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writer= [[Marc Platt]] | | writer= [[Marc Platt]] | | ||
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | ||
release date= February [[1992]] | | release date= [[February]] [[1992]] | | ||
format= Paperback Book, 275 Pages | | format= Paperback Book, 275 Pages | | ||
isbn= ISBN 0426203658 | | isbn= ISBN 0426203658 | | ||
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next story= [[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]}} | next story= [[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]}} | ||
'''''Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible''''' is the fifth book in the [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] series, and the first in the three book long Cat's Cradle sub-series. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]], and was written by [[Marc Platt]]. | '''''Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible''''' is the fifth book in the [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] series, and the first in the three book long Cat's Cradle sub-series. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]], and was written by [[Marc Platt]]. | ||
==Publisher's summary== | ==Publisher's summary== | ||
''''You’re on your own, Ace.'''' | ''''You’re on your own, Ace.'''' | ||
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But the Doctor was destroyed long ago, before Time began. | But the Doctor was destroyed long ago, before Time began. | ||
==Plot== | |||
''to be added'' | |||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
*[[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]] | *[[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]] | ||
*[[Ace]] | *[[Ace]] | ||
*[[Pythia | The Pythia]] | *[[Pythia | The Pythia]] | ||
*[[Rassilon]] | *[[Rassilon]] | ||
*[[Process|The Process]] | *[[Process|The Process]] | ||
*The Guards | *The Guards | ||
'''Characters of the [[Time Scaphe]]''' | '''Characters of the [[Time Scaphe]]''' | ||
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*[[Amnoni]] | *[[Amnoni]] | ||
'''Ancient Gallifrey''' | |||
*[[Ao (Hero)|Ao]] | |||
*[[ | |||
*[[Dowtroyal]] | *[[Dowtroyal]] | ||
*[[Handstrong]] | *[[Handstrong]] | ||
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*[[Prydonius]] | *[[Prydonius]] | ||
*[[Quartinian]] | *[[Quartinian]] | ||
*[[Soneuramos]] | *[[Soneuramos]] | ||
*[[Sphinx of Thule]] | *[[Sphinx of Thule]] | ||
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*[[Thrift]] | *[[Thrift]] | ||
*[[Troppolsabler]] | *[[Troppolsabler]] | ||
==References== | |||
*The [[Sisterhood of Karn]] and [[Lady Peinforte]] are both left overs of the Pythia's power. | |||
===[[:Category:Astronomical objects|Astronomical objects]]=== | |||
*[[Pazithi Gallifreya]] is Gallifrey's moon. | |||
*There has been a century-long siege of the [[Winter Star]]. | |||
===[[:Category:Biology|Biology]]=== | |||
*[[Rassilon]] created the [[Loom]]s to save Gallifrey from extinction cause by Pythia's curse of sterility upon Gallifrey. | |||
===[[:Category:Books|Books]]=== | |||
*The [[Process]] is called '''Amphisbaena''' in the [[Book of Future Legends]]. | |||
*''[[Rassilon the God]]'' was written by Cardinal [[Borusa]]. | |||
*''[[Pelatov's Collected Sageries]]'' | |||
===[[:Category:Cults|Cults]]=== | |||
*The Pythia sends her [[Sisterhood of Karn | sisterhood]] to [[Karn]]. | |||
===[[:Category:Gallifrey|Gallifrey]]=== | |||
*The Doctor has never travelled into Gallifrey's past. | |||
===[[:Category:Gallifreyan Chapter Houses|Gallifreyan Chapter Houses]]=== | |||
*The Doctor is one of 45 cousins of the [[House of Lungbarrow]]. | |||
*[[House of Blyledge]] | |||
*[[House of Fordfarding]] | |||
===[[:Category:Gallifreyan culture|Gallifreyan culture]]=== | |||
*[[Sepulchasm]] is a board game on Gallifrey. | |||
*[[Anmers-Tonastide]] was the Festival of the Timewright. | |||
*[[Kithriarch]] eqauls 'father' on Gallifrey before Rassilon. | |||
*[[Treazant]] was the currency on Gallifrey. | |||
*[[Pianalaika]] is related to music or bands. | |||
*White sand was imported [[Mirphak 2]] to Gallifrey for the Games of Rassilon because it showed up the blood better. | |||
*The [[Academia]] was a place of learning on Gallifrey. | |||
===[[:Category:Gallifreyan history|Gallifreyan history]]=== | |||
