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Catching Fire (novel)

*"Did you really think that if you played with fire, that you wouldn't have gotten burned?"*
―The Eighteenth Doctor to Matt Johnson

***Catching Fire*** was the fifth novel of the New Series Adventures.

## Synopsis

Matt Johnson became famous and made his fortune by becoming a professional alien hunter, picking up from the remnants of Torchwood, Counter-Measures and the Alliance of Shades - and whilst some might raise an eyebrow at his extortionate prices, no one could argue that he never got the job done quickly and effectively.

But UNIT have been watching Matt for a while now and there's one thing that they just can't explain; how does an amateur sleuth get alerted to numerous alien incursions that an advanced organisation such as themselves don't hear about until it's over? You'd think they'd be able to notice all the creatures coming from spaceships and wormholes that Matt claims to combat...

Then one day, they get a call - the Savoy Hotel in London is on fire! And that's not all, the perpetrators appear to be members of the same species Matt says he fights all the time; so what's UNIT to do but ask him for help? But if Matt is so supposedly good at what he does, then why is he reacting to UNIT's request for help by running away? Is there something else going on here? And is Matt really all that he's cracked up to be?

## Characters

* Eighteenth Doctor
* Ruby Barrella
* Damien Barrella
* Private Johnathon Danielsen
* Private Alicia Sallow
* Matt Johnson

## Continuity

* Simon Lance's death is still on the Doctor's mind. He also ponders who "them" could be - 001's dying words. (TV: *Extinction Event*)

## Story Notes

 **Wave Four** | *Ignorant Bliss* • *Your Precious Empire* • *Murder on the Starliner 6-Trevv-3*
Dawn

**Dawn** was the name of a planet located in a small bubble universe, attached to but isolated from N-Space, that was populated by farmers and tinkers. There were settlements constructed on floating islands over a pinkish gas layer, connected together with bridges.

## History

Over the years, the people of Dawn, the Aurorae, had grown used to their isolation from the rest of the multiverse, until one day portals began opening in the skies, with the Fourteenth Doctor and Sandra Parry falling through a portal created by the Wells Master, who had revealed herself to the Doctor and Sandra and claimed the Shevek Cro'taq for herself.

However, following the Doctor and Sandra's arrival came the attack of eldritch creatures from parallel dimensions who had come through several other portals opened by the Klucuin. With the help of the Doctor, though, the people of Dawn learnt how to defend themselves from the imminent attack, as well as any potential future invasions. (TV: *Nightfall*)
Ilin

**Ilin** was the founder and master of the Rally of the Twelve Galaxies.

## Biography

After the Fourteenth Doctor and Fleur had been extracted from the Doctor's TARDIS and placed at the start of the Rally of the Twelve Galaxies by Rassilon, Ilin was there to welcome them and the other contestants; before officially explaining the rules and starting the Rally. The Doctor recognised him from her encounter with him in her past incarnation on Desolation, but realised that because she had met him during the last ever Rally, then they must've now arrived at an earlier Rally - and thus did not introduce herself or Fleur in order to maintain the timeline.

Unbeknown to Ilin, however, the Rally had been sabotaged by Rassilon, who forced the Doctor and Fleur into the race, changed the end prize at the monastery to be a hypercube that teleported the user to Gallifrey and manipulated events to ensure that the Doctor and Fleur were the victors. Ilin was none the wiser and was left to continue organising the Rally each year. (TV: *Race to Galaxy's End*)
Aberration of the Daleks (TV story)

***Aberration of the Daleks*** was the eleventh and penultimate episode of Series 30 of *Doctor Who*. It was the first part of a two-part finale, followed by *Shattered Lives*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor has been lured into a trap. She doesn’t know what’s happened, and yet she’s woken up alongside Ruben in the console room of her TARDIS. So... a trap, but not a very effective one apparently. Or at least, so it first appeared.

What troubles both of them the most, however, is that Kane has inexplicably disappeared. There is not a single trace of him. In fact, not even Ruben remembers. He doesn’t remember the man he’d been travelling with through so many troubling spacefaring adventures. The man who saved him countless times; gone. It was as though he’d never existed - and the only person who can remember is the Doctor herself. Of course, this would’ve been a lot simpler if everything around them wasn’t changing. A billion timelines converging, mutating and twisting. Everything existing simultaneously, phasing in and out of existence.

With her memory rapidly failing and attempting to find a way to outsmart whoever - or whatever - laid down such a cunningly devious plan, she only has a limited amount of time before she, too, loses all memory of Kane.

Meanwhile, in the darkest recesses of the universe, in a dark and pitiful corner out of reach of normality and the clutches of space-time, a small saucer sits and waits. A small saucer holding a trio of the most fearsomely cunning Daleks in existence, well-versed in the inner workings of time itself - and who have a hold on the Doctor’s mind, and Kane Solace.

The fabled Aberration Elite truly *do* exist after all, evading the iron grip of the Space Security Service’s forces for centuries, but was now really the right time to discover the reality of such a terrifying prospect?

## Cast

* The Doctor - Diane Morgan
* Ruben Gomez - Manny Jacinto
* Kane Solace - Jamie Bell
* The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs (voice)

## Crew

* Writer - Max Amato
* Director - Edgar Wright
Brennax Polister

**Brennax Polister** was the deceased husband of Saz Polister.

## Biography

Brennax died a few months before his wife, Saz, arrived on Terra Alpha shortly after the downfall of Helen A's dictatorship. It was there that she found and deconstructed the remnants of the Kandyman. Recovering the components which kept him alive, she disposed of the other parts and over the course of a decade slowly began to allow the entity a new humanoid, corporeal form; resembling a likeness to Brennax, even going so far as to implement a segment of his preserved mind into the recreation too. While not bearing an exact resemblance and looking considerably botched in appearance, Saz reprogrammed everything about him to replicate Brennax impeccably - going so far as to even implement some of her own DNA into the recreated Kandyman. (TV: *Doctor Who and the Kandy Factory*)

With the Kandyman now with an appearance she considered to be her husband, Saz grew fiercely protective towards him and took great offence to a remark given by Iriel, who described him as an "inhuman monstrosity". A flicker of Brennax's conscience remained within the Kandyman, however, which led to him implementing an additional additive into their confectionary that would cancel out the heavily outlawed drug which they'd spiked their products with.

Whatever remained of Brennax in the Kandyman was lost when the Kandy body was later destroyed. (TV: *Sugar to the Slaughter*)
Agoraphobia (TV story)

***Agoraphobia*** was the Halloween Special of Series 16 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

A vault. Constructed by the Lirvale to protect themselves from disaster, they retreated inside the vast metal structure when a gamma-ray blast hit their home planet of Osekron and devastated the surface. To the rest of the galaxy, it simply looked like they were all wiped out in the blast; another species cruelly lost to the ravages of the unfeeling universe - but in reality, they remained safe and sound, hidden away beneath the surface, yet seemingly refusing to return above ground even after centuries passed.

When the Doctor hears rumours about the potential existence of this vault, he finds himself unable to resist and immediately plots a course towards the planet. Why exactly have the Lirvale not resurfaced yet? It’s not like life is impossible on Osekron anymore. Did they all die out inside the vault? Do they still deem the surface to be too dangerous? Or is something else happening here?

After many hours of searching, the Doctor, Teddy and Amy-Mae finally uncover the vault’s location, only to find the entrance waiting mysteriously open for them; an entrance that shuts tight the moment that they step inside and traps them within the immeasurable complex. With no way out, the three are forced to press on exploring; where they find that Lirvale society has become heavily subjugated; a terrified population constantly on the run and hiding from the few who pushed their bodies beyond the limits genetically - now calling themselves “Lirvaleon”.

In order to escape and help save the innocent Lirvale, the Doctor and co must work out the motive behind the Lirvaleon’s desperate desire to get their hands on the Lirvale and why they themselves were ultimately able to find the vault, where so many others failed...

## Cast

* The Doctor - Dev Patel
* Teddy - Omari Douglas
* Amy-Mae - Mary Elizabeth Winstead

## Crew

* Writer - Natalie Robyn
* Director - Bryce Dallas Howard

## Continuity

* The Doctor, Teddy and Amy-Mae had originally assumed that the Osekri had been the cause for the civilisation whose ruins they saw last time they were on Osekron to have died out, but find out that they were not at fault. (TV: *Frozen Whimpers*)
* Teddy likens the desolate environment of Osekron to that of Alani. (TV: *Extinction Planet*)
* The three make a quick return to the abandoned Ice Warrior colony where Amy-Mae had been born - and later met the Doctor and Teddy. (TV: *Frozen Whimpers*)

## Story Notes

 **Series 19** | Regular Episodes | *The Skithra Entitlement* • *Work Hard, Die Hard* • *Doctor Who and the Dalek Paradigm* / *Escape of the Paradigm* • *Out of Sight, Out of Mind* • *Whatever Happened to the Crew of the SS Dahlia?* • *Meeting at Zaggit Zagoo* • *Planet TARDIS* • *Glittering Spheres* • *Submerged* • *Mechanical Heart* • *Oh Hell, It's Tari* • *I Predict a Riot* • *Doctor Who and the Moonmen* / *I Am The Doctor* • *Cryptomnesia* • *Final Destination*

 **Twenty-Fourth Doctor** | *Mansion of Broken Dreams* • *Minutes to Midnight* • *The Under-World*
Could Never Be Heaven (TV story)

***Could Never Be Heaven*** was the first episode of Series 30 of *Doctor Who*. It was the first part of a two-part story, followed by *Could Never Be Reality*.

