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novel name= Seeing I | | novel name= Seeing I | | ||
image=[[ | image=[[File:Seeing_I.jpg|250px]]| | ||
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | | series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br />[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | | ||
number= 12 | | number= 12 | | ||
doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] | | doctor=[[Eighth Doctor]] | | ||
companions= [[Samantha Jones | Sam Jones]] | | companions= [[Samantha Jones|Sam Jones]] | | ||
enemy= [[I|The I]]<br>[[INC]] | | enemy= [[I|The I]]<br />[[INC]] | | ||
year= [[Ha'olam]], [[Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre]], [[22nd century]] (for the Doctor)<br>[[Ha'olam]], [[22nd century]] (for Sam) | | year= [[Ha'olam]], [[Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre]], [[22nd century]] (for the Doctor)<br />[[Ha'olam]], [[22nd century]] (for Sam) | | ||
writer= [[Jonathan Blum]] & [[Kate Orman]] | | writer= [[Jonathan Blum]] & [[Kate Orman]] | | ||
publisher= [[BBC Books]] | | publisher= [[BBC Books]] | | ||
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next story= [[Placebo Effect]]}} | next story= [[Placebo Effect]]}} | ||
==Publisher’s Summary== | == Publisher’s Summary == | ||
He has no idea why Samantha Jones ran away from him. | He has no idea why Samantha Jones ran away from him. | ||
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Faced with these mysteries, separated by half a world, Sam and the Doctor each face a battle - Sam to rebuild her life, the Doctor to stay sane. And if they find each other again, what will be left of either of them? | Faced with these mysteries, separated by half a world, Sam and the Doctor each face a battle - Sam to rebuild her life, the Doctor to stay sane. And if they find each other again, what will be left of either of them? | ||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
*[[Eighth Doctor |The Doctor]] | * [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] | ||
:* Uses the alias James Alistair Bowman | :* Uses the alias James Alistair Bowman | ||
:*Goes into detail of how he was held prisoner by the [[Tractite]]s. | :* Goes into detail of how he was held prisoner by the [[Tractite]]s. | ||
:*Seems to indicate he was taught by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] | :* Seems to indicate he was taught by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] | ||
:*Still carries [[Promethean Everlasting Matches|everlasting matches]]. | :* Still carries [[Promethean Everlasting Matches|everlasting matches]]. | ||
:*Becomes a little bit claustrophobic after three years of being locked awayas a prisoner. | :* Becomes a little bit claustrophobic after three years of being locked awayas a prisoner. | ||
*[[Samantha Jones |Sam Jones]] | * [[Samantha Jones|Sam Jones]] | ||
:*When Sam left the Doctor she was nearly seventeen. She is now nearly eighteen. | :* When Sam left the Doctor she was nearly seventeen. She is now nearly eighteen. | ||
:*She spends three years on [[Ha'olam]] and is now twenty-one. | :* She spends three years on [[Ha'olam]] and is now twenty-one. | ||
:*Sam remembers sleeping with a bat ([[Jasper]] in the TARDIS). | :* Sam remembers sleeping with a bat ([[Jasper]] in the TARDIS). | ||
:*Mentions the [[Dalek]]s and the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]. | :* Mentions the [[Dalek]]s and the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]. | ||
:*At the novel's end Sam gives the Doctor a long passionate kiss, and feels no compulsion to do it again...though she wouldn't say no. | :* At the novel's end Sam gives the Doctor a long passionate kiss, and feels no compulsion to do it again...though she wouldn't say no. | ||
*[[Shoshana Rubenstein]] | * [[Shoshana Rubenstein]] | ||
:*Sam's flatmate for a while. | :* Sam's flatmate for a while. | ||
:*Gets an eye implant / replacement. | :* Gets an eye implant / replacement. | ||
*[[Paul Hamani]] | * [[Paul Hamani]] | ||
:* Sam’s first lover. | :* Sam’s first lover. | ||
*[[Orin]] | * [[Orin]] | ||
:*Was in the wars. | :* Was in the wars. | ||
:*Another of Sam's lovers. | :* Another of Sam's lovers. | ||
*Dr [[David Akalu]] | * Dr [[David Akalu]] | ||
:*Is Moral Facilitator at the Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre. | :* Is Moral Facilitator at the Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre. | ||
*[[DOCTOR]] | * [[DOCTOR]] | ||
:*Is an artificial intelligence based on the Doctor, sounds a bit like [[Eighth Doctor|him]]. | :* Is an artificial intelligence based on the Doctor, sounds a bit like [[Eighth Doctor|him]]. | ||
:* Goes travelling with another AI called [[FLORENCE]] | :* Goes travelling with another AI called [[FLORENCE]] | ||
*[[Rifaat]] | * [[Rifaat]] | ||
:*Is the head guard at the Doctor's prison. | :* Is the head guard at the Doctor's prison. | ||
:*Is slowly driven mad and almost beats the Doctor to death. | :* Is slowly driven mad and almost beats the Doctor to death. | ||
