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companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] | | companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] | | ||
enemy= [[Mait]], [[The Great Old Ones]] | | enemy= [[Mait]], [[The Great Old Ones]] | | ||
year= [[Haiti]], [[1915]] | | |||
writer= [[David A. McIntee]] | | writer= [[David A. McIntee]] | | ||
publisher= [[Virgin]] | | publisher= [[Virgin]] | | ||
release date= [[June]] [[1993]] | | release date= [[June]] [[1993]] | | ||
format= Paperback Book, 244 Pages | | format= Paperback Book, 244 Pages | | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20395-X}} | isbn= ISBN 0-426-20395-X| | ||
previous story= [[Lucifer Rising]] | | |||
next story= [[Shadowmind]]}} | |||
'''"White Darkness"''' is the fifteenth | '''"White Darkness"''' is the fifteenth installment in the series of [[List of Virgin New Adventures Stories|Virgin New Adventures|New Adventure]] stories published by [[Virgin Publishing]] in the [[1990s]]. The story is set in [[Haiti]], [[1915]] and features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]], and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. The book was written by [[David A. McIntee]], who derived much of the story's material from [[Wikipedia:Wade Davis|Wade Davis]]' ''The Serpent and the Rainbow'', a research into the practice of [[voodoo]] and zombification in Haiti, and also the [[Cthulhu]] mythos created by [[Wikipedia:HP Lovecraft|H.P. Lovecraft]]. Lovecraft lent his name to one of the principle characters in the story, Dr. [[Howard Phillips]], who at one point presents the Doctor with a copy of the ''[[Necronomicon]]'', which was given to him by [[Aleister Crowley]] and written in the original [[Eocene]] language. | ||
== Publisher's Summary == | == Publisher's Summary == | ||
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The TARDIS lands in [[Haiti]] in the early years of the [[World War I|First World War]]. And the Doctor, Bernice and Ace land in a murderous plot involving [[voodoo]], violent [[death]], [[Zombie]]s and [[German]] [[spy|spies]]. And perhaps something else -- something far, far worse. | The TARDIS lands in [[Haiti]] in the early years of the [[World War I|First World War]]. And the Doctor, Bernice and Ace land in a murderous plot involving [[voodoo]], violent [[death]], [[Zombie]]s and [[German]] [[spy|spies]]. And perhaps something else -- something far, far worse. | ||
== | ==Characters== | ||
[[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]] | |||
[[ | [[Ace]] | ||
== | [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
[[Howard Phillips]] | |||
[[Mait |Nkome/Mait]] | |||
[[Captain Eugene Petion| Eugene Petion]] | |||
[[Leopard Chief]] | |||
Leutnant Katze | |||
Henri | |||
Kapitan Weber | |||
[[Carrefour]] | |||
[[Dumarsais Leclerc]] | |||
[[Jean Vilbrun Guillame Sam]] | |||
Lecomte | |||
[[Tancred Auguste]] | |||
[[Francois Lacombe]] | |||
Claude | |||
Joseph | |||
[[Reise Heinrich | Kapitan Reise Heinrich]] | |||
[[Victor von Stein | Professor Victor von Stein]] | |||
[[Ingrid Karnstein |Dr. Ingrid Karnstein]] | |||
Leutnant Klenze | |||
Colonel LV Mortimer | |||
Admiral Caperton | |||
General [[Charles Oscar Etienne]] | |||
Major Paul Richmann | |||
[[Charvius Dubois]] | |||
Captain Glen | |||
==References== | |||
* The following years / eras: [[15 million BCE]], [[1744]], [[1750]], [[1908]], [[1913]], [[1934]], [[1986]], [[25th century]], [[27th century]] are referred to by various characters. | |||
* The [[TARDIS]] [[HADS]] can be manually overidden. | |||
* There are various James Bond references including: [[Q Brnach]], [[Dr. No]]. | |||
* The Doctor learned hypnotism from [[The Master]]. | |||
* The Doctor can read [[Eocene]]. | |||
* The following historical figures (and other people of mention) are mentioned: [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[Aleister Crowley]], [[Allan Quartermain]], [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[Norman Bates]], [[Sherlock * Holmes]], [[Woodrow Wilson]], [[Lee van Cleef]]. | |||
* These weapons are used by various people throughout the novel: [[Steyr 1912]], [[Kar 96 rifle]], [[gelignite]]. | |||
