Unnatural History (novel)
Publisher’s Summary
‘They called it the Millennium Effect,’ said the Doctor. ‘But the millennium was only beginning.’
San Francisco has changed since the start of 2000. The laws of physics keep having acid flashbacks. There are sightings of creatures from outside our dimensions, stranded aliens and surrealist street performers. The city has become a mecca for those who revel in impossible creatures -- and those who want to see them pinned down and put away.
Sam’s past is catching up with her - a past she didn’t know she had. The Doctor is in danger of becoming the piece de resistance in a twisted collection of creatures. And beneath the waters of the Bay, something huge is waiting.
With time running out, the Doctor must choose which to sacrifice -- a city of wonders, or the life of an old and dear friend.
Characters
- The Doctor’s biodata contains 17 conflicting streams.
- Griffin removes the Doctor's ability to see the colour violet (although later the Doctor fixes this).
- Dark Sam’ appears for almost all this novel.
- Professor Daniel Joyce (also known as Professor Chronotis).
References
Dark Sam, Grace Holloway, Faction Paradox, The Book of Lies, Biodata
- 'Dark Sam' and Fitz shag because they’re human and to show they won’t manipulate each other.
- 'Dark Sam' kisses the Doctor but he doesn’t do anything.
- The Doctor basically talks a Faction Paradox agent into non-existence by convincing the agent that he is ordinary.
Notes
- Whilst writing Unnatural History both Kate Orman and Jon Blum didn't deliberatly make it part of 'The War arc' however:
"When it comes to the Faction Paradox / War stuff, there is one big bit of foreshadowing for "Ancestor Cell" -- but we had no idea that we were foreshadowing it, we intended that bit as a red herring at the time! There were, however, deliberate bits of foreshadowing for the Earth arc, which went onto the drawing board while we were writing the book."[1]
Continuity
- The events of DW: Doctor Who: The TV Movie created the dimension anomalies in San Francisco.
- EDA: Alien Bodies first introduced the concept of 'Dark Sam'.
- The Doctor last dropped acid in NA: The Left-Handed Hummingbird.
- Blinovitch (of the Blinovitch Limitation Effect) was mentioned / demonstrated in DW: Day of the Daleks.
- The Doctor doesn’t have a shadow, reasons for which are revealed in EDA: Interference - Book Two.
- There are some interesting references surrounding various characters from PDA: The Infinity Doctors.
- Also in The Infinity Doctors the Doctor thinks that his father might be a professor at Berkeley.
