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|image = The Eyeless.jpg | |image = The Eyeless.jpg | ||
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]] | |series = [[BBC New Series Adventures|BBC ''New Series Adventures'']] | ||
|number = 30 | |number = 30 | ||
|doctor = Tenth Doctor | |doctor = Tenth Doctor | ||
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|enemy = [[Eyeless|The Eyeless]] | |enemy = [[Eyeless|The Eyeless]] | ||
|setting = [[Arcopolis]], [[292,009]] | |setting = [[Arcopolis]], [[292,009]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Lance Parkin | ||
|read by = [[Russell Tovey]] | |read by = [[Russell Tovey]] | ||
|publisher = BBC Books | |publisher = BBC Books | ||
|release date = | |release date = 26 December 2008 | ||
|format = Hardcover, 248 pages | |format = Hardcover, 248 pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-562-9 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-562-9 | ||
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|next = Judgement of the Judoon (novel) | |next = Judgement of the Judoon (novel) | ||
|clip = | |clip = | ||
|cover = [[Lee Binding]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Eyeless''''' was the thirtieth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Lance Parkin]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]]. | '''''The Eyeless''''' was the thirtieth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Lance Parkin]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]]. | ||
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* [[Qerl]] | * [[Qerl]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor's pockets contain his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]], [[psychic paper]], a ball of string, [[anti-radiation pill]]s, a pocket [[Gallifreyan (language)|Gallifreyan]]-[[Welsh language|Cymraeg]] phrasebook, a bag of [[kola nut]]s, a [[yo-yo]], a collection of [[coin]]s from a dozen different planets, [[everlasting match]]es, and the TARDIS key. | * The Doctor's pockets contain his [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]], [[psychic paper]], a ball of string, [[anti-radiation pill]]s, a pocket [[Gallifreyan (language)|Gallifreyan]]-[[Welsh language|Cymraeg]] phrasebook, a bag of [[kola nut]]s, a [[yo-yo]], a collection of [[coin]]s from a dozen different planets, [[everlasting match]]es, and the TARDIS key. | ||
* [[Weapon (The Eyeless)|The weapon]] was built using [[quantum physics]], the [[observer effect]], the [[superforce]], [[vunktotechnology]], and [[vundatechnology]]. | * [[Weapon (The Eyeless)|The weapon]] was built using [[quantum physics]], the [[observer effect]], the [[superforce]], [[vunktotechnology]], and [[vundatechnology]]. | ||
=== Food and Beverages === | |||
* The Doctor eats [[soup]] and something that resembles a blue [[strawberry]] in the settlement. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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* This is the only "companionless" Tenth Doctor Adventure in which the Doctor does not combat a returning alien race. | * This is the only "companionless" Tenth Doctor Adventure in which the Doctor does not combat a returning alien race. | ||
* 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. | ||
* In ''[[AHistory]]'', Lance Parkin reveals a deleted line from this novel would have revealed the [[Eighth Doctor]] was betrayed by his | * In ''[[AHistory]]'', Lance Parkin reveals a deleted line from this novel would have revealed the [[Eighth Doctor]] was betrayed by his [[companion]]s during the [[Last Great Time War]], leading him to ending his life alone. This would have been consistent with [[TV]]: [[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Doctor says that ghosts could be explained as being [[Gelth]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet | * The Doctor says that ghosts could be explained as being [[Gelth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'') time travellers with a dodgy [[temporal feedback circuit]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'') an [[osmic projection]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'') [[Waterhive]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Feast of the Drowned (novel)|The Feast of the Drowned]]'') or [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'') | ||
* The Doctor recalls the deaths of [[Empress of the Racnoss (The Runaway Bride)|the last Racnoss]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') | * The Doctor recalls the deaths of [[Empress of the Racnoss (The Runaway Bride)|the last Racnoss]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') the [[Pyrovile]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'') and [[Richard Lazarus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'') | ||
* The Doctor mentions [[Big Ben]] being repaired. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') | |||
* The settlement reminds the Doctor of [[Hooverville]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]''/''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'') | |||
* It is suggested that the [[Ninth Doctor]] travelled by himself for a while after he regenerated, explaining why he appears in [[Clive Finch|Clive]]'s photographs without Rose as a travelling companion. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') | * It is suggested that the [[Ninth Doctor]] travelled by himself for a while after he regenerated, explaining why he appears in [[Clive Finch|Clive]]'s photographs without Rose as a travelling companion. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') | ||
* | * The Tenth Doctor recollects the destruction of [[Gallifrey]] at his hand; it is the memory the [[Eighth Doctor]] previously recovered (after having suppressed it) of destroying Gallifrey to avert the [[War in Heaven]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | ||
== Audiobook == | == Audiobook == | ||
