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{{Infobox Story | |image = White darkness.jpg | ||
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] | |||
|image=White darkness.jpg | |range = Virgin New Adventures | ||
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] | |number in range = 15 | ||
|number= 15 | |number= 15 | ||
|doctor=Seventh Doctor | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | ||
|enemy= [[Gilles Lemaitre|Mait | |enemy= [[Gilles Lemaitre|Mait]] | ||
|setting= [[Haiti]], [[1915]] | |setting= [[Haiti]], [[1915]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= David A. McIntee | ||
|publisher= Virgin Books | |cover= [[Peter Elson]] | ||
|release date= | |publisher= Virgin Books | ||
|format= Paperback Book; | |release date= 17 June 1993 | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20395-X | |format= Paperback Book; 24 Chapters, 244 Pages | ||
|prev= Lucifer Rising (novel) | |isbn= ISBN 0-426-20395-X | ||
|prev= Lucifer Rising (novel) | |||
|next= Shadowmind (novel) | |next= Shadowmind (novel) | ||
|series2 | |series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]] | ||
|prev2 | |prev2= Final Genesis (comic story) | ||
|next2 | |next2= Shadowmind (novel) | ||
}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''White Darkness''''' is the fifteenth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventure]] novel published by [[Virgin Publishing]] in the 1990s. The story is set in [[Haiti]] in [[1915]]. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. The book was written by [[David A. McIntee]], who derived much of the story's material from {{w|Wade Davis}}' ''The Serpent and the Rainbow'', a research into the practice of [[voodoo|vodoun]] and zombification in Haiti and the ''Cthulhu Mythos'' created by [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. Lovecraft's name was given to one of the principal characters in the story, Dr. [[Howard Phillips]], who at one point presents the Doctor with a copy of the ''[[Necronomicon]]'' in the original Eocene, given to him by [[Aleister Crowley]]. | '''''White Darkness''''' is the fifteenth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventure]] novel published by [[Virgin Publishing]] in the 1990s. The story is set in [[Haiti]] in [[1915]]. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. The book was written by [[David A. McIntee]], who derived much of the story's material from {{w|Wade Davis}}' ''The Serpent and the Rainbow'', a research into the practice of [[voodoo|vodoun]] and zombification in Haiti and the ''Cthulhu Mythos'' created by [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. Lovecraft's name was given to one of the principal characters in the story, Dr. [[Howard Phillips]], who at one point presents the Doctor with a copy of the ''[[Necronomicon]]'' in the original Eocene, given to him by [[Aleister Crowley]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
:''"We believe that death should always be part of life."'' | :''"We believe that death should always be part of life."'' | ||
[[The Doctor]] | [[The Doctor]]'s last three visits to the scattered [[human]] colonies of the [[third millennium]] have not been entirely successful. And now that [[Ace]] has rejoined him and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]], life on board [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] is getting pretty stressful. The Doctor yearns for a simpler time and place: [[Earth]], the tropics, the early [[20th century|twentieth century]]. | ||
The TARDIS lands in [[Haiti]] in the early years of the [[World War I|First World War]]. And the Doctor, Bernice and Ace land in a murderous plot involving [[voodoo|vodoun]], violent death, [[zombie]]s and [[German]] [[spy|spies]]. And perhaps something else | The TARDIS lands in [[Haiti]] in the early years of the [[World War I|First World War]]. And the Doctor, Bernice and Ace land in a murderous plot involving [[voodoo|vodoun]], violent death, [[zombie]]s and [[German]] [[spy|spies]]. And perhaps something else — something far, far worse. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Bernice Summerfield]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
* [[Howard Phillips]] | * [[Howard Phillips]] | ||
* [[Leopard Chief]] | |||
=== Haitians === | |||
* [[Carrefour]] | |||
* [[Clairvius Dubois]] | |||
* [[Gilles Lemaitre|Gilles "Mait" Lemaitre]] | * [[Gilles Lemaitre|Gilles "Mait" Lemaitre]] | ||
* [[Henri Duval]] | |||
* [[Eugene Petion|Captain Eugene Petion]] | * [[Eugene Petion|Captain Eugene Petion]] | ||
* [[Vincent (White Darkness)|Vincent]] | * [[Vincent (White Darkness)|Vincent]] | ||
* [[Dumarsais Leclerc]] | * [[Dumarsais Leclerc]] | ||
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* General [[Bobo]] | * General [[Bobo]] | ||
* [[Francois Lacombe]] | * [[Francois Lacombe]] | ||
* [[Antoine]] | * General [[Charles Oscar Etienne]] | ||
* [[Antoine (White Darkness)|Antoine]] | |||
* [[Claude (White Darkness)|Claude]] | * [[Claude (White Darkness)|Claude]] | ||
* [[Joseph (White Darkness)|Joseph]] | * [[Joseph (White Darkness)|Joseph]] | ||
* [[Reise Heinrich | |||
* [[ | === Germans === | ||
* [[ | * Leutnant [[Dietz]] | ||
* | * Leutnant [[Katze]] | ||
* Leutnant [[Klenze]] | |||
* Kapitan [[Reise Heinrich]] | |||
* Kapitan [[Weber]] | |||
* General [[Froebe]] | |||
* Professor [[Victor von Stein]] | |||
* Dr. [[Ingrid Karnstein]] | |||
=== Americans === | |||
* Major [[Paul Richmann]] | |||
* Colonel [[LV Mortimer]] | * Colonel [[LV Mortimer]] | ||
* Captain [[Glen (White Darkness)|Glen]] | |||
* Admiral [[Caperton]] | * Admiral [[Caperton]] | ||
* [[Woodrow Wilson]] | * [[Woodrow Wilson]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Books === | === Books === | ||
