The Danger Men was the third novel in the sixth series of Lethbridge-Stewart, released under the banner of The Laughing Gnome, by Candy Jar Books in 2018.
Publisher's summary
2011 and Brigadier William Bishop visits his old commanding officer, Brigadier Sir Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, who is a little concerned about a garden gnome he recently found. Soon both Bishop and his wife, Anne Travers, find themselves dragged through time after the Brigadier…
He’s a man on a mission. But he has no idea what the mission is. It’s 1999. Bill Bishop is plunged into a world of intrigue as he inhabits the body of Calum Bence of Department M – aka the Danger Men – on the trail of millionaire entrepreneur and suspected super-spy Dieter Allegro.
But is Allegro really the bad guy he’s made out to be? And who is the mysterious Otto Di Catania, and why is he so interested in the contents of a certain CD-ROM?
As he seeks these answers, Bill can’t help but wonder: will he ever find Anne and the Brigadier, will he even return to 2011, or is he destined to be lost in time forever?
Join Bill in his borrowed body as he travels from Johannesburg to London to Torquay and Austria on his mission impenetrable…
Plot
to be added
Characters
- Sir Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart
- Dame Anne Bishop
- Colonel/Brigadier William Bishop
- Calum Bence
- Dieter Allegro
- Otto Di Catania
- Harold Chorley
- Victoria Smith
- Stella Van Steiner
- Sir Gerard
- Miss Devlin
- Laughing Gnome
References
- As a child, Samuel Bishop liked the song "Frozen" by Madonna.
- While in rehabilitation, Bill watches Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace, Fight Club and The Matrix.
- Bill is certain that Alistair and Anne are also somewhere in 1999.
- John Hart-Davis is attending the convention at the Riviera Centre in Torquay.
- Lethbridge-Stewart meets with Winifred Bambera to try and work with UNIT again.
- Lethbridge-Stewart compares Department M's work to James Bond.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- Bill has had several jumps through time between Fear of the Web and this book, including being stuck in the body of Aston Okeke in the 1930s.
- Bill remembers when Gordon Conall Lethbridge-Stewart returned from the Realm of Light. (PROSE: The Man from Yesterday)
- Bill has to find the Beryllium chip and return it to San Francisco before 31 December. (TV: Doctor Who)
- Bill recalls his experiences with Chorley in John o Groats, (PROSE: The Lost Skin) and Keynsham. (PROSE: The Dreamer's Lament)
- Mention is made of Tobias Vaughn and his company International Electromatics. (TV: The Invasion)
External links
- Official The Danger Men page at Candy Jar Books