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novel name= The Death of Art| | novel name= The Death of Art| | ||
image=[[ | image=[[File:Deathofart na54.jpg|250px]] | | ||
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Virgin New Adventures]] | | series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br />[[Virgin New Adventures]] | | ||
number= 54 | | number= 54 | | ||
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] | | doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] | | ||
companions= [[Roz Forrester | Roz]], [[Chris Cwej | Chris]] | | companions= [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] | | ||
enemy= [[Montague]] | | enemy= [[Montague]] | | ||
year= [[1880s]] [[France]] | | year= [[1880s]] [[France]] | | ||
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release date= [[September]] [[1996]] | | release date= [[September]] [[1996]] | | ||
format= Paperback Book, 256 Pages | | format= Paperback Book, 256 Pages | | ||
isbn= ISBN | isbn= ISBN 0-426-20481-6 | | ||
previous story= [[Return of the Living Dad]] | | previous story= [[Return of the Living Dad]] | | ||
next story= [[Damaged Goods]]}} | next story= [[Damaged Goods]]}} | ||
==Publisher's summary== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
'''He did not know if his powers could save him until the horses' hooves had crushed his ribs and his heart had stopped beating. After that, it was obvious.''' | '''He did not know if his powers could save him until the horses' hooves had crushed his ribs and his heart had stopped beating. After that, it was obvious.''' | ||
[[1880]]'s [[France]]: the corrupt world of the [[Third Republic]]. A clandestine brotherhood is engaged in a desperate internal power struggle; a race of beings seeks to free itself from perpetual oppression; and a rip in time threatens an entire city. The future of Europe is at stake, in a war fought with minds and bodies altered to the limits of human evolution. | [[1880]]'s [[France]]: the corrupt world of the [[Third Republic]]. A clandestine brotherhood is engaged in a desperate internal power struggle; a race of beings seeks to free itself from perpetual oppression; and a rip in time threatens an entire city. The future of Europe is at stake, in a war fought with minds and bodies altered to the limits of human evolution. | ||
[[Chris Cwej |Chris]] finds himself working undercover with a suspicious French gendarme; [[Roz Forrester |Roz]] follows a psychic artist whose talents are attracting the attention of mysterious forces; and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] befriends a shape-shifting member of a terrifying family. And, at the heart of it all, a dark and disturbing injustice is being perpetrated. Only an end to the secret war, and the salvation of an entire race, can prevent [[Paris]] from being utterly destroyed. | [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] finds himself working undercover with a suspicious French gendarme; [[Roz Forrester|Roz]] follows a psychic artist whose talents are attracting the attention of mysterious forces; and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] befriends a shape-shifting member of a terrifying family. And, at the heart of it all, a dark and disturbing injustice is being perpetrated. Only an end to the secret war, and the salvation of an entire race, can prevent [[Paris]] from being utterly destroyed. | ||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
*[[Seventh Doctor |The Doctor]] | * [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] | ||
**The Doctor is worried that he has very few harmless and peaceful memories. | ** The Doctor is worried that he has very few harmless and peaceful memories. | ||
**Is prepared to destroy [http://tardis.wikia.com/index.php?title=Quoth&action=edit&redlink=1 The Quoth] with something in his blood, but as a agreement is made swallows the blood. | ** Is prepared to destroy [http://tardis.wikia.com/index.php?title=Quoth&action=edit&redlink=1 The Quoth] with something in his blood, but as a agreement is made swallows the blood. | ||
*[[Roz Forrester]] | * [[Roz Forrester]] | ||
**Practices archery. | ** Practices archery. | ||
*[[Chris Cwej]] | * [[Chris Cwej]] | ||
**Doesn't know a lot about cricket. | ** Doesn't know a lot about cricket. | ||
**Pretends to be the Fifth Doctor, not very successfully, following the events of [[MA]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]''. | ** Pretends to be the Fifth Doctor, not very successfully, following the events of [[MA]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]''. | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
* [[Quoth|The Quoth]] live 18,000 times faster than humans. | * [[Quoth|The Quoth]] live 18,000 times faster than humans. | ||
* The [[Time Lord]]s' lives are linear, just in more dimensions. | * The [[Time Lord]]s' lives are linear, just in more dimensions. | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
*The Doctor installs a copy of a cathedral into the TARDIS for future use - presumably this is the origin of the console room used in [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''. | * The Doctor installs a copy of a cathedral into the TARDIS for future use - presumably this is the origin of the console room used in [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''. | ||
*This novel is based on the historical events of the Dreyfus Affair. | * This novel is based on the historical events of the Dreyfus Affair. | ||
*The novel makes references to the disappearance of the author of ''The Dynamics of an Asteroid'' - i.e. Professor James Moriarty, last seen falling off a cliff in Conan Doyle's [[Sherlock Holmes]] story ''The Final Problem''. | * The novel makes references to the disappearance of the author of ''The Dynamics of an Asteroid'' - i.e. Professor James Moriarty, last seen falling off a cliff in Conan Doyle's [[Sherlock Holmes]] story ''The Final Problem''. | ||
*The novel makes reference to the events of ''The Murders in the Rue Morgue'' by Edgar Allan Poe. | * The novel makes reference to the events of ''The Murders in the Rue Morgue'' by Edgar Allan Poe. | ||
*Anton Jarre recalls meeting a Belgian police sergeant who is clearly intended to be a young Hercule Poirot, the detective created by [[Agatha Christie]]. | * Anton Jarre recalls meeting a Belgian police sergeant who is clearly intended to be a young Hercule Poirot, the detective created by [[Agatha Christie]]. | ||
==[[Seventh Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]== | == [[Seventh Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] == | ||
*This story takes place after [[ST]]: ''[[Anteus]]'' | * This story takes place after [[ST]]: ''[[Anteus]]'' | ||
*This story takes place before [[NA]]: ''[[Damaged Goods]]'' | * This story takes place before [[NA]]: ''[[Damaged Goods]]'' | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
*{{dwrefguide|who_na54.htm|The Death of Art}} | * {{dwrefguide|who_na54.htm|The Death of Art}} | ||
*{{whoniverse|NA54.php|The Death of Art}} | * {{whoniverse|NA54.php|The Death of Art}} | ||
{{NA}} | {{NA}} | ||
Revision as of 16:45, 5 November 2011
Publisher's summary
He did not know if his powers could save him until the horses' hooves had crushed his ribs and his heart had stopped beating. After that, it was obvious.
1880's France: the corrupt world of the Third Republic. A clandestine brotherhood is engaged in a desperate internal power struggle; a race of beings seeks to free itself from perpetual oppression; and a rip in time threatens an entire city. The future of Europe is at stake, in a war fought with minds and bodies altered to the limits of human evolution.
Chris finds himself working undercover with a suspicious French gendarme; Roz follows a psychic artist whose talents are attracting the attention of mysterious forces; and the Doctor befriends a shape-shifting member of a terrifying family. And, at the heart of it all, a dark and disturbing injustice is being perpetrated. Only an end to the secret war, and the salvation of an entire race, can prevent Paris from being utterly destroyed.
Characters
- The Doctor
- The Doctor is worried that he has very few harmless and peaceful memories.
- Is prepared to destroy The Quoth with something in his blood, but as a agreement is made swallows the blood.
- Roz Forrester
- Practices archery.
- Chris Cwej
- Doesn't know a lot about cricket.
- Pretends to be the Fifth Doctor, not very successfully, following the events of MA: Cold Fusion.
References
- The Quoth live 18,000 times faster than humans.
- The Time Lords' lives are linear, just in more dimensions.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Doctor installs a copy of a cathedral into the TARDIS for future use - presumably this is the origin of the console room used in DW: Doctor Who.
- This novel is based on the historical events of the Dreyfus Affair.
- The novel makes references to the disappearance of the author of The Dynamics of an Asteroid - i.e. Professor James Moriarty, last seen falling off a cliff in Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story The Final Problem.
- The novel makes reference to the events of The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe.
- Anton Jarre recalls meeting a Belgian police sergeant who is clearly intended to be a young Hercule Poirot, the detective created by Agatha Christie.
Timeline
- This story takes place after ST: Anteus
- This story takes place before NA: Damaged Goods
External links
- The Death of Art at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: The Death of Art at The Whoniverse
