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'''''Beltempest''''' was the seventeenth [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Samantha Jones]]. It | '''''Beltempest''''' was the seventeenth [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Samantha Jones]]. It was author [[Jim Mortimore]]'s only contribution to the EDA range. | ||
== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
The people of [[Bellania II]] see their sun, [[Bel]], shrouded in night for a month following an impossible triple eclipse. When Bel is returned to them a younger, brighter, hotter star, it is the beginning of the end for the entire solar system... | The people of [[Bellania II]] see their sun, [[Bel]], shrouded in night for a month following an impossible triple eclipse. When Bel is returned to them a younger, brighter, hotter star, it is the beginning of the end for the entire solar system... | ||
100,000 years later, the Doctor and Sam arrive on [[Bellania IV]], where the population is under threat as disaster looms — immense gravitational and dimensional disturbances are surging through this area of space. | 100,000 years later, the Doctor and Sam arrive on [[Bellania IV]], where the population is under threat as disaster looms — immense gravitational and dimensional disturbances are surging through this area of space. | ||
While the time travellers attempt to help the survivors and ease the devastation, a religious suicide-cult leader is determined to spread a new [[religion]] through | While the time travellers attempt to help the survivors and ease the devastation, a religious suicide-cult leader is determined to spread a new [[religion]] through Bel's system — and his word may prove even more dangerous than the terrible forces brought into being by the catastrophic changes in the sun... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
=== Culture === | === Culture === | ||
* | * Conaway likes [[opera]]. | ||
=== The Doctor === | === The Doctor === | ||
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=== Foods and beverages === | === Foods and beverages === | ||
* The Doctor likes [[chocolate]]s with soft centres. | * The Doctor likes [[chocolate]]s with soft centres. | ||
* Sam doesn't like [[ham]] | * Sam doesn't like [[ham]]. | ||
* The Doctor | * The Doctor requests some Broken Orange Pekoe [[tea]]. | ||
=== Planets === | === Planets === | ||
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=== Religion === | === Religion === | ||
* While considering religion, Sam recalls [[Kyle Dale]] and [[Micawber's World]] (and the [[Church of the Way Forward]]'s role in all that occurred). | * While considering religion, Sam recalls [[Kyle Dale]] and [[Micawber's World]] (and the [[Church of the Way Forward]]'s role in all that occurred). | ||
=== Species === | === Species === | ||
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=== Technology === | === Technology === | ||
* Sam gets infected with [[nanotechnology|nanotech]] and (she believes in some ways) "dies". | * Sam gets infected with [[nanotechnology|nanotech]] and (she believes in some ways) "dies". | ||
* The Doctor uses an emergency button from a [[sandminer]] to control a generator for his gramophone. | * The Doctor uses an emergency button from a [[sandminer]] to control a generator for his gramophone. | ||
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/beltempest.htm The Cloister Library: '''Beltempest'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/beltempest.htm The Cloister Library: '''Beltempest'''] | ||
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Revision as of 04:52, 4 July 2016
- You may be looking for the unrelated character.
Beltempest was the seventeenth BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures novel. It featured the Eighth Doctor and Samantha Jones. It was author Jim Mortimore's only contribution to the EDA range.
Publisher's summary
The people of Bellania II see their sun, Bel, shrouded in night for a month following an impossible triple eclipse. When Bel is returned to them a younger, brighter, hotter star, it is the beginning of the end for the entire solar system...
100,000 years later, the Doctor and Sam arrive on Bellania IV, where the population is under threat as disaster looms — immense gravitational and dimensional disturbances are surging through this area of space.
While the time travellers attempt to help the survivors and ease the devastation, a religious suicide-cult leader is determined to spread a new religion through Bel's system — and his word may prove even more dangerous than the terrible forces brought into being by the catastrophic changes in the sun...
Plot
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Characters
- Eighth Doctor
- Samantha Jones
- Surgeon Major Alesis Conaway
- Father Alexis Denadi
- Eldred Saketh
- Captain Bellis
- Aellini
- Smoot
References
Culture
- Conaway likes opera.
The Doctor
- The Doctor mentions, "I was in my early nineties before I could bring myself to admit that I still liked to play with my perigosto stick."
- The Doctor has degrees in psychology and the social dynamics of machine intelligence.
Drugs and medicines
- Sam takes speed.
Foods and beverages
- The Doctor likes chocolates with soft centres.
- Sam doesn't like ham.
- The Doctor requests some Broken Orange Pekoe tea.
Planets
- Belannia XXI is too dangerous for colonisation or mining due to the radiation.
Religion
- While considering religion, Sam recalls Kyle Dale and Micawber's World (and the Church of the Way Forward's role in all that occurred).
Species
- The Seekers are planet-like beings that live for billions of years and dwell in the depths of Deep Time.
- The Hanakoi built many of the cities on Belannia VIII which are now inhabited by humans.
Technology
- Sam gets infected with nanotech and (she believes in some ways) "dies".
- The Doctor uses an emergency button from a sandminer to control a generator for his gramophone.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Doctor wonders if the TARDIS is taking them to planets with odd suns. The previous book PROSE: The Janus Conjunction also featured an odd sun.
- Sam wonders to herself what decompression would be like, despite having gone through it three times in PROSE: Dreamstone Moon.
- Sam recalls the events of PROSE: Placebo Effect.
- Similar nanotechnology also appears in TV: The Doctor Dances.
External links
- Beltempest at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Beltempest at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: Beltempest
