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Casualties of War was the thirty-eighth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Steve Emmerson, released 4 September 2000 and featured the Eighth Doctor.
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Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
1918. The world is at war. A terrible raging conflict that has left no one untouched.
In the North Yorkshire village of Hawkswick, it seems that the dead won't stay down. There are reports of horrifically wounded soldiers on manoeuvres in the night. Pets have gone missing, and now livestock is found slaughtered in the fields.
Suspicion naturally falls on nearby Hawkswick Hall, a psychiatric hospital for shell-shocked soldiers, where Private Daniel Corey senses a gathering evil.
As events escalate, a stranger arrives on the scene. Can this Man from the Ministry solve the mystery of Hawkswick? And can Hawkswick solve the mystery that is this Man from the Ministry?
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Eighth Doctor
- Mary Minett
- David Minett
- Mary Minett's father
- Mary Minett's grandfather
- Dr Charles Banham
- Constable Albert Briggs
- Effie Briggs
- Albert Briggs' father
- Albert Briggs' children
- Nanny Coggings
- Nanny Coggings' dog
- Bill Cromby
- Charlie Skaggs
- Charlie Skaggs' father
- Mrs Skaggs
- Private Daniel Corey
- Daniel Corey's grandmother
- Daniel Corey's grandfather
- Corporal Lionel Davies
- Lionel Davies' son
- Phyllis
- Iris Cromby
- Corporal John Sykes
- Lily Sykes
- Annie Sykes
- Lance Corporal Joey Collins
- Richardson
- Emma Braithwaite
- Emma Braithwaite's brother
- Emma Braithwaite's father
- Captain Miles Thomas
- Samuel Hudson
- Jack Mundy
- Jack Mundy's dog
- Betty Thistlewaite
- Harold the Bloody Younger
- Zachary Smith
- Clara Walker
- Duncan McHale
- Johnson
- Bessie Fry
- Millicent Fry
- Norma Grealy
- Minnie Stock
- Laura Rawkins
- Maggie Fowler
- Reverend Clarence Forster
- Gladys Wilson
- Dorothy Winstanley
- Patricia Dobbins
- Henry McGuff
- Wright
- Veidt
- Veidt's son
- Elsa
- Frank Watson
- Bracket
- Flockton
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Sykes and Joey Collins sing "It's a Long Way to Tipperary".
- The Doctor has read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
- Emma saw The Battle of the Somme at the Odeon in Leeds.
- Emma is a Voluntary Aid Detachment.
- The Doctor chained Emmeline Pankhurst to the railings of 10 Downing Street.
- Dr Charles Banham owns an ornate clock, which the Doctor recognizes as the work of Julien le Roi.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This is the second story in the "Earth Arc".
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor's note from Fitz Kreiner is still in his pocket. (PROSE: The Burning)
- The Doctor recalls his previous meetings with William Shakespeare. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass, TV: Planet of Evil, TV: City of Death, AUDIO: The Kingmaker, AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks) He would later do so again in COMIC: A Groatsworth of Wit and TV: The Shakespeare Code.
- The Doctor mentions Nitro-9, but soon loses the thought. (TV: Dragonfire)