The Pirate Loop (novel)
The Pirate Loop was the twentieth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Simon Guerrier and featured the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor's been everywhere and everywhen in the whole of the universe and seems to know all the answers. But ask him what happened to the Starship Brilliant and he hasn't the first idea. Did it fall into a sun or black hole? Was it shot down in the first moments of a galactic war? And what's this about a secret experimental drive?
The Doctor is skittish, but if Martha is so keen to find out he'll land the TARDIS on the Brilliant, a few days before it vanishes. Then they can see for themselves...
Soon the Doctor learns the awful truth. And Martha learns that you need to be careful what you wish for. She certainly wasn't hoping for mayhem, death and Badger-faced Space Pirates.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Badger pirates[[edit] | [edit source]]
Crew of the Brilliant[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Species[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Mrs Wingsworth's uncle Cecil was a medical consultant to the Yemayan ambassador.
Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor orders a Branka juice from the bar. He eats cheese and pineapple on a stick. He drinks tea whilst recuperating from his transmat journey and makes milkshakes for Martha and himself.
- Martha likes tea with a little milk and no sugar.
Science and Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Time fungus exists between quanta of time
- Expressions of atemporal mismatch is measured on the Kodicek Scale
Cities[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor and Martha visit the Milky-Pink City.
Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor claims to have visited Slow Station and jumped from the tower.
Galaxies[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Brilliant is attacked by the Mandelbrot Sett in the Ogidi Galaxy.
Music[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Martha has the song "Grace Kelly" by Mika on her iPod. Both the Doctor and Martha saw the singer live in Denmark.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The entry of the Martha Jones Blog from 1 July mentions these creatures as "the badger-faced pirates."
- Martha regrets throwing the gold sovereign down the well in PROSE: Wishing Well.
- The Doctor uses the helmic regulator. (TV: The Ark in Space, Smith and Jones, Time Crash; AUDIO: Creatures of Beauty)
- The last time Martha had been patronised she had been washing floors in a school. (TV: Human Nature)
- The Doctor refers to the Ood, (TV: The Impossible Planet) Monoids (TV: The Ark) and Vocs (TV: The Robots of Death) as slave races and compares them to the badger pirates.
Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This novel was released as an audiobook on 10 July 2008 by BBC Audio and read by Freema Agyeman.
Audiobook cover
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Pirate Loop at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: The Pirate Loop at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: The Pirate Loop
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