This episode introduced Ruben Gomez as portrayed by Manny Jacinto as the Twenty-First Doctor's new companion.

## Synopsis

What is heaven?

Kenji Inaba thinks he knows the answer. Heaven is something to be experienced now, no need to wait for it to come to you when your time is up; for something that wondrous must be seen to be believed and it must be seen now. Simply step this way into Kenji's parlour and see for yourself. No, it's not a suicide box. It's merely a way to experience what death is like - temporarily, of course - and see what is truly on the other side. And who knows, you may even see a few Angels there as well.

Having arrived in Vancouver for a relaxing break, this wasn’t exactly what the Doctor had in mind, very much to Kane's amusement. Somehow, a journey through the cold, dark depths of non-existence wasn't that high on her list of things to do, but then again, how could she possibly turn away when the two meet a man in search of answers behind this parlour, who tells them about how the people returning from this "heaven", come back acting... differently.

And when his whispers start circulating around the waiting room for the parlour, everyone there begins to wonder. Maybe there's a reason near death survivors don't remember seeing anything on the other side. Maybe you're not meant to remember.

So what would happen if you did..?

## Cast

* The Doctor - Diane Morgan
* Kane Solace - Jamie Bell
* Ruben Gomez - Manny Jacinto
* Kenji Inaba - TBC

## Crew

* Writer - Natalie Robyn
* Director - Guillem Morales
Christmas and the Silurians (TV story)

***Christmas and the Silurians*** was the Christmas Special of Series 1 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

It's Fleur's first ever Christmas. In a mission to teach the Krillitane the meaning and spirit of Christmas, the Doctor has taken her to Christmases all across history, from the first to the last. Things take an unusual turn however during the 31st century, when the Doctor encounters an old friend from the beginnings of the Earth's history: Silurians.

The last she knew, they would go to form a better world alongside humanity, and yet she finds the two civilisations isolated, with the humans merely tolerating the Silurians' presence. Can the Doctor usher in some Christmas joy? Or will old tensions rise to the surface once more on Christmas Day?

## Cast

* The Doctor - Georgina Campbell
* Elias Danielsen - Lucas Till
* Fleur - Florence Pugh

## Crew

* Writer - Logan Crimson
* Director - Adam Smith

## Continuity

* The Silurians left their thousand year hibernation seven years ago. (TV: *Cold Blood*)

## Story Notes

* This was the first episode of the fan series to act as a sequel to a canon story - more specifically, *The Hungry Earth* / *Cold Blood*, continuing from where it left off regarding peace between humans and Silurians.
* The title was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the first story to feature the Silurians, *Doctor Who and the Silurians*. That title, originally intended to be simply *The Silurians*, came as a result of a miscommunication with the graphics department.
* Working titles for this episode were *Let Them Know*, *The Christmas Choice* and *First Christmas*.

 **The Specials** | Regular Episodes | *TBA* • *TBA* • *TBA* • *TBA* • *TBA*

 **Twenty-Fourth Doctor** | *The Dalek Infiltration of Christmas* • *Ghosts of Christmas Future*
Dead Soldiers (comic story)

**Dead Soldiers** was the fifth and final three-part story of the Doctor Who: Galactic Census comic story series published in 2043.

It featured the return of the Sontarans for the first time since *The Patchwork Planet*.

## Summary

In this breathtaking finale of the thrilling series of comics documenting Tari's travels across space, our beloved Galactic Census Officer experiences wonder, betrayal and the true spoils of war!

As the everlasting conflict between Sontarans and Rutans relentlessly rages across the cosmos, the territory of these ruthless opponents expands exponentially - but what would happen if the Galactic Census Headquarters was to breach Sontaran Space? What if, by chance, the Galactic Census were to fall under Sontaran order but not quite in the way they would've originally believed? Strap yourself in for a spine-chillingly adventurous story as Tari faces an armada of undead soldiers, resurrected by technology beyond even the Sontarans' control!
Deep in the Abyss (graphic novel)

*You may be looking for the titular comic story.*

***Deep in the Abyss*** was the second volume of the Titan Comics series of *Doctor Who: The Eighteenth Doctor* comic collections. It collected issues seven through twelve.

## Publisher's summary

A threat underwater as the Doctor delves beneath the surface! An ancient enemy fights for supremacy in London!

Two companions – two times the danger, two times the excitement! Experience every twist and secret reveal in the thrilling second act of the Eighteenth Doctor's first year in comics!

Collects *Doctor Who: The Eighteenth Doctor* #7-12

## Featured stories

* *Deep in the Abyss*
* *New Dawn*

## Additional features

* Cover Gallery - The covers of the collected comic book issues

## Credits

* Writer: Cal A. King
* Artist: Rachael Stott
* Editor: Andrew James
Antonis Zanakos

**Antonis Zanakos** was curator of an unnamed art gallery located in Athens. It was not clear as to whether he was actually human - as his words were often contradictory and suggested either way.

