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novel name= The Death of Art| | novel name= The Death of Art| | ||
image=[[ | image=[[File:Deathofart na54.jpg|250px]] | | ||
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Virgin New Adventures]] | | series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br />[[Virgin New Adventures]] | | ||
number= 54 | | number= 54 | | ||
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] | | doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] | | ||
companions= [[Roz Forrester | Roz]], [[Chris Cwej | Chris]] | | companions= [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] | | ||
enemy= [[Montague]] | | enemy= [[Montague]] | | ||
year= [[1880s]] [[France]] | | year= [[1880s]] [[France]] | | ||
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release date= [[September]] [[1996]] | | release date= [[September]] [[1996]] | | ||
format= Paperback Book, 256 Pages | | format= Paperback Book, 256 Pages | | ||
isbn= ISBN | isbn= ISBN 0-426-20481-6 | | ||
previous story= [[Return of the Living Dad]] | | previous story= [[Return of the Living Dad]] | | ||
next story= [[Damaged Goods]]}} | next story= [[Damaged Goods]]}} | ||
==Publisher's summary== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
'''He did not know if his powers could save him until the horses' hooves had crushed his ribs and his heart had stopped beating. After that, it was obvious.''' | '''He did not know if his powers could save him until the horses' hooves had crushed his ribs and his heart had stopped beating. After that, it was obvious.''' | ||
[[1880]]'s [[France]]: the corrupt world of the [[Third Republic]]. A clandestine brotherhood is engaged in a desperate internal power struggle; a race of beings seeks to free itself from perpetual oppression; and a rip in time threatens an entire city. The future of Europe is at stake, in a war fought with minds and bodies altered to the limits of human evolution. | [[1880]]'s [[France]]: the corrupt world of the [[Third Republic]]. A clandestine brotherhood is engaged in a desperate internal power struggle; a race of beings seeks to free itself from perpetual oppression; and a rip in time threatens an entire city. The future of Europe is at stake, in a war fought with minds and bodies altered to the limits of human evolution. | ||
[[Chris Cwej |Chris]] finds himself working undercover with a suspicious French gendarme; [[Roz Forrester |Roz]] follows a psychic artist whose talents are attracting the attention of mysterious forces; and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] befriends a shape-shifting member of a terrifying family. And, at the heart of it all, a dark and disturbing injustice is being perpetrated. Only an end to the secret war, and the salvation of an entire race, can prevent [[Paris]] from being utterly destroyed. | [[Chris Cwej|Chris]] finds himself working undercover with a suspicious French gendarme; [[Roz Forrester|Roz]] follows a psychic artist whose talents are attracting the attention of mysterious forces; and [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] befriends a shape-shifting member of a terrifying family. And, at the heart of it all, a dark and disturbing injustice is being perpetrated. Only an end to the secret war, and the salvation of an entire race, can prevent [[Paris]] from being utterly destroyed. | ||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
*[[Seventh Doctor |The Doctor]] | * [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] | ||
**The Doctor is worried that he has very few harmless and peaceful memories. | ** The Doctor is worried that he has very few harmless and peaceful memories. | ||
**Is prepared to destroy [http://tardis.wikia.com/index.php?title=Quoth&action=edit&redlink=1 The Quoth] with something in his blood, but as a agreement is made swallows the blood. | ** Is prepared to destroy [http://tardis.wikia.com/index.php?title=Quoth&action=edit&redlink=1 The Quoth] with something in his blood, but as a agreement is made swallows the blood. | ||
*[[Roz Forrester]] | * [[Roz Forrester]] | ||
**Practices archery. | ** Practices archery. | ||
*[[Chris Cwej]] | * [[Chris Cwej]] | ||
**Doesn't know a lot about cricket. | ** Doesn't know a lot about cricket. | ||
**Pretends to be the Fifth Doctor, not very successfully, following the events of [[MA]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]''. | ** Pretends to be the Fifth Doctor, not very successfully, following the events of [[MA]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]''. | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
* [[Quoth|The Quoth]] live 18,000 times faster than humans. | * [[Quoth|The Quoth]] live 18,000 times faster than humans. | ||
* The [[Time Lord]]s' lives are linear, just in more dimensions. | * The [[Time Lord]]s' lives are linear, just in more dimensions. | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
*The Doctor installs a copy of a cathedral into the TARDIS for future use - presumably this is the origin of the console room used in [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''. | * The Doctor installs a copy of a cathedral into the TARDIS for future use - presumably this is the origin of the console room used in [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''. | ||
*This novel is based on the historical events of the Dreyfus Affair. | * This novel is based on the historical events of the Dreyfus Affair. | ||
*The novel makes references to the disappearance of the author of ''The Dynamics of an Asteroid'' - i.e. Professor James Moriarty, last seen falling off a cliff in Conan Doyle's [[Sherlock Holmes]] story ''The Final Problem''. | * The novel makes references to the disappearance of the author of ''The Dynamics of an Asteroid'' - i.e. Professor James Moriarty, last seen falling off a cliff in Conan Doyle's [[Sherlock Holmes]] story ''The Final Problem''. | ||
*The novel makes reference to the events of ''The Murders in the Rue Morgue'' by Edgar Allan Poe. | * The novel makes reference to the events of ''The Murders in the Rue Morgue'' by Edgar Allan Poe. | ||
*Anton Jarre recalls meeting a Belgian police sergeant who is clearly intended to be a young Hercule Poirot, the detective created by [[Agatha Christie]]. | * Anton Jarre recalls meeting a Belgian police sergeant who is clearly intended to be a young Hercule Poirot, the detective created by [[Agatha Christie]]. | ||
==[[Seventh Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]== | == [[Seventh Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] == | ||
*This story takes place after [[ST]]: ''[[Anteus]]'' | * This story takes place after [[ST]]: ''[[Anteus]]'' | ||
*This story takes place before [[NA]]: ''[[Damaged Goods]]'' | * This story takes place before [[NA]]: ''[[Damaged Goods]]'' | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
*{{dwrefguide|who_na54.htm|The Death of Art}} | * {{dwrefguide|who_na54.htm|The Death of Art}} | ||
*{{whoniverse|NA54.php|The Death of Art}} | * {{whoniverse|NA54.php|The Death of Art}} | ||
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