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Digging up the Past ( short story ) Digging up the Past was the tenth and final story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology " The Dead Men Diaries " . It was written by Mark Michalowski . Summary . Benny is angry . Braxiatel wants her to take part in a docudrama about her life story , but she refuses , thinking it would be more of a soap opera . She also doesn ' t like the idea of a synthespian , or AI , character playing her . She storms off . Back in her quarters , Benny , still angry , receives a visit from Gully . He has a list of 20th century artefacts he thinks she might be interested in , which she says are mostly junk . They discuss Brax ' interest in the docudrama , and when Gully mentions it would be done by InterMedia , Benny is suddenly interested . Soon , Benny is talking by commlink to Layla Field of InterMedia , trying to get more information . Ms Field is a synthespian business tycoon . Benny is stunned to hear that the docudrama will reach an audience of 27 billion . Ms Field says they will await Benny ' s decision on her synthespian . Benny and Gully are searching through a catalogue of synthespians , none of which are appropriate . Gully seems surprised when Benny says she hasn ' t signed anything yet , and produces a copy of her signed contract . It seems that in this sector of space , assent over a commlink is considered just as valid as a signature . Benny tries to find Brax , but he ' s made himself unavailable . She asks Ms Jones to look at the contract , but is dismayed to find it ' s valid . While Benny is trying to figure out what to do , she is visited by Gully again , asking about the 20th century artefacts . In a fit of revenge against Brax , she signs off on all of them at a price ten times their worth . The idea of 20th century artefacts starts her thinking , and an idea tugs at her brain . She searches through her old mementos , finally coming across an old video game card . She contacts Ms Field again . Benny tells Ms Field what she ' s learned : that Ms Field is much older than the four hundred years she ' s been " alive " , and that her first job was as a character in an adult video game . Benny thinks one of InterMedia ' s biggest shareholders , the Army of Heavenly Light , would be very interested in knowing Ms Field ' s past . Benny and Ms Field renegotiate Benny ' s contract to Benny ' s satisfaction . Notes . " to be added " Continuity . " to be added "
Truby Kamadrich Truby Kamadrich wanted to go to an archaeological dig to Stanterus Three and employed Bernice Summerfield and Nicholas Clyde to go with her . In fact she was Romolo Nusek ' s Lieutenant with the codename Mastrov . She murdered the Professor of Art History at St Oscar ' s University . Benny discovered that she was actually Mastrov , when she went to the broom - cupboard to get the coffee in Benny ' s apartment rather than the jar marked coffee . ( AUDIO : " Dragons ' Wrath " )
John Angus Mackay John Angus Mackay was Professor Edward Travers ' companion on his expedition to the Himalayas in 1935 . He was killed by a robot yeti when they were sleeping in their camp . Travers caught a glimpse of the furry creature , which led him to believe the Second Doctor ( wearing his giant shaggy coat ) murdered John . ( TV : " The Abominable Snowmen " ) In an alternate version of Earth , John survived the expedition in the Himalayas and Travers did not . ( PROSE : " The Schizoid Earth " ) Behind the scenes . The character is named John in the television episodes , and is given the surname Mackay in the novelisation . In the novelisation of " The Web of Fear " he is given the name Angus Mackay . " The Schizoid Earth " merges the two , making his full name John Angus Mackay .
Slarvian Slarvians were a species from Slarvia that had a similar appearance to snail s . The First Doctor heard tales that the Slarvians enslaved whole planets . They were denied entry to the Galactic Federation . ( PROSE : " Childhood Living " ) History . They attempted to conquer Earth in 1979 , but they were stopped by the Doctor , Susan , Edward Grainger , Linda Grainger and Guy Oliver . ( PROSE : " Childhood Living " ) In the early 2000s , the Forge harvested a Slarvian from a peace conference . ( PROSE : " Project : Valhalla " ) Other references . The Third Doctor once told an amusing anecdote to Alistair Gordon Lethbridge - Stewart which involved a Slarvian in a Santa suit holding a rubber chicken . ( PROSE : " " ) While living a simulated life of fame and fortune in the Pleasure Prison , Panda told an amusing anecdote involving a Slarvian and a man wearing a Quark suit in a bar . ( AUDIO : " Whatever Happened to Iris Wildthyme ? " ) The Forge ' s base in the 22nd century could withstand the combined forces of the Dalek , Slarvian , and Cyber empires . ( PROSE : " Twilight ' s End " ) Missy had plans to steal the Slarvian ' s Astral - Core . ( PROSE : " Lords and Masters " ) Behind the Scenes . The Slarvians originated in Mark Wright ' s audio drama " The Slarvian Menace " , part of the Big Finish Productions " The Tomorrow People " series .
