The Empire of Glass (novel)

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Publisher's Summary

'There is a old Venetian saying,' the Doctor murmured. 'The council of ten send you to the torture chamber; the council of three send you to the grave.'

A strange invitation brings the Doctor, Steven and Vicki to Venice in the year of our Lord 1609: a place of politics and poison, science and superstition, telescopes and terror. Galileo Galilei is there demonstrating his new invention to the Doge, and William Shakespeare is working as a spy for King James I. And there are other visitors too: inhuman ones that lurk in the shadows, watching - and killing.

Vicki is abducted to a flying island. Steven is accused of murder and challenged to a duel. The Doctor, meanwhile, finds himself at the centre of what looks like an attempted invasion. But who are the invaders? And why can’t they proceed without his help?

Characters

References

  • The Doctor is returned to the TARDIS after assisting them in the Omega affair, the Time Lords erased his memory of the events he encountered leaving him only vague memories of a dandy and a clown.
  • Irving Braxiatel has set up a conference to create the Armageddon Convention.
  • Braxiatel establishes the Library of Saint John the Beheaded.
  • Braxiatel also obtains Shakespeare's "lost" plays Love's Labour's Won, The Birth of Merlin, and Sir John Oldcastle.
  • It is vaguely suggested that the Doctor and Braxiatel are related.
  • The Doctor's role in banning the use of miniscopes is known throughout nine galaxies.
  • Steven gets drunk with Galileo.
  • Braxiatel gives a drug to Shakespeare the removes his memory of the last 24 hours (very much similar to the drug retcon).
  • Shakespeare asks the Doctor if he has a younger brother with curly brown hair.

Notes

Illustrations

  • Includes illustrations by Mike Nicholson.

Continuity

  • Shakespeare mentions the Doctor's assistance with finishing Hamlet (mentioned in) DW: City of Death.
  • It is further confirmed that the Doctor and Irving Braxiatel are related in BNA: Tears of the Oracle.

Timeline

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External Links

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