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About Time 4 About Time 4 was the fourth volume in the " About Time " series of " Doctor Who " reference books . It covered seasons 12 through 17 of the televised series , from " Robot " to " The Horns of Nimon " , as well as the untelevised story " Shada " . Publisher ' s summary . In " About Time " , the whole of classic " Doctor Who " is examined through the lens of the real - world social and political changes — as well as ongoing developments in television production — that influenced the series in ways big and small over the course of a generation . Armed with these guidebooks , readers will be able to cast their minds back to 1975 , 1982 and other years to best appreciate the series ' content and character . Volume 4 of this series covers Seasons 12 to 17 of " Doctor Who " , focusing on the Tom Baker era of " Doctor Who " in mind - bending detail . In addition to the usual concerns such as the TV show ' s continuity ( alien races , the Doctor ' s abilities , etc . ) and lore ( anecdotal , " Did You Know ? " - style material ) , authors Lawrence Miles and Tat Wood will examine each Tom Baker story in the context of the year / historical period it was produced , determining just how topical the stories were . Subject matter . A critical and cultural analysis of every televised " Doctor Who " story from season 12 to season 17 . Areas of examination include production notes ; logical flaws in the story ; detailed catalogues of facts ; and an attempt to examine where each story came from , and why each was made in the contemporary cultural climate of Great Britain and Earth . Contents . Most serials are accompanied by an essay , and the essays cover a very broad range of topics . The essays in this volume are : External links . Mad Norwegian - " About Time 4 "
The Haunted Wagon Train ( novel ) The Haunted Wagon Train was the eighth " Decide Your Destiny " book published in 2007 . Publisher ' s summary . Join the Doctor and Martha on their travels through time and space and influence the story with your decisions . Choose a direction and let the adventures begin . . . Pioneers travelling across the American mid - West report ghost sightings , but you , the Doctor and Martha believe it ' s extra - terrestrial activity . Can you track down the aliens before it ' s too late ? References . " to be added " Notes . " to be added " External links . " to be added "
Skystriker Skystriker was a rocket developed by Vorus and built on Voga to destroy the Cybermen . Vorus hoped the victory it brought would free the Vogans from the genocidal threat of the Cybermen . Vorus paid Kellman to lure the Cybermen to " Nerva Beacon " , which he planned to destroy with the rocket . The Cybermen attacked before the rocket was ready , however . When the preparations were finished , the Fourth Doctor asked Chief Councillor Tyrum to delay the launch while he rescued Sarah Jane Smith from the beacon . When Vorus saw " Nerva Beacon " was on a collision course with Voga , he launched the rocket , despite having been shot by Tyrum . His dying words were , " My " Skystriker " , my glory ! " Following directions from the Doctor , Captain Stevenson redirected the rocket into the Cyber - ship . ( TV : " Revenge of the Cybermen " )
Stanley Harker Stanley Harker was recently deceased , but his grave had been desecrated . He was a builder who died when he was working on the Prince Albert Theatre . He was infected by the Draxus and started converting other people into vampire s . ( AUDIO : " The Woman in White " )
Joey Ramone When trying to get into the Rockefeller Center , the Tenth Doctor told the doorman that he was meeting Joey Ramone in CBGB . ( COMIC : " The Fountains of Forever " ) Behind the scenes . Joey Ramone was the leader of the popular punk band the Ramones , which often gave performances in the music club CBGB . But this club was situated in the East Village , far away from the Rockefeller Center .
