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==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
[[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]] | *[[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]] | ||
* Once broke the Galactic record for continuous spoon playing: 67 hours worth. | :*Once broke the Galactic record for continuous spoon playing: 67 hours worth. | ||
* Most likely would have killed Kadiatu had Benny not saved her. | :*Most likely would have killed Kadiatu had Benny not saved her. | ||
* Gets rescued by a parachute that designs apple trees in its spare time. | :*Gets rescued by a parachute that designs apple trees in its spare time. | ||
[[Bernice Summerfield]] | *[[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
* Has visited a [[Dyson Sphere]] before. | :*Has visited a [[Dyson Sphere]] before. | ||
* Despite everything, Benny still trusts the Doctor. | :*Despite everything, Benny still trusts the Doctor. | ||
[[Roz Forrester]] | *[[Roz Forrester]] | ||
* Roz's middle name is revealed here to be 'Inyathi' meaning 'buffalo'. | :*Roz's middle name is revealed here to be 'Inyathi' meaning 'buffalo'. | ||
* Roz decided in her youth that messy sex didn't offer anything a 3 pack of Martian ale and a long shower couldn't. | :*Roz decided in her youth that messy [[sex]] didn't offer anything a 3 pack of Martian ale and a long shower couldn't. | ||
* Has a sister: Lebe. | :*Has a sister: Lebe. | ||
* Roz's father collected Dalek poetry. | :*Roz's father collected Dalek poetry. | ||
[[Chris Cwej]] | *[[Chris Cwej]] | ||
* Chris's grandfather was colour blind. | :*Chris's grandfather was colour blind. | ||
[[saRa!qava]] | *[[saRa!qava]] | ||
* Bakes bread has a daughter Dep. | :*Bakes bread has a daughter Dep. | ||
* Fancies Benny. | :*Fancies Benny. | ||
[[Dep]] | *[[Dep]] | ||
* Sleeps with Chris and impregnates herself with his sperm. | :*Sleeps with Chris and impregnates herself with his sperm. | ||
[[aM!xitsa]] | *[[aM!xitsa]] | ||
* Is a long time friend of the Doctor. | :*Is a long time friend of the Doctor. | ||
* Is 'looking after' Kadiatu for the Doctor. | :*Is 'looking after' Kadiatu for the Doctor. | ||
[[feLixi]] | *[[feLixi]] | ||
* Has a relationship with Roz. | :*Has a relationship with Roz. | ||
* He as a secret agent in the proxy wars. | :*He as a secret agent in the proxy wars. | ||
* Is the accomplace in the murder of vi!Cari. | :*Is the accomplace in the murder of vi!Cari. | ||
[[God (Worldsphere)|God]] | *[[God (Worldsphere)|God]] | ||
* Brings a weird yellow dip to parties that no one ever eats. | :*Brings a weird yellow dip to parties that no one ever eats. | ||
* Insists he/it is not a computer. | :*Insists he/it is not a computer. | ||
* Is a member of the [[Anti-Machine Interest Group]]. | :*Is a member of the [[Anti-Machine Interest Group]]. | ||
[[kiKhali]] | *[[kiKhali]] | ||
[[agRaven]] | *[[agRaven]] | ||
[[!C-Mel]] | *[[!C-Mel]] | ||
* Is the murderer of vi!Cari, the Doctor kills !C-Mel. | * Is the murderer of vi!Cari, the Doctor kills !C-Mel. | ||
[[vi!Cari]] | *[[vi!Cari]] | ||
* Is murdered. | :*Is murdered. | ||
[[beRut]] | *[[beRut]] | ||
[[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]] | *[[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]] | ||
[[S-Lioness]] | *[[S-Lioness]] | ||
[[R-Vene]] | *[[R-Vene]] | ||
* Is a ship. | :*Is a ship. | ||
* Murdered 200,000 beings in a moment of combat panic. | :*Murdered 200,000 beings in a moment of combat panic. | ||
* Got combat psychosis some years ago. | :*Got combat psychosis some years ago. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* The [[Time Lords]] and [[The People]] have a non- | * The [[Time Lords]] and [[The People]] have a non-aggression treaty, part of which stops the People from developing [[time travel]] and interferring in the affairs of the [[Mutter's Spiral]]. | ||
* [[The People]] built and live in the [[Worldsphere]]. | * [[The People]] built and live in the [[Worldsphere]]. | ||
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* feLixi volunteered in the [[Xeno Relations (Normalisation) Interest Group]] ([[XR(N)IG]]) as a secret agent. | * feLixi volunteered in the [[Xeno Relations (Normalisation) Interest Group]] ([[XR(N)IG]]) as a secret agent. | ||
* Benny has a pretty surreal dream involving drinking and discussing evil with: a [[Dalek]], a [[Cyberman]], a [[Sontaran]] (named Grinx), [[Davros]] also gets a mention. (see page 222 of The Also People) | * Benny has a pretty surreal dream involving drinking and discussing evil with: a [[Dalek]], a [[Mondasian Cybermen|Cyberman]], a [[Sontaran]] (named Grinx), [[Davros]] also gets a mention. (see page 222 of The Also People) | ||
* [[God (Worldsphere)|God]] lives in [[Whynot]] where the continents constantly change on God's whim. | * [[God (Worldsphere)|God]] lives in [[Whynot]] where the continents constantly change on God's whim. | ||
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* In the introduction Ben Aaronovitch details how to pronounce the names of the People. | * In the introduction Ben Aaronovitch details how to pronounce the names of the People. | ||
* The image on the cover of this novel ''actually'' happens | * The image on the cover of this novel ''actually'' happens in the novel. | ||
==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
* [[saRa!qava]] attends Benny's wedding reception in [[Happy Endings]] Kadiatu is also present. | * [[saRa!qava]] attends Benny's wedding reception in [[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'' Kadiatu is also present. | ||
* The People / elements of the People's (or [[God (Worldsphere)|God]] itself) culture appear in [[Oh No It Isn't!]], [[Down]], [[Ghost Devices]], | * The People / elements of the People's (or [[God (Worldsphere)|God]] itself) culture appear in [[BNA]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't!]]'', ''[[Down]]'', ''[[Ghost Devices]]'', ''[[Walking to Babylon]]'' and ''[[Where Angels Fear]]'' (in which also the final fate of !C-Mel is revealed). | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na44.htm | * [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_na44.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: '''The Also People'''] | ||
* [http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/NA44.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for The Also People] | * [http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/NA44.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for '''The Also People'''] | ||
{{Virgin New Adventure Series Box | before = [[Head Games]] | after = [[Shakedown]]}} | {{Virgin New Adventure Series Box | before = [[Head Games]] | after = [[Shakedown]]}} | ||
Revision as of 16:38, 23 May 2008
Publisher's Summary
'Just how technologically advanced are they?' The Doctor frowned. 'Let me put it this way: they have a non-aggression pact with the Time Lords.'
The Doctor has taken his companions to paradise, or at least the closest thing he can find. A sun enclosed by an artificial sphere where there is no want, poverty or violence.
While Chris learns to surf, meets a girl and falls in love with a biplane, Roz suspects an alien plot and Bernice considers that a Dyson Sphere needs an archaeologist like a fish needs a five-speed gear box.
Then the peace is shattered by murder. As the suspects proliferate, Bernice realises that even an artifical world has its buried secrets and Roz discovers what she's always suspected -- that every paradise has its snake.
Characters
- Once broke the Galactic record for continuous spoon playing: 67 hours worth.
- Most likely would have killed Kadiatu had Benny not saved her.
- Gets rescued by a parachute that designs apple trees in its spare time.
- Has visited a Dyson Sphere before.
- Despite everything, Benny still trusts the Doctor.
- Roz's middle name is revealed here to be 'Inyathi' meaning 'buffalo'.
- Roz decided in her youth that messy sex didn't offer anything a 3 pack of Martian ale and a long shower couldn't.
- Has a sister: Lebe.
- Roz's father collected Dalek poetry.
- Chris's grandfather was colour blind.
- Bakes bread has a daughter Dep.
- Fancies Benny.
- Sleeps with Chris and impregnates herself with his sperm.
- Is a long time friend of the Doctor.
- Is 'looking after' Kadiatu for the Doctor.
- Has a relationship with Roz.
- He as a secret agent in the proxy wars.
- Is the accomplace in the murder of vi!Cari.
- Brings a weird yellow dip to parties that no one ever eats.
- Insists he/it is not a computer.
- Is a member of the Anti-Machine Interest Group.
- !C-Mel
- Is the murderer of vi!Cari, the Doctor kills !C-Mel.
- Is murdered.
- Is a ship.
- Murdered 200,000 beings in a moment of combat panic.
- Got combat psychosis some years ago.
References
- The Time Lords and The People have a non-aggression treaty, part of which stops the People from developing time travel and interferring in the affairs of the Mutter's Spiral.
- The People built and live in the Worldsphere.
- iSanti Jeni is the town closest to where the Doctor and co are staying.
- feLixi volunteered in the Xeno Relations (Normalisation) Interest Group (XR(N)IG) as a secret agent.
- Benny has a pretty surreal dream involving drinking and discussing evil with: a Dalek, a Cyberman, a Sontaran (named Grinx), Davros also gets a mention. (see page 222 of The Also People)
- Flashback is a drink that makes you relive the past (the more you drink the more clear it is).
- The Lament of the Non-Operational is a 128 stanza long piece of Dalek poetry.
- The Windmills in the Worldsphere are real and do generate power.
- The Doctor mentions World War IV.
Notes
- In the introduction Ben Aaronovitch details how to pronounce the names of the People.
- The image on the cover of this novel actually happens in the novel.
Continuity
- saRa!qava attends Benny's wedding reception in NA: Happy Endings Kadiatu is also present.
- The People / elements of the People's (or God itself) culture appear in BNA: Oh No It Isn't!, Down, Ghost Devices, Walking to Babylon and Where Angels Fear (in which also the final fate of !C-Mel is revealed).
External Links
- Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: The Also People
- Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for The Also People
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