks in the Pyramids as seen in [[The Daleks' Master Plan]]. | |||
* Kadiatu next appears in [[The Also People]]. | |||
* Ace makes a cameo appearance in [[Head Games]] and attends Benny's wedding in [[Happy Endings]]. | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://drwhoguide.com/who_na35.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Set Piece'''] | * [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na35.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of ''Set Piece''] | ||
* [http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/NA35.php The Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide - Set Piece] | |||
* [http://drwhoguide.com/whona35p.htm Prelude to ''Set Piece'' as published in DWM#222] | |||
{{Virgin New Adventure Series Box | before = [[Warlock]] | after = [[Infinite Requiem]]}} | {{Virgin New Adventure Series Box | before = [[Warlock]] | after = [[Infinite Requiem]]}} | ||
Revision as of 14:42, 2 April 2007
Publisher's Summary
Dead. He was dead. How the hell was she supposed to do CPR on a man with two hearts?
There's a rip in the fabric of space and time. Passenger ships are disappearing from the interstellar traffic lanes. In an attempt to find out who's behind the disappearances, the Doctor and Ace allow themselves to be captured. But when Bernice's rescue attempt goes terribly wrong, the time travellers find themselves scattered throughout history.
Ace, stranded in Ancient Egypt, struggles to survive in an environment as alien as a distant planet: the Earth 3,000 years before she was born. She manages to find employment as a nobleman's bodyguard. And then she comes face to face with the metal horrors which have pursued her through time - the creatures she saw kill the Doctor.
Characters
- Knows how to speak French (separate from the TARDIS).
- Time calls the Doctor her champion.
- First met Death on a Gallifreyan hill side.
- Suffers a double cardiac arrest.
- Ace's name is revealed as Dorothy McShane.
- Becomes one of Sejet's bodyguards, she's called Tepy; meaning 'First One'.
- Leaves the Doctor; aged 26.
- Ace visits Dennon in 1815; aged 28.
- She goes to Glebe (Sydney, Australia); aged 37.
- She at one point ends up in a relationship with one of Count Sorin's ancestors.
- Pain visits Benny in a dream telling her of the vulnerable nerve cluster on a Time Lords' shoulder.
- Drinks abinsthe and eats grapes in Cairo.
- Her time machine has been knocking holes in space time.
- Harbors Kadiatu.
References
- The Doctor showed the Brigadier how to disable a Time Lord (in case of the Master ever returning to Earth); a blow to the left shoulder on a Time Lord hits a vital nerve cluster.
- Death clarifies for Benny that her mother (Claire Summerfield) was killed by the first Dalek beams during the attack on their colony.
- Some of Death's 'siblings' appear including: Pain and Time. All the Eternals (Time, Death, Pain) appear to be female.
- Ace carries a Draconian army knife.
- Benny's travelling bag contains; gold, vodka, Antibiotics and camping equipment.
Notes
- Sophie Aldred wrote the afterward for this novel.
Continuity
- It's claimed here that Time Lord nanites can regrow limbs, a similar occourace happens when the Doctor regrows a hand in The Christmas Invasion.
- Whilst reading records of history of Egypt Ace finds references to Daleks in the Pyramids as seen in The Daleks' Master Plan.
- Kadiatu next appears in The Also People.
- Ace makes a cameo appearance in Head Games and attends Benny's wedding in Happy Endings.
External Links
- The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Set Piece
- The Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide - Set Piece
- Prelude to Set Piece as published in DWM#222
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