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image= | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
series= | |image = Deep blue cover.jpg | ||
number= | |range = BBC Past Doctor Adventures | ||
doctor= | |number in range = 19 | ||
companions= [[Tegan Jovanka]] | |series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | ||
enemy= [[ | |number = 19 | ||
writer= | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
publisher= | |companions= [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] | ||
release date= | |featuring = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}The Brigadier | ||
format= Paperback Book, 288 Pages | | |featuring2 = Mike Yates | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-563-55571-8}} | |featuring3 = John Benton | ||
|enemy = [[Xaranti]] | |||
|setting = Tayborough Sands, 1970s | |||
|writer = Mark Morris | |||
|publisher = BBC Books | |||
|release date= 1 March 1999 | |||
|format = Paperback Book; 4 Chapters, 288 Pages | |||
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-55571-8 | |||
|prev = The Wages of Sin (novel) | |||
|next = Players (novel) | |||
}}{{prose stub}} | |||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the nineteenth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Mark Morris]], released [[1 March]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]] and featured the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Vislor Turlough]]. | |||
It also featured [[UNIT]], Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], Captain [[Mike Yates]] and Sergeant [[John Benton]]. Also, it sees a character development for Tegan, with her falling in love in this novel. | |||
==Publisher's | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''When a lighthouse keeper reports seeing a ball of light plunging into the sea off [[Tayborough Sands]], [[UNIT]] sends [[Mike Yates]] to investigate. The last thing he expects to find there is an old friend | ''When a lighthouse keeper reports seeing a ball of light plunging into the sea off [[Tayborough Sands]], [[UNIT]] sends [[Mike Yates]] to investigate. The last thing he expects to find there is an old friend — with a new face...'' | ||
The Doctor | [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] and his companions arrive on a pleasure beach in the [[1970s]], hoping for time off after their latest adventures. But they do not get to relax for long. Violent incidents are at an all time high in the area and people are going missing — or else changing into something more than human... | ||
The Doctor soon realises a sinister presence lurks in the cold seas off Tayborough Sands — a presence with sinister designs on humanity. | |||
== | == Plot == | ||
''to be added'' | |||
== | == Characters == | ||
* [ | * [[Fifth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Tegan Jovanka]] | |||
* [[Turlough]] | |||
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigader Lethbridge-Stewart]] | |||
* [[Mike Yates|Captain Mike Yates]] | |||
* [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]] | |||
* [[Derek Etkins]] | |||
* PC [[Andy Weathers]] | |||
* [[Tony Maybury]] | |||
* [[Imogen Maybury]] | |||
* [[Charlotte Maybury]] | |||
* [[Chris Maybury]] | |||
* [ | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== The Doctor === | |||
* The Doctor refers to his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]] as "arrogant" and "overbearing". | |||
=== Spacecraft === | |||
* The Xaranti ship is a [[Morok]] [[Morok battle cruiser|battle cruiser]] with some amount of [[Kraal (species)|Kraal technology]]. | |||
[[ | === Technology === | ||
[[ | * The Doctor explains that the TARDIS has an in-built function that allows it to home in on suitable areas for materialisation, which is why it never materialises in solid rock or under water. | ||
[[ | * The Xaranti virus or plague, which they call "Xaranti energy," is psychological: people infected ''think'' they're becoming Xaranti, so they physically mutate. | ||
=== Foods and beverages === | |||
* The Doctor buys a 99 [[ice cream]] with glittering purple shells. | |||
* Tegan orders a glass of white [[wine]] in the Captain Cook. | |||
== Notes == | |||
[[File:Xaranti.jpg|thumb|A Xaranti]] | |||
* With references to a Pleasure Beach and attractions such as a ghost train, Tayborough Sands features many similarities with the town of [[Blackpool]]. | |||
* This story takes place 10 or so years before Tegan's time, no more than 12, so circa 1974. Mike tells the Doctor the year. See [[UNIT dating controversy]]. | |||
* A [[Xaranti]] is pictured on the back cover of the novel. | |||
== Continuity == | |||
* It's been 6 months since [[UNIT]] dealt with the [[Global Chemicals]] incident. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'') with the Third Doctor currently off on his own while Mike Yates is recovering from his brainwashing. | |||
* The Xaranti warred with the [[Zygon]]s, destroying their planet. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'') | |||
* The Doctor, [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Turlough]] are spending a vacation in order to recover from the events of [[Sea Base 4|Sea Base Four]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]'') | |||
* Turlough is still trying to make amends after working for the [[Black Guardian]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'') | |||
* Tegan last saw her [[Andrew Verney|grandfather]] just before he was about to move house and had promised to visit him as soon as she returned from Amsterdam ([[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'') and thinks of asking the Doctor to visit him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]'') | |||
* Tegan thinks about staying in the 70s, but even if she did, she couldn't prevent [[the Master]] from killing [[Vanessa (Logopolis)|Auntie Vanessa]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | |||
* Turlough sees [[cobweb]]s in the TARDIS but has never seen spiders. [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] will later pass by whistling spiders in the TARDIS. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'') | |||
* The Doctor uses the [[Image Reproduction Integrating System|IRIS machine]] again, though reluctantly as the last time he did so [[Herbert Clegg|someone]] died. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') | |||
* The Doctor tells Mike Yates that he has [[Regeneration|regenerated]] twice since he last saw him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | |||
* Turlough is worried that he might meet the Brigadier now, but the Brigadier didn't recognise him later when he turns up as a pupil at the school where he teaches Maths. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'') | |||
* Tegan remembers being possessed by the [[Mara]], and implies it's the only time she's been possessed, the Xaranti being the second force to do so. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]], [[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]], ''[[PROSE]]:'' [[Mark of the Medusa (short story)|Mark of the Medusa]]'') | |||
* Turlough laments not being given a [[TARDIS key]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Devil in the Mist (audio story)|Devil in the Mist]]'', ''[[The Kamelion Empire (audio story)|The Kamelion Empire]]'') | |||
* The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] will later encounter [[Skithra|another scorpion-like race of scavengers led by a queen in a stolen spaceship.]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (TV story)|Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror]]'') | |||
== External links == | |||
{{dwrefguide|whobbk20.htm|Deep Blue}} | |||
* {{whoniverse|pd20|Deep Blue}} | |||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/deep.htm The Cloister Library: '''Deep Blue'''] | |||
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