*[[Ziba]] | * [[Ziba]] | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
===[[:Category:Corporations|Corporations]]=== | === [[:Category:Corporations|Corporations]] === | ||
*Sam goes to join the [[Eurogen Village]]. | * Sam goes to join the [[Eurogen Village]]. | ||
:*[[Eurogen Company]] merged with the [[Butler Institute]], to create [[Eurogen-Butler Corporation]] which later became the [[Spinward Corporation]]. | :* [[Eurogen Company]] merged with the [[Butler Institute]], to create [[Eurogen-Butler Corporation]] which later became the [[Spinward Corporation]]. | ||
*The Eurogen Village is a partially a project assisted by [[Livingspace]]. | * The Eurogen Village is a partially a project assisted by [[Livingspace]]. | ||
*The Doctor uses [[data umphs]] to search through several companies data bases including [[Imogen]] and resulting in''"Kisumu Interplantary's intranet collapsed."'' Kisumu most likely refers to the [[Dione-Kisumu]] company. The data umphs also attack [[Gray Corporation]]'s systems. | * The Doctor uses [[data umphs]] to search through several companies data bases including [[Imogen]] and resulting in''"Kisumu Interplantary's intranet collapsed."'' Kisumu most likely refers to the [[Dione-Kisumu]] company. The data umphs also attack [[Gray Corporation]]'s systems. | ||
===[[:Category:Cultural references from the real world|Cultural references]]=== | === [[:Category:Cultural references from the real world|Cultural references]] === | ||
*The Doctor describes what a [[perigosto stick]] is for; ''"...You use it in a game of four-dimensional juggling"''. | * The Doctor describes what a [[perigosto stick]] is for; ''"...You use it in a game of four-dimensional juggling"''. | ||
*The Doctor uploads fragments of ''[[Down Among the Dead Men Again]]'' (whose author would more than likely be the same as ''[[Down Among the Dead Men]]''; [[Bernice Summerfield]]). | * The Doctor uploads fragments of ''[[Down Among the Dead Men Again]]'' (whose author would more than likely be the same as ''[[Down Among the Dead Men]]''; [[Bernice Summerfield]]). | ||
===[[:Category:Foods and beverages|Foods and Beverages]]=== | === [[:Category:Foods and beverages|Foods and Beverages]] === | ||
*Sam drinks [[coffee]], she never used to after she had an experience with [[drug]]s. | * Sam drinks [[coffee]], she never used to after she had an experience with [[drug]]s. | ||
*Number 15 is a system of moves that the Doctor and Sam came up with. | * Number 15 is a system of moves that the Doctor and Sam came up with. | ||
:* Number 15 involves the Doctor using a [[banana]] and pretending it to be a gun to hold someone up, while in the confusion Sam takes the guard's gun. | :* Number 15 involves the Doctor using a [[banana]] and pretending it to be a gun to hold someone up, while in the confusion Sam takes the guard's gun. | ||
===[[:Category:Gallifrey|Gallifrey]]=== | === [[:Category:Gallifrey|Gallifrey]] === | ||
*The Doctor explains to Sam what happened to [[Savar]]; ''"It happened back when I was a student. [[Savar]] was a [[Time Lord]] who went on a mission in his [[TARDIS]], but something went wrong and he had to abandon ship."''. | * The Doctor explains to Sam what happened to [[Savar]]; ''"It happened back when I was a student. [[Savar]] was a [[Time Lord]] who went on a mission in his [[TARDIS]], but something went wrong and he had to abandon ship."''. | ||
===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]=== | === [[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]] === | ||
*Sam's [[Samantha Jones#Timeline 1|'Dark Sam']] personality is referred to several times. | * Sam's [[Samantha Jones#Timeline 1|'Dark Sam']] personality is referred to several times. | ||
*The [[DOCTOR]] mentions to the Doctor ''"I could name half a dozen of your school chums and all sorts of ancient lore and legends from [[Gallifrey]]."''. | * The [[DOCTOR]] mentions to the Doctor ''"I could name half a dozen of your school chums and all sorts of ancient lore and legends from [[Gallifrey]]."''. | ||
*The Doctor tells Sam that he met his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] whilst searching for her. | * The Doctor tells Sam that he met his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] whilst searching for her. | ||
*It's been three and a bit years since the Doctor last saw Sam, it was also the same amount of time that [[Ace]] spent in the [[Spacefleet]] (the Doctor mentions this ''"It was about three years after she left me that I saw Ace again."'') | * It's been three and a bit years since the Doctor last saw Sam, it was also the same amount of time that [[Ace]] spent in the [[Spacefleet]] (the Doctor mentions this ''"It was about three years after she left me that I saw Ace again."'') | ||
===[[:Category:Planets|Planets]]=== | === [[:Category:Planets|Planets]] === | ||
