Unnatural History (novel)

Unnatural History
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eighth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Sam Jones, Fitz Kreiner
Main enemy:	Griffin the Unaturalist, Faction Paradox
Main setting:	San Francisco, 2002 London, 2002
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Books]]
Writer:	Jonathan Blum & Kate Orman
Release details
Release number:	23
Release date:	June, 1999
Format:	Paperback Book, --- Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-563-55576-9

Publisher’s Summary

‘They called it the Millennium Effect,’ said the Doctor. ‘But the millennium was only beginning.’

San Francisco has changed since the start of 2000. The laws of physics keep having acid flashbacks. There are sightings of creatures from outside our dimensions, stranded aliens and surrealist street performers. The city has become a mecca for those who revel in impossible creatures -- and those who want to see them pinned down and put away.

Sam’s past is catching up with her - a past she didn’t know she had. The Doctor is in danger of becoming the piece de resistance in a twisted collection of creatures. And beneath the waters of the Bay, something huge is waiting.

With time running out, the Doctor must choose which to sacrifice -- a city of wonders, or the life of an old and dear friend.

Characters

The Doctor

• The Doctor’s biodata contains 17 conflicting streams.
• Griffin removes the Doctor's ability to see the colour violet (although later the Doctor fixes this...supposedly).

Sam Jones / Dark Sam

• ‘Dark Sam’ appears for almost all this novel.

Fitz Kreiner

Professor Daniel Joyce (also known as Professor Chronotis

References

Dark Sam, Grace Holloway, Faction Paradox, The Book of Lies, Biodata

Notes

• ‘Dark Sam’ and Fitz shag because they’re human and to show they won’t manipulate each other.
• ‘Dark Sam’ kisses the Doctor but he doesn’t do anything.
• The Doctor basically talks a Faction Paradox agent into non-existance by convincing the agent that he is ordinary.

Continuity

• The events of Doctor Who: The TV Movie created the dimension anomalies in San Francisco.

• Alien Bodies first introduced the concept of ‘Dark Sam’.

• The Doctor last dropped acid in The Left-Handed Hummingbird.

• Blinovitch (of the Blinovitch Limitation Effect) was mentioned / demonstrated in Day of the Daleks and Mawdryn Undead.

• The Doctor doesn’t have a shadow, reasons for which are revealed in Interference: Book Two.

• There are some interesting references surrounding various characters from The Infinity Doctors.

• Professor Daniel Joyce / Professor Chronotis first appeared in Shada.

External Links

Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: Unnatural History