Janis Carma Janis Carma was a Thetran agent . She was sent to the holiday planet Nestra to investigate reports that visitors to the planet never returned home after their holidays . While on Nestra , Janis met the Sixth Doctor , who was investigating the disappearances on behalf of the family of Korriklimm , a Thetran who invented the robots that served the tourists . Janis was captured by Lakksis , a robot waiter . The Doctor , who was also captured , rescued her , and they attempted to find Lakksis . The Doctor gave Janis the slip , but after he caught up with Lakksis and tried to explain to the robot what he had done wrong , Janis appeared and shot the robot . She saved enough of its parts to allow the building of a second robot , Lakksis - 2 . After the Doctor left , Lakksis - 2 recognised Janis as the one who killed his " brother " . ( PROSE : " Wish You Were Here " )
William V William V was the king of the United Kingdom who succeeded Charles III . When the Tenth Doctor found that Edward VII had disappeared along with Balmoral Castle in 1902 , he warned that the future of the royal family , along with the rest of history , was threatened , saying that , along with the rest of his successors , there would be no William V . ( PROSE : " Revenge of the Judoon " )
Grammar school A grammar school was a type of secondary school in the United Kingdom in the 20th century . Grammar schools , as opposed to secondary modern school s , were segregated by gender , and uniform s were required . Students were referred to by their surname s , and science was taught in three separate courses : chemistry , physics and biology . As they demanded a higher calibre , the First Doctor chose to send Susan Foreman to a secondary modern school instead , as she failed an Eleven Plus exam he gave her , arguing with all the questions . ( PROSE : " Time and Relative " ) According to one account , Coal Hill School was a grammar school in the 1960s , ( PROSE : " Nothing at the End of the Lane " ) as was Bowman ' s Grammar School . ( PROSE : " Potential " ) According to another account , Coal Hill was a secondary modern school , which was quite different from grammar schools at the time . ( PROSE : " Time and Relative " ) It was distinct , as well , from academy . ( TV : " For Tonight We Might Die " )
FDR Drive FDR Drive was a highway going along the eastern edge of the island of Manhattan , New York City and passing to the west of Upper East Side . ( COMIC : " Spiral Staircase " ) Behind the scenes . FDR are initials of Franklin Delano Roosevelt , after whom the highway is named .
St Albans ( The Ruins of Heaven ) St Albans was a tour guide for Heaven . One day the Sixth Doctor and Peri attached themselves to one of her tours . She became angry at the Doctor ' s repeated corrections and criticisms , turning over the group to him and leaving . ( PROSE : " The Ruins of Heaven " )
Curuçá Curuçá was an event that occurred sometime in Earth ' s history , in Brazil , which the Twelfth Doctor used as proof of the protection given by trees , claiming it should ' ve " smashed [ the Earth ] " . ( TV : " In the Forest of the Night " )
Seven Sisters The Seven Sisters were a group of star s visible from Earth . Once Ian Chesterton showed them to Vicki Pallister in the Earth sky and commented about their position related to Andromeda and Pegasus . ( PROSE : " Byzantium ! " ) Behind the scenes . In the real world , they are better known as the " Pleiades " .
Victor Pemberton Victor Pemberton ( 10 October 1931 - 13 August 2017 ) wrote several " Doctor Who " television stories , acted as script editor for " The Tomb of the Cybermen " , novelised several of his own scripts and appeared in a minor acting role as Jules Faure in " The Moonbase " . He was in a relationship for many years with actor David Spenser until David sadly died in 2013 .
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a count and envoy in the Russian Army during the Crimean War ( 1853 - 1856 ) . He later became a famous author . In November 1854 , he was put in charge of Ace , whom he believed to be a British spy . He fell in love with her and was annoyed when she was transferred to another prison . Before she left , she kissed him . She then took him hostage and travelled to St Petersburg . When she left him , she called him ' writer man ' because she knew that he would write " War and Peace " in the near future . ( AUDIO : " The Angel of Scutari " ) In the centuries that followed some would differentiate him from Dostoyevski by saying " that Russian who wasn ' t Tolstoy " . ( PROSE : " The Least Important Man " )