*[[Pythia | The Pythia]] were the ruler of [[Gallifrey]] before [[Rassilon]]. | |||
*Pythia came from before the [[Intuitive Revolution]] which heralded Rassilon's rise to power. | |||
*The [[Pythia]] were psychics that could forsee Gallifrey's future, they were female. | |||
*Ancient Gallifrey had an empire. | |||
===[[:Category:Gallifreyan organisations|Gallifreyan organisations]]=== | |||
*The [[Court of Principals]] are an organisation on [[Gallifrey]]. | |||
*[[Neo-Technologist]]s were alined to Rassilon. | |||
===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]=== | |||
*[[Satthralope]] was house keeper in the Doctor's House on Gallifrey. | |||
===[[:Category:Languages|Languages]]=== | |||
*[[Ace]] can swear in 11 alien languages. | |||
===[[:Category:Locations|Locations]]=== | ===[[:Category:Locations|Locations]]=== | ||
*[[A32K | *Logistomancer is from [[A32K]] | ||
*[[Aubert Cluster]] demand independence from the Pythia. | |||
*[[Aubert Cluster]] | |||
*[[Soonwell Valley]] | *[[Soonwell Valley]] | ||
*[[Star Grellades]] | *[[Star Grellades]] | ||
*[[Thule]] | *[[Thule]] had an empire. | ||
*[[ | |||
===[[:Category:Objects|Objects]]=== | |||
*Ace mentions the [[Hand of Omega]]. | |||
===[[:Category:Organisations|Organisations]]=== | ===[[:Category:Organisations|Organisations]]=== | ||
*[[ | *The [[Core Sybilline]] is the ruling government of the [[Nest-Worlds of Klanti]]. | ||
*[[ | |||
*[[ | ===[[:Category:Races and species|Races and species]]=== | ||
*[[ | *[[Process|The Process]] is an [[wikipedia:annelid|annelid]] with [[wikipedia:lamprey|lamprey]]-like mouths at each end (termed "mouthfeet"). It moves by using alternating mouthfeet to pivot its body, moving not unlike a [[wikipedia:Slinky|Slinky]]. | ||
*[[ | *The Guards are described as bipedal red insects, with twenty-four "optic nodes" instead of eyes. The Process can speak through them. | ||
*[[Menti Celesti]] are "capricious and all-powerful" and "who saw all things but did nothing". | |||
*[[Tafelshrew]] is a rodent from Gallifrey. | |||
*Gallifreyans battled the [[Gryffnae]] and hunted the [[lacustrine Sattisar]]. | |||
*There is a plague of [[batworms]] on the [[asteroid archipelago]]. | |||
*Pythia had a [[Grelladian]] guard. | |||
*[[Jagdagian]]s were performers in circuses. | |||
*In a market [[PenShoza]] traders displayed fresh consignments of workers from [[Oshakarm]] and the [[Star Grellades]] | |||
===[[:Category:Theories and concepts|Theories and concepts]]=== | |||
*The Doctor mentions Blinovictual Theory, most likely a reference to the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect]]. | |||
===[[:Category:Plants|Plants]]=== | ===[[:Category:Plants|Plants]]=== | ||
* | *[[Madevinia aridosa]] | ||
===[[:Category: | ===[[:Category:TARDIS|TARDIS]]=== | ||
*[[Banshee Circuits]] | *[[Banshee Circuits]] are what the TARDIS uses to survive when everything else fails, it uses whatever resources are available, people, places, dreams etc. | ||
===[[:Category:Vehicles|Vehicles]]=== | ===[[:Category:Vehicles|Vehicles]]=== | ||
*''[[Apollaten]]'' | *The Hero's ship is called the ''[[Apollaten]]'' | ||
*[[Time Scaphe]] | *[[Time Scaphe]] is a time machine powered by thought. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 8 October 2011
Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible is the fifth book in the New Adventures series, and the first in the three book long Cat's Cradle sub-series. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace, and was written by Marc Platt.
Publisher's summary
'You’re on your own, Ace.'
The TARDIS is invaded by an alien presence, and is then destroyed. The Doctor disappears.
Ace, lost and alone, finds herself in a bizarre deserted city ruled by the tyrannical, leech-like monster known as the Process.
Lost voyagers drawn forward from Ancient Gallifrey perform obsessive rituals in the ruins.
The strands of time are tangled in a cat’s cradle of dimensions.
Only the Doctor can challenge the rule of the Process and restore the stolen Future.
But the Doctor was destroyed long ago, before Time began.
Plot
to be added
Characters
- The Doctor
- Ace
- The Pythia
- Rassilon
- The Process
- The Guards
Characters of the Time Scaphe
Ancient Gallifrey
References
- The Sisterhood of Karn and Lady Peinforte are both left overs of the Pythia's power.
Astronomical objects
- Pazithi Gallifreya is Gallifrey's moon.
- There has been a century-long siege of the Winter Star.
Biology
- Rassilon created the Looms to save Gallifrey from extinction cause by Pythia's curse of sterility upon Gallifrey.
Books
- The Process is called Amphisbaena in the Book of Future Legends.
- Rassilon the God was written by Cardinal Borusa.
- Pelatov's Collected Sageries
Cults
- The Pythia sends her sisterhood to Karn.
Gallifrey
- The Doctor has never travelled into Gallifrey's past.
Gallifreyan Chapter Houses
- The Doctor is one of 45 cousins of the House of Lungbarrow.
- House of Blyledge
- House of Fordfarding
Gallifreyan culture
- Sepulchasm is a board game on Gallifrey.
- Anmers-Tonastide was the Festival of the Timewright.
- Kithriarch eqauls 'father' on Gallifrey before Rassilon.
- Treazant was the currency on Gallifrey.
- Pianalaika is related to music or bands.
- White sand was imported Mirphak 2 to Gallifrey for the Games of Rassilon because it showed up the blood better.
- The Academia was a place of learning on Gallifrey.
Gallifreyan history
- The Pythia were the ruler of Gallifrey before Rassilon.
- Pythia came from before the Intuitive Revolution which heralded Rassilon's rise to power.
- The Pythia were psychics that could forsee Gallifrey's future, they were female.
- Ancient Gallifrey had an empire.
Gallifreyan organisations
- The Court of Principals are an organisation on Gallifrey.
- Neo-Technologists were alined to Rassilon.
Individuals
- Satthralope was house keeper in the Doctor's House on Gallifrey.
Languages
- Ace can swear in 11 alien languages.
Locations
- Logistomancer is from A32K
- Aubert Cluster demand independence from the Pythia.
- Soonwell Valley
- Star Grellades
- Thule had an empire.
Objects
- Ace mentions the Hand of Omega.
Organisations
- The Core Sybilline is the ruling government of the Nest-Worlds of Klanti.
Races and species
- The Process is an annelid with lamprey-like mouths at each end (termed "mouthfeet"). It moves by using alternating mouthfeet to pivot its body, moving not unlike a Slinky.
- The Guards are described as bipedal red insects, with twenty-four "optic nodes" instead of eyes. The Process can speak through them.
- Menti Celesti are "capricious and all-powerful" and "who saw all things but did nothing".
- Tafelshrew is a rodent from Gallifrey.
- Gallifreyans battled the Gryffnae and hunted the lacustrine Sattisar.
- There is a plague of batworms on the asteroid archipelago.
- Pythia had a Grelladian guard.
- Jagdagians were performers in circuses.
- In a market PenShoza traders displayed fresh consignments of workers from Oshakarm and the Star Grellades
Theories and concepts
- The Doctor mentions Blinovictual Theory, most likely a reference to the Blinovitch Limitation Effect.
Plants
TARDIS
- Banshee Circuits are what the TARDIS uses to survive when everything else fails, it uses whatever resources are available, people, places, dreams etc.
Vehicles
- The Hero's ship is called the Apollaten
- Time Scaphe is a time machine powered by thought.
Notes
- This is the first novel in the Cat's Cradle trilogy.
Continuity
- The Doctor says he's never been to Alaska, however BFA: The Land of the Dead is set there.
- No natural born child exists on Gallifrey since Pythia's curse...however; MA: Cold Fusion, PDA: The Infinity Doctors and Lungbarrow question this.
- Ancient Gallifrey is also seen and described in EDA: Interference - Book Two.
- The Sisterhood of Karn first appeared in DW: The Brain of Morbius.
- Lady Peinforte mentioned mysterious secrets about the Doctor in DW: Silver Nemesis.
- Ace doesn't like black cats, which were prominent in DW: Survival.
- This is the first time it is suggested that the TARDIS is to be piloted by six people, this is shown on screen in DW: Journey's End.
- Ace has, on previous explorations of the TARDIS, found the courtyard that was a central location in DW: Logopolis and the room of cricket supplies seen in DW: Castrovalva.
- The Doctor observes that the "State of Grace" circuit of the TARDIS needs looking at, likely referring to the notoriously inconsistent state of Temporal grace.
- Ace finds Ian's Swiss Army knife.
Timeline
- This story occurs after DWM: Cathedral Heart
- This story occurs before DWM: A Cold Day in Hell!
External links
- Cat’s Cradle: Time’s Crucible at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible at The Whoniverse
- Bewildering References guide to Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible
