Death and Diplomacy (novel): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story

|image= NA049 deathanddiplomacy.jpg

|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]]  

|number= 49  

|doctor=Seventh Doctor  

|companions= [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Roz Forrester|Roz]], [[Chris Cwej|Chris]]  

|enemy= [[Skrak|the Skrak]]  

|setting= {{il|[[Dagellan Cluster|Magellan Cluster]], [[1996]]|[[Moriel]], [[1996]]}}

|writer= [[Dave Stone]]  

|publisher= Virgin Books  

|release date= [[18 April (releases)|18 April]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]]

|format= Paperback Book; 37 Chapters, 280 Pages  

|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20468-9

|prev= Sleepy (novel)  

|next= Happy Endings (novel)}}

'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is the forty-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Bernice Summerfield]], [[Chris Cwej]] and [[Roz Forrester]]. It introduces [[Jason Kane]], who by the end of the novel becomes Bernice's fiance.

In the far-off [[Dagellan Cluster|Magellan Cluster]], the savage [[Dakhaari]], the militaristic [[Czhan]]s and the evil backstabbing [[Saloi]] are at each other’s respective throats over the tiny, peaceful planet of [[Moriel]]. The [[Hollow Gods]] have decreed that a satellite be built in which they must settle their differences or else. But just who has the tact and diplomacy to arbitrate these talks?

Meanwhile, Roz and Chris are on Moriel with the Czhanist army, knocking seven bells out of the native populace. Why have they launched this sneak attack? Will it wreck the talks completely? Are they participating in the Hollow Gods’ hidden agenda — a plan that will result in the death of billions?

And while the others are otherwise occupied, Benny is stranded, lost and alone, facing the most terrifying challenge of her life — someone who will haunt her for the rest of her days. He’s called Jason.

== References ==

* Bernice has [[sex]] with Jason after a bar crawl.  

* There exists footage of [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Mel]] and [[Ace]] in the bath (separately).

* The [[Citadel of Unending Delights]] is the closest thing on [[Jaris]] to a tourist trap. It is a three-levelled warehouse.

* [[Jaris]] explodes one thousand, four hundred and seventy local years after Bernice Summerfield's arrival, due to her materialisation on the planet causing a catastrophic environmental cascade-process. Some of the fissioning material collided with Jaris' sentient sun, leading to a metasizic chain-reaction that killed it about two million years with the stellar equivalent of [[cancer]].

* Through the act of sex (or possibly procreation) six-armed arachnid women from [[Glomi IV]] inject gastric acid into their mates and then suck their intended's pureed internal organs out through the individual's urethra.  

* On [[Glomi VII]] there are piglet people.

* Jason describes the [[Dalek]]s as "seriously clunky exo-support, limited vocabulary, can’t go down stairs".

* This story includes a one-page promotion (in the form of a wedding invitation) for [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]''.

* This was the final release using the cover design introduced in 1991 with [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys]]''.

* The final Virgin New Adventures novel to feature the Seventh Doctor as the incumbent Doctor, as TV: [[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]] would be broadcast and introduce the [[Eighth Doctor]] shortly before the release of PROSE: [[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]].

* Benny and Jason get married in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]''.

* {{dwrefguide|who_na49.htm|Death and Diplomacy}}

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