Birthright (novel)
Publisher's Summary
'I feel like a pawn in a blasted chess game, Ace.' 'I know what you mean. Trouble is, they keep changing the chess-players.'
The TARDIS has died. Stranded in early twentieth-century London, Bernice can only stand and watch as it slowly disintegrates.
In the East End a series of grisly murders has been committed. Is this the work of the ghostly Springheel Jack or, as Bernice suspects something even more sinister?
In a tiny shop in Bloomsbury, the master of a grand order of sorcerers is nearing the end of a seven-hundred year quest for a fabled magic wand.
And on a barren world in the far-distant future the Queen of a dying race pleads for the help of an old hermit named Muldwych, while Ace leads a group of guerrillas in a desperate struggle against their alien oppressors.
These events are related. Perhaps the Doctor knows how. But the Doctor has gone away.
Characters
the Charrl, Queen Ch'tizz, Muldwych, Jared Khan, Margret Waterfield
References
Antýkhon, the Brotherhood of the New Dawn, Springheel Jack, the Great Divide, Time Vector Generator, the Migration, Channel Tunnel, 700 Wonders of the Universe, New Skaro,
Notes
This is one of several Virgin New Adventures which were adapted by Big Finish for their first season of Bernice Summerfield audio dramas.
Continuity
- This novel runs parallel with the events of Iceberg, with the Doctor being absent for the majority of Birthright.
- The Charrl and Muldwych make an appearance in Happy Endings.
- The Charrl are to said to have created the 300 (of the 700) wonders of the universe, first mentioned in Death to the Daleks.
External Links
- The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Birthright
- Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for Timewyrm: Genesys
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