Umwelts for Hire ( short story ) Umwelts for Hire was a short story published in " The Brilliant Book 2011 " . It was written by science fiction author Brian W . Aldiss . Plot . " to be added " References . " to be added " Continuity . " to be added "
Beekeeping Beekeeping was a hobby or profession that included taking care of and exploiting bee s . The Seventh Doctor claimed to have known many beekeepers in his time including Aristotle , who supposedly never stopped wittering on about the insect s , as did Thomas Jefferson at a tea party he couldn ' t get out of . ( AUDIO : " Survival of the Fittest " ) Goronwy was also a beekeeper eager to teach others the ways of his profession . ( TV : " Delta and the Bannermen " ) Beekeeper ' s net hats in the 20th century completely covered their faces . ( PROSE : " The Slender - Fingered Cats of Bubastis " , TV : " Delta and the Bannermen " ) The Eleventh Doctor always assumed that , in his last days , he ' d take up watercolour or beekeeping . ( TV : " The Name of the Doctor " ) Bernice Summerfield similarly looked forward to such a future : " just staying at home , taking up beekeeping , growing vegetable marrows , something like that . " ( PROSE : " The Glass Prison " )
Gungnir The Lance of Longinus , also known as the Spear of Destiny and Gungnir , was the weapon which pierced the side of Jesus Christ during his crucifixion on Golgotha . Throughout history , the lance was highly sought after . ( COMIC : " Project Longinus " ) According to the Time Lord s , it was one of only six Physical Temporal Nexus es in existence . The Spear always hit its target , no matter how far away it was . ( PROSE : " The Spear of Destiny " ) Lucia Cailloux heard that the Longinus was capable of inducing divine visions in anyone that it scratched . ( PROSE : " Grass " ) History . Alexander the Great found what he believed to be the Lance . ( COMIC : " Project : Longinus " ) In 33 , when Jesus Christ hung on the cross , a Roman soldier named Longinus drove his lance into Jesus ' side to see if he was dead . Shortly afterwards , the lance went missing . ( PROSE : " The Spear of Destiny " ) In 141 , tried to obtain it in Uppsala , but was stopped by the Third Doctor and Jo Grant , who left him with a recreation of the lance . ( PROSE : " The Spear of Destiny " ) In the 4th century , Constantine I found a lance that he thought was the Longinus . ( COMIC : " Project : Longinus " ) Lucia Cailloux believed that Napoléon Bonaparte had obtained a piece of metal which came from the lance . ( PROSE : " Grass " ) In 1938 , a lance which may have been the Longinus was kept in a Vienna museum . When Adolf Hitler invaded Austria , he took the lance back to Berlin . Although he possessed the spear throughout World War II , the Nazi s still lost . ( PROSE : " The Spear of Destiny " ) Some people - including Nimrod - believed that this lance was a 13th century fake . ( PROSE : " The Spear of Destiny " , COMIC : " Project : Longinus " ) The Doctor believed that it may have been the real lance and that it had no effect on Hitler because he rarely physically held it . ( PROSE : " The Spear of Destiny " ) In 1973 , the lance was kept in the Moxon Collection . Under orders from the High Council , the Third Doctor and Jo Grant tried to replace the lance with a decoy and destroy the real one , but they unable to due to the advanced security . They decided to go back in time and replace the lance in the past . ( PROSE : " The Spear of Destiny " ) In the early 2000s , the real Longinus was kept in the Hecht Museum of Unexplained and Occult Material . Nimrod broke into the museum and stole it . ( COMIC : " Project : Longinus " )
Cindy , Cleo and the Magic Sketchbook ( comic story ) Summary . Gabby ' s best friend Cindy remained on Earth at the end of her last adventure with the Doctor – a decision Cindy immediately regretted ! Now , with only Gabby ' s sketchbook of unseen adventures to guide her , she must find her way back to the Doctor . . . but sinister forces already have her under surveillance ! Plot . Cindy sits on a park bench , reading Gabby ' s book . Reading a line of text mentioning Dorothy Bell , she drops the book on the bench , shocked by the fact that she had time to write it after the previous events . The book begins to float , and turns to a page talking about a " Dark Anubis " and Sutekh . She quickly shuts it , and reopens it to find the page missing . However , the drawing of Dorothy has changed , and she realises it was not Gabby altering the book , but Dorothy . Cleo walks over to her , and they talk . Suddenly , a man named Ebonite appears and accuses Cleo of hiding something . Cindy tries to sneak away with the book , but Ebonite