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publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | ||
release date= July 1994 | | release date= July 1994 | | ||
format= Paperback Book, | format= Paperback Book, 287 Pages | | ||
isbn= ISBN 0426204174 | | isbn= ISBN 0426204174 | | ||
previous story= [[All-Consuming Fire]] | | previous story= [[All-Consuming Fire]] | | ||
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==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
* This is a sequel to ''[[DW]]:'' [[State of Decay]] and in some ways to ''[[DW]]:'' [[The Five Doctors]]. | * This is a sequel to ''[[DW]]:'' [[State of Decay]] and in some ways to ''[[DW]]:'' [[The Five Doctors]]. | ||
* Events in this novel lead to ''[[MA]]:'' [[Goth Opera]]. | * Events in this novel lead to ''[[MA]]:'' [[Goth Opera]], and was intended to help launch the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line of original novels featuring past Doctors. | ||
* The Doctor gives Spandrell back his Gallifreyan Army Knife, mentioned in [[Timewyrm: Exodus]]. | * The Doctor gives Spandrell back his Gallifreyan Army Knife, mentioned in [[Timewyrm: Exodus]]. | ||
* Dekker reappears in ''[[PDA]]:'' [[Players (novel)|Players]]. | * Dekker reappears in ''[[PDA]]:'' [[Players (novel)|Players]]. | ||
Revision as of 14:31, 22 July 2008
Publisher's Summary
'Doc's peddling bootleg liquor in an illegal speakeasy. You’re carrying a gun for him, Ace - which makes you no better than any other gun-moll.'
Dekker is a private eye; an honest one. But when Al Capone hires him to investigate a new joint called ‘Doc’s’, he knows this is one job he can’t refuse. And just why are the Doctor and Ace selling illegal booze in a town full of murderous gangsters?
Meanwhile, Bernice has been abandoned on a vampire-infested planet outside normal space. There she meets a mysterious stranger called Romanadvoratrelundar -- and discovers an ancient and malevolent power, linking 1929 Chicago with a lair of immortal evil.
The consequences of this story are inextricably linked to events in the Doctor’s past.
Characters
- The Doctor
- Can play the piano.
- Brews beer in the TARDIS swimming pool and whiskey in the bath.
- Ace
- Shags Dekker.
- Mobsters call Ace the lady in black.
- Bernice Summerfield
- Sets up a government based on the British system on the planet of the vampires.
- Can sing the blues.
- Romana
- Talks about the Doctor's companions like they're amusing pets.
- Tom Dekker
- Events on the planet of the vampires doesn't faze him, but the Doctor still erases bits of his memory.
- Agonal
- Zargo (clone)
- Camilla (clone)
- Aukon (clone)
- Borusa
- Freed from imprisonment.
References
- The Doctor gives Benny a SPATAB (Spatio-Temporal Alarm Beacon), it's a homing beacon for the TARDIS.
- It's revealed the music the Fifth Doctor played on the Harp on Gallifrey is called Rassilon's Lament.
- Bernice has visited a bar on Metebelis III.
- Romana meets Ruathadvorophrenaltid.
- The Commitee of Three use the Time Scoop.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- This is a sequel to DW: State of Decay and in some ways to DW: The Five Doctors.
- Events in this novel lead to MA: Goth Opera, and was intended to help launch the Virgin Missing Adventures line of original novels featuring past Doctors.
- The Doctor gives Spandrell back his Gallifreyan Army Knife, mentioned in Timewyrm: Exodus.
- Dekker reappears in PDA: Players.
- In what appears to be a redundancy, Borusa is freed from his prison in this story although Borusa's redemption had already been depicted in The Eight Doctors.
External Links
- The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Blood Harvest
- The Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide - Blood Harvest
- Prelude to Blood Harvest as published in DWM #214
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