* [[Howard Phillips]] has a copy of an Eocene ''[[Necronomicon]]'', which was given to him by [[Aleister Crowley]]. | * [[Howard Phillips]] has a copy of an Eocene ''[[Necronomicon]]'', which was given to him by [[Aleister Crowley]]. | ||
* [[Gilles Lemaitre|Nkome/Mait]] possessed a copy of ''The Beginner's Guide to the Necronomicon'' and other | * [[Gilles Lemaitre|Nkome/Mait]] possessed a copy of ''[[The Beginner's Guide to the Necronomicon]]'', ''The [[Book of Dzyan]]'', ''The [[Book of Eibon]]'', [[Ludwig Prinn]]'s ''[[De Vermis Mysteriis]]'', ''[[The Golden Bough]]'' and other occult tomes. | ||
=== Cultural references from the real world === | === Cultural references from the real world === | ||
* There are [[James Bond]] references | * There are [[James Bond]] references. | ||
* The Doctor is compared to "our man in [[Havana]]" because of his linen [[suit]]. | |||
* The Doctor is compared to "our man in [[Havana]]" because of his linen [[suit]] | |||
=== | === Planets === | ||
* | * The inhabitants of [[Veltroch]] learned of the Great Old Ones. | ||
=== Species === | === Species === | ||
* The Doctor can read [[Eocene]]. | * The Doctor can read [[Eocene]]. | ||
==== Time Lords ==== | ==== Time Lords ==== | ||
* The Doctor learned hypnotism from [[the Master]]. | * The Doctor learned hypnotism from [[the Master]]. | ||
=== TARDIS components === | === TARDIS components === | ||
* | * [[the Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] [[HADS]] can be overridden manually. | ||
=== Timeline === | === Timeline === | ||
* The following years / eras | * The following years / eras, [[distant past|15 million BCE]], [[1744]], [[1750]], [[1908]], [[1913]], [[1934]], [[1986]], the [[25th century]], and the [[27th century]], are referred to by various characters. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* ''[[Prelude White Darkness]]'' was published in [[DWM 201]]. | * ''[[Prelude White Darkness]]'' was published in [[DWM 201]]. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* In [[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', the [[Great Old One]] [[Gilles Lemaitre|Mait]] was trying to release is identified as [[Cthulhu]]. | * In [[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', the [[Great Old One]] [[Gilles Lemaitre|Mait]] was trying to release is identified as [[Cthulhu]]. | ||
* The brooch the Doctor wears on his suit was given to his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] by [[Cameca]], his accidental fiancé from the past, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]'') although he had forgotten about it after [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] returned home. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase]]'') It seemingly re-entered his possession after the First Doctor used it to buy suits and top hats for himself and [[Steven Taylor]] in [[London]] in [[1912]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Suffering]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] would later give it to his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]] as a [[Christmas]] present. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Relative Dimensions]]'') | * The brooch the Doctor wears on his suit was given to his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] by [[Cameca]], his accidental [[fiancé]] from the past, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') although he had forgotten about it after [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] returned home. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') It seemingly re-entered his possession after the First Doctor used it to buy suits and top hats for himself and [[Steven Taylor]] in [[London]] in [[1912]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Suffering (audio story)|The Suffering]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] would later give it to his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]] as a [[Christmas]] present. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Relative Dimensions (audio story)|Relative Dimensions]]'') | ||
* The Doctor mentions having experience as a President. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'') | * The Doctor mentions having experience as a President. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'') | ||
* The Doctor tells Ace not to prevent a massacre as it is part of recorded [[history]], having had a similar discussion after | * The Doctor tells Ace not to prevent a massacre as it is part of recorded [[history]], having had a similar discussion after he helped [[Hitler]] in the [[Beer Hall Putsch]] of [[1923]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') | ||
* | * The feeling that the presence of the Great Old One gives the Doctor reminds him of [[the Dark Tower]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') | ||
== Cover gallery == | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
White darkness.jpg|Original cover | |||
White darkness textless cover.jpg|Textless cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [ | * [https://doctorwho.guide/whona15p.htm Prelude to '''White Darkness''' as published in DWM #201] | ||
{{dwrefguide|who_na15.htm|White Darkness}} | |||
* {{whoniverse|na15|White Darkness}} | * {{whoniverse|na15|White Darkness}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/whit.htm The Cloister Library: '''White Darkness'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/whit.htm The Cloister Library: '''White Darkness'''] | ||
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv35/btb-whitedarkness.html Beyond the Book: White Darkness by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 35] | |||
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