releases a floating skull which discovers it . Cindy runs , and Ebonite disappears . Cleo shoots the skull and runs over to Cindy . However , the skull survived , and shoots Cleo . Ebonite reappears and threatens Cindy to hand over the book . Erik arrives and argues with Ebonite . Ebonite shoots Erik , who falls to the ground , seemingly dead . Cindy grabs Cleo ' s gun and points it towards the book , threatening to destroy it . She mentions the Doctor , which shocks Ebonite . The skull is about to shoot again , but another man walks up to Ebonite , saying he ' s a friend of the Doctor and has been tracking Ebonite . He shoots Ebonite , causing him to split into many smaller versions of himself . Ebonite flees as Erik gets up , saying he was saved by a personal shield generator . Cindy and Cleo thank the man who saved them , asking for his name . He steps into the light , revealing himself to be Captain Jack Harkness . Notes . Original print details . " to be added "
Eighth Doctor ( puppet ) A puppet of the Eighth Doctor was one of the wooden puppet s created using Gramm ' s Cyber - Technology . Being modelled on the Eighth Doctor in appearance , the puppet could also speak simple phrases with the Doctor ' s voice . Although the Doctor thought that the likeness was lousy , especially as far as the hair was concerned , it was sufficient to fool Mary Shelley , the Doctor ' s companion . The confusion was cleared when the Doctor himself entered the room , pursued by the puppet of Mary . The Doctor and Mary managed to distract each puppet by the other puppet and get away . The puppets of the Doctor and Mary then destroyed each other . All remnants of the Cyber - Technology were burned by the Doctor on 12 September 1873 . ( AUDIO : " The Silver Turk " )
Persopolisian dice The Persopolisian dice , was a part of a Persopolisian control console , which could be used to start a Persopolisian space ship . Look . The Persopolisian cube was a cube shaped object . Abilities . The dice could form objects into guard dogs . These guard dogs were constructed from whatever was around food , museums displace or flowers . History . In 1066 a Persopolisian space pod crashed on Earth . The three parts of the Persopolisian control console were divided and fell down at different areas of London . The dice was buried but found by Janksia in 2009 . After a thousand years of stasis Janksia was to weak to override the protective systems of the cube . He wanted to use Clyde to handle that for him . Clyde found the cube in the Betterworth ' s supermarket and got under its control . Cornflakes and other ingredients got formed together as cereal monsters , monsters made of chocolate blocks etc . They were protecting Clyde from his boss Mr Charlson and Clyde left the building . He brought the cube to the Lordwick scrapyard were the last part of the Persopolisian control console was going to be found . Luke Smith also went there with the second part of the control console . Janksia took the dice and the base unit . Luke and Clyde got free of the control of the artefacts and Luke threw the black diamond into a garbage compactor . Janksia tried to save the diamond and was killed in the garbage compactor . Sarah Jane later found the dice where Janksia had dropped it . She took it home to her attic where it was locked up in a safe and protected by Mr Smith . ( AUDIO : " The Time Capsule " )
The Look and Learn Book of Galactic Civilisations : AD 3000 - 5000 Prior to arriving at Io , the Seventh Doctor gave Melanie Bush a copy of AD 3000 - 5000 to read . It had a " simplistic prose style but very nice illustrations " . Mel used the book to learn about the Hub . ( PROSE : " Uranus " )
Dorset Dorset was a county of England . Madge Arwell ' s Uncle Digby owned a large country estate in Dorset . In 1941 , her children , Cyril and Lily Arwell , and she were evacuated from London to the Dorset estate . ( TV : " The Doctor , the Widow and the Wardrobe " ) In 1963 , Ian Chesterton visited a holiday resort in Dorset . ( PROSE : " The Splintered Gate " ) The villages of Turelhampton ( PROSE : " The Shadow in the Glass " ) and Wolfenden were located in Dorset . ( AUDIO : " The White Wolf " ) Fossil s could be found at Lyme Regis on the Dorset coast . David Merrison enjoyed collecting fossils there with his grandfather . ( PROSE : " But Once a Year " ) The town Bridport was located in Dorset . ( PROSE : " Number 1 , Gallows Gate Road " )
