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The Eleventh Doctor Adventures ( audio anthology ) Publisher ' s summary . Matt Smith , Arthur Darvill and Meera Syal are among the readers of this exclusive collection of original audio adventures . Join the Eleventh Doctor on journeys in time and space in the stories " The Runaway Train " by Oli Smith , " The Ring of Steel " by Stephen Cole , " The Jade Pyramid " by Martin Day , " The Hounds of Artemis " by James Goss , " The Gemini Contagion " by Jason Arnopp , " Eye of the Jungle " by Darren Jones , " Blackout " by Oli Smith , " The Art of Death " by James Goss , " Darkstar Academy " by Mark Morris , " Day of the Cockroach " by Steve Lyons , " The Nu - Humans " by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright , " The Empty House " by Simon Guerrier , " Sleepers in the Dust " by Darren Jones and " Snake Bite " by Scott Handcock . The readers are Matt Smith , Arthur Darvill , Clare Corbett , Meera Syal , David Troughton , Stuart Milligan , Raquel Cassidy , Alexander Armstrong and Frances Barber . External links . " to be added "
Pletrac Chairman Pletrac was an Inter Minorian tasked with immigration control . Pletrac was angered by Vorg and Shirna ' s importation of a miniscope , which contained living specimens , defying Minorian law . Pletrac sent for an Eradicator to have it destroyed . When the Third Doctor emerged from the miniscope , Pletrac ordered that he be shot . Vorg later conned Pletrac out of money with his carnival tricks . ( TV : " Carnival of Monsters " )
Texas Texas was a state in the United States of America . Government . Texas was represented by U . S . Senator Alcott at the World Peace Conference . ( PROSE : " The Devil Goblins from Neptune " ) Geography . Oil reserves were located beneath large parts of Texas . They were a source of financial income for the state , but also caused tensions between individuals . ( PROSE : " The Farmer ' s Story " ) History . President John F . Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas , Texas on 22 November 1963 . ( PROSE : " Who Killed Kennedy " ) The Ninth Doctor was photographed near the president ' s car at about the time that Kennedy was fatally wounded . ( TV : " Rose " ) The Second Doctor , Jamie and Victoria once visited East Ridge , where they helped farmer Thomas Watson resist selling his farm to an oil company representative from New York . ( PROSE : " The Farmer ' s Story " ) Significantly later , the Eleventh Doctor and Amy spent a Halloween on a Texas farm , during which time they carved pumpkin s to fool some aliens into believing that human s dug out their enemies ' brains . ( COMIC : " The Trick " ) Mission control for Bowie Base One was established in Houston in 2058 . ( TV : " The Waters of Mars " ) By the early 22nd century , Texas had become a republic . Jeffries , a colonist of Proxima 2 , had been a Texas Republic State Trooper . ( PROSE : " The Face - Eater " ) The Doctor once drove a truck from Arizona to Texas . ( PROSE : " Synthespians™ " ) Notable people . Lady Cassandra ' s father was a Texan . He was one of the last humans to be buried on Earth . ( TV : " The End of the World " )
Eugene Tacitus Eugene Tacitus was a prisoner in a pocket universe that looked like a castle . He had murder ed his son ; insanity caused him to commit the crime . In the castle , he was the author of the inhabitants ' actions . He acted as scribe and writer of religious text . After a new god was elected , their bible had to be rewritten . Over time he grew unaware of his role as author . He constantly repeated the actions of building a world before it was destroyed by his son , whom he then murdered . Biography . Recantation . Eugene recorded all major events . He often wrote that events had been predestined , to calm the public . After the death of Pepin VI , Sejanus had Eugene recant the belief that he was a god . Pepin VII was to be the new god , and Eugene was to believe it under penalty of death . Coronation . Eugene spoke to Pepin VII before his coronation , instructing him in his actions . He questioned Eugene as to his belief in the process of " god - making " . Eugene recorded Pepin ' s coronation , trying to make him sound brave . Pepin declared that he was not a god . The Sixth Doctor and Frobisher arrived and were treated as godly ambassadors . They announced they weren ' t , but Eugene saved them and Pepin by saying previous gods had experienced a period of mental fatigue and Pepin was merely confused . With the Doctor . Eugene was present during the assassination initiation of Pepin . Eugene took the Doctor to the library , actually a collection of bibles in Eugene ' s bedroom . They were taken prisoner by Childeric , who showed them the catacombs where he had imprisoned his son , whom he hoped would rule in the future . Eugene and the Doctor were imprisoned . Childeric wanted Eugene to continue his work as a scribe , recording the actions of his son . However , this would require his tongue to be cut out , as Childeric did not want his son to be tainted by hearing speech . They escaped while Childeric was distracted by his son . Eugene broke the circle by having the apparition of his son kill him . ( AUDIO : " The Holy Terror " )
