Anachrophobia (novel)
Publisher’s Summary
Imagine a war. A war that has lasted centuries, a war which has transformed an entire planet into a desolate No Man’s Land. A war where time itself is being used as a weapon.
You can create zones of decelerated time and bring the enemy troops to a standstill. You can create storms of accelerated time and reduce the opposition to dust in a matter of seconds.
But now the war has reached a stalemate. Neither the Plutocrats nor the Defaulters have made any gains for over a hundred years.
The Doctor, Fitz and Anji arrive at Isolation Station Forty, a military research establishment on the verge of a breakthrough. A breakthrough which will change the entire course of the war.
They have found a way to send soldiers back in time. But time travel is a primitive, unpredictable and dangerous business. And not without its own sinister side effects...
Characters
- The Doctor
- Fitz Kreiner
- Anji Kapoor
- Dr. Patterson
- Lane
- Ash
- Norton
- Mr Mistletoe (alias of Sabbath)
- Bishop
- Bragg
- Charlotte
- Georgina
- Hammond
- Shaw
References
- Chronomium
- Time travel
- The Doctor carries a silver-backed mirror in his jacket pocket.
Notes
- Going backwards in time is ‘uphill’, thus it’s harder to travel back in time than forwards.
- The cover is similar to a sketch of Romana II seen in DW: City of Death. File:St--5h18romanaclockface.jpgSketch of Romana's face from DW: City of Death
- According to fellow series author Jon Blum, Morris has said that the clock-faced men in the story are meant to be Faction Paradox, although this is not made explicit in the text.
Continuity
- The TARDIS crew use a crank handle when the TARDIS loses power. (DW: Death to the Daleks)
- The Vortex Wraiths were evacuating the time vortex in order to escape the Council of Eight. (EDA: The Slow Empire)
Timeline
- This story takes place after EDA: Hope
- This story takes place before EDA: Trading Futures