*The Doctor continues with his search for Sam, stating; ''"I know she was there on the [[Kusk]] ship, I know she was on [[Mu Camelopides IV|Mu Camelopides]] - but then where did she go?"''. | * The Doctor continues with his search for Sam, stating; ''"I know she was there on the [[Kusk]] ship, I know she was on [[Mu Camelopides IV|Mu Camelopides]] - but then where did she go?"''. | ||
*The buses on [[Ha'olam]] are [[ornithopter]]s. | * The buses on [[Ha'olam]] are [[ornithopter]]s. | ||
*Sam watches a 3D TV with news stories concerning [[Mu Camelopides IV]]. | * Sam watches a 3D TV with news stories concerning [[Mu Camelopides IV]]. | ||
*The Doctor travels to [[Gallifrey]] (to return Savar's eyes) and [[Neo-Sydney]] to have a tailor recreate his outfit. | * The Doctor travels to [[Gallifrey]] (to return Savar's eyes) and [[Neo-Sydney]] to have a tailor recreate his outfit. | ||
*[[INC]] owns 64 percent of [[Temporal Commercial Concerns]], whose main assets concerned the planet [[Hirath]]. | * [[INC]] owns 64 percent of [[Temporal Commercial Concerns]], whose main assets concerned the planet [[Hirath]]. | ||
*The Doctor babbles at one point about wanting to be on [[Stella Stora]] and [[New Mars]]. | * The Doctor babbles at one point about wanting to be on [[Stella Stora]] and [[New Mars]]. | ||
*The Doctor posits that the I moved a [[Time Tree]] from [[Hirath]] to [[Tractis]]. | * The Doctor posits that the I moved a [[Time Tree]] from [[Hirath]] to [[Tractis]]. | ||
===[[:Category:Prisons|Prisons]]=== | === [[:Category:Prisons|Prisons]] === | ||
*The Doctor is held prisoner at the [[Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre]]. | * The Doctor is held prisoner at the [[Oliver Bainbridge Functional Stabilisation Centre]]. | ||
*The Doctor states that he's escaped from; the [[Tower of London]] to a [[Klein sphere]]. | * The Doctor states that he's escaped from; the [[Tower of London]] to a [[Klein sphere]]. | ||
===[[:Category:Species|Species]]=== | === [[:Category:Species|Species]] === | ||
*[[Lacaillan]]s and [[Caxtarid]] are some of the people that make up the population of [[Ha'olam]]. | * [[Lacaillan]]s and [[Caxtarid]] are some of the people that make up the population of [[Ha'olam]]. | ||
===[[:Category:Technology|Technology]]=== | === [[:Category:Technology|Technology]] === | ||
*The eye implants are far safer (supposedly) than the [[synch-op link]]s. | * The eye implants are far safer (supposedly) than the [[synch-op link]]s. | ||
*INC use a [[sonic cannon]] to destroy the Eurogen Village which may have been surplus from the [[Thousand Day War]]. | * INC use a [[sonic cannon]] to destroy the Eurogen Village which may have been surplus from the [[Thousand Day War]]. | ||
*INC have a [[mind probe]], which has 13 settings. | * INC have a [[mind probe]], which has 13 settings. | ||
*INC also have recovered from a crash a [[Borelli]] [[elemental compositor]], a [[tritium]] powered something, a [[Kosnax]] fruit machine. | * INC also have recovered from a crash a [[Borelli]] [[elemental compositor]], a [[tritium]] powered something, a [[Kosnax]] fruit machine. | ||
*The [[I]]'s ship is constructed patrially of [[Tinclavic]]. | * The [[I]]'s ship is constructed patrially of [[Tinclavic]]. | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
*The beginning of the book contains a quote from [[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'' by [[Paul Cornell]]. | * The beginning of the book contains a quote from [[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'' by [[Paul Cornell]]. | ||
* Continuing what could be considered a trend for Kate Orman novels, the Doctor gets tortured in extreme and interesting ways. | * Continuing what could be considered a trend for Kate Orman novels, the Doctor gets tortured in extreme and interesting ways. | ||
*At one point there was an explicit reference that Sam was bisexual however | * At one point there was an explicit reference that Sam was bisexual however | ||
<blockquote>''the line about "three years and three relationships under the bridge" was originally something like "three years and a couple of boyfriends and a couple of girlfriends under the bridge".''<ref>[http://p102.ezboard.com/fthedoctorwhoforumfrm4.showMessageRange?topicID=7.topic&start=26&stop=50 Ask Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum - The Doctor Who Forum at Outpost Gallifrey (Page 2) (ezyboard membership required)]</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>''the line about "three years and three relationships under the bridge" was originally something like "three years and a couple of boyfriends and a couple of girlfriends under the bridge".''<ref>[http://p102.ezboard.com/fthedoctorwhoforumfrm4.showMessageRange?topicID=7.topic&start=26&stop=50 Ask Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum - The Doctor Who Forum at Outpost Gallifrey (Page 2) (ezyboard membership required)]</ref></blockquote> | ||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
*Imogen (company) first appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[Transit]]''. | * Imogen (company) first appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[Transit]]''. | ||