Manussan The Manussans were a race of humanoid s native to the planet Manussa . Culture . The Manussan held artwork in high regard . Figures such as Ambril hoarded such relics and formed museums . The Mara ' s origins in Manussan society meant that snake s played a large part in celebrations , with large snake models being paraded through towns on occasion . Such practices as that of the Attendant demon were also important in celebrations . ( TV : " Snakedance " ) History . The Manussan were a very advanced civilivation , allowing them to branch out and form the Manussan Empire . At one point they created the Great Crystal using the power of their minds , which accidentally created the Mara . This resulted in the fall of the empire , which made way for the Sumaran Empire . When the Mara returned to Manussa via Tegan Jovanka , it possessed Lon , a highly regarded figure . It was only through the help of the Fifth Doctor that the Mara did not gain a new physical form . ( TV : " Snakedance " )
Vulcan ( The Power of the Daleks ) Vulcan was a planet which supported a human colony . Overview . Vulcan was roughly twelve parsec s away from any other colony . The atmosphere was breathable by humans . It had very little radiation and the average temperature was 30 degrees Celsius ( 86 degrees F ) . It was a young , volcanic world , with nutrient - rich soil , but with no native life . It had pools of fuming mercury . Vulcan ' s day was several hours shorter than Earth ' s . ( TV : " The Power of the Daleks " ) History . Vulcan was first discovered in 1859 . ( AUDIO : " The Pursuit of History " ) Vulcan was colonised year s before the Dalek invasion of Earth in the mid - 22nd century , after humans discovered the mineral riches of the planet . It was Earth ' s third ever colony . The planet was owned and the mining operations were funded by the Interplanetary Mining Corporation . They sought to keep things " economical " by providing the colony with the bare necessities of technology and equipment , stifling efficiency and increasing danger . This built up resentment , and a band of rebels began plotting against Governor Hensell , whom they viewed as an IMC mouthpiece . ( PROSE : " The Power of the Daleks " ) The colony was almost taken over by Dalek s , who had been found in a crashed underground and then reactivated by a scientist called Lesterson . This overlapped with the rebellion against Hensell led by Bragen . The rebellion failed after the Daleks began an indiscriminate slaughter of the colonists but the Second Doctor overloaded their temporary static circuit from the colony ' s electricity supply . This left the colony without power for month s . Quinn became Governor in the aftermath . ( TV : " The Power of the Daleks " ) The Daleks that survived this encounter with the Doctor were classified as insane and were sent to the " intensive care " section of the Dalek Asylum . These Daleks were later destroyed when the Dalek Parliament blew up the planet . ( TV : " Asylum of the Daleks " ) The Seventh Doctor and Elizabeth Klein visited the mercury swamps of Vulcan prior to their arrival on the Vrill colony . ( AUDIO : " Survival of the Fittest " ) As Terri Willis told Ben Jackson , Vulcan was " practically a legend " by 2136 . ( PROSE : " The Murder Game " ) Preparing for an uprising , the Yes Men servant robot s on New Houston made Ben Jackson relive the Dalek attack on Vulcan repeatedly through a simulation until he found a way to win the fight . ( AUDIO : " The Yes Men " )
Science fiction Science fiction was a literary genre , usually dealing with futuristic or technological themes . H . G . Wells coined the term during an adventure with the Sixth Doctor . ( TV : " Timelash " ) In February 1970 , Stevens dismissed Greg Sutton ' s outlandish claim that a green slime from the centre of the Earth transformed scientists into wolf monsters during the Inferno Project . He described Sutton ' s story as sounding like the plot of a " science fiction potboiler . " ( PROSE : " Who Killed Kennedy " ) Popular science fiction television series in Britain included " Nightshade " and " Professor X " , though American series such as " Babylon 5 " , " Battlestar Galactica " and " Star Trek " were well known . ( PROSE : " Nightshade " , " No Future " ; COMIC : " Ophidius " ; PROSE : " Escape Velocity " ; TV : " The Empty