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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* All the chapter titles in ''History 101'' are named after songs by [[the Clash]], except written in [[Catalan]].
* All the chapter titles in ''History 101'' are named after songs by [[the Clash]], except written in [[Catalan]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070704141059/http://magslhalliday.co.uk/novels/h101-ann.htm H101 Annotations]</ref>
* The Doctor and Anji return to the TARDIS on [[23 November]]. This was the date ''[[Doctor Who]]'' was first broadcast in 1963.
* The Doctor and Anji return to the TARDIS on [[23 November]]. This was the date ''[[Doctor Who]]'' was first broadcast in 1963.
* A Prelude to ''History 101'', in the style of the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'' preludes published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', was published in the ''Myth Makers'' fanzine.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040814202654/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/cult/doctorwho/books/telepress/halliday/page6.shtml BBC Online Interview]</ref>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Fitz has murky memories of attempting [[suicide]] by throwing himself off a tower, which he (originally) considered doing in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]''.
* Fitz has murky memories of attempting [[suicide]] by throwing himself off a tower, which he considered doing in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]''.
* The Doctor avoids (deliberately) [[Kim Philby]], as he doesn't meet him until [[1951]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]''.
* The Doctor deliverately avoids [[Kim Philby]], as he doesn't meet him until [[1951]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]''.
* Following the TARDIS's destruction in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'' and its regeneration in ''[[Escape Velocity]]'' everything within the TARDIS was rebuilt, which means that everything in the TARDIS interior (books, paintings etc) are fakes which on some level contain bits of the TARDIS.
* Following the TARDIS's destruction in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'' and its regeneration in ''[[Escape Velocity (novel)|Escape Velocity]]'' everything within the TARDIS was rebuilt.
* Sasha tells Fitz, "The planet is called Albert", claiming the Doctor told him to say it to gain Fitz' trust. [[Albert (planet)|Albert]] was the name of a planet in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Grimm Reality]]''.
* Sasha tells Fitz, "The planet is called Albert", claiming the Doctor told him to say it to gain Fitz' trust. [[Albert (planet)|Albert]] was the name of a planet in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Grimm Reality]]''.
* By his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]], the Doctor already considered Orwell to be an old friend. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Carrionite Curse (audio story)|The Carrionite Curse]]'')
* By his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]], the Doctor already considered Orwell to be an old friend. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Carrionite Curse (audio story)|The Carrionite Curse]]'')
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* {{whoniverse|ed58|History 101}}
* {{whoniverse|ed58|History 101}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/hist101.htm The Cloister Library: '''History 101''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/hist101.htm The Cloister Library: '''History 101''']
* [http://magslhalliday.co.uk/novels/h101-index.htm Notes, Information and a 'Writer's Commentary' to '''History 101''' by the author]
* [http://magslhalliday.co.uk/?page_id=645 Notes, Information and a 'Writer's Commentary' to '''History 101''' by the author]
 
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History 101 was the fifty-eighth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Mags L. Halliday, released 1 July 2002 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Anji Kapoor.

The blurb of History 101 was the only one in the range that didn't end with "another in the series of..." Instead it read as if the book were a factual account. History 101 included many true-to-life details, such as in-depth experiences in the Spanish Civil War. The novel used several themes prevalent in the works of George Orwell, who appears in the book.

Publisher's summary

"Remarkable. I'm surprised at how much has been uncovered." — Anji Kapoor

Spain, 1937. In April, the small town of Guernica was razed to the ground in a firestorm that claimed a thousand or more lives. In May, Barcelona exploded into fierce street fighting as different political factions fought for control of the city.

Both events have been the subject of fierce propagandist claims by all sides, but this book examines new evidence to suggest that the two events are more closely linked than previously thought.

Who were the shadowy figures working behind the scenes? Who were "the Doctor", "Anji" and "Fitz" and what were their objectives? And were there really monsters roaming the streets?

Presented in the form of a novel, History 101 tries to discover if the absolute truth can ever be revealed. It should be read as part of the ongoing "Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor" history course.

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