Shining Darkness was the twenty-seventh novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Mark Michalowski and featured the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
For Donna Noble, the Andromeda galaxy is a long, long way from home. But, even two and a half million light years from Earth, some things never change...
A visit to an art gallery turns into a race across space to uncover the secret behind a shadowy organisation. From the desert world of Karris to the interplanetary scrapyard of Junk, the Doctor and Donna discover that appearances can be deceptive, that enemies are lurking around every corner - and that the centuries-long peace between humans and machines may be about to come to an end. Because waiting in the wings to bring chaos to the galaxy is the Cult of Shining Darkness.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Jaftee[[edit] | [edit source]]
Crew of the Sword of Justice[[edit] | [edit source]]
Members of the Cult of Shining Darkness[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Garaman Havatii
- Mesanth - a Lotapareen
- Li'an
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor mentions the periodical Delia's How To Boil Water.
Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Uhlala, Karris, Pasquite, Junk and Sentilli are in the Andromeda Galaxy.
- Napir Prime is in the Isop Galaxy.
- Boonie is from Dallendaf.
- Li'an is from Poopop.
Food and Beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor has a peanut in his pocket, which he gives to Cherumpanch. He also carries a peanut.
- Donna eats something that resembles a fish pie but tastes like a cheese sandwich on board the Dark Star.
Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Lipanov scale is a quantitative measure on machine sentience. A rating of 40 or above is considered 'sentient'.
- Meeta-Corin humaniform servitors, model DF181B have a Lipanov rating of 23
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The machine on the front cover resembles both a Pyrovile and a Cyberman. It is named Mother.
- Shining Darkness has several references to Planet 1, thus setting it after The Doctor Trap.
- A paperback version of Shining Darkness was released in a book collection, along with The Many Hands and Prisoner of the Daleks.
- There is an error on Page 40. There are no quotation marks where Mesanth says "You must be Donna, I'm Mesanth."
- This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
- An abridged reading of the story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by Debbie Chazen.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor mentions Barbara the vending robot from PROSE: Sick Building.
- Huon particles are mentioned. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
- Donna recalls Pompeii (TV: The Fires of Pompeii) and the Ood-Sphere. (TV: Planet of the Ood)
- Donna recalls her experiences with robots: the robot Santas (TV: The Runaway Bride) and the robots on Planet 1. (PROSE: The Doctor Trap)
Editions published outside Britain[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Published in China by New Star Press in 2016 as a paperback edition.
Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This novel was released as an audiobook on 12 March 2009 by BBC Audio and read by Debbie Chazen.
Audiobook cover
