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There's a rip in the fabric of space and time. Passenger ships are disappearing from the interstellar traffic lanes. In an attempt to find out who's behind the disappearances, [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Ace]] allow themselves to be captured. But when [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]]'s rescue attempt goes terribly wrong, the time travellers find themselves scattered throughout history. | There's a rip in the fabric of space and time. Passenger ships are disappearing from the interstellar traffic lanes. In an attempt to find out who's behind the disappearances, [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Ace]] allow themselves to be captured. But when [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]]'s rescue attempt goes terribly wrong, the time travellers find themselves scattered throughout history. | ||
Ace, stranded in Ancient [[Egypt]], struggles to survive in an environment as alien as a distant planet: the [[Earth]] 3,000 years before she was born. She manages to find employment as a nobleman's bodyguard. And then she comes face to face with the metal horrors which have pursued her through time - the creatures she saw kill the Doctor. | Ace, stranded in Ancient [[Egypt]], struggles to survive in an environment as alien as a distant planet: the [[Earth]] 3,000 years before she was born. She manages to find employment as a nobleman's bodyguard. And then she comes face to face with the metal horrors which have pursued her through time - the creatures she saw kill the Doctor. | ||
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* Ace makes a cameo appearance in [[NA]]: ''[[Head Games]]'' and attends Benny's wedding in ''[[Happy Endings]]''. | * Ace makes a cameo appearance in [[NA]]: ''[[Head Games]]'' and attends Benny's wedding in ''[[Happy Endings]]''. | ||
==[[Seventh Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]== | |||
*This story takes place after [[NA]]: ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'' | |||
*This story takes place before [[NA]]: ''[[Infinite Requiem]]'' | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 00:48, 24 June 2010
Publisher's summary
Dead. He was dead. How the hell was she supposed to do CPR on a man with two hearts?
There's a rip in the fabric of space and time. Passenger ships are disappearing from the interstellar traffic lanes. In an attempt to find out who's behind the disappearances, the Doctor and Ace allow themselves to be captured. But when Bernice's rescue attempt goes terribly wrong, the time travellers find themselves scattered throughout history.
Ace, stranded in Ancient Egypt, struggles to survive in an environment as alien as a distant planet: the Earth 3,000 years before she was born. She manages to find employment as a nobleman's bodyguard. And then she comes face to face with the metal horrors which have pursued her through time - the creatures she saw kill the Doctor.
Characters
- Ace's name is revealed as Dorothy McShane.
- Becomes one of Sejet's bodyguards, she's called Tepy; meaning 'First One'.
- Leaves the Doctor; aged 26.
- Ace visits Denon in 1815; aged 28.
- She goes to Glebe (Sydney, Australia); aged 37.
- She at one point ends up in a relationship with one of Captain Sorin's ancestors, Count Nikolai Sorin.
- Her time machine has been knocking holes in space time.
- Harbors Kadiatu.
References
- The Doctor showed the Brigadier how to disable a Time Lord (in case of the Master ever returning to Earth); a blow to the left shoulder on a Time Lord hits a vital nerve cluster.
- Death clarifies for Benny that her mother (Claire Summerfield) was killed by the first Dalek beams during the attack on their colony.
- Some of Death's 'siblings' appear including: Pain and Time. All the Eternals (Time, Death, Pain) appear to be female.
- Ace carries a Draconian army knife.
- Benny's travelling bag contains; gold, vodka, Antibiotics and camping equipment.
Notes
- Sophie Aldred wrote the afterward for this novel.
- A prologue to this novel appeared in DWM Issue 222
- The working title for this novel was; Butterfly Wings. [1]
Continuity
- It's claimed here that Time Lord nanites can regrow limbs. A similar occurrence happens when the Doctor re-grows a hand in DW: The Christmas Invasion.
- Whilst reading records of history of Egypt Ace finds references to Daleks in the Pyramids as seen in DW: The Daleks' Master Plan.
- Kadiatu next appears in NA: The Also People.
- Ace makes a cameo appearance in NA: Head Games and attends Benny's wedding in Happy Endings.
Timeline
- This story takes place after NA: Warlock
- This story takes place before NA: Infinite Requiem
External links
- Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Set Piece
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Set Piece at The Whoniverse
- Prelude to Set Piece as published in DWM#222
Footnotes
- ↑ DWM: DWM Issue 252 (Licence to Kill p.30)