## Biography

Neither the origins of Antonis nor his gallery were truly understood, they both just appeared in Athens one day without much explanation. This mystery surrounding the man and building led to superstition from the locals, who tended to stay away, meaning tourists became the only visitors. Indeed, Antonis seemed to indicate that the gallery was not actually his - and that rather, he was just looking after the place for some unknown persons. Mischievous, but not malicious; Antonis installed a new art feature within the gallery minus any fanfare of its arrival, he desired for it to be a secret and was delighted when it was triggered by Damien Barrella and Josue Roth who had activating it by signing their names in the visitors' book.

This feature was a psychic experiment controlled by alien technology, that swapped minds across bodies and caused amnesia within the subject - via extrapolating the psychic energy and connecting the two - leaving them with only a awful nagging feeling that their body was not their own, but unable to do anything about it. The intent was for this to match the art of chaos and unpredictability which was the gallery's speciality, something clearly reflected in the artwork that it had on display.

After Damien and Josue left the gallery, their minds having successfully been swapped and amnesia triggered, Antonis rejoiced in what he had done; believing he had gotten away with it and prepared for the next attempt. However, he had not anticipated Damien and Josue's return who were fully aware that something had happened to them, accompanied by Ruby Barrella. Ruby and Josue in Damien's body had found Damien in Josue's body on a rooftop and resolved to help him after being fascinated that "Josue"'s only memories was Ruby's name, despite never having met before.

The trio tried to hide the fact that they suspected Antonis, with the men distracting him as Ruby snuck into the back and found the alien tech. After breaking away from the two, Antonis noticed Ruby's absence and immediately knew where she was, rushing to the back as well and found her looking for a plug to pull out and failing to find one. He pulled a gun on her, explaining what he had done and not wanting to stop the art feature, but she tricked him into shooting and destroying the tech by diving out of the way at the last second. This restored both Damien and Josue back to their original bodies with their memories also restored. Ruby later called UNIT in to shut the place down, but Antonis had mysteriously disappeared. (TV: *Ruby Barrella*)
Curers of Time

The **Curers of Time** were a cult of beings from civilisations across the universe which had encounters with the Mirxoth. They were devoted to his vision of a universe purged of irrationality due to the presence of time travel; irrationality that ultimately led to paradoxes that strained the timeline. Wherever the Mirxoth targeted, the Curers of Time were not far behind, following in his wake to recruit and to perform sacrifices to sustain the Mirxoth's existence. (TV: *Mendacium*)

## History

When the Mirxoth targeted Earth in 2027, the Curers of Time disseminated across the planet to spread rumours of the location of the Chinese cave, and the gateway found within, across the world. They later assembled in China, which had become a hot spot for travellers seeking fortune and glory, and began to perform sacrifices.

The Fourteenth Doctor would ultimately thwart the Mirxoth's plan, destabilising him further upon rescuing Fleur from the Time Vortex. In a desperate act to save him, the Curers of Time ultimately gave their lives for him, sacrificing themselves as the gateway and cave collapsed in on itself. (TV: *Mendacium*)
Charlemagne

**Charlemagne** was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of the Romans from 800. During the Early Middle Ages, he united the majority of western and central Europe and became the first recognised emperor to rule from western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire around three centuries earlier.

## Biography

In the true timeline, Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Carolingian Empire, which was considered by many to be the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire, by Pope Leo III. From there, he protected Rome and the Empire from foreign invaders and attackers; the Lombards being one such group.

However, following a need to regenerate following a violent experience, the Trickster recruited Tomas, where they manipulated time to suit themselves. Tomas travelled across time which created a new timeline - manipulating Pope Leo's life so he could ascend to Emperor, establishing dialogue with the Lombards so they would attack Rome and drawing Charlemagne away from the city, who now only ruled over the Franks. Tomas led Charlemagne and the Frank army out into the wilderness under the guise that the Lombard army was on their way to attack their homeland, with the wilderness there being the best way to ambush them. He also warned Charlemagne to be wary of a woman named the Doctor who may come snooping, claiming that she was a Lombard spy.

Indeed, the Doctor eventually arrived near the Frank camp and was held captive, following an interrogation. Nevertheless, the Lombard army never did pass by Charlemagne as they had been made to invade Rome instead - leaving Charlemagne waiting indefinitely. He was later restored to his proper place in time and space once the timeline had been corrected by the Doctor's companions Elias and Fleur. (TV: *History Misaligned*)
Andrew Ron

**Andrew Ron** was a trader from Alani who set off to save the last survivors of his people after the planet was destroyed.

