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novel name= Beltempest | | novel name= Beltempest | | ||
image=[[ | image=[[File:Beltempest.jpg|250px]]| | ||
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | | series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br />[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | | ||
number= 17 | | number= 17 | | ||
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] | | doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] | | ||
companions= [[Samantha Jones | Sam Jones]] | | companions= [[Samantha Jones|Sam Jones]] | | ||
enemy= The [[Hoth]] | | enemy= The [[Hoth]] | | ||
year= [[Bellannia IV]] | | year= [[Bellannia IV]] | | ||
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next story= [[The Face-Eater]]}} | next story= [[The Face-Eater]]}} | ||
==Publisher’s Summary== | == 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... | ||
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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... | 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... | ||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] | * [[Eighth Doctor|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 mentions ''"'I was in my early nineties before I could bring myself to admit that I still liked to play with my [[perigosto stick]].'"''. | ||
:*Likes chocolates with soft centres. | :* Likes chocolates with soft centres. | ||
:*Has degrees in psychology and the social dynamics of machine intelligence. | :* Has degrees in psychology and the social dynamics of machine intelligence. | ||
*[[Samantha Jones]] | * [[Samantha Jones]] | ||
:*Says she'd like to have children. | :* Says she'd like to have children. | ||
:*Sam doesn't like [[ham]] because her mum packed her lunches with it until she was eight (which may be when she became a vegetarian). | :* Sam doesn't like [[ham]] because her mum packed her lunches with it until she was eight (which may be when she became a vegetarian). | ||
:*Takes (drug) speed. | :* Takes (drug) speed. | ||
:*Gets infected with [[nanotech]] and (she believes in some ways) 'dies'. | :* Gets infected with [[nanotech]] and (she believes in some ways) 'dies'. | ||
*[[Alesis Conaway|Surgeon Major Alesis Conaway]] | * [[Alesis Conaway|Surgeon Major Alesis Conaway]] | ||
:*Likes opera. | :* Likes opera. | ||
*[[Alexis Denadi|Father Alexis Denadi]] | * [[Alexis Denadi|Father Alexis Denadi]] | ||
:*Is a priest. | :* Is a priest. | ||
*[[Eldred Saketh]] | * [[Eldred Saketh]] | ||
:*Has [[nanotech]] in his body, making it seem he can't die. | :* Has [[nanotech]] in his body, making it seem he can't die. | ||
*[[Bellis|Captain Bellis]] | * [[Bellis|Captain Bellis]] | ||
*[[Aellini]] | * [[Aellini]] | ||
*[[Smoot]] | * [[Smoot]] | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
*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. | ||
*While considering religion, Sam recalls [[Kyle Dale]] and [[Micawber's World]] (and the [[Church of the Way Forward]]'s role in all that occured). | * While considering religion, Sam recalls [[Kyle Dale]] and [[Micawber's World]] (and the [[Church of the Way Forward]]'s role in all that occured). | ||
*[[God]] is something of a taboo on the Bellannia system of planets. | * [[God]] is something of a taboo on the Bellannia system of planets. | ||
*The Doctor (in the lead up to trying to save everyone) requests some Broken Orange Pekoe [[tea]]. | * The Doctor (in the lead up to trying to save everyone) requests some Broken Orange Pekoe [[tea]]. | ||
*The [[Seeker]]s are planet-like beings that live for billions of years and dwell in the depths of [[Deep Time]]. | * The [[Seeker]]s 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. | * The [[Hanakoi]] built many of the cities on [[Belannia VIII]] which are now inhabited by humans. | ||
*[[Belannia XXI]] is too dangerous for colonisation or mining due to the radiation. | * [[Belannia XXI]] is too dangerous for colonisation or mining due to the radiation. | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
*The Doctor wonder's if the TARDIS is taking them to planets with odd suns. The previous book [[EDA]]: ''[[The Janus Conjunction]]'' also featured an odd sun. | * The Doctor wonder's if the TARDIS is taking them to planets with odd suns. The previous book [[EDA]]: ''[[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 [[EDA]]: ''[[Dreamstone Moon (novel)|Dreamstone Moon]]''. | * Sam wonders to herself what decompression would be like, despite having gone through it three times in [[EDA]]: ''[[Dreamstone Moon (novel)|Dreamstone Moon]]''. | ||
*Sam recalls the events of [[EDA]]: ''[[Placebo Effect]]''. | * Sam recalls the events of [[EDA]]: ''[[Placebo Effect]]''. | ||
*[[:Category:Theatrical movies|Movies]]: ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' has Ian sit on a box of 'soft centres' at the beginning. In this novel the Doctor seems to have an odd obsession with soft centres. | * [[:Category:Theatrical movies|Movies]]: ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' has Ian sit on a box of 'soft centres' at the beginning. In this novel the Doctor seems to have an odd obsession with soft centres. | ||
*Similar nanotechnology also appears in [[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]''. | * Similar nanotechnology also appears in [[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]''. | ||
==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]== | == [[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] == | ||
*This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[The Janus Conjunction]]'' | * This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[The Janus Conjunction]]'' | ||
*This story takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[The Face-Eater]]'' | * This story takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[The Face-Eater]]'' | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
*{{dwrefguide|whobbc17.htm|Beltempest}} | * {{dwrefguide|whobbc17.htm|Beltempest}} | ||
*{{whoniverse|ED17.php|Beltempest}} | * {{whoniverse|ED17.php|Beltempest}} | ||
{{EDA}} | {{EDA}} | ||
Revision as of 11:29, 3 November 2011
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...
Characters
- 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.'".
- Likes chocolates with soft centres.
- Has degrees in psychology and the social dynamics of machine intelligence.
- Likes opera.
- Is a priest.
- Has nanotech in his body, making it seem he can't die.
References
- The Doctor uses an emergency button from a Sandminer to control a generator for his gramophone.
- While considering religion, Sam recalls Kyle Dale and Micawber's World (and the Church of the Way Forward's role in all that occured).
- God is something of a taboo on the Bellannia system of planets.
- The Doctor (in the lead up to trying to save everyone) requests some Broken Orange Pekoe tea.
- 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.
- Belannia XXI is too dangerous for colonisation or mining due to the radiation.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Doctor wonder's if the TARDIS is taking them to planets with odd suns. The previous book EDA: 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 EDA: Dreamstone Moon.
- Sam recalls the events of EDA: Placebo Effect.
- Movies: Dr. Who and the Daleks has Ian sit on a box of 'soft centres' at the beginning. In this novel the Doctor seems to have an odd obsession with soft centres.
- Similar nanotechnology also appears in DW: The Doctor Dances.
Timeline
- This story takes place after EDA: The Janus Conjunction
- This story takes place before EDA: The Face-Eater
External links
- Beltempest at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Beltempest at The Whoniverse
