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* Chris is aware that one [[Cwej (species)|Cwej]] ran off to start a family in [[New New York]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'') | * Chris is aware that one [[Cwej (species)|Cwej]] ran off to start a family in [[New New York]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'') | ||
* [[The Vicinity]] was "[[Matrix data slice|caesarean-sliced]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'') from the [[Superior]]s' "[[The Matrix|great mother-computer]]" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Toy Story (short story)|Toy Story]]'') which is made of [[crystal]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'', ''[[The V Cwejes (short story)|The V Cwejes]]'') | * [[The Vicinity]] was "[[Matrix data slice|caesarean-sliced]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'') from the [[Superior]]s' "[[The Matrix|great mother-computer]]" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Toy Story (short story)|Toy Story]]'') which is made of [[crystal]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'', ''[[The V Cwejes (short story)|The V Cwejes]]'') | ||
* Chris and other [[Cwejen]] possess low level [[psychic power]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[ | * Chris and other [[Cwejen]] possess low level [[psychic power]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[SLEEPY (novel)|SLEEPY]]'', et al.) | ||
* Ursa arrived on the planet in a crashed "[[Type 70|70-Form]]" [[mother-engine|timeship]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Embrace the Darkness (audio story)|Embrace the Darkness]]'', et al.) which resembles a gray metallic cylinder without its [[Chameleon circuit|camouflage unit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') | * Ursa arrived on the planet in a crashed "[[Type 70|70-Form]]" [[mother-engine|timeship]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Embrace the Darkness (audio story)|Embrace the Darkness]]'', et al.) which resembles a gray metallic cylinder without its [[Chameleon circuit|camouflage unit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') | ||
* A 70-form is an outdated model from Chris' perspective. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | * A 70-form is an outdated model from Chris' perspective. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
Revision as of 20:39, 27 April 2022
The Ursine Brood was the sixteenth short story in Down the Middle. It marked a turning point in the anthology's narrative, beginning a sequence of connected stories which close the book.
Plot
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Characters
References
- Cwej is supposed to go an adventure at the Gowlbone Castle on the inner surface of the Omnium Sphere in the 51st century, in which a washed-up Cwej has to rescue Bicktöv the Millionth from the Primordial Liberation Front.
- Larles and Kwol's abstract sculpture of the Grigori Goddess resembles a large 3D asterisk.
- Chris knows of some Cwejen who have deserted, including one who became a DJ on Thoros Minor.
- One Cwej-Plus becomes a preacher for Ursa.
- The Superiors' initial production of the Cwejen had consumed a literally infinite military budget, with tetradimensional diffraction combs specially bred and even skilled temporal engineers retroactively conceived specifically for the project.
- The Superiors have specialist shipbreakers to euthanize timeships once they become senile or defective.
- When he was very young, Chris had had a beloved teddy bear.
Story notes
- An online-exclusive illustration for the story was created by artist Kern McCarthy and released through the series's official Facebook page.[1]
- In-line with the story's religious themes, Cwej-Ursa's final regeneration resembles a Biblically accurate angel, specifically an Ophanim.
Continuity
- Chris is aware that one Cwej ran off to start a family in New New York. (TV: Gridlock)
- The Vicinity was "caesarean-sliced" (TV: Dark Water) from the Superiors' "great mother-computer" (PROSE: Toy Story) which is made of crystals. (PROSE: The Nth Doctor, The V Cwejes)
- Chris and other Cwejen possess low level psychic power. (PROSE: SLEEPY, et al.)
- Ursa arrived on the planet in a crashed "70-Form" timeship, (PROSE: The Book of the War, AUDIO: Embrace the Darkness, et al.) which resembles a gray metallic cylinder without its camouflage unit. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
- A 70-form is an outdated model from Chris' perspective. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
- The crashed timeship has its dimensional transcendentalism leaking. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
- Chris analogizes the Ursine Brood as a "Faction Christopher" to the "Little House of Cwejes". (PROSE: The Book of the War)
- In preparation for the mass production of the Cwejen, Superior occultists used the surviving "black scrolls" (TV: The Five Doctors) to invoke the aid of entities from the Old Times. (PROSE: The Guide to the Dark Times, et al.)
- Chris speculates that Cwej-Ursa's long process of regeneration was influenced by traces of the bear body bepple he'd had for a few months as a young man. (PROSE: Original Sin)
- Chris' trauma from this story continues into PROSE: The Trauma Deception.
External links
- Official The Ursine Brood page at Arcbeatle Press
Footnotes
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