## Biography

Born on the planet Alani, Andrew had a peaceful childhood and grew up to become an exotic trader, travelling across the universe in search for rare and valuable items to trade and sell at the Alanian Central Market in Launch Hub. On one such expedition away from the planet, the Corale brought their war to Alani and eventually caused a nuclear explosion beneath the surface that killed most life on the rock.

Andrew returned home to find only devastation, so he scanned for life and found signals of the hostages. However, it was at that time where he was psychically contacted by the Paradise half of the Corale who had been weakened by its battle against the Hell half which had won and taken control. It was expanding all its efforts to secretly warn Andrew - if he chose to rescue the hostages, he could not tell anyone of the true purpose of the mission, as the Corale's psychic nature would mean Hell would then automatically become aware of his quest and actively work to prevent him; possibly even killing all the hostages prematurely.

He put together a crew of varying species and robots, enlisting them to also upgrade his ship to be able to withstand the new toxic atmosphere of Alani. However, three new people suddenly appeared on the ship by way of vortex manipulator once he had begun the descent into the atmosphere - the Seventeenth Doctor, Teddy and Amy-Mae - who wanted to leave immediately, but the toxicity prevented the manipulator from working.

With the three forced to help out, the journey was made even more dangerous after the ship had been sabotaged by a Mlerki agent who had been working on behalf of their species to get rid of any threats to their plans of taking over Alani; (TV: *Extinction Planet*) and thus it eventually crash landed onto the surface, through the protective barrier that Hell had created to keep its hostages alive.

Realising what was happening, Hell went into rapid onset hibernation so it could store enough energy that would wipe out all of Alani. In its eyes, it needed to kill anyone who could stop its dominion, whilst keeping its hostages alive to continue torturing them. As the Doctor and Amy-Mae went to rescue the hostages and defeat Hell, Andrew and Teddy repaired the ship and fought off the Mlerki reinforcements so that they could escape. They managed to escape just before Hell woke and detonated, but this only succeeded in wiping out solely the Mlerki.

Realising that Alani was done for, Andrew and his people set off to find a new home. (TV: *Reckoning of the Mlerki*)
Kelis Alpha

**Kelis Alpha** was an icy, rocky planet in the Roosevelt Galaxy. Approximately more than half of its biomes consisted of climates which reached temperatures below freezing, thus rendering it uninhabitable for most species. It was also home to Corporation Station 7, which orbited it.

## Characteristics

Kelis Alpha, unlike many other planets in the Roosevelt Galaxy, remained primarily uninhabited and was instead utilised for its unorthodox atmosphere and climate. Temperatures on the planet were so low that any warm-blooded creatures who happened to set foot on the surface would freeze almost instantaneously. (TV: *Happy Families*)
Immortys

**Immortys**, later known as **Kolektis**, was a planet controlled by a ruling class of Immortals before they were indisposed by the Immortys Liberation Front.

## Characteristics

Immortys' population lived within one massive conglomeration, consisting of the palace Senmorta which was positioned high above the city of Vida, the only places on Immortys to be exposed to the natural air. Vida was a typically lively city where the middle class lived, but the citzens' fear of the ILF and enforced martial law meant that by the time of the Twenty-First Doctor and Kane Solace's visit, it was largely empty.

Beneath Vida was the undercity of Sinn, a place entirely underground filled with towers and factories that produced a heavy layer of dark smog. This was where the lower class lived, where they worked on producing the Life elixir which the Immortals kept most of. There was only one way into Vida from Sinn and vice versa; a service hatch just large enough to allow cargo shuttles through. (TV: *Too Much Life is a Dangerous Thing*)

## History

Thousands of years before the time of the Doctor and Kane's visit, the only true immortal to live on Immortys rose to power. However, he continued to age and decay despite never dying and although many plans were made to reverse this, nothing worked. In the end, the ruling council realised that his blood held his regenerative power - and so they turned against him, creating a vault in which he was trapped and his blood constantly withdrawn.

Centuries passed, as the Immortals lived on using an elixir made in Sinn out of the immortal's blood, they established themselves in Senmorta and constructed the myth of their higher status. Their long life gave them the self appointed title of Immortal and eventually, everyone who knew the old ways had died. Eventually, with the help of the Doctor and Kane, General Kox and the ILF overthrew the Immortals and was given the choice to either continue production of the elixir and grant it to everybody - or begin anew. (TV: *Too Much Life is a Dangerous Thing*)
Datysian Cataclysm

The **Datysian Cataclysm** was the final and decisive event of the war between the Datysians and the Shadow Proclamation, which left Datysia completely devastated and the Datysians all by extinct, barring one survivor, Yasheia. (TV: *The Heirs of Eternity*)