*Dione-Kisumu company appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[Sleepy]]''. | * Dione-Kisumu company appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[Sleepy]]''. | ||
*Gray Corporation appeared in [[EDA]]: ''[[Kursaal (novel)|Kursaal]]''. | * Gray Corporation appeared in [[EDA]]: ''[[Kursaal (novel)|Kursaal]]''. | ||
*The Doctor's alias (James Alistair Bowman) comes primarily from [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''. | * The Doctor's alias (James Alistair Bowman) comes primarily from [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''. | ||
*Synch-op links were seen in [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep]]''. | * Synch-op links were seen in [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep]]''. | ||
*In [[DW]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'' the Doctor mentions the Tower of London. In [[BFA]]: ''[[Circular Time]]'' the Doctor ends up in the Tower. | * In [[DW]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'' the Doctor mentions the Tower of London. In [[BFA]]: ''[[Circular Time]]'' the Doctor ends up in the Tower. | ||
*The Doctor first mentioned a perigosto stick in [[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]''. | * The Doctor first mentioned a perigosto stick in [[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]''. | ||
*Eurogen Company merged from/with the Butler Institute which occured in [[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'', to create Eurogen-Butler Corp. They play a significant role in [[BNA]]: ''[[Another Girl, Another Planet]]''. Later they became the Spinward Corporation, seen in [[NA]]: ''[[Deceit]]''. | * Eurogen Company merged from/with the Butler Institute which occured in [[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'', to create Eurogen-Butler Corp. They play a significant role in [[BNA]]: ''[[Another Girl, Another Planet]]''. Later they became the Spinward Corporation, seen in [[NA]]: ''[[Deceit]]''. | ||
*The Doctor was held prisoner and (effectively) tortured by Tractites in [[EDA]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]''. | * The Doctor was held prisoner and (effectively) tortured by Tractites in [[EDA]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]''. | ||
*Sam refers to having seen cloned humans ([[EDA]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]''). | * Sam refers to having seen cloned humans ([[EDA]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]''). | ||
*Sam witnesses a warehouse full of company-designed babies created for testing. This imagery would be used as a source for other media images in [[EDA]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]''. | * Sam witnesses a warehouse full of company-designed babies created for testing. This imagery would be used as a source for other media images in [[EDA]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]''. | ||
*Savar's final fate is seen in [[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]''. | * Savar's final fate is seen in [[PDA]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors]]''. | ||
*The concept of 'Dark Sam' living in King's Cross is first seen in [[EDA]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]'' and actually seen in ''[[Unnatural History]]'' | * The concept of 'Dark Sam' living in King's Cross is first seen in [[EDA]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]'' and actually seen in ''[[Unnatural History]]'' | ||
*FLORENCE appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[Transit]]'' and ''[[Sleepy]]''. | * FLORENCE appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[Transit]]'' and ''[[Sleepy]]''. | ||
==[[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]== | == [[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] == | ||
*This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[Dreamstone Moon (novel)|Dreamstone Moon]]'' | * This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[Dreamstone Moon (novel)|Dreamstone Moon]]'' | ||
*This story takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[Placebo Effect]]'' | * This story takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[Placebo Effect]]'' | ||
==Reprint== | == Reprint == | ||
[[BBC Books]] has announced that a "print on demand" reprint edition of this novel will be made available as of 30th September 2011 as the imprint revisits adventures featuring the first eight Doctors. | [[BBC Books]] has announced that a "print on demand" reprint edition of this novel will be made available as of 30th September 2011 as the imprint revisits adventures featuring the first eight Doctors. | ||
== External links== | == External links == | ||
*{{dwrefguide|whobbc12.htm|Seeing I}} | * {{dwrefguide|whobbc12.htm|Seeing I}} | ||
*{{whoniverse|ED12.php|Seeing I}} | * {{whoniverse|ED12.php|Seeing I}} | ||
==Footnotes== | == Footnotes == | ||
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