Kursaal (novel)
- You may be looking for the titular planet.
Publisher's summary
Kursaal is a pleasure world, a huge theme park for the Cronus System — or rather it will be if it isn't destroyed during construction.
Eco-terrorists want the project halted to preserve vital archaeological sites -- areas containing the last remains of the long-dead Jax, an ancient wolf-like race whose remains are being buried beneath the big-business tourist attractions.
Sam falls in with the environmentalists, and finds her loyalties divided. Meanwhile, the Eighth Doctor's own investigations lead him to believe the Jax are not extinct after all.
Cut off from the TARDIS, separated from his companion and pursued for murder, the Doctor discovers Kursaal hides a terrible secret — and that Sam is being affected by events more than anyone would guess...
Characters
- The Doctor
- He isn't fond of hospitals because of his 'birth trauma'. (This probably refers to his regeneration, which happened at Walker General Hospital, rather than his literal birth.)
- Has a box of Everlasting matches.
- Samantha Jones
- Failed year 7 biology.
- When Sam is taken over by the Jax, her eyes glow green rather than her natural blue.
- When Sam's mind is controlled, she desires the Doctor as her consort.
- She kills Paul Kadijk while controlled.
- Still agonises over the Tractite she killed.
- Security Chief Paul Kadijk.
- Kursaal’s head of security
- Professor Amy Saraband
- Leader of the archaeological dig on Kursaal, hired by Gray
- Maximilian Gray
- Owner of GrayCorp.
- attacked by the Jax and is infected whilst he was alive, resulting in him becoming the a Jax leader.
- Bernard Cockaigne
- Leader of the protest movement, HALF.
- Claire Johnson
- HALF Activist
- gets killed by the Jax and becomes a Jax Drone
- Porlock
- assistant of Kadjik
- Bandros
- Kadjik's assistant in the not too distant future
References
- The Doctor mentions the Mars-Venus run.
- HALF are a protest group. (Their name stands for Helping All Life Forms.)
Species
- Geomyde are rat-headed humanoids with fluffy brown cheeks.
- Caballans are long-faced and have horse-like nostrils.
- Haxalians rotate their forehead antennae as a sign of agitation.
- Fodorans have yellow hair and blue skin.
- Brascan hermaphrodites look like orangutans in boiler suits.
- Emorgans are humanoid.
- Some other visitors to Kursaal are Alpha Centurians and Ogrons.
Notes
- In The Eight Doctors Sam's eyes are blue, in Alien Bodies they're green, in this novel they're green when she's possessed and blue when she's not.
Continuity
- A virus like werewolf appears in DW: Tooth and Claw.
- DW: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy also features a werewolf affected by any moon (not nessicarily Earth based).
- BFA: Loups-Garoux and PDA: Wolfsbane both feature Earth based werewolves.
- The Doctor dislikes hospitals because of his 'death' in one in DW: Doctor Who.
Timeline
- This story takes place after EDA: Alien Bodies
- This story takes place before EDA: Option Lock
