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novel name= Walking to Babylon | | novel name= Walking to Babylon | | ||
image= [[ | image= [[File:Walking_to_Babylon.jpg|250px]] | | ||
series=[[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures | Virgin <br> Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] | | series= [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures|Virgin <br /> Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] | | ||
number= 10 | | number= 10 | | ||
main character= [[Bernice Summerfield]]| | main character= [[Bernice Summerfield]]| | ||
featuring= | | featuring= | | ||
enemy= [[WiRgo!xu]] and [[!Ci!ci-tel]] | | enemy= [[WiRgo!xu]] and [[!Ci!ci-tel]] | | ||
year= [[Dellah]], [[St. Oscar's University]] [[2594]] <br> [[The People]]’s [[Worldsphere]], [[2594]] <br> Planet [[MD 20879]], [[2594]] <br> [[Earth]], [[Babylon]], [[12th December]], [[1901]] <br> [[Earth]], [[Babylon]], [[BC# | year= [[Dellah]], [[St. Oscar's University]] [[2594]] <br /> [[The People]]’s [[Worldsphere]], [[2594]] <br /> Planet [[MD 20879]], [[2594]] <br /> [[Earth]], [[Babylon]], [[12th December]], [[1901]] <br /> [[Earth]], [[Babylon]], [[BC#6th century BC|570 B.C.]] | | ||
writer= [[Kate Orman]] | | writer= [[Kate Orman]] | | ||
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | ||
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format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | | format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20521-9 | | isbn= ISBN 0-426-20521-9 | | ||
previous story= [[Tempest (novel) | Tempest]] | | previous story= [[Tempest (novel)|Tempest]] | | ||
next story= [[Oblivion (novel)|Oblivion]]}} | next story= [[Oblivion (novel)|Oblivion]]}} | ||
==Publisher's summary== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''''I'm scared of letting all these people down. Like the whole human race. At least if I get blown up as well, they can say I died heroically. Assuming I ever existed at all.'''' | ''''I'm scared of letting all these people down. Like the whole human race. At least if I get blown up as well, they can say I died heroically. Assuming I ever existed at all.'''' | ||
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Babylon -- and the human race -- have one hope. Benny returns to the cradle of civilisation to try and stop the interference. She has just one week to prevent a catastrophe that could mean she will never be born. Her only assistance comes from a Victorian linguist who has stumbled across the experiment himself. But he's no help at all -- even though he has a power neither of them suspects. | Babylon -- and the human race -- have one hope. Benny returns to the cradle of civilisation to try and stop the interference. She has just one week to prevent a catastrophe that could mean she will never be born. Her only assistance comes from a Victorian linguist who has stumbled across the experiment himself. But he's no help at all -- even though he has a power neither of them suspects. | ||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
*[[Bernice Summerfield]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
**Is studying some [[D'nasian]] poetry. | ** Is studying some [[D'nasian]] poetry. | ||
**Once had sex with some [[Citdbtbed]]s. | ** Once had sex with some [[Citdbtbed]]s. | ||
*[[God (Worldsphere)|God]] | * [[God (Worldsphere)|God]] | ||
**Speaks through Benny’s porter [[Joseph (android)|Joseph]]. | ** Speaks through Benny’s porter [[Joseph (android)|Joseph]]. | ||
*[[John Lafayette]] | * [[John Lafayette]] | ||
**Is a [[time sensitive]] and thus was able to walk the [[Time Path]]. | ** Is a [[time sensitive]] and thus was able to walk the [[Time Path]]. | ||
*[[Clarence]] | * [[Clarence]] | ||
**Collects Benny from [[St. Oscar's University|St Oscar's]]. | ** Collects Benny from [[St. Oscar's University|St Oscar's]]. | ||
*[[Cin-ta!x]] | * [[Cin-ta!x]] | ||
**Spokesperson for the [[Temporal Interest Group]]. | ** Spokesperson for the [[Temporal Interest Group]]. | ||
*[[Ninan]] (High Princess) | * [[Ninan]] (High Princess) | ||
**Loved to hear of her guests' travels, but could never leave her temple. | ** Loved to hear of her guests' travels, but could never leave her temple. | ||
*[[WiRgo!xu]] | * [[WiRgo!xu]] | ||
**Is a veteran of the People’s war with ‘them’. | ** Is a veteran of the People’s war with ‘them’. | ||
*[[!Ci!ci-tel]] | * [[!Ci!ci-tel]] | ||
**Is a veteran of the People’s war with ‘them’. | ** Is a veteran of the People’s war with ‘them’. | ||
**Aged to death by temporal energy stored in John Lafayette. | ** Aged to death by temporal energy stored in John Lafayette. | ||
*[[!qu-!qu-tala]] | * [[!qu-!qu-tala]] | ||