Fernanda ( Revolutions of Terror ) Fernanda was the mother of Maria Gonzalez and grandmother of Gabby , Blanca and Gino Gonzalez . She and her husband Juan raised a family of fifteen in Mexico while living in a one - room shack . After she lost her husband , she often said : " No song should end too soon . " Gabby repeated these words during a farewell with the Tenth Doctor . Fernanda lived in Sunset Park with her daughter ' s family . On the Day of the Dead when the Cerebravore s invaded Earth , they made her see her late husband Juan in torment . Staying sedated at home , she was spared the main Cerebravore attack the next day . But she did take part in preparing a dinner for the Doctor , which he highly praised . ( COMIC : " Revolutions of Terror " )
Dr Cadabra ( short story ) Dr Cadabra was the eighteenth short story in the Short Trips anthology " " . It was written by Trevor Baxendale . It featured the Sixth Doctor and Mel . Summary . A man who works in an office is assigned to plan the Christmas party . With the help of co - workers Gilbert and Rachel , the party is all set . The man hopes he will never be chosen to plan the party again , so as entertainment for the party he chooses a magician named Dr Cadabra . The day of the party , the man goes to the building foyer to meet with Dr Cadabra . He finds a bunch of magician paraphernalia and a large blue box . A wildly - dressed man and a young lady come out of the box . The man assumes they are the magician and his assistant . The assistant , Mel , convinces the " Doctor " to perform at the party . The Doctor reluctantly agrees , but as he goes through the act , he becomes more enthusiastic . The man and his co - workers find themselves enjoying the show . The Doctor finally comes to the last trick : a " magical mirror " . Rachel volunteers for the trick , but when she looks in the mirror , everyone can see a younger version of Rachel in the reflection who grows into her twenties and is very beautiful . To everyone ' s horror , the real Rachel begins aging decades older than her current age . The Doctor pulls Rachel away from the mirror , then he and the man look in the mirror . They see the young Rachel and another man , who is the real Dr Cadabra . He is trapped in his mirror . The Doctor states that a temporal meniscus has been stretched over the mirror ' s surface and the magician is trapped inside with the alien who stole life energy from Rachel . With the man ' s help , the Doctor tries to rescue Dr Cadabra , but it proves to be impossible . Dr Cadabra urges them to break the mirror ; the man does so . Dr Cadabra is trapped inside forever , but Rachel de - ages back to her real age . The man ' s co - workers congratulate him for an entertaining party , and he escorts the Doctor and Mel back to their blue box . Continuity . " to be added "
Life on Mars on Mars ( short story ) Publisher ' s summary . A free very short story marking the release of the new Erimem novella , " Prime Imperative " , the launch of an ESA probe to Mars , and the passing of a music legend . Plot . " to be added " References . " to be added " Continuity . " to be added "
Viktor ( Universal Monsters ) Viktor was a Xhosa bio - mechanical construct . He , along with his friend the Thane , watched over the mind - wiped Khamirae on a backwater planet after the war the Khamirae were manufactured for ceased to exist . When the Khamirae unexpectedly had children , the Thane was able to renew himself by cloning replacements for fifty generations to continue watching over them , while Viktor ' s systems including his voice slowly started to fail . With Viktor ' s help , the Thane started to collect DNA samples to bolster his own DNA , but his dirty biopsy device caused the villagers to contract septicemia and die . Viktor became known to the villagers as the " beast " . When the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones arrived , the Thane had Viktor bring them to the keep . Gideon was able to release the Doctor before Viktor could do this , and the Doctor and Gideon stormed the keep to save Martha . Martha tried to warn the Doctor not to destroy the Thane ' s neuropathic generator , but failed . The generator ' s destruction caused the Khamirae villagers to transform into bestial form . The Doctor repaired Viktor ' s voice circuits , and Viktor agreed to go with him to protect him from the attacking villagers as he rewired the generator using the Thane ' s distress beacon . Widow Margaret killed Viktor while he protected the Doctor . ( COMIC : " Universal Monsters " )
David Mitchell ( actor ) David James Stuart Mitchell voiced an unnamed robot in the " Doctor Who " episode " Dinosaurs on a Spaceship " . He is a British actor , comedian and writer most famous for working alongside Robert Webb in the sitcom " Peep Show " and sketch show " That Mitchell and Webb Look " . The two also worked together on " Doctor Who " , as Webb also voiced an unnamed Robot in " Dinosaurs on a Spaceship " .
Ptolemy Caesar Ptolemy Caesar was one of the children of Mark Antony and Cleopatra in the Alternate Rome universe created by Iam . He ruled the Dominion with his siblings , but was minimally involved . This was because he had ventured to the edge of the Dominion with his friend Agricola and saw how finite it was . He refused his brother ' s request to use ' Ultimus ' ( an atomic bomb ) , knowing how catastrophic it would be in such a confined area as the Dominion . Alexander therefore planned to assassinate Ptolemy and use Ultimus anyway , unaware of the consequences . The assassination failed , and on the day of the Games , Ptolemy goaded Alexander into the arena . They faced a pack of wolves , and the one who the wolves ignored would be ruler of the Dominion . Thanks to some pheromone s from the TARDIS that Ptolemy applied to himself , the wolves attacked Alexander . After Iam duplicated the entire Earth and put it in a new solar system with the Alternate Rome , Ptolemy became the ruler without any challenge from his sister . ( PROSE : " State of Change " )
Ionisation 21st century science . In 2016 , Miss Quill assigned her physics class a problem about linking photoelectric effect and ionisation . Tanya Adeola pointed out that a typical mistake was to link work function to electron s escaping from individual atom s . ( PROSE : " The Stone House " ) 6th millennium science . As Miss Garrett told the Second Doctor , Jamie and Victoria in the year 5000 , ionisation was " a method of intensifying the Sun ' s heat onto the Earth ' s surface , but into particular areas " . The Doctor simplified this explanation for Jamie , saying that it was " like a magnifying glass " . It was also the method the Doctor recommended that Clent take to solve the problem of the Second Ice Age . However , the process was not without its difficulties . It required perfect control of the ioniser technology , lest areas of the Earth become uselessly " super " - heated . As Clent pointed out , ionisation could " melt rocks " . Moreover , it had to be done extremely carefully to prevent widespread flood ing . A series of ioniser bases were dotted over the Earth ' s surface . These normally had to work in coordination with each other to effect what was called " the World Plan " — that is , the effort to carefully re - heat the Earth . However , to counteract the Ice Warrior threat , the ioniser base under Clent ' s control in Europe used its ioniser independently of others to defeat the Ice Warriors with intense heat . ( TV : " The Ice Warriors " ) Behind the scenes . " Ionisation " as used in " The Ice Warriors " superficially has nothing to do with real world ionisation . Ionisation is about creating an , a process which doesn ' t produce significant heat . Ionisation , as understood by real world physicists , is usually about redistributing the electrons between atoms in a compound , thereby giving individual atoms a different charge . In the real world it is not — in " any " way — " like a magnifying glass " focussing the sun ' s heat .
The Disintegrator ( comic story ) The Disintegrator is a " TV Comic " story featuring the Third Doctor . Summary . When the Doctor is called in to investigate an unusual bank robbery , he suspects an alien intelligence is involved . However , he never would have suspected that his oldest enemies would ally themselves with a professor and a mobster ! Plot . " to be added " References . " to be added " Continuity . " to be added "
Gorley Herring Dr Gorley Herring was a physician who was murder ed at Betteredge Hall . The case was investigated by amateur detective Miss Jane , who was herself murdered with poison ed tea . Fortunately , Herring ' s killer , not wanting to be charged for two murders , confessed to the crime . ( PROSE : " The Sleuth Slayers " )
Union of Solar Republics The Union of Solar Republics was a " nation " active circa the early 22nd century that was involved with the Interstitial Mass Transit System , if not specifically the establishment of the Arcturus Terminal . Based in Reykjavik , Iceland , it was led by a President until he was killed by Fred . ( PROSE : " Transit " )
Tansbury Professor Tansbury was a scientist who conducted experiments in a disused lighthouse off the coast of Porthferiot , Cornwall . He harnessed the power of a lightning storm to accelerate the growth of a lizard , but the circuits overloaded and the lizard grew to giant size , destroying the lighthouse and killing Tansbury . This was witnessed from shore by a local fisherman , and few days later the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith visited Porthferiot to investigate . ( COMIC : " The Tansbury Experiment " )