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Night of the Intelligence was the eleventh novel in the Lethbridge-Stewart series. It was released to commemerate the 50th anniversary of the Great Intelligence.
Publisher's summary
Three men feel the pull of the Great Intelligence.
One; Professor Edward Travers, who was once possessed by it, plans to return to the Det-Sen Monastery to clear his mind of the Intelligence once and for all. But he never makes it. The Vault want him, but an old friend is waiting in the wings to help.
Two; Owain Vine, who carries the seed of the Intelligence within, is in Japan on a pilgrimage to cleanse himself of the taint he feels in his soul. Soon a happy reunion takes place, and Owain learns that past friendships are not what they seemed.
Three; Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, who finds himself haunted by the spectre of his brother, James, who refuses to stay dead.
The stage is set for the long, dark night of the Intelligence.
Plot
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Characters
- Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart
- Anne Travers
- 2nd Lieutenant William Bishop
- Regimental Sergeant Major Samson Ware
- Lance Corporal Sally Wright
- Edward Travers
- Owain Vine
- Thonmi
- James Gore
- Ray Phillips
- Mahasamatman
- The Great Intelligence
- Simon Gore
- Jipps
- Rhys Rubery
- Mrs Anderson
- Garen Smith
- Maggie Marnoch
- Henry Barns
- Jemima Barns
- Lieutenant Colonel Walter Douglas
- Officer Cadet Leslie Johnston
- Laurence Bowen
- Major General Oliver Hamilton
- Peggy Orwell
- Alexandru Lusztig
- Corporal Barry Dovey
- Lieutenant Shawn Miles
- Private Tommy Godber
- Private Gwynfor Evans
- Sergeant Richard Bell
- Major Keith Bartlett
- Adrienne Kramer
- to be completed
Worldbuilding
to be added
Notes
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Continuity
- Archibald Lethbridge-Stewart is one of the Brigadier's relatives. (TV: Twice Upon a Time)
- When telling Anne about the Buddhist belief in reincarnation, Thonmi runs off a list of people he believes to be reincarnated souls, and on this list he includes the Doctor, saying how when the Doctor first met Padmasambhava, circa 1630, he looked quite different to the Doctor that Anne met. (TV: The Abominable Snowmen, AUDIO: The Secrets of Det-Sen)
- Lethbridge-Stewart recalls meeting the Intelligence in the London Underground, (TV: The Web of Fear) and New York. (PROSE: Times Squared) He also knows that the Intelligence will meet its end in Bledoe. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son)
- Lethbridge-Stewart's ribs still ache from his beating in prison. (PROSE: Mind of Stone)
- The General was behind the attempted kidnapping of Owain in Santorini. (PROSE: Blood of Atlantis)
- Owain's memories of James include meeting Lucy Wilson and Hobo Kostinen in Bledoe. Lucy found a picture of this event in 2017. (PROSE: Avatars of the Intelligence)
- Gore is replaced by Martyn Townsend of C19. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice)
- There are four levels in the Vault. (PROSE: A Worthy Successor)
- Padmasambhava mentions Mara, the Buddhist 'evil one'. There is nothing in the text to suggest a connect to the Mara. (TV: Kinda)
- During the Second World War, Travers was recruited into the Home-Army Fourth Operational Corps by Toby Kinsella. (AUDIO: Threshold)
- Anne sees a vision of herself and her father in 1974, both are in New York with Major Kramer helping to set up UNIT US. Travers looks a good thirty years younger. (PROSE: The Dreamer's Lament, Travers & Wells)
- On the astral plane, Travers told Anne that his memory of his temporal adventures was returned to his mind in October 1969, which coincided with the younger Travers leaving the present and returning to 1935. He also remembers the feeling of being torn in two in the time vortex. This added to his addled memory, and explained why he often thought forty years had passed between 1935 and 1969, because of the almost five years he spent in his future. (PROSE: Times Squared, Travers & Wells)
External links
- Official Night of the Intelligence page at Candy Jar Books