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|image = The Forgotten Army.jpg | |image = The Forgotten Army.jpg | ||
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]] | |series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]] | ||
|number = 39 | |number = 39 | ||
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor | |doctor = Eleventh Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]] | |companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]] | ||
|enemy = [[Vykoid]]s | |featuring = [[Trinity Wells|Trinity]] | ||
|setting = [[New York City]], [[2010]] | |enemy = General Erik, [[Vykoid]]s | ||
|writer = | |setting = [[New York City]], [[2010]] | ||
|read by=[[Olivia Colman]] | |writer = Brian Minchin | ||
|publisher = BBC Books | |read by = [[Olivia Colman]] | ||
|release date = | |publisher = BBC Books | ||
|format = Hardcover, 248 Pages | |release date = 22 April 2010 | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-987-0 | |format = Hardcover, 248 Pages | ||
|prev = Night of the Humans (novel) | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-987-0 | ||
|next = Nuclear Time (novel) | |prev = Night of the Humans (novel) | ||
|next = Nuclear Time (novel) | |||
|cover = [[Lee Binding]] | |||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''The Forgotten Army''''' was the thirty-ninth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Brian Minchin]] and featured the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]]. | '''''The Forgotten Army''''' was the thirty-ninth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Brian Minchin]] and featured the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''Let me tell you a story. Long ago, in the | ''Let me tell you a story. Long ago, in the froze Arctic wastes, an alien army landed. Only now, 10,000 years later, it isn't a story. And the army is ready to attack.'' | ||
[[New York City|New York]] — one of the greatest cities on 21st century Earth... But what's going on in the Museum? And is that really a Woolly [[Mammoth]] rampaging down Broadway? | [[New York City|New York]] — one of the greatest cities on 21st century Earth... But what's going on in the Museum? And is that really a Woolly [[Mammoth]] rampaging down Broadway? | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | The Doctor and Amy Pond land in the Times Square in 2010, much to the Doctor's excitement. He leads Amy to a long queue in an alley, waiting at a cart called Paulie's Sausage Burgers. The Doctor claims that beings from all over the Universe and Time come to eat at Paulie's, pointing out a Judoon, a Graske and a few other aliens in line and seated nearby. | ||
''to be continued'' | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] Officer [[Oscar Henderson]] | * [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] Officer [[Oscar Henderson]] | ||
* [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] Commander [[Jackie Stebbins]] | * [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] Commander [[Jackie Stebbins]] | ||
* [[Vykoid]]s | * [[Vykoid]]s | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor can make [[the TARDIS]] go five seconds out of sync with the rest of time by clicking his fingers. | * The Doctor can make [[the TARDIS]] go five seconds out of sync with the rest of time by clicking his fingers. | ||
* Amy grew up in [[Inverness]], [[Scotland]] before moving to [[Leadworth]]. | * Amy grew up in [[Inverness]], [[Scotland]] before moving to [[Leadworth]]. | ||
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* This is a comedic style book. | * This is a comedic style book. | ||
* There is much "toilet humour" in this story. Upon awakening, the Mammoth's first act is to defecate, in spite of the fact that it is actually an alien spaceship. Later on, Amy slips in dung, the Mammoth farts (again, ignoring the fact that it is an alien spaceship) and the Doctor says the "asteroid" mines of the Vykroid homeworld are actually excrement of a space-boar, a large animal which fed on the swamps of a planet and grew big enough for space travel. | * There is much "toilet humour" in this story. Upon awakening, the Mammoth's first act is to defecate, in spite of the fact that it is actually an alien spaceship. Later on, Amy slips in dung, the Mammoth farts (again, ignoring the fact that it is an alien spaceship) and the Doctor says the "asteroid" mines of the Vykroid homeworld are actually excrement of a space-boar, a large animal which fed on the swamps of a planet and grew big enough for space travel. | ||
* At the end, the Doctor announces their next stop as the [[Delerium Archive]], placing this adventure directly before the television story ''[[The Time of Angels]]''. | * At the end, the Doctor announces their next stop as the [[Delerium Archive]], placing this adventure directly before the television story ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]''. | ||
* The Doctor makes himself known to Stebbins by using the code "X231 hyphen 19 ten", a code that, according to Stebbins, has been in on record since [[1932]]. | * The Doctor makes himself known to Stebbins by using the code "X231 hyphen 19 ten", a code that, according to Stebbins, has been in on record since [[1932]]. | ||
