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|image= Asylum.jpg | |image = Asylum.jpg | ||
|series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | |series = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] | ||
|number= | |number = 41 | ||
|doctor=Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions= | |companions = | ||
|featuring=[[Nyssa]] | |featuring = [[Nyssa]] | ||
|enemy= | |enemy = | ||
|setting=[[London]], [[1346]] and [[1278]]; [[Planet (Asylum)|Unnamed planet]], [[3488]] | |setting=[[London]], [[1346]] and [[1278]]; [[Planet (Asylum)|Unnamed planet]], [[3488]] | ||
|writer= | |writer = Peter Darvill-Evans | ||
|publisher= BBC Books | |publisher = BBC Books | ||
|release date= | |release date= 7 May 2001 | ||
|format= Paperback Book; 10 Chapters, 254 Pages | |format = Paperback Book; 10 Chapters, 254 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53833-3 | |isbn = ISBN 0-563-53833-3 | ||
|prev=The Shadow in the Glass (novel) | |prev = The Shadow in the Glass (novel) | ||
|next=Superior Beings (novel) | |next = Superior Beings (novel) | ||
}}{{prose stub}}{{dab page|Asylum (disambiguation)}} | }}{{prose stub}}{{dab page|Asylum (disambiguation)}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the forty- | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the forty-first novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Peter Darvill-Evans]], released [[7 May]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]] and featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''"My view," said | ''"My view," said [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]], "is that you can run — in fact it's often by far the best option — but you can't hide. I'll see myself out."'' | ||
''[[Nyssa]] felt a pang of disappointment. He had gone. She would probably never see him again.'' | ''[[Nyssa]] felt a pang of disappointment. He had gone. She would probably never see him again.'' | ||
The [[Oxford|town of Oxford]] in AD 1278 seems a haven of tranquillity. Under the summer sun, merchants, students and clerics go about their daily, unhurried tasks. [[Alfric]], the proctor of the [[Franciscan]] friary, has only two minor problems: one of the friars has gone missing, and there's a travelling showman, calling himself the Doctor, with a pretty young noblewoman by his side, attracting crowds in the narrow streets. | The [[Oxford|town of Oxford]] in AD [[1278]] seems a haven of tranquillity. Under the summer sun, merchants, students and clerics go about their daily, unhurried tasks. [[Alfric]], the proctor of the [[Franciscan]] friary, has only two minor problems: one of the friars has gone missing, and there's a travelling showman, calling himself the Doctor, with a pretty young noblewoman by his side, attracting crowds in the narrow streets. | ||
When the missing friar is found dead, the Doctor is convinced he has been murdered. There is a ruthless killer at large, and Alfric reluctantly teams up with the Doctor to track him down. | When the missing friar is found dead, the Doctor is convinced he has been murdered. There is a ruthless killer at large, and Alfric reluctantly teams up with the Doctor to track him down. | ||
Their investigation leads towards the most celebrated of the Franciscan brotherhood: [[Roger Bacon]], famed throughout [[ | Their investigation leads towards the most celebrated of the Franciscan brotherhood: [[Roger Bacon]], famed throughout [[Christendom]] as a scholar — and, in the far future, the subject of a revolutionary thesis by [[technographer]] Nyssa of [[Traken]]. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Richard of Hockley]] | * [[Richard of Hockley]] | ||
* [[Roger Bacon]] | * [[Roger Bacon]] | ||
* Brother | * Brother [[Oswald (Asylum)|Oswald]] | ||
* Lady | * Lady [[Matilda (Asylum)|Matilda]] | ||
* Brother | * Brother [[Thomas (Asylum)|Thomas]] | ||
* Brother | * Brother [[Hubert (Asylum)|Hubert]] | ||
* Chancellor [[Philip of Seaby]] | * Chancellor [[Philip of Seaby]] | ||
* Brother [[Godwin (Asylum)|Godwin]] | * Brother [[Godwin (Asylum)|Godwin]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor passes himself as a monk of the house of [[Prydon]] and swears on the [[sash of Rassilon]]. | * The Doctor passes himself as a monk of the house of [[Prydon]] and swears on the [[sash of Rassilon]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The Doctor is travelling alone in this story. | * The Doctor is travelling alone in this story. | ||
* Like [[Melanie Bush]] after her, the Doctor meets [[Nyssa]] for the first time, who is the companion from his personal future. From her perspective, she would meet him for the first time in [[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]''. | |||
* This is by far the shortest novel in the range as the Story itself ends on page 226, as the rest are the Author's essay about the book. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Later in the Doctor's personal timeline, towards the end of his fourth incarnation, he would meet Nyssa for the first time from her perspective on [[Traken]] in [[1981]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'') In Nyssa's personal timeline, the events of this story take place many years after she parted company with the Fifth Doctor on [[Terminus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'') | * Later in the Doctor's personal timeline, towards the end of his fourth incarnation, he would meet Nyssa for the first time from her perspective on [[Traken]] in [[1981]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'') In Nyssa's personal timeline, the events of this story take place many years after she parted company with the Fifth Doctor on [[Terminus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'') | ||
* Nyssa had previously been reunited with the Doctor, then in his fifth incarnation, on [[Gallifrey]] after being transported to an alternative [[Death Zone]] by [[Borusa]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Five Companions]]'') She would subsequently meet the Fifth Doctor in his mindscape during his [[regeneration]] into his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Winter (audio story)|Winter]]'') Later still in her personal timeline but earlier in his, she would re-join him as one of his companions. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cobwebs]]'') | * Nyssa had previously been reunited with the Doctor, then in his fifth incarnation, on [[Gallifrey]] after being transported to an alternative [[Death Zone]] by [[Borusa]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Five Companions (audio story)|The Five Companions]]'') She would subsequently meet the Fifth Doctor in his mindscape during his [[regeneration]] into his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Winter (audio story)|Winter]]'') Later still in her personal timeline but earlier in his, she would re-join him as one of his companions. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cobwebs (audio story)|Cobwebs]]'') | ||
* Nyssa recalls the Doctor's regeneration into his fifth incarnation, ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') visiting [[England]] in [[September]] [[1666]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'') and [[June]] [[1925]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') and killing several [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] in [[2526]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'') | * Nyssa recalls the Doctor's regeneration into his fifth incarnation, ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') visiting [[England]] in [[September]] [[1666]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') and [[June]] [[1925]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') and killing several [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] in [[2526]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{dwrefguide|whobbk42.htm|Asylum}} | {{dwrefguide|whobbk42.htm|Asylum}} | ||
*{{whoniverse|pd42|Asylum}} | * {{whoniverse|pd42|Asylum}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/asylum.htm The Cloister Library: '''Asylum'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/asylum.htm The Cloister Library: '''Asylum'''] | ||
