Salvation (novel)
Publisher's summary
New York, 1965. A time of conflict between ideologies, races, generations and genders, when crime runs rife and an unpopular war drags on in a distant land. In the midst of this turmoil, people cry out to their gods.
And now, it seems, the gods have answered their call. Walking the slums and tenements of downtown Manhattan, demonstrating extraordinary powers, five strangers are gathering a growing crowd of worshippers.
Steven wants to believe in miracles, but the Doctor is more sceptical. What are the strangers' real motives, and why does history make no mention of these events? As New York begins to tear itself apart, the Doctor's principles are tested to their limits. Which side should he choose to help? And what part will a London schoolgirl named Dorothea Chaplet play in the ensuing chaos?
What price is humankind willing to pay for salvation?
Characters
- The Doctor
- Steven Taylor
- Dodo Chaplet
- Charles Marchant
- Kathy Marchant
- Byron Carter
- Alexander Lullington-Smythe
References
- When being asked his full name by an interrogator, the Doctor responds: 'Oh, my dear fellow, you wouldn't be able to pronounce the first syllable of it.'
Notes
- There is a reference to a movie about this event called Prey for a Miracle, which stars Peter Cushing as the "mysterious government advisor, Doctor Who". Peter Cushing played Dr. Who in Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD.
Continuity
- The Doctor says that not even the first syllable of his name can be pronounced. In BBCR: Slipback Peri Brown too said that she had been told it can't be pronounced, although River Song was able to pronounce it (DW: Forest of the Dead).
- The Tzun and Dalek races are mentioned by the Doctor, as examples of hostile aliens intent on invading Earth.
- When listing the Doctor's interferences in history, the Patriarch mentions championing Greece (DW: The Myth Makers), leaving the French to be massacred (DW: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve), burning Rome (DW: The Romans), sabotaging the attempt to save the Aztec race (DW: The Aztecs), arranging Rebecca Nurse's death (PDA: The Witch Hunters) and dragging Katarina into a conflict she could neither understand or survive (DW: The Daleks' Master Plan).
Timeline
- Salvation occurs after: DW: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
- Salvation occurs before: DW: The Ark