The Cataclysm was the pivotal reason behind Yasheia making contact with Gallifrey and striking a bargain with Rassilon. Splicing Time Lord DNA into her own body and undergoing several surgeries to transform her Datysian physique, Yasheia was promised the ability of regeneration in return for the assassination of the Fourteenth Doctor at Groeskiv. (TV: *To Serve in Heaven*) When the time came however, the Doctor's companion Fleur ultimately gave her life to save her friend, and Yasheia's mission was deemed a failure. (TV: *The Woman Beyond Death*)

Yasheia was left by the Doctor after Rassilon's betrayal to wander the universe alone, the sole reminder of a dead world. (TV: *To Reign in Hell*)
1936 (TV story)

*"Many a great man has done great things. I cannot confess to be one of them. I have seen many things since I arrived here and not all of them, quite what you would think. Often, during conflict, we see the true faces of men and experience their true hearts. I may never have an explanation for what happened in the fog that day, but the arrival of a woman known only as the Doctor proved to only make things worse."*
―George Orwell in his diary

***1936*** was the eighth episode of Series 1 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

George Orwell has come to Barcelona to fight against fascism. During the height of the Spanish Civil War, with conflict between the Republican government and the Nationalist uprising well and truly under way, Orwell has crossed over from his home in Britain to fight as a proud socialist against the Nationalist uprising, led by Francisco Franco, which seeks to overthrow the democratically elected Spanish Republic.

When the TARDIS detects a strange signal in the heart of the city, the Doctor, Elias and Fleur find themselves in the crossfire. And as Elias and Fleur soon end up escaping gunfire side by side with anarchist Mateo Quintana, the Doctor stumbles upon the source of the signal detected by the TARDIS: crashed alien weaponry that could forever alter the course of the war if discovered. Matters are only further complicated by the presence of Orwell at the site, on his way to report to the Lenin Barracks, whose later literary works will forever be shaped by whatever outcome this war will reach.

Can the Doctor find a way to safely dispose of the technology? Will the many different factions supporting the Republic side manage to stand together, or will differences between the unions come to a head? For Elias, this conflict between seems all too familiar...

## Cast

* The Doctor - Georgina Campbell
* Elias Danielsen - Lucas Till
* Fleur - Florence Pugh
* George Orwell - Stephen McGann
* Mateo Quintana - Javier Bardem

## Crew

* Writer - Logan Crimson
* Director - Hettie MacDonald

## Story Notes

* This episode is the first of the fan series to feature a well-known historical figure at length, as George Orwell spends an extended amount of time with the Doctor and her companions.
* The episode title *1936* was chosen in order to pay homage to George Orwell's most well known book; *1984*.

 **The Specials** | Regular Episodes | *TBA* • *TBA* • *TBA* • *TBA* • *TBA*
Crisis Prevented (TV story)

***Crisis Prevented*** was the fourth episode of Series 30 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

For 13 days in October 1962, the world almost ended for two weeks because of a crisis that almost destroyed the entire world. For a slight moment in history, it may have been all over.

With the TARDIS accidentally diverting them to the epicentre of the crisis as they attempt to examine the current status of Earth's past, the team are separated with the Doctor having to get to the highest authority in charge: the President, almost like she needs to keep to the right path to the future; Kane who is in the middle of Cuba, trying to find a way to escape and Ruben, who finds out the worst secret of them all... something on one of the ships is going to alter the future.

It soon turns out to be less something and more someone who may be under some kind of control to change this point in history. But if they are under control, then who exactly is in charge of them and how could they be so demented to change human history like this?

## Cast

* The Doctor - Diane Morgan
* Kane Solace - Jamie Bell
* Ruben Gomez - Manny Jacinto

## Crew

* Writer - Thomas Stevens
* Director - Jamie Childs

## Continuity

* Spurred on by the existence of the *Excursionist*, the Doctor decides she needs to check over Earth's past to see if any shockwaves resonated backwards and caused damage to time. The team have been checking over numerous historical events, before accidentally being pulled into the Cuban Missile Crisis. (TV: *The Lesion*)

## Story Notes

* The episode was originated when Stevens rewatched the episodes *Unsinkable* / *A Monument and a Warning* one night and thought to try and attempt the "Doctor and companions go into a historical event and become part of it" style again.
* At one point, the story was going to be about the U2 plane incident, but when thinking about the story further and thinking up connections to *Time Flight*, the U2 plane incident idea was dropped and the Cuban Missile Crisis was brought in to replace it.

 Minisode | *Promise Ring*
Colin Anderson

**Colin Anderson** was a disgraced biologist, who went up against the Eighteenth Doctor's UNIT squad in a skirmish over a chiroptera creature.

## Biography

Originally a biologist working at a top-secret lab located somewhere in Northern Ireland, Anderson was fired from the job he loved so much after he was caught stealing from the lab, with a later police search of his house revealing that he had done so numerous times over the years. Although he was arrested on the basis of the crime of industrial theft on numerous counts, he was released on bail and given an ultimatum from his former directors - move out of Northern Ireland and stay away from them, or be arrested again and go to jail.