Child " ) Some of the known science fiction film franchises included " Star Wars " , " Alien " , and " The Terminator " . ( TV : " Dreamland " , " Greeks Bearing Gifts " , " Warriors of Kudlak " , " Prisoner of the Judoon " ; PROSE : " " , " Escape Velocity " , et . al ) In 1980 , the science fiction film " Prey for a Miracle " was released . It starred Peter Cushing as " the mysterious government adviser , Doctor Who , " a character loosely based on the First Doctor . ( PROSE : " Salvation " ) Amy Pond once told Eldritch Valdemar that she was a science fiction fan . She cited Jules Verne as an example of a science fiction author whose work she had read . ( COMIC : " The Screams of Death " ) Dr Ivan Asimoff was a writer of science fiction from the planet Sigma . ( COMIC : " The Free - Fall Warriors " ) Marnal wrote science fiction during his time on Earth . ( PROSE : " The Gallifrey Chronicles " ) Bill Potts was a fan of science fiction , and didn ' t believe the Twelfth Doctor was until she stepped into the TARDIS for the first time . ( TV : " The Pilot " )
1890 In April 1890 , Pierre Bruyère took off with his crew , never to be seen again . The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones met the man in June ; Bruyère was caught in a time loop , reliving the same journey with different companions over and over again . ( PROSE : " The Frozen Wastes " ) On 26 June , the Eleventh Doctor took Amy Pond and Rory Williams to the recently opened Savoy Hotel . He assured them there would be no complications , only to discover there was a Zygon ship under the Savoy , and half of the staff were imposters . ( TV : " The Power of Three " ) Between 1 and 3 June , the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond met Vincent van Gogh , making sure he didn ' t come to harm from a monster seen in one of his paintings . ( TV : " Vincent and the Doctor " ) After this , Vincent van Gogh painted " The Pandorica Opens " , which showed the Doctor ' s TARDIS exploding . ( TV : " The Pandorica Opens " ) Ian Chesterton ' s paternal great - grandfather Major William " Will " Chesterton retire d to his native England after many years in China and translated " Mountains and Sunsets " by Ho Lin Chung into English . ( PROSE : " The Eleventh Tiger " ) The Sioux were massacred at Wounded Knee , South Dakota , and the Great Houses ' open door project ended . ( PROSE : " The Book of the War " ) New York City ' s total population was 1 , 515 , 301 , 839 , 347 of whom were foreign - born . ( TV : " The Gathering " ) Richard Francis Burton faked his death in this year . ( PROSE : " The Book of the War " )
Hyperspace Hyperspace was a dimension distinct from normal space , where one could travel faster than 180 , 000 miles per second and avoid the time distortion effect stated in Einstein ' s Theory of Relativity . According to the Fourth Doctor , it was an absurdity — it was only supposed to be a theory . ( TV : " The Stones of Blood " ) Hyperspace was a subset of the Time Vortex , ( PROSE : " The Crystal Bucephalus " ) and one account referred to the " vortex " of hyperspace ; it may have been the core of the Time Vortex . ( PROSE : " State of Change " ) Hyperspace allowed ships to travel great distances while in another type of space which allowed for an alternative to faster than light drives . The ships would disappear from normal space , enter hyperspace and return . ( TV : " Nightmare of Eden " ) Icaron s could be used to allow a ship make the transition between normal space and hyperspace . ( PROSE : " Original Sin " ) Hyperspace permitted communication over great distances . Through use of an ionic vibrator , Prentice , her mind in shock from a fall , was able to hear the voice of Zex , even though he was five hundred light - year s away . used the same device to send his thoughts into hyperspace and contact Zex . ( PROSE : " Listen - The Stars " ) In the 100th century , android s communicated through webwork transmissions via hyperspace . ( PROSE : " The Crystal Bucephalus " ) Both the Grold and the Semquess had ships which could travel in hyperspace . ( PROSE : " The Eye of the Giant " ) The Third Doctor materialised in front of a ship , forcing it to pull out of hyperspace . ( TV : " Frontier in Space " ) By the 25th century , humans had the ability to travel in hyperspace and such journeys had become commonplace and commercial . ( PROSE : " Judgement of the Judoon " ) A space - faring version of the Orient Express travelled through space along hyperspace ribbons . ( TV : " Mummy on the Orient Express " ) By 2815 a section of hyperspace was being used as a short - cut for various ships . The " Cerberus " ship caused a huge traffic jam when it attempted to escape the hyperspace tunnel as it was closing . The ship was eventually found by the authorities later but it was found deserted , leading to it being called the " Mystery of the Cerberus " . By 3012 , it , along with the prison ship the " Montressor " which had crashed into it , became a space station called the G - Lock , where the Festival of Death took place . ( PROSE : " Festival of Death " ) When travelling from 1138 Essex to Skaro , Colony Sarff travelled with their prisoners the Twelfth Doctor , and Clara Oswald in their spaceship via hyperspace . ( TV : " The Magician ' s Apprentice " )
Themlon Themlon was a planet . While riding on rough terrain with Rachel Defwydd on a motorcycle , the Seventh Doctor commented that he ' d had a similar ride on Themlon , and that he was TARDIS - bound for a week afterwards . ( PROSE : " Delta and the Bannermen " )
Aickman Road Aickman Road was a street in Colchester , England . It was the location of Craig Owens ' s flat and , immediately above it , Flat 79B . When Amy Pond visited the area , a crack in time and space could be seen on the road . This was witnessed by the Eleventh Doctor during his " re - wind . " ( TV : " The Lodger " , " The Big Bang " )
Chedaki Marshal Chedaki was a Kraal military leader . He worked alongside Chief Scientist Styggron as they prepared for an invasion of Earth . He was critical of the scientist ' s incessant experiments , hoping to speed up the time frame for the conquest . Styggron mollified him by explaining that he wanted to continue the testing of the Kraal android s for future invasions , after Earth had been colonised . Chedaki also presented to Styggron fears that the Fourth Doctor might turn the androids against the Kraals . The scientist created an android of a UNIT soldier , which he destroyed as a demonstration of his power over the things he created . Chedaki was critical of a " foolish experiment " involving an android of Sarah Jane Smith , but approved of Styggron ' s initiative to test the Kraal virus on the real Sarah . Styggron planned to have the androids release the virus on Earth . Chedaki would then arrive on the planet with the Kraal fleet and take control . However , the androids were disabled by the Doctor ' s use of radar dish es and Styggron was killed by the virus . ( TV : " The Android Invasion " )
Battersea Power Station Battersea Power Station was located in Battersea , London . History . In July 1966 , Major Green chose Battersea Power Station as one of the strategically located manufacturing sites for the War Machine s . ( TV : " The War Machines " ) Circa 1999 , the Battersea Power Station was purchased and demolished by Ashley Chapel , who built the Millennium Hall in its place . Following the Great Kingdom crisis , the Millennium Hall faded from existence and the Power Station again took its place . ( PROSE : " Millennial Rites " ) By the time of the 22nd century Dalek invasion of Earth , it had been converted into a nuclear power plant . This was much to the surprise of Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright , who came from the year 1963 . It was visibly different from the power station that they knew , as two of the chimneys were damaged . ( TV : " The Dalek Invasion of Earth " ) Parallel Earth . On a parallel Earth , the station no longer served its original purpose . Cybus Industries used it as a Cyber - conversion centre and base for the Cybermen created by John Lumic . The factory was converted from the inside . Deep inside its structure , thousands of Cyber Conversion machines worked , cutting out the brains of London ' s population , ' upgrading ' them . It was here that Mr Crane , one of John Lumic ' s high - ranking employees , and his men created the first Cybermen before Lumic ' s arrival . Notable areas included Deepcold 6 and Cyber - Control . When London was taken over by the Cybermen , John Lumic took full authority over his factory . Shortly after , the Tenth Doctor and his allies entered the factory and were led to Cyber Control . There , they met the upgraded John Lumic , the Cyber - Controller , who was a little different from a standard Cyberman . The Doctor used Rose Tyler ' s superphone to send a cancellation code to the emotional inhibitor s of the Cybermen , with the mental trauma making them insane and destroying them all . As the entire building was engulfed in flames , the Doctor and his friends made a lucky escape in the Cybus Industries Zeppelin . ( TV : " The Age of Steel " )
Robert Cartland Robert Cartland ( 1922 - 14 July 2011 ) voiced the Rill s in the " Doctor Who " television story " Galaxy 4 " and played Malpha in " Mission to the Unknown " . He was later considered for the role of Toby in " The Evil of the Daleks " . ( DWM 200 )
Merry Xmas Everybody " Merry Xmas Everybody " was a popular Christmas song , released by Slade in 1973 . Six years later , the song was still incredibly popular in Britain , playing on the radio . Clive Finch , was completely sick of it , and hoped it would finally be forgotten about by the following year . According to Clive , or CJ , it contained a long , loud cry of , " " IT ' S CHRIIISTMAAS " " . ( PROSE : " The Persistence of Memory " ) The song was playing on the radio in the garage where Mickey Smith was working when the newly - regenerated Tenth Doctor crash - landed his TARDIS on the Powell Estate on 24 December 2006 . ( TV : " The Christmas Invasion " ) On 25 December 2007 , the song was playing at Donna Noble ' s first wedding reception . ( TV : " The Runaway Bride " ) It also was heard on the radio in an alternate version of Christmas 2007 . ( TV : " Turn Left " ) In 2009 , Sylvia Noble opened up a Christmas card that played the song . ( TV : " The End of Time " ) In 2017 , the song was played in the Black Swan pub in Cheldon Bonniface . ( PROSE : " Not in My Back Yard " ) The song was also played at the hospital where Rory Williams worked . ( TV : " The Power of Three " ) In a shared dream , this song was played into Shona McCullough ' s ears to keep Shona distracted from thinking about the dream crab s . She danced and sang along to the song while listening to it . ( TV : " Last Christmas " )
Jim ( Home Fires ) Jim was the husband of Lucy and the brother - in - law of Sarah . He and Lucy had at least two children . They lived in Australia . One Christmas , their house was threatened by wildfires . Sarah ' s ex - husband , having been burned out of his own home , came to stay with them . The Sixth Doctor enlisted the ex - husband ' s and the family ' s help to save Jim and Lucy ' s home from the fires . ( PROSE : " Home Fires " )
Cassius Eldon Cassius Eldon was an African - American who helped to run the slave railroad in and around Richmond , Virginia at around the time of the American Civil War . He met the Fifth Doctor when the Doctor was looking for Peri and Erimem . His status as the informal leader of the railroad gave him deep access to news in the Richmond area , and thus he was well - placed to help the Doctor find his lost companion s . As a leader in the movement to free slaves , he of course knew CSA Colonel Jubal Eustace , whom he considered " crazy evil " . He went on to explain , " Eustace likes to kill us coloured folks . Eustace likes to kill any kind of folks . This war gave him the chance to kill as many as he cared to . He ' s a man I don ' t ever care to meet . " ( PROSE : " Blood and Hope " )
Scientific advisor Scientific advisor was the title given by UNIT to their personal adviser on science and technology - related matters . In the 1970s , the British branch of UNIT originally selected Liz Shaw to be their scientific advisor , but this role soon went to the Third Doctor , with Liz staying on as his assistant . The Doctor served as UNIT ' s scientific advisor throughout his exile on Earth . ( TV : " Spearhead from Space " onwards ) Although the Doctor ceased to stay on Earth on a regular basis after he regenerated into his fourth incarnation , his affiliation with UNIT remained , with others such as Colonel Mace noting that the Doctor had never officially resigned his position . ( TV : " Robot " , " The Sontaran Stratagem " ) Even when not actively working with UNIT , the Doctor wasn ' t above using his UNIT credentials to establish authority to investigate such matters as disappearing Concorde s . ( TV : " Time - Flight " ) Even in 2001 , the Doctor retained a legendary reputation among UNIT , with the Brigadier musing that a three - second silence after learning that the Doctor was present during a crisis was an impressive incident . ( PROSE : " The Shadow in the Glass " ) In the 1990s , Iris Wildthyme was UNIT ' s special scientific advisor . ( PROSE : " Interference - Book Two " , " Bullet Time " ) By 2010 , UNIT ' s regular scientific advisor was Malcolm Taylor . ( TV : " Planet of the Dead " ) Other occurrences . The Intrusion Countermeasures Group , a predecessor to UNIT , had a " scientific advisor " role as well . In 1963 , Rachel Jensen filled it . ( TV : " Remembrance of the Daleks " ) Joking , the Fourth Doctor offered Duggan a position as his scientific advisor . ( TV : " City of Death " ) While investigating the strange abilities of apparent medium James Lees for Queen Victoria , the Fifth Doctor was officially appointed Queen Victoria ' s scientific advisor , being offered to remain in the role even after his departure . ( PROSE : " Empire of Death " ) A clone of the Sixth Doctor served as the Forge ' s scientific advisor from 2004 to 2008 . ( AUDIO : " Project : Lazarus " ) On Hellcombe Factory , the Eleventh Doctor claimed that Corporal Edward Anderson was his scientific advisor . ( COMIC : " The Dalek Project " )