* According to the Doctor, the restaurant "[[Big Paulie's Sausages]]" in [[June]] [[2010]] is the best place in history to eat at, with many species saving up to make the trip to eat there. | * According to the Doctor, the restaurant "[[Big Paulie's Sausages]]" in [[June]] [[2010]] is the best place in history to eat at, with many species saving up to make the trip to eat there. | ||
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store. | * This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Amy recalls Mrs [[Poggit]] (and her bad hip) from [[Leadworth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Amy's Choice]]'') | * Amy recalls Mrs [[Poggit]] (and her bad hip) from [[Leadworth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'') | ||
* The Doctor makes reference to the last time he was in New York City, saying he spent far too long underground. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]''/''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'') | * The Doctor makes reference to the last time he was in New York City, saying he spent far too long underground. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]''/''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The Doctor states yet again (several times) that "[[ | * The Doctor states yet again (several times) that "[[bowtie]]s are cool", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'', ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') and says that "they'll all be wearing them soon", which actually occurs in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Fashion Victims (comic story)|Fashion Victims]]''. | ||
* The Doctor uses his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] to make a wooden chair fall apart, despite the fact that it usually "doesn't do wood". ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'', ''[[The Hungry Earth]]'',''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'') | * The Doctor uses his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] to make a wooden chair fall apart, despite the fact that it usually "doesn't do wood". ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'', ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'', ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'') | ||
* Amy has a strange recollection of seeing Nile Penguins in the museum. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'') | * Amy has a strange recollection of seeing Nile Penguins in the museum. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') | ||
* The Doctor mentions having "borrowed" the TARDIS, a fact later repeated by him in [[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]''. | * The Doctor mentions having "borrowed" the TARDIS, a fact later repeated by him in [[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]''. | ||
* The Doctor mentions the [[Shadow Proclamation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', et al.) | * The Doctor mentions the [[Shadow Proclamation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', et al.) | ||
* The Doctor sends Amy messages on the [[psychic paper]] ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Silence in the Library]]'') and refers to the [[Atraxi]] doing the same in [[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''. | * The Doctor sends Amy messages on the [[psychic paper]] ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'') and refers to the [[Atraxi]] doing the same in [[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]''. | ||
* [[Barack Obama]] is mentioned as being [[President of the United States]], following on from his appearance in [[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. | * [[Barack Obama]] is mentioned as being [[President of the United States]], following on from his appearance in [[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. | ||
* Joe Hudson's father still talks about the time Joe "froze and started chanting". ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') | * Joe Hudson's father still talks about the time Joe "froze and started chanting". ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') | ||
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* No-one on Earth feels safe at [[Christmas]], following various invasions by the Sycarox and Racnoss, the Titanic descending on Buckingham Palace and the resurrection of the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]],'' ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | * No-one on Earth feels safe at [[Christmas]], following various invasions by the Sycarox and Racnoss, the Titanic descending on Buckingham Palace and the resurrection of the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]],'' ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | ||
== | == Editions published outside Britain == | ||
* Published in France by Milady in 2012 as a paperback edition. | |||
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== Audiobook == | |||
* This novel was released as an audiobook in [[December (releases)|December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Olivia Colman]]. | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Graske stories]] | [[Category:Graske stories]] | ||
[[Category:Catkind stories]] | [[Category:Catkind stories]] | ||
[[Category:E-books]] | |||
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