Krafayis The Krafayis were a species of space - faring omnivorous predators . Biology . The Krafayis were large creatures with reptilian and bird - like traits . They had parrot - like beaks , quill - like horns , two wattles on the sides of their heads , long necks and quills down their tail . The Krafayis were generally invisible , giving them the perfect defence . They could be seen by Vincent van Gogh , apparently due to his unique perception of the world , and in the reflection in a mirror on the species matcher . ( TV : " Vincent and the Doctor " ) They could also be seen in other reflections , such as in water . ( PROSE : " Blind Fury " ) Life cycle . The Krafayis were somehow capable of travelling through the universe , moving from planet to planet to hunt . They preferred to travel to planets with oxygen / nitrogen atmospheres , such as Earth . They hunted in large packs with a strict hierarchy and had territories which spanned star system s . Eventually , they would depart the planet , leaving behind the weaker Krafayis . These Krafayis would be unable to rejoin the pack and in their loneliness would cause destruction and chaos until they were killed . ( TV : " Vincent and the Doctor " ) History . The Krafayis were believed to be an ancient species from the Dark Times . Legends say that in the Old Times of Gallifrey , a Krafayis attacked the village of Slothe , killing many . A Gallifreyan , Presus , eventually confronted the Krafayis and after three days of fighting , the Krafayis was killed . ( PROSE : " Blind Fury " ) In November 1890 , a lone Krafayis was stranded in Auvers - sur - Oise , France because it was blind . It was responsible for many deaths in the area before it was stopped by the Eleventh Doctor , Amy Pond and Vincent van Gogh . The Krafayis was accidentally killed by van Gogh who expressed remorse at its death when he realised it was scared , not hostile . ( TV : " Vincent and the Doctor " ) Alternate Timeline . In an alternate timeline where the Eleventh Doctor never intervened , the Krafayis was painted into one of Vincent van Gogh ' s paintings . After the Doctor travelled back in time to investigate , the Krafayis was no longer depicted in the paintings . ( TV : " Vincent and the Doctor " ) Other references . The Ninth Doctor once used the phrase " running around like a headless Krafayis . " ( AUDIO : " The Bleeding Heart " ) Romana once listed Krafayis as creatures she recognised from nursery rhymes on Gallifrey . ( AUDIO : " Babblesphere " )
Siobhan Redmond Siobhan Redmond is a Scottish actor who voiced Talin in AUDIO : " Revenge of the Swarm " and the Rani in AUDIO : " The Rani Elite " and AUDIO : " Planet of the Rani " . Life and career . Redmond grew up in a middle - class Glaswegian family . Her mother was an amateur actor and her father lectured on English and Drama . Redmond and her younger sister grew up with an appreciation for the arts , taking regular outings to the ballet , theatre , and cinema . Redmond decided on becoming an actor at a very young age . Redmond trained at the Bristol Old Vic theatre school . Her first big break was a play called " True Confessions . " She went on to work extensively in theatre , film , and television in a career spanning three decades . Among her favourite theatrical productions to work on are " The Spanish Tragedy " at the Royal Shakespeare Company and a play called " Perfect Days " which was written wrote specifically for Redmond . On television , Redmond is known for her roles in " The Bill , Holby City , Taggart , " and " Between the Lines . " She has played a variety of guest roles , including that of " a biscuit " on " The Catherine Tate Show . " Redmond was appointed an in 2013 for her services to drama . Casting as the Rani . Redmond ' s first role for Big Finish Productions was Talin in " Revenge of the Swarm " . She had never seen " Doctor Who " prior to being cast as the Rani , though she familiarised herself with her predecessor Kate O ' Mara ' s work in the role . Before her in - character photoshoot as the new Rani , Redmond put rollers in her hair as a small homage to O ' Mara . Redmond ' s portrayal of the Rani with her own Scottish accent , closely following as it did the premieres of the first Scottish - accented and the Twelfth Doctor on televised " Doctor Who " , led " Vortex " to comment " Scottish Time Lords are like buses . You wait ages for one to appear , and then suddenly you get three at once ! "
Alice Ferrin Captain Alice Ferrin , Imperial ID 19 - delta - 13b , was in charge of the punishment platoon on Hedgewick ' s World of Wonders when it came under threat from the attack of long - thought extinct Cybermen . Sent to Hedgewick ' s for not obeying orders , Ferrin was later stripped of her rank of captain by the Eleventh Doctor , with Clara Oswald being " promoted " instead . Faced with the oncoming threat of the Cybermen , Ferrin knew the only way to stop them would be to implode the planet , and attempted to do so against Clara ' s orders . However , she was killed by a strike from a Cyberman before she could carry out the implosion . ( TV : " Nightmare in Silver " )
The Ship of the Sleepwalkers ( audio story ) Publisher ' s summary . The Counter - Measures team wake on a luxury cruise , with no knowledge of how and when they got onboard . Who has brought them here , and why ? As their investigations deepen , they find themselves in the middle of an international conspiracy , with enemies on both sides . How can they escape when they can ’ t even trust each other ? Plot . " to be added " " to be completed " References . " to be added " Notes . " to be added " Continuity . " to be added "
Tribe A tribe was a type of social group , usually smaller than a nation . They were common in civilisations that were not technologically advanced . The Doctor encountered many human tribes throughout time and space , from the Tribe of Gum on prehistoric Earth ( TV : " An Unearthly Child " ) to the Sevateem and the Tesh in the far future . ( TV : " The Face of Evil " ) The Tribe of the Free lived on Ravolox in 2000000 . ( TV : " The Mysterious Planet " ) In Africa , the Fourth Doctor , Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan encountered a tribe in Nyasaland . ( PROSE : " To Kill a Nandi Bear " ) In South America in 1924 , George Cranleigh encountered the Kojabe tribe and another tribe led by Latoni . ( TV : " Black Orchid " ) The Second Doctor , John and Gillian encountered a South American tribe and helped them fight off an enemy tribe . ( COMIC : " The TARDIS Worshippers " ) Other species which formed tribes included Neanderthal s , ( TV : " Ghost Light " ) Silurian s , ( TV : " The Hungry Earth " / " Cold Blood " ) Swampie s , ( TV : " The Power of Kroll " ) and the Sycorax . ( TV : " The Christmas Invasion " ) The First Doctor , John and Gillian encountered a hostile tribe on a planet . ( COMIC : " The Didus Expedition " )
Solex Solex was a captain in the Chancellery Guard . He went through the battles of the war finding corpses for the Technomancer ' s to resurrect . He found the War Doctor on Vildar thinking him to be dead . ( AUDIO : " Legion of the Lost " ) He didn ' t trust the Doctor after he destroyed the resurrection plan . He tried to help Jarad when he was attacked by a space worm . In the Dalek base he discovered the Dalek mutations in the base . He didn ' t know that the Daleks came from Kaled s . He died to save the Doctor , and said that they didn ' t need soldiers for the war anymore . ( AUDIO : " A Thing of Guile " )
The Doctor Who Technical Manual The Doctor Who Technical Manual was a " Doctor Who " reference book published by Severn House . Publisher ' s summary . Ever since 1963 , the Doctor has been fighting alien tyrants , vicious monsters and emotionless robots bent on cosmic domination . But it ' s not only his hair - raising adventures that have made " Doctor Who " the longest - running science fiction series in world television . It is also its endless array of marvellous machines . Subject matter . Some annotated line drawings ( in blue ink ) with some textual content .
Time transporter The time transporter was time travel technology used by the Dalek s . It was kept inside the Room of Many Centuries in their battlecraft . They used it to bring the Werelox from " many years ago " to the 25th century to attack the New Earth System . Materialising inside the Room of Many Centuries , the Fourth Doctor disconnected the time - space rationaliser , and froze the Daleks and the Werelox in one moment in time and space forever . ( COMIC : " Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom " )
DWM 468 " Doctor Who Magazine " was the issue of the magazine cover - dated January 2014 . It was mainly concerned with " The Time of the Doctor " and the end of the Matt Smith era . It also had several features which looked back at " Doctor Who " Christmases past , and a few explorations of people important to the 1963 origins of the programme .
Sodium Street Sodium Street was a street on Floor 245 of Paradise Towers . It contained an emergency supply of explosives used for pest control . This supply of explosives was used in the Seventh Doctor ' s plan to defeat Kroagnon . ( TV : " Paradise Towers " )
Donald Morton Donald Morton was a man who had died and was brought to Carnon Manor . Dr Morton rarely interacted with the other inhabitants of the house . He spent his time at the house looking for a cure for cancer , from which he had died about two months prior to the Fifth Doctor ' s arrival at Carnon Manor . Because the house could only hold six people , and the Doctor and Nyssa ' s arrival brought the total to eight , the creature in the basement had to come for two of the inhabitants . It came for Dr Morton , because Lord Carnon found him useless . ( PROSE : " The Eternity Contract " )
Stormcrow The stormcrow was a carrion feeder , devouring dying or dead worlds , circling them for millennia , on their dark side . Every thousand years one of its kind came to Earth to taste it and see if its time had come . Symbiotic creatures called No Thing s lived under its wings . ( AUDIO : " Night of the Stormcrow " )
Alliance Wars The Alliance Wars ( or Frontier wars ) were fought by the Cyrrhenic Empire . The emperor Graff Vynda - K was supposed to have led them . Some of the battles were fought on the planet s Skaar , Freytus and Crestus Minor . ( TV : " The Ribos Operation " )
Sentient star A sentient star was a star that was alive , and could feel , think , react and , in some instances , manipulate certain things around them . Removing part of a sentient star caused it pain . The Torajii system had a sentient star at its centre . The SS " Pentallian " used a fusion scoop to mine gases from the star as fuel , and the star reacted by possessing the ship ' s crew . The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones followed a distress call and the Doctor realised the the sun was alive . He made Martha dump the fuel with the sun particles and the sun let the ship leave . He made sure the sun had protection , just like any other living organism , after the endeavour . ( TV : " 42 " ) The astronomical body at the centre of the the Rings of Akhaten was called both a star and a planet by the Eleventh Doctor . It was a malicious , parasitic creature . ( TV : " The Rings of Akhaten " )
Soldier ( The Return of Doctor Mysterio ) A UNIT soldier was once present at the shutting down of the New York branch of Harmony Shoal . He found the empty shell of Dr Sim . The alien that had previously inhabited Dr Sim then transferred itself into the head of the soldier . ( TV : " The Return of Doctor Mysterio " )
Sphagnum Sphagnum was a bog warrior in Queen Xenotime ' s slave army . He was buried in the Boglands and reanimated under the illusion of witchcraft . Sphagnum was friends with Mossy and also under his command , but when Mossy asked for Sphagnum ' s help in overthrowing Xenotime , he was too terrified to take Mossy ' s side and stabbed him instead . Sphagnum was overcome with guilt by the act . Soon after he was killed second time when Princess Ash used her shoes to destroy Xenotime ' s bog warriors . ( PROSE : " The Bog Warrior " )
Chant Chandra Weng Chant Chandra Weng was an inhabitant of the City of the Saved who had a husband and several sons . During the City of the Saved Civil War , Weng ' s family was affected by a Brutality Bomb and he had to murder them to survive . ( PROSE : " A Hundred Words from a Civil War " )
Deadline ( audio story ) The story blurs the lines between a version of the " real world " and a version of the " Doctor Who " universe . Elements and alternate versions of key sequences from " An Unearthly Child " , " The Daleks " and " The Masters of Luxor " are presented and acted out throughout the story . Publisher ' s summary . It ' s been forty years since Martin Bannister encountered the Doctor . They were different men back then . Martin was young and talented and the Times ' seventh Most Promising Writer To Watch Out For . The Doctor was mysterious , crotchety , and possibly Oriental . It was an encounter that destroyed both their lives . Pity poor Martin now . His career is in ruins , all forgotten . His estranged wives keep dying in the wrong order . And there ' s a nasty green stain by the wardrobe that could be an alien footprint . Or possibly just mould . Martin ' s life is about to change unexpectedly . Impromptu poetry readings , elephant expeditions , an obligatory Bug - Eyed Monster . And a last desperate chance for love , before it ' s too late . Sounds like it ' s time for the Doctor to come into Martin ' s life again , and sort him out . Permanently . Plot . " to be added "
Human ( Doctor Who in " Lilliput " ) A human walking scared off a bird . However , he didn ' t know that he just saved a miniaturised First Doctor , Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright from being eaten by that bird as it mistook them for insect s . ( COMIC : " Dr Who in " Lilliput " " )
Assassin from Space ( comic story ) Summary . Alien s decide to kill the Doctor before they begin their invasion of Earth . They try to carry out their plan in a foggy London park . References . " to be added " Notes . " to be added " Continuity . " to be added "
Willis ( Wartime ) Private Willis was a soldier in the British Army . In the 1970s , he was assigned as John Benton ' s driver while they were transporting by Land Rover a shipment of radioactive cargo through the woods outside Bolton . When the truck broke down , Willis stayed behind while Benton went off to investigate . Willis was knocked out by an armed and dangerous criminal trying to hijack the cargo , but was not seriously injured and resumed driving after Benton returned and overpowered the thief . ( HOMEVID : " Wartime " )