**The drone accompanying !Ci!ci-tel and WiRgo!xu, the drone is also a veteran of the war. | ** The drone accompanying !Ci!ci-tel and WiRgo!xu, the drone is also a veteran of the war. | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
* [[The People]] can't develop [[Time travel]] because of their treaty with the [[Time Lord]]s. | * [[The People]] can't develop [[Time travel]] because of their treaty with the [[Time Lord]]s. | ||
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* The People decide to send back a [[Singularity Bomb]] to shut down the path, which would also destroy Babylon. | * The People decide to send back a [[Singularity Bomb]] to shut down the path, which would also destroy Babylon. | ||
*Bernice mentions the planet [[Jalkejai]]. | * Bernice mentions the planet [[Jalkejai]]. | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
* This novel was adapted for Big Finish by [[Jacqueline Rayner]], see ''[[Walking to Babylon (audio story)]]''. | * This novel was adapted for Big Finish by [[Jacqueline Rayner]], see ''[[Walking to Babylon (audio story)]]''. | ||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
* The People first appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[The Also People]]''. | * The People first appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[The Also People]]''. | ||
* Benny agreed to become an agent of The People in [[BNA]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]''. | * Benny agreed to become an agent of The People in [[BNA]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]''. | ||
*The People make a deal regarding time travel in [[BNA]]: ''[[Dead Romance]]''. | * The People make a deal regarding time travel in [[BNA]]: ''[[Dead Romance]]''. | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
*{{dwrefguide|who_na71.htm|Walking to Babylon}} | * {{dwrefguide|who_na71.htm|Walking to Babylon}} | ||
*{{whoniverse|bs10.php|Walking to Babylon}} | * {{whoniverse|bs10.php|Walking to Babylon}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
Revision as of 00:53, 6 November 2011
Publisher's summary
'I'm scared of letting all these people down. Like the whole human race. At least if I get blown up as well, they can say I died heroically. Assuming I ever existed at all.'
When Bernice Summerfield visits the People -- an incredibly advanced civilisation living in a Dyson Sphere -- she discovers that even in utopia, they still have their problems.
An illegal time travel experiment threatens a war which could destroy them all. Rather than risk it, the People and their ultra-powerful computer, God, are prepared to eradicate the source of the problem -- the ancient city of Babylon. But such action would involve the death of a quarter of a million human beings, and do incalculable damage to Earth's history.
Babylon -- and the human race -- have one hope. Benny returns to the cradle of civilisation to try and stop the interference. She has just one week to prevent a catastrophe that could mean she will never be born. Her only assistance comes from a Victorian linguist who has stumbled across the experiment himself. But he's no help at all -- even though he has a power neither of them suspects.
Characters
- Bernice Summerfield
- Is studying some D'nasian poetry.
- Once had sex with some Citdbtbeds.
- John Lafayette
- Is a time sensitive and thus was able to walk the Time Path.
- Clarence
- Collects Benny from St Oscar's.
- Cin-ta!x
- Spokesperson for the Temporal Interest Group.
- Ninan (High Princess)
- Loved to hear of her guests' travels, but could never leave her temple.
- WiRgo!xu
- Is a veteran of the People’s war with ‘them’.
- !Ci!ci-tel
- Is a veteran of the People’s war with ‘them’.
- Aged to death by temporal energy stored in John Lafayette.
- !qu-!qu-tala
- The drone accompanying !Ci!ci-tel and WiRgo!xu, the drone is also a veteran of the war.
References
- The People can't develop Time travel because of their treaty with the Time Lords.
- Temporal Flexibility is the ability build up in frequent time travellers to not store up potential temporal energy (as a result of some forms of time travel).[statement unclear]
- The Path is an unstable temporal path leading back to ancient Babylon.
- The People decide to send back a Singularity Bomb to shut down the path, which would also destroy Babylon.
- Bernice mentions the planet Jalkejai.
Notes
- This novel was adapted for Big Finish by Jacqueline Rayner, see Walking to Babylon (audio story).
Continuity
- The People first appeared in NA: The Also People.
- Benny agreed to become an agent of The People in BNA: Oh No It Isn't!.
- The People make a deal regarding time travel in BNA: Dead Romance.