Colin then moved to London where he lived a quiet life in a flat in Brixton for a few years, until an encounter in 2028 would change his life. Whilst in Poplar late one night, he witnessed the creature enter the DLR station and murder a man waiting on the platform. Fascinated by the alien's appearance and quickly realising that it was an alien, Colin took pictures of it and the UNIT soldiers who arrived on the scene.

He then approached the soldiers once the creature was safely secured and met Simon Lance, who intitally told him to leave, but after Colin's insistence to view the creature due to him being a biologist, Simon informed him that he would be in touch as long as Colin kept quiet about what he had seen.

A few months passed and Simon contacted Colin, claiming that the creature had broken free of containment and that his superiors had deemed it to be a liability - therefore the creature was his... if he could catch it. In reality, this was a lie and Simon had purposely let the creature go free in order to distract the Doctor's squad of Ruby, Damien, Johnathon and Alicia whilst he kickstarted his plan involving the Desecration Matrix. Colin's role, unknown to him, was to delay the four even longer.

Quickly calling up a contact, Colin met up with a group of mercenaries and promised them big money if they could successfully contain it. Arriving at the industrial centre, Colin was disdained to discover that there were already people searching for the creature and grew ever more annoyed as it continued to avade them all. Eventually, it managed to corner both Ruby and Damien down a dead-end, which Colin soon followed. Ruby asked him why he wanted this creature so badly, to which he replied that he wanted to present it to the lab that he used to work at as something he had created himself in the hopes that they would be impressed enough to give him back his job.

He then tried to shoot the creature with a traq, but the gun jammed and the creature lept forward, killing him as Ruby and Damien made their escape. (TV: *Monster Night*)
Could Never Be Reality (TV story)

***Could Never Be Reality*** was the second episode of Series 30 of *Doctor Who*. It was the second part of a two-part story, preceded by *Could Never Be Heaven*.

## Synopsis

*“Won’t you come into my parlour?” said the spider to the fly. “You have no idea what an entertaining guest am I.”*

Once upon a time, there was a woman and a man. Two friends who travelled the universe inside an impossibly bigger on the inside blue box. And one day, they arrived in the Canadian city of Vancouver during the 1980s and made a new friend - another man by the name of Ruben Gomez.

Together, they faced an army of angels; mutated creatures; twisted and created by something they saw on the other side of life - loyal to Kenji Inaba, the man that they saw as their saviour, and ready to tear anyone apart who stood in their way. But that was the issue with the angels, you see. So blindly loyal, they failed to find the answer to their main existential question - what was on the other side? Some of them knew. But they never spoke again.

And over time, the angels grew ever more insane - desperate for the truth and tore the world into two looking for it. A few survivors existed, saved by the three friends - however, even the Time Lord could not find the way to stop these creatures and thus planet Earth remained like an egg, cracked in half.

The only thing left for the three to do was to search for how to save Earth, save it from destruction billions of years before it should've properly died - or at the very least, find a way to hold its ruins in a state of flux for future restoration - and ensure the past of countless people, such as Kane's ancestors, to protect their future. But maybe, in order to stop the angels from spreading across the universe, you must deal with sacrifices...

Once upon a time. So long ago.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Diane Morgan
* Kane Solace - Jamie Bell
* Ruben Gomez - Manny Jacinto

## Crew

* Writer - Natalie Robyn
* Director - Guillem Morales
Clair (The Great Web of Sacramento)

## Clair

**Clair** was a friend of detective Lisa McCabe from Sacramento.

## Biography

Clair organised a New Year's party for the 1999 to 2000 transition, attended by her friend Lisa McCabe. After taking Lisa back home late in the night of January 1st as she was drunk, Clair was kidnapped by the Mlerki who had invaded the city. Later in the morning, Lisa, who was helping Sandra Parry find an also kidnapped Fourteenth Doctor, found Clair's car in the middle of the road, which had its windows smashed and driver's seatbelt torn off.

Clair had been encased within a web cocoon at the main Mlerki base, before being rescued alongside the Doctor by Lisa and Sandra who had discovered their location. The four then discovered the meteor that had crashed in the river on the banks, which the Doctor identified as the Mlerki's spacecraft. From there, the Doctor was able to call all the Mlerki back into the sewers before flooding it. Afterwards, as Sandra thanked Lisa for her help, Clair wondered how the city was going to clean up so much web. She hoped it would eventually just dissolve. (TV: *The Great Web of Sacramento*)
Auton

The **Autons** were robots that often resembled plastic shop-window mannequins, animated by the Nestene Consciousness as soldiers. Though they were not the only creations of the Nestenes, they were the most easily identifiable and were utilised during every invasion.

