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* The UK print erroneously refers to Coal Hill as "Coal Hill School". It is also inconsistent in spelling April's surname, giving the correct "MacLean" on some occasions and an incorrect "MacClean". The US print corrects the misspellings of April's surname to their proper form, but does not correct the references of Coal Hill as a school.
* The UK print erroneously refers to Coal Hill as "Coal Hill School". It is also inconsistent in spelling April's surname, giving the correct "MacLean" on some occasions and an incorrect "MacClean". The US print corrects the misspellings of April's surname to their proper form, but does not correct the references of Coal Hill as a school.
* In this story, the alien presence in [[Shoreditch]] is not related to the Rift at [[Coal Hill School|Coal Hill Academy]]: the [[Species (Joyride)|aliens]] arrived using their own space/time travelling technology six months prior to the events of [[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]''.
* In this story, the alien presence in [[Shoreditch]] is not related to the Rift at [[Coal Hill School|Coal Hill Academy]]: the [[Species (Joyride)|aliens]] arrived using their own space/time travelling technology six months prior to the events of [[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]''.
* The events of this story take place between ''[[The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo]]'' and ''[[Nightvisiting (TV story)|Nightvisiting]]''.{{source}}
* This story must take place between ''[[The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo]]'' and ''[[Nightvisiting (TV story)|Nightvisiting]]'': Matteusz hasn't yet moved in with Charlie as would happen in the latter, and Coal Hill is in-between head teachers, meaning ''[[Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (TV story)|Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart]]'' hasn't happened either.
[[File:Class - Joyride (Audiobook).jpg|thumb|Audiobook cover.]]
[[File:Class - Joyride (Audiobook).jpg|thumb|Audiobook cover.]]


Revision as of 02:05, 18 August 2024

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Joyride was the first release in the BBC Class novels series. It was written by Guy Adams, who had written for Doctor Who and Torchwood previously.

Publisher's summary

"So, can you just leap into other people's bodies? Take them over? And while you’re in control, you can do whatever you want? Brilliant."

Poppy is a quiet girl, right up until she steals a car and drives it through a shop window.

Max is a nice guy, but then he kills his whole family. Just for fun.

Amar always seems so happy, so why is he trying to jump to his death from the school roof?

Some of the students of Coal Hill School are not themselves. Some of them are dying. Ram has just woken up in a body he doesn't recognise, and if he doesn't figure out why he may well be next.

Plot

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Characters

Worldbuilding

Individuals

Locations

Shoreditch locations

Other locations

  • Stephen Patrick bets on horse races in Aintree.
  • George Barker is offered a return ticket to Basildon.
  • Quill takes the Central line to get home.
  • When Ram walks along Swallow Avenue, he finds himself on Old Street.
  • Barry Taylor assumes that, since Charlie is an alien, he must be from Mars.
  • Fletcher drops Mrs Cummings at Barbican.
  • Mike was thrown under a tube train at Edgware Road.
  • Fletcher plans to run away to Dubai after making enough money.
  • Steve once had a girlfriend from Leeds. He thinks of running away with his family to Leeds or Manchester.
  • James Banks transferred to a body of an eighteen-year-old from Brixton.

Technology

Police

  • Poppy's body is removed from the car by SOCOs.

Media

Organisations

  • Matteusz suggests a possibility of donating money on JustGiving.
  • Mike owns a company named Sparkz Mobile Disco.
  • A UNIT team are brought in to take away Fletcher's alien technology.

Culture

  • A splatter from a skull shot through by a bullet in a computer game is compared to paintings by Jackson Pollock.
  • Tommy Collins is wearing Iron Man pyjamas.
  • Ram compares his being in somebody else's body to a Ryan Reynolds movie where he swaps with Jason Bateman, who gets to be Ryan Reynolds and decides not to have sex with Olivia Wilde.
  • Toby Moore remarks that viola, the first name of Viola Cummings, is a musical instrument.
  • Quill and Charlie hear sounds of an acoustic guitar.

Science

Food and drinks

Animals

  • Tanya thinks about a small dog attacking an Alsatian.
  • Damon notes that Swallow Avenue has the same name as a bird.
  • Steve scrunches himself into a ball like a hedgehog.

Notes

  • The UK print erroneously refers to Coal Hill as "Coal Hill School". It is also inconsistent in spelling April's surname, giving the correct "MacLean" on some occasions and an incorrect "MacClean". The US print corrects the misspellings of April's surname to their proper form, but does not correct the references of Coal Hill as a school.
  • In this story, the alien presence in Shoreditch is not related to the Rift at Coal Hill Academy: the aliens arrived using their own space/time travelling technology six months prior to the events of TV: For Tonight We Might Die.
  • This story must take place between The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo and Nightvisiting: Matteusz hasn't yet moved in with Charlie as would happen in the latter, and Coal Hill is in-between head teachers, meaning Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart hasn't happened either.
Audiobook cover.

Audio release

  • The story was released as an unabridged 6x CD audiobook by Blackstone Audio and HarperCollins, read by Steve West.

Continuity

External links

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Class novels
Series 1
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