Christmas on a Rational Planet
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| Christmas on a Rational Planet | |
| Series: | Doctor Who - Virgin New Adventures |
| Release Number: | 52 |
| Doctor: | Seventh Doctor |
| Companions: | Roz, Chris |
| Enemy: | the Carnival Queen |
| Setting: | Woodwicke, New York, 1799 Arizona, 2012 |
| Author: | Lawrence Miles |
| Publisher: | Virgin Books |
| Publication: | July 1996 |
| Format: | Paperback Book, ? Pages |
| ISBN: | ISBN 042620476X |
| Previous Story: | GodEngine |
| Following Story: | Return of the Living Dad |
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[edit] Publisher's Summary
‘An end to history. An end to certainty. Is that too much to ask?’
December, 1799. Europe is recovering from the Age or Reason, the Vatican is learning to live with Napoleon, and America is celebrating a new era of independence. But in New York State, something is spreading its own brand of madness through the streets. Secret societies are crawling from the woodwork, and there’s a Satanic conspiracy around every corner.
Roz Forrester is stranded in a town where festive cheer and random violence go hand-in-hand. Chris Cwej is trapped on board the TARDIS with someone who’s been trained to kill him. And when Reason itself breaks down, even the Doctor can’t be sure who or what he’s fighting for.
Christmas is coming to town, and the end of civilization is following close behind...
[edit] Characters
- Roz Forrester
- Tries to kill who she thinks is Abraham Lincoln's grandfather, thus creating a paradox and making the Doctor find her.
- Chris Cwej
- Spends most of the novel in the TARDIS being terrorised by the Interface.
- Grandfather Paradox
- Is mentioned for the first time.
[edit] References
- Genetic Politics Beyond the Third Zone a book by Gustous Thripsted.
- Stattenheim (of the Stattenheim Remote Control) lived in 16th century Berlin.
- On Minyos they cast out the heliomancers from their society.
- Eighth Man Bound first reference to the Doctor in relation to this.
- Astra is a terrible place, like many of Earth's colonies in the 25th century.
- The United States fell sometime in the 21st century.
[edit] Notes
to be added
[edit] Continuity
- EDA: Alien Bodies, Interference - Book One, Interference - Book Two further expand upon the idea of paradoxes and Grandfather Paradox.
- The planet Astra was Vicki and Bennett's destination in DW: The Rescue.
- Rumoured to contain a reference to every TV story
[edit] External Links
- The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Christmas on a Rational Planet
- Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for Christmas on a Rational Planet
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