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companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | | companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | | ||
enemy= [[Agonal]] | | enemy= [[Agonal]] | | ||
year= [[Earth]], [[USA]], [[Chicago]], [[1929]] <br> Planet of the Vammpires <br> [[Gallifrey]] | | |||
writer= [[Terrance Dicks]] | | writer= [[Terrance Dicks]] | | ||
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | ||
release date= | release date= July 1994 | | ||
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | | format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | | ||
isbn= 0426204174 | isbn= 0426204174 | | ||
previous story= [[All-Consuming Fire]] | | |||
next story= [[Strange England]]}} | |||
==Publisher's Summary== | ==Publisher's Summary== | ||
''''[[Seventh Doctor|Doc]]'s peddling bootleg liquor in an illegal speakeasy. You’re carrying a gun for him, [[Ace]] - which makes you no better than any other gun-moll.'''' | ''''[[Seventh Doctor|Doc]]'s peddling bootleg liquor in an illegal speakeasy. You’re carrying a gun for him, [[Ace]] - which makes you no better than any other gun-moll.'''' | ||
Dekker is a private eye; an honest one. But when [[Al Capone]] hires him to investigate a new joint called ‘Doc’s’, he knows this is one job he can’t refuse. And just why are the Doctor and Ace selling illegal booze in a town full of murderous gangsters? | |||
Meanwhile, [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] has been abandoned on a [[vampire]]-infested | Meanwhile, [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] has been abandoned on a [[vampire]]-infested planet [[E-Space|outside normal space]]. There she meets a mysterious stranger called [[Romana II|Romanadvoratrelundar]] -- and discovers an ancient and malevolent power, linking [[1929]] [[Chicago]] with a lair of immortal evil. | ||
The consequences of this story are inextricably linked to events in the Doctor’s past. | The consequences of this story are inextricably linked to events in the Doctor’s past. | ||
== | ==Characters== | ||
'' | [[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]] | ||
* Can play the piano. | |||
* Brews beer in the TARDIS swimming pool and whiskey in the bath. | |||
[[Ace]] | |||
* Shags Dekker. | |||
* Mobsters call Ace ''the lady in black''. | |||
[[Bernice Summerfield]] | |||
* Sets up a government based on the British system on the planet of the vampires. | |||
* Can sing the blues. | |||
[[Romana II | Romana]] | |||
* Talks about the Doctor's companions like they're amusing pets. | |||
[[Tom Dekker]] | |||
* Events on the planet of the vampires doesn't faze him, but the Doctor still erases bits of his memory. | |||
[[Agonal]] | |||
[[Zargo]] (clone) | |||
[[Camilla]] (clone) | |||
[[Aukon]] (clone) | |||
[[Borusa]] | |||
* Freed from imprisonment. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
'' | * The Doctor gives Benny a SPATAB ([[Spatio-Temporal Alarm Beacon]]), it's a homing beacon for the TARDIS. | ||
* It's revealed the music the [[Fifth Doctor]] played on the Harp on [[Gallifrey]] is called ''[[Rassilon's Lament]]''. | |||
* Bernice has visited a bar on [[Metebelis III]]. | |||
* Romana meets [[Ruathadvorophrenaltid]]. | |||
* The [[Commitee of Three]] use the [[Time Scoop]]. | |||
:* The Comittee of Three are: [[Rath]] (a [[Prydonian]] and [[Goth]]'s younger sibling), Elar (an [[Arcalian]]) and Morin (a [[Patraxean]]). | |||
== | ==Notes== | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==Continuity== | |||
* This is a sequel to [[State of Decay]] and in some ways to [[The Five Doctors]]. | |||
* Events in this novel lead to [[Goth Opera]]. | |||
* The Doctor gives Spandrell back hi Gallifreyan Army Knife, mentioned in [[Timewyrm: Exodus]]. | |||
* Dekker reappears in [[Players]]. | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://drwhoguide.com/who_na28.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Blood Harvest'''] | * [http://drwhoguide.com/who_na28.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Blood Harvest'''] | ||
* [http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/NA28.php The Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide - Blood Harvest] | |||
* [http://drwhoguide.com/whona28p.htm Prelude to Blood Harvest as published in DWM] | |||
{{Virgin New Adventure Series Box | before = [[All-Consuming Fire]] | after = [[Strange England]]}} | {{Virgin New Adventure Series Box | before = [[All-Consuming Fire]] | after = [[Strange England]]}} | ||
Revision as of 04:45, 30 March 2007
Publisher's Summary
'Doc's peddling bootleg liquor in an illegal speakeasy. You’re carrying a gun for him, Ace - which makes you no better than any other gun-moll.'
Dekker is a private eye; an honest one. But when Al Capone hires him to investigate a new joint called ‘Doc’s’, he knows this is one job he can’t refuse. And just why are the Doctor and Ace selling illegal booze in a town full of murderous gangsters?
Meanwhile, Bernice has been abandoned on a vampire-infested planet outside normal space. There she meets a mysterious stranger called Romanadvoratrelundar -- and discovers an ancient and malevolent power, linking 1929 Chicago with a lair of immortal evil.
The consequences of this story are inextricably linked to events in the Doctor’s past.
Characters
- Can play the piano.
- Brews beer in the TARDIS swimming pool and whiskey in the bath.
- Shags Dekker.
- Mobsters call Ace the lady in black.
- Sets up a government based on the British system on the planet of the vampires.
- Can sing the blues.
- Talks about the Doctor's companions like they're amusing pets.
- Events on the planet of the vampires doesn't faze him, but the Doctor still erases bits of his memory.
Zargo (clone)
Camilla (clone)
Aukon (clone)
- Freed from imprisonment.
References
- The Doctor gives Benny a SPATAB (Spatio-Temporal Alarm Beacon), it's a homing beacon for the TARDIS.
- It's revealed the music the Fifth Doctor played on the Harp on Gallifrey is called Rassilon's Lament.
- Bernice has visited a bar on Metebelis III.
- Romana meets Ruathadvorophrenaltid.
- The Commitee of Three use the Time Scoop.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- This is a sequel to State of Decay and in some ways to The Five Doctors.
- Events in this novel lead to Goth Opera.
- The Doctor gives Spandrell back hi Gallifreyan Army Knife, mentioned in Timewyrm: Exodus.
- Dekker reappears in Players.
External Links
- The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Blood Harvest
- The Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide - Blood Harvest
- Prelude to Blood Harvest as published in DWM
Template:Virgin New Adventure Series Box
