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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = The Many Hands.jpg | |image = The Many Hands.jpg | ||
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]] | |series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]] | ||
|number = 24 | |number = 24 | ||
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|enemy = [[Onk Ndell Kith]] | |enemy = [[Onk Ndell Kith]] | ||
|setting = [[Edinburgh]], [[1759]] | |setting = [[Edinburgh]], [[1759]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Dale Smith | ||
|publisher = BBC Books | |publisher = BBC Books | ||
|release date = | |release date = 10 April 2008 | ||
|format = Hardcover, 244 pages | |format = Hardcover, 244 pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-422-6 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-422-6 | ||
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|next = Ghosts of India (novel) | |next = Ghosts of India (novel) | ||
|read by = [[David Troughton]] | |read by = [[David Troughton]] | ||
}}'''''The Many Hands''''' was the | |cover = [[Lee Binding]] | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | |||
'''''The Many Hands''''' was the twenty-fourth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Dale Smith]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | '''Prologue In the year 1773 Kathrine is making dinner for her academic husband who is out a lot befor he brings home an abandoned baby which they name after him, Alexander .''' | ||
1 in 1759 a stagecoach is attacked bye a mysterious figure Martha and the 10th doctor investigate by chasing the coach down which turns out to have ben Franklin on board having been chased. The doctor tries to stop the mysterious figure while martha uses setting three four seven on the screwdriver to bring the coach to a stop. | |||
2 Martha examine the mysterious figure which turns out to be a two day old corpus of a man that died of brain haemorrhage. Captain Mcallister, an English redcoat, send the driver and passenger on their way and then arrests the doctor for public nuisance and Martha for wearing pantaloons. | |||
3 Martha and the doctor are paraded by an escort of soldier to be taken to the Tollbooth. The doctor explains that Ben Franklin is here to pick up his award for science from the university. As the trip from Britain to America take two months he came to Edinburg to do some sight seeing. When they arrive at the Tollbooth the doctor explains that council meeting happen above and prisoners are kept below. The doctor and math ran away to the Grassmarket where the doctor using his physic paper claims to be Baronet Jones of Nova Scotia and if the soldier step on their land it would be an act of war. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[McAllister]] | * [[McAllister]] | ||
* [[Benjamin Franklin]] | * [[Benjamin Franklin]] | ||
* [[Arthur King]] | * [[Arthur King (The Many Hands)|Arthur King]] | ||
* [[John Monro]] | * [[John Monro]] | ||
* [[Gordon Yarwood]] | * [[Gordon Yarwood]] | ||
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* [[Craig (The Many Hands)|Craig]] | * [[Craig (The Many Hands)|Craig]] | ||
* [[Ernest Wright]] | * [[Ernest Wright]] | ||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* The Doctor states he knew [[Jamie McCrimmon|someone]] who [[Battle of Culloden|fought at Culloden]]. | |||
* The Doctor tells Martha not to be offended if the [[hologram]]s in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] call her [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* ''The Many Hands'' was also released as a paperback book in a collection, which also included paperback versions of the novels ''[[Shining Darkness (novel)|Shining Darkness]]'' and ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]''. | * ''The Many Hands'' was also released as a paperback book in a collection, which also included paperback versions of the novels ''[[Shining Darkness (novel)|Shining Darkness]]'' and ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]''. | ||
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store. | * This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store. | ||
== | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor | * The Doctor ponders whether the entities possessing the dead are [[Gelth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') | ||
* The | * [[The TARDIS]]'s [[Laika Protocol]], designed to dispose of the Doctor's corpse in the event of his death, was named after the burial site of [[the Relic (Alien Bodies)|the Relic]] alongside [[Laika]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'') | ||
* The [[Slitheen family]] are mentioned. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', et al.) | |||
* Martha refers to "alien witches". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'') | |||
== Audiobook == | |||
* This novel was released as an audiobook as part of the ''New Adventures'' box set along with ''[[Martha in the Mirror (novel)|Martha in the Mirror]]'' and ''[[Snowglobe 7 (novel)|Snowglobe 7]]'' on [[9 October (releases)|9 October]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[David Troughton]]. | |||
== | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | ||
Bbcnewaudio21.jpg|Audiobook cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|whobb924.htm|The Many Hands}} | {{dwrefguide|whobb924.htm|The Many Hands}} | ||
* | * {{whoniverse|ns24|The Many Hands}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/manyhands.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Many Hands'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/manyhands.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Many Hands'''] | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in Edinburgh]] | [[Category:Stories set in Edinburgh]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1759]] | [[Category:Stories set in 1759]] | ||
[[fr:The Many Hands]] | [[fr:The Many Hands]] | ||
