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enemy= [[WiRgo!xu]] and [[!Ci!ci-tel]] | | enemy= [[WiRgo!xu]] and [[!Ci!ci-tel]] | | ||
year= [[Dellah]], [[St. Oscar's University]] [[2594]] | year= {{bp|[[Dellah]], [[St. Oscar's University]] [[2594]]|[[The People]]’s [[Worldsphere]], [[2594]]|Planet [[MD 20879]], [[2594]]|[[Earth]], [[Babylon]], [[12th December]] [[1901]]|[[Earth]], [[Babylon]], [[BC#6th century BC|570 B.C.]]}} | | ||
writer= [[Kate Orman]] | | writer= [[Kate Orman]] | | ||
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | publisher= [[Virgin Books]] | | ||
release date= February, 1998 | | release date= [[February]], [[1998]] | | ||
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | | format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20521-9 | | isbn= ISBN 0-426-20521-9 | | ||
previous story= [[Tempest (novel)|Tempest]] | | previous story= [[Tempest (novel)|Tempest]] | | ||
next story= [[Oblivion (novel)|Oblivion]]}} | next story= [[Oblivion (novel)|Oblivion]]}} | ||
'''''Walking to Babylon''''' is the tenth [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] novel, featuring [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[The People]]. It was the third novel to be adapted by [[Big Finish Productions]] into a full cast audio story in [[November]] [[1998]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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When Bernice Summerfield visits the People -- an incredibly advanced civilisation living in a [[Dyson Sphere]] -- she discovers that even in utopia, they still have their problems. | When Bernice Summerfield visits the People -- an incredibly advanced civilisation living in a [[Dyson Sphere]] -- she discovers that even in utopia, they still have their problems. | ||
An illegal time travel experiment threatens a war which could destroy them all. Rather than risk it, the People and their ultra-powerful computer, God, are prepared to eradicate the source of the problem -- the ancient city of Babylon. But such action would involve the death of a quarter of a million human beings, and do incalculable damage to Earth's history. | An illegal time travel experiment threatens a war which could destroy them all. Rather than risk it, the People and their ultra-powerful computer, [[God (Worldsphere)|God]], are prepared to eradicate the source of the problem -- the ancient city of Babylon. But such action would involve the death of a quarter of a million human beings, and do incalculable damage to Earth's history. | ||
Babylon -- and the human race -- have one hope. Benny returns to the cradle of civilisation to try and stop the interference. She has just one week to prevent a catastrophe that could mean she will never be born. Her only assistance comes from a Victorian linguist who has stumbled across the experiment himself. But he's no help at all -- even though he has a power neither of them suspects. | [[Babylon]] -- and the [[human]] race -- have one hope. Benny returns to the cradle of civilisation to try and stop the interference. She has just one week to prevent a catastrophe that could mean she will never be born. Her only assistance comes from a Victorian linguist who has stumbled across the experiment himself. But he's no help at all -- even though he has a power neither of them suspects. | ||
==Plot== | |||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] | *[[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
** | *[[God (Worldsphere)|God]] | ||
** | *[[John Lafayette]] | ||
*[[Clarence]] | |||
*[[Cin-ta!x]] | |||
*[[Ninan]] (High Princess) | |||
*[[WiRgo!xu]] | |||
*[[!Ci!ci-tel]] | |||
*[[!qu-!qu-tala]] | |||
== References == | |||
* | ===[[:Category:Biology|Biology]]=== | ||
*Bernice once had sex with some [[Citdbtbed]]s...by shaking hands with them. | |||
* [[ | ===[[:Category:Groups|Groups]]=== | ||
* | *Several Interest Groups are mentioned including; [[Obscure and Unlikely Civilisations Interest Group]], the [[Abnormal Psychology Interest Group]], [[Weird Aviation Interest Group]], [[Seriously Primitive Societies Interest Group]], [[Temporal Interest Group]] and the [[Weapons Development Interest Group]]. | ||
*[[Cin-ta!x]] is a spokesperson for the [[Temporal Interest Group]]. | |||
* [[ | ===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]=== | ||
* | *[[God (Worldsphere)|God]] speaks through Benny’s porter [[Joseph (android)|Joseph]]. | ||
* [[Clarence]] collects Benny from [[St. Oscar's University|St Oscar's]]. | |||
* [[Ninan]], a High Princess loved to hear of her guests' travels, but could never leave her temple. | |||
* [[WiRgo!xu]] is a veteran of the People’s war with ‘them’. | |||
* [[!Ci!ci-tel]] is a veteran of the People’s war with ‘them’. He is aged to death by temporal energy stored in John Lafayette. | |||
* [[!qu-!qu-tala]] is a [[drone]] accompanying !Ci!ci-tel and WiRgo!xu, the drone is also a veteran of the war. | |||
===[[:Category:Literature|Literature]]=== | |||
* | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] is studying some [[D'nasian]] poetry. | ||
===[[:Category:Planets|Planets]]=== | |||
* Bernice mentions the planet [[Jalkejai]]. | |||
* | |||
===[[:Category:Time travel|Time travel]]=== | |||
* [[The People]] can't develop [[Time travel]] because of their [[Time Lord - People treaty|treaty]] with the [[Time Lord]]s. | |||
*[[John Lafayette]] is a [[time sensitive]] and thus was able to walk the [[Time Path]]. | |||
* [[Temporal Flexibility]] is the ability to store up potential temporal energy (as a result of some forms of time travel). | |||
* [[The Path]] is an unstable temporal path leading back to ancient Babylon. | * [[The Path]] is an unstable temporal path leading back to ancient Babylon. | ||
===[[:Category:Weapons|Weapons]]=== | |||
* The People decide to send back a [[Singularity Bomb]] to shut down the path, which would also destroy Babylon. | * The People decide to send back a [[Singularity Bomb]] to shut down the path, which would also destroy Babylon. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This novel was adapted | * This novel was adapted into an audio story by [[Big Finish Productions]] by [[Jacqueline Rayner]], see ''[[Walking to Babylon (audio story)]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* {{whoniverse|bs10.php|Walking to Babylon}} | * {{whoniverse|bs10.php|Walking to Babylon}} | ||
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