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|enemy = [[Karla Sorenson]] | |enemy = [[Karla Sorenson]] | ||
|featuring = [[Cleavis]] | |featuring = [[Cleavis]] | ||
|setting = [[Britain]], [[1940s]] and [[2000s]] | |setting = [[Manchester]], [[Britain]], [[1940s]] and [[2000s]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Paul Magrs | ||
|publisher = Allison & Busby | |publisher = Allison & Busby | ||
|release date = | |release date = September 2004 | ||
|cover = | |cover = | ||
|format = | |format = Paperback book, 288 pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 0- | |isbn = ISBN 0-74908-380-8 | ||
|prev = | |prev = | ||
|next = | |next = | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novel by [[Paul Magrs]] which featured characters and concepts which had previously appeared in the ''[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' novel ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)|Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'' and the ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' story ''[[Kept Safe and Sound (short story)|Kept Safe and Sound]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novel by [[Paul Magrs]] which featured characters and concepts which had previously appeared in the ''[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' novel ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)|Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'' and the ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' story ''[[Kept Safe and Sound (short story)|Kept Safe and Sound]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Karla Sorenson]] | [[Karla Sorenson]] used to be big in [[horror movie|horror films]]. In the [[1960s|60s]] and [[1970s|70s]] no self-respecting low-budget bloody schlocker shocker waas complete without the Queen of Vampires presiding all over it. She was well qualified for it, after all... at the age of [[10 (number)|ten]], she sold her sold to the [[devil]]. | ||
Now, although spookily ageless, Karla is knocking on in years. Her residuals are drying up and she needs some [[cash]], so she decides to return to the [[north]] of [[England]], to [[Manchester]], to appear in ''[[Menswear]]'', [[Britain]]'s most risque TV [[soap opera]]. | |||
But not everyone's happy about her return to the fame game. ''Menswear's'' current star is [[Lance Randall]], the famously [[sexual]]ly-[[confusion|confused]] heart-throb, and he's furious to hear that Karla is about to become his co-star. He hates her, he fears her, and he's convinced that she's come to steal his very [[soul]]. Dark clouds are massing around Manchester - and a deep, dark, devilish secrets are about to be unleashed... | |||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[ | * [[Sally (To the Devil — a Diva!)|Sally]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Katy MacBride]] | ||
* [[Mam (To the Devil — a Diva!)|Sally's Mam]] | |||
* [[Samantha (To the Devil — a Diva!)|Samantha]] | |||
* [[Ginger girl (To the Devil — a Diva!)|Ginger girl]] | |||
* [[Mrs Beech (To the Devil — a Diva!)|Mrs Beech]] | |||
* [[Michael Figgis]] | |||
* [[Isla Figgis]] | |||
* [[Fox Soames]] | * [[Fox Soames]] | ||
* [[Magda Soames]] | * [[Magda Soames]] | ||
* [[Lance Randall]] | |||
* [[Dennis (To the Devil — a Diva!)|Dennis]] | |||
* [[Karla Sorenson]] | |||
* [[Brenda (To the Devil — a Diva!)|Brenda]] | |||
* [[Brenda's husband]] | |||
* [[Lance Randall's agent]] | |||
* [[Adrian (To the Devil — a Diva!)|Adrian]] | |||
* [[Adrian's secretary]] | |||
* [[Colin (To the Devil — A Diva!)|Colin]] | |||
* [[John Cleavis|Cleavis]] | * [[John Cleavis|Cleavis]] | ||
* [[Raf (To the Devil — A Diva!)|Raf]] | |||
* [[Raf's assistant]] | |||
=== Referenced only === | |||
* [[Mrs MacBride]] | |||
* [[Butcher's wife (To the Devil — a Diva!)|Butcher's wife]] | |||
* [[Butcher (To the Devil — a Diva!)|Butcher]] | |||
* [[Flissy]] | |||
* [[Sammi Randall]] | |||
* [[Colin's gran]] | |||
* [[Buffy fan (To the Devil — A Diva!)|Buffy fan]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to | * In [[SpoilerSpace]], Raf tells his assistant that if any ''[[Doctor Who (N-Space)|Doctor Who]]'' fans are to come in for the latest [[book]], they'll have to wait due to a late delivery. | ||
** The assistant thinks that ''Doctor Who'' fans are the worst, but Raf believes that there are other fans even worse. | |||
* Colin once had sex with [[Buffy fan (To the Devil — A Diva!)|fan]] of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. The fan had a scraggy [[mohican]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Professor [[John Cleavis|Cleavis]]'s first name is not stated in this novel. | * Professor [[John Cleavis|Cleavis]]'s first name is not stated in this novel. | ||
* The title is an homage to the [[Dennis Wheatley]] novel {{wi|To the Devil a Daughter}}. Another Wheatley novel title was parodied by ''[[Iris Rides Out (audio story)|Iris Rides Out]]''. | |||
* [[Philip Purser-Hallard]]'s use of Cleavis in the ''[[Time Hunter (series)|Time Hunter]]'' novel ''[[Peculiar Lives (novel)|Peculiar Lives]]'' was informed by the character's appearance in ''To The Devil — A Diva''.<ref> [http://www.infinitarian.com/plcontext2.html ''Peculiar Lives Contexts: Time Lords and Time Hunters'' — Infinitarian]</ref> | * [[Philip Purser-Hallard]]'s use of Cleavis in the ''[[Time Hunter (series)|Time Hunter]]'' novel ''[[Peculiar Lives (novel)|Peculiar Lives]]'' was informed by the character's appearance in ''To The Devil — A Diva''.<ref> [http://www.infinitarian.com/plcontext2.html ''Peculiar Lives Contexts: Time Lords and Time Hunters'' — Infinitarian]</ref> | ||
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== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
{{Spin-offs}} | |||
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{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:2004 novels]] | [[Category:2004 novels]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Manchester]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in London]] | [[Category:Stories set in London]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 1940s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 1940s]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 2000s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 2000s]] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who spin-offs]] | [[Category:Doctor Who spin-offs]] | ||