Fallen Gods (novel)
Fallen Gods was the tenth Telos Doctor Who novella. It featured the Eighth Doctor. This is the last long-form Doctor Who prose that Jonathan Blum and Kate Orman wrote together. They had previously written PROSE: Vampire Science, Seeing I and Unnatural History together. This story won the Aurealis Award for best Australian science fiction book.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | edit source]
In ancient Akrotiri, a young girl is learning mysteries from a tutor who, quite literally, fell from the skies. With his encouragement, she can fly and surf the timestreams and see something of the future. But then the demons come. Death and disaster are meted out by the gods of her land. Perhaps retribution for some heinous crime... or something far more sinister?
Plot[[edit] | edit source]
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Characters[[edit] | edit source]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | edit source]
The Doctor[[edit] | edit source]
- The Doctor says that only one heart beats in his chest.
- The Doctor describes Archimedes as a friend.
- The Doctor adopts the name Perdix whilst in Rhadamanthys' court and claims to be a teacher.
Foods and beverages[[edit] | edit source]
- The Doctor likes Darjeeling tea with lemon.
Notes[[edit] | edit source]
- The cover illustration was only used on the deluxe edition.
- The foreword was written by Storm Constantine.
- The deluxe edition was signed by the author, cover artist, and foreword writer.
- It is implied that this story is a prequel to TV: The Time Monster.
- Jon Blum wrote a postlude to this novella called False Gods showing Professor Bernice Summerfield finding archeological evidence of these events and characters. It was published in the 2003 fanzine Myth Makers Presents: Essentials.
Illustration by Daryl Joyce
Continuity[[edit] | edit source]
- The Doctor makes reference to an "angel full of compassion" who saved him once. This could be interpreted as being his former companion Compassion, placing this story after PROSE The Burning [+]Loading...["The Burning (novel)"]. However given that he appears to have a full memory, it's also after PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles [+]Loading...["The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)"]. However the language he uses implies his fractured memories are still in place (referring to her as "an angel" and that everything is new to him). He also stresses having only one heart. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street [+]Loading...["The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)"])
- The Doctor asks Alcestis if she thinks he is half-human on his Mother's side. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"])
- The Doctor makes reference to seeing "blazes claim whole worlds" and how he could "point to one moment where [he had] failed to find another way" and let "the great and the good, the cruel and the cowardly, all [turn] to silhouettes of ash." This is in reference to his part in the destruction of Gallifrey in PROSE: The Ancestor Cell [+]Loading...["The Ancestor Cell (novel)"].
External links[[edit] | edit source]
- Fallen Gods at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Fallen Gods at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: Fallen Gods
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