## History

Although Polymos was destroyed in the Time War, remnants were salvaged by the owners of Star Station Five, a facility for the rich and wealthy, who looked to use Nestene technology to create their own Autons to act as waiters and staff for the guests. This was due to their belief that Nestene plastic was invincible and would be able to withstand any form of abuse or damages caused by rowdy guests.

However, after some time, the Nestene Consciousness was able to sense this and tracked these new Autons down to the station. Situating itself inside a glass tank in the engine room, the Nestene begun to rebuild its strength by mind-controlling humans to build a conversion machine and getting them to lur other guests and staff members into the machine in order to convert them into Autons. By doing so, a gaseous substance would be created, which the Nestene fed off, making it stronger.

When the presence of the Nestene was uncovered by Amy-Mae and Xavier, the Autons were instructed to begin mass conversions, by going through the entire station and dragging humans down to the engine room. However, people fought back and the Autons retaliated, using guns and blades - resulting in a violent massacre. Once the Nestene was confronted by the Seventeenth Doctor, alongside Teddy, Amy-Mae and Xavier, it fled accidentally in the Time Vortex, leading to all the Autons shutting down. Once clean-up authorities had arrived, they promised to take them all away and melt them down, so they could no longer pose a threat. (TV: *The Polymos Invaders*)
Destruction of the Drashigs (TV story)

***Destruction of the Drashigs*** was the seventh episode of Series 42 of *Doctor Who*. It was the second part of a two-part story, preceded by *Earth-Power*.

## Synopsis

Days have now passed and the Doctor, Anna and UNIT are still dealing with this Drashig crisis. UNIT has devised a plan, a scheme which would ultimately lead to the destruction of the Drashigs, something the Doctor has more than a thing to say about.

The Drashigs have started their descent to the core of the Earth, the source of the very power they seek but their entry points are now surrounded by UNIT soldiers awaiting their orders - with their device ready and primed, they prepare for the destruction of all Drashig.

Following more research, the Doctor comes to realise that these Drashigs who came to Earth are a slightly different variant of the original Drashigs, meaning there might be others out there and these ones are most likely a mere fringe group. Could they stand down if shown evidence that they aren’t the last?

Still, UNIT has nearly finished construction of their device and will not back down, despite the Doctor trying to get them to stop. Can the Doctor save the most important thing in the universe to her and the Drashigs? Or is one side doomed?

## Cast

* The Doctor - Thandiwe Newton
* Anna Delgado - Lux Pascal

## Crew

* Writer - Alex Stockbridge and Sofia Fox
* Director - Sallie Aprahamian

## Story Notes

 **Series 44** | Regular Episodes | *The Summoning* • *TBA* • *The Devil's Shroud* • *Charlotte and the Time Command* • *My Kingdom for a Horse* • *TBA* • *TBA* • *The Rising Tied* • *TBA* • *TBA* • *Operation: Destroy History* / *Countdown to Chaos*
Eighth Doctor

## Canon

Leading a life of great temporal complexity, the **Eighth Doctor** was so frequently involved in time paradoxes and parallel universes that it was impossible to know with certainty how the major epochs of his existence fitted together. Complicating the matter even further were his frequent bouts of amnesia, as well as several phases of his life where he lived in one place for more than a hundred years.

## Biography

During December 2020, the Eighth Doctor came across a mysterious merchant somewhere in Camden Town who was selling peculiar graphic novels. Finding them a passable Christmas present to gift to long-standing companions Liv Chenka and Helen Sinclair, and upon noticing how eager this man was to get rid of these particular items, he bought two of them without thinking of any possible dangers which could come of purchasing them off of an already suspicious - and possibly alien - person.

Accidentally leaving them out on the stairs of the block of flats on Baker Street, a stray cat in which he'd encountered earlier was the first victim of this elusively alien storybook as it was transported into an entirely new dimension, never to be seen again. Finding out that the cat had oddly vanished, he shook it off and then proceeded to keep them in a small box under his bed.

On Christmas Eve, his curiosity got the better of him and he opened up the graphic novel to quickly inspect the contents and to momentarily entertain himself. That was when he too became devoured by the unorthodox graphic novel, vanishing without a trace. The following morning, Helen and Liv fell victim to a similar fate after searching for their missing friend, reuniting in the confines of a deadly new universe with a ferocious multi-dimensional species to defeat. (TV: *The Imagination Eradication*)

## Personality

With a carefree exterior and a belief that it was never too late, the Eighth Doctor was an enthusiastic figure who explored the universe for the sheer love and experience of it, craving open spaces and natural things, such as trees, grass, birds and animals. Thriving on the activity of righting wrongs, and safe guarding the future, the Eighth Doctor was a direct, sympathetic and emotionally accessible individual, but these traits were balanced by his occasional feelings of self-doubt and weariness of his endless battles to maