num_pages: 272
description: "I'm scared of letting all these people down. Like the whole human race. At least if I get blown up as well, they can say I died heroically. Assuming I ever existed at all."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.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.
language: English
title: Walking to Babylon
titlecomplete: Walking to Babylon (New Adventures Series)
characters: Ninan-ashtammu, Bernice Summerfield, The Drone, John Lafayette, !Ci!ci-tel, Miriam, WiRgo!xu, Babylonian Child, Jason Kane
genres: Science Fiction, Doctor Who
ratings_count: 62
series: Bernice Summerfield: Virgin New Adventures
publisher: London Bridge