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novel name= Mission: Impractical| | novel name= Mission: Impractical| | ||
image=[[ | image=[[File:Mission Impractical.jpg|250 px]]| | ||
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | | series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br />[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | | ||
number= 12 | | number= 12 | | ||
doctor=[[Sixth Doctor]] | | doctor=[[Sixth Doctor]] | | ||
companions= [[Frobisher]]| | companions= [[Frobisher]]| | ||
enemy= [[Niccolo Mandell]]<br>[[Sha'ol]]<br>[[Karthakh]]<br>[[The Valeyard|Zimmerman]] | | enemy= [[Niccolo Mandell]]<br />[[Sha'ol]]<br />[[Karthakh]]<br />[[The Valeyard|Zimmerman]] | | ||
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writer= [[David A. McIntee]] | | writer= [[David A. McIntee]] | | ||
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next story= [[Zeta Major (novel)|Zeta Major]]}} | next story= [[Zeta Major (novel)|Zeta Major]]}} | ||
==Publisher's summary== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''When daring criminal [[Jack Chance]] masterminds the heist of a precious national treasure from the planet [[Veltroch]], it is the first step in a chain of events that could lead to the destruction of two civilisations...'' | ''When daring criminal [[Jack Chance]] masterminds the heist of a precious national treasure from the planet [[Veltroch]], it is the first step in a chain of events that could lead to the destruction of two civilisations...'' | ||
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Caught in a web of deceit and pursued by ruthless killers, the Doctor's mission - should he decide to accept it - is to join Glitz's gang and pull off the crime of the century. And failure will result in an interstellar war costing the lives of millions... | Caught in a web of deceit and pursued by ruthless killers, the Doctor's mission - should he decide to accept it - is to join Glitz's gang and pull off the crime of the century. And failure will result in an interstellar war costing the lives of millions... | ||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
*[[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] | * [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] | ||
*[[Frobisher]] | * [[Frobisher]] | ||
*[[Sabalom Glitz]] | * [[Sabalom Glitz]] | ||
*[[Jack Chance]] | * [[Jack Chance]] | ||
*[[Niccolo Mandell]] | * [[Niccolo Mandell]] | ||
*[[Sha'ol]] | * [[Sha'ol]] | ||
*[[Karthakh]] | * [[Karthakh]] | ||
*[[The Valeyard|Zimmerman]] | * [[The Valeyard|Zimmerman]] | ||
**is actually the Valeyard | ** is actually the Valeyard | ||
*[[Dibber]] | * [[Dibber]] | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
*The Doctor hasn't met his future companion [[Melanie Bush]] yet. | * The Doctor hasn't met his future companion [[Melanie Bush]] yet. | ||
*Sha'Ol is a [[Tzun]], while Kartakh is a [[Veltrochni|Veltrochini]], which makes their alliance a strange one. By this point, the [[Tzun Confederacy]] has been destroyed, but their technology is important to the plot of the story. The technology is, by this point, in Veltrochini hands. | * Sha'Ol is a [[Tzun]], while Kartakh is a [[Veltrochni|Veltrochini]], which makes their alliance a strange one. By this point, the [[Tzun Confederacy]] has been destroyed, but their technology is important to the plot of the story. The technology is, by this point, in Veltrochini hands. | ||
*The "walking mountains" are located on the planet [[Haskor]]. | * The "walking mountains" are located on the planet [[Haskor]]. | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
*This was the first Doctor Who novel to take place between two issues of [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who Magazine]] comic strips rather than two television serials. | * This was the first Doctor Who novel to take place between two issues of [[Doctor Who Magazine comic strips|Doctor Who Magazine]] comic strips rather than two television serials. | ||
*This was the first full-length story featuring Frobisher to be published in a non-comic medium. | * This was the first full-length story featuring Frobisher to be published in a non-comic medium. | ||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
*Frobisher last appeared in [[DWM]]: ''[[Where Nobody Knows Your Name]]'', and also appears in audio in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Holy Terror]]'' and ''[[The Maltese Penguin]]''. | * Frobisher last appeared in [[DWM]]: ''[[Where Nobody Knows Your Name]]'', and also appears in audio in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Holy Terror]]'' and ''[[The Maltese Penguin]]''. | ||
*Dibber is killed, which explains his disappearence by [[DW|DW: ]]''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'', and why the Doctor does not ask after him. | * Dibber is killed, which explains his disappearence by [[DW|DW:]] ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'', and why the Doctor does not ask after him. | ||
==[[Sixth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]== | == [[Sixth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] == | ||
*''Mission: Impractical'' occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[The Maltese Penguin]]'' | * ''Mission: Impractical'' occurs after [[BFA]]: ''[[The Maltese Penguin]]'' | ||
*''Mission: Impractical'' occurs before [[BFA]]: ''[[The Holy Terror]]'' | * ''Mission: Impractical'' occurs before [[BFA]]: ''[[The Holy Terror]]'' | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
*{{dwrefguide|whobbk12.htm|Mission: Impractical}} | * {{dwrefguide|whobbk12.htm|Mission: Impractical}} | ||
*{{whoniverse|PD12.php|Mission: Impractical}} | * {{whoniverse|PD12.php|Mission: Impractical}} | ||
{{PDA}} | {{PDA}} | ||
Revision as of 23:04, 4 November 2011
Publisher's summary
When daring criminal Jack Chance masterminds the heist of a precious national treasure from the planet Veltroch, it is the first step in a chain of events that could lead to the destruction of two civilisations...
Pursued by bounty hunters, the Sixth Doctor and his shapeshifting companion Frobisher run into old acquaintances Glitz and Dibber - notorious rogues who have become involved in something big: a covert government agency on Vandor Prime is forcing the pair to turn their criminal talents to its own ends.
The Doctor and Frobisher are soon drawn into the mysterious scheme themselves - but what game is truly being played by the authorities? How is the group of Ogron raiders involved? And who is so desperate to see the Doctor dead?
Caught in a web of deceit and pursued by ruthless killers, the Doctor's mission - should he decide to accept it - is to join Glitz's gang and pull off the crime of the century. And failure will result in an interstellar war costing the lives of millions...
Characters
- The Doctor
- Frobisher
- Sabalom Glitz
- Jack Chance
- Niccolo Mandell
- Sha'ol
- Karthakh
- Zimmerman
- is actually the Valeyard
- Dibber
References
- The Doctor hasn't met his future companion Melanie Bush yet.
- Sha'Ol is a Tzun, while Kartakh is a Veltrochini, which makes their alliance a strange one. By this point, the Tzun Confederacy has been destroyed, but their technology is important to the plot of the story. The technology is, by this point, in Veltrochini hands.
- The "walking mountains" are located on the planet Haskor.
Notes
- This was the first Doctor Who novel to take place between two issues of Doctor Who Magazine comic strips rather than two television serials.
- This was the first full-length story featuring Frobisher to be published in a non-comic medium.
Continuity
- Frobisher last appeared in DWM: Where Nobody Knows Your Name, and also appears in audio in BFA: The Holy Terror and The Maltese Penguin.
- Dibber is killed, which explains his disappearence by DW: Dragonfire, and why the Doctor does not ask after him.
Timeline
- Mission: Impractical occurs after BFA: The Maltese Penguin
- Mission: Impractical occurs before BFA: The Holy Terror
External links
- Mission: Impractical at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Mission: Impractical at The Whoniverse
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