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novel name= The Turing Test | | novel name= The Turing Test | | ||
image=[[ | image=[[File:The_Turing_Test.jpg|250px]]| | ||
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | | series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br />[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | | ||
number= 39 | | number= 39 | | ||
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] | | doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] | | ||
companions= | | companions= | | ||
enemy= | | enemy= | | ||
year= [[England]], [[Oxford]], [[1945]] <br> [[France]], [[Paris]], [[1945]] <br> [[Germany]], [[Dresden]], [[1945]] | | year= [[England]], [[Oxford]], [[1945]] <br /> [[France]], [[Paris]], [[1945]] <br /> [[Germany]], [[Dresden]], [[1945]] | | ||
writer= [[Paul Leonard]] | | writer= [[Paul Leonard]] | | ||
publisher= [[BBC Books]] | | publisher= [[BBC Books]] | | ||
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next story= [[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]}} | next story= [[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]}} | ||
==Publisher’s Summary== | == Publisher’s Summary == | ||
The Second World War is drawing to a close. Alan Turing, the code-breaker who has been critical to the allied war effort, is called in to break a mysterious new cypher. It’s coming from Germany, and everyone assumes it is German -- everyone except Turing's new friend, the Doctor, indeed it seems the Doctor knows too much about the code and the code-makers -- and when people start to die, even Turing wonders it the Doctor is the one to blame. | The Second World War is drawing to a close. Alan Turing, the code-breaker who has been critical to the allied war effort, is called in to break a mysterious new cypher. It’s coming from Germany, and everyone assumes it is German -- everyone except Turing's new friend, the Doctor, indeed it seems the Doctor knows too much about the code and the code-makers -- and when people start to die, even Turing wonders it the Doctor is the one to blame. | ||
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To find out the truth, they must all cross the front line and travel through occupied Germany -- right into the firing line of the bloodiest war in history. What they find there has no human explanation -- and only the Doctor has the answers. Or maybe, they’re just more questions... | To find out the truth, they must all cross the front line and travel through occupied Germany -- right into the firing line of the bloodiest war in history. What they find there has no human explanation -- and only the Doctor has the answers. Or maybe, they’re just more questions... | ||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] | * [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] | ||
*[[Graham Greene]] | * [[Graham Greene]] | ||
*[[Alan Turing]] | * [[Alan Turing]] | ||
*[[Joseph Heller]] | * [[Joseph Heller]] | ||
*Colonel [[Herbert Elgar]] | * Colonel [[Herbert Elgar]] | ||
*[[Bernard (The Turing Test)|Bernard]] | * [[Bernard (The Turing Test)|Bernard]] | ||
*[[Cray]] | * [[Cray]] | ||
*[[Daria]] | * [[Daria]] | ||
*[[Horatio Elgar]] | * [[Horatio Elgar]] | ||
*[[Hugh Alexander]] | * [[Hugh Alexander]] | ||
*[[White]] | * [[White]] | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
* The Eighth Doctor is ambidextrous, like his previous [[Seventh Doctor|incarnation]]. | * The Eighth Doctor is ambidextrous, like his previous [[Seventh Doctor|incarnation]]. | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
* This is the third story in the ‘Earth Arc’ | * This is the third story in the ‘Earth Arc’ | ||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
* According to the [[Remembrance of the Daleks]] novelisation [[Rachel Jensen]] helped Alan Turing with his wartime research. | * According to the [[Remembrance of the Daleks]] novelisation [[Rachel Jensen]] helped Alan Turing with his wartime research. | ||
==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]== | == [[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] == | ||
*This story takes place after [[PDA]]: ''[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]'' | * This story takes place after [[PDA]]: ''[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]'' | ||
*This story takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'' | * This story takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'' | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
*{{dwrefguide|whobbc39.htm|The Turing Test}} | * {{dwrefguide|whobbc39.htm|The Turing Test}} | ||
*{{whoniverse|ED39.php|The Turing Test}} | * {{whoniverse|ED39.php|The Turing Test}} | ||
{{EDA}} | {{EDA}} | ||
Revision as of 20:21, 5 November 2011
Publisher’s Summary
The Second World War is drawing to a close. Alan Turing, the code-breaker who has been critical to the allied war effort, is called in to break a mysterious new cypher. It’s coming from Germany, and everyone assumes it is German -- everyone except Turing's new friend, the Doctor, indeed it seems the Doctor knows too much about the code and the code-makers -- and when people start to die, even Turing wonders it the Doctor is the one to blame.
Graham Greene, novelist and spymaster, has also encountered the Doctor, and thinks he’s a rum enough chap, but in a remote African village he has encountered something far stranger.
To find out the truth, they must all cross the front line and travel through occupied Germany -- right into the firing line of the bloodiest war in history. What they find there has no human explanation -- and only the Doctor has the answers. Or maybe, they’re just more questions...
Characters
- The Doctor
- Graham Greene
- Alan Turing
- Joseph Heller
- Colonel Herbert Elgar
- Bernard
- Cray
- Daria
- Horatio Elgar
- Hugh Alexander
- White
References
- The Eighth Doctor is ambidextrous, like his previous incarnation.
Notes
- This is the third story in the ‘Earth Arc’
Continuity
- According to the Remembrance of the Daleks novelisation Rachel Jensen helped Alan Turing with his wartime research.
Timeline
External links
- The Turing Test at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: The Turing Test at The Whoniverse
