The Empire of Glass (novel)

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The Empire of Glass was the sixteenth novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series. It was written by Andy Lane and featured the First Doctor, Vicki Pallister and Steven Taylor. It also featured Irving Braxiatel, during one of his earliest incarnations.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

"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?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Drugs and medicines[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Braxiatel gives a drug to Shakespeare that removes his memory of the last twenty-four hours.

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Law and order[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The role of the Doctor in banning the use of miniscopes is known throughout nine galaxies.
  • Irving Braxiatel has set up a conference to create the Armageddon Convention.

Libraries and archives[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Species represented at the Armageddon Convention include the Sontarans, Rutan, Greld, Devgherrians, Chelonians, Ice Warriors, Krargs, Vilp, Ontraags, Jullatii, Dentraals, Oolians, Ellillians. The Daleks and Cybermen did not even respond to the invitation.
  • Further unnamed species (which perhaps correspond to some of the above) are described from Cardinal Bellarmine's perspective. He describes them as:
    • "Taller than [himself], heavily muscled, and had the face of a lion".
    • One "walked on all fours, with a heavy, anvil-like face that bore two short horns".
    • One had "a face like a man, but was taller and thinner than any man had ever been that walked the Earth".
    • The fourth was "feathered and winged like an eagle". (probably an Oolian)
  • The Krayt shot Steven down over Mechanus.
  • Braxiatel buys his defence satellites off the Aaev.

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Earth locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor notes that Venice sank beneath the surface of the ocean centuries before either Vicki or Steven were born.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Illustrations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Includes two illustrations in the print edition as well as a new cover and nine additional illustrations in the e-book by Mike Nicholson, originally published on the BBC's website.

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