[[Alsace]], [[Arawak]], [[argot]], [[bauxite]], [[Bessie]], [[Bizango]], [[bocar]], [[bufus]], [[cacos]], [[Cap-Haitien]], [[Clairin]], [[Congo]], [[Coomb's Syndrome]], [[copper]], [[coup poudre]], [[Creole]], [[Cuba]], [[Daleks]], [[datura]], [[Diodon]], [[Dodge City]], , [[duppies]], [[empereur]], [[Exo]], [[Florida]], [[focused neuro-pattern enhancer]], [[Fomalhaut]], [[gold]], [[Gonave Gulf]], [[Great Old One]]s, [[Heidelberg]], [[Hispaniola]], [[hydrophone]], [[jumbies]], [[Key West]], [[Khul]], [[L'Hotel Royale]], [[Luger]], [[Mambo]], [[Necronomicon]], [[obeah]], [[Peter Lorre]], [[Petro Gods]], [[Port au Prince]], [[quinine]],[[ Rada Loa]], [[Rambo]], [[Rihanssu]], [[scopalamine]], [[Secte Rouge]], [[silver]], [[Spain|Spanish]], [[Sphoeroides]], [[St. Patrick]], [[tarot]], [[tetrodotoxin]], [[The Brigadier]], [[The Dark Tower]], [[Toussaint L'Overture]], [[Usurian]]s, [[Veltroch]], [[Wete Mo Nan Dlo]], | |||
==Notes== | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* In "[[All-Consuming Fire]]," the [[Great Old One]] [[Mait]] was trying to release is identified as [[Cthulhu]]. | |||
In "[[All-Consuming Fire]]," the [[Great Old One]] [[Mait]] was trying to release is identified as [[Cthulhu]]. | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
Revision as of 15:16, 6 March 2007
"White Darkness" is the fifteenth installment in the series of Virgin New Adventures|New Adventure stories published by Virgin Publishing in the 1990s. The story is set in Haiti, 1915 and features the Seventh Doctor, Ace, and Bernice Summerfield. The book was written by David A. McIntee, who derived much of the story's material from Wade Davis' The Serpent and the Rainbow, a research into the practice of voodoo and zombification in Haiti, and also the Cthulhu mythos created by H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft lent his name to one of the principle characters in the story, Dr. Howard Phillips, who at one point presents the Doctor with a copy of the Necronomicon, which was given to him by Aleister Crowley and written in the original Eocene language.
Publisher's Summary
'We believe that death should always be part of life. '
The Doctor’s last three visits to the scattered human colonies of the third millennium have not been entirely successful. And now that Ace has rejoined him and Bernice, life on board the TARDIS is getting pretty stressful. The Doctor yearns for a simpler time and place: Earth, the tropics, the early twentieth century.
The TARDIS lands in Haiti in the early years of the First World War. And the Doctor, Bernice and Ace land in a murderous plot involving voodoo, violent death, Zombies and German spies. And perhaps something else -- something far, far worse.
Characters
Leutnant Katze
Henri
Kapitan Weber
Lecomte
Claude
Joseph
Leutnant Klenze
Colonel LV Mortimer
Admiral Caperton
General Charles Oscar Etienne
Major Paul Richmann
Captain Glen
References
- The following years / eras: 15 million BCE, 1744, 1750, 1908, 1913, 1934, 1986, 25th century, 27th century are referred to by various characters.
- The TARDIS HADS can be manually overidden.
- There are various James Bond references including: Q Brnach, Dr. No.
- The Doctor learned hypnotism from The Master.
- The Doctor can read Eocene.
- The following historical figures (and other people of mention) are mentioned: Abraham Lincoln, Aleister Crowley, Allan Quartermain, Ernest Hemingway, Norman Bates, Sherlock * Holmes, Woodrow Wilson, Lee van Cleef.
- These weapons are used by various people throughout the novel: Steyr 1912, Kar 96 rifle, gelignite.
Alsace, Arawak, argot, bauxite, Bessie, Bizango, bocar, bufus, cacos, Cap-Haitien, Clairin, Congo, Coomb's Syndrome, copper, coup poudre, Creole, Cuba, Daleks, datura, Diodon, Dodge City, , duppies, empereur, Exo, Florida, focused neuro-pattern enhancer, Fomalhaut, gold, Gonave Gulf, Great Old Ones, Heidelberg, Hispaniola, hydrophone, jumbies, Key West, Khul, L'Hotel Royale, Luger, Mambo, Necronomicon, obeah, Peter Lorre, Petro Gods, Port au Prince, quinine,Rada Loa, Rambo, Rihanssu, scopalamine, Secte Rouge, silver, Spanish, Sphoeroides, St. Patrick, tarot, tetrodotoxin, The Brigadier, The Dark Tower, Toussaint L'Overture, Usurians, Veltroch, Wete Mo Nan Dlo,
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- In "All-Consuming Fire," the Great Old One Mait was trying to release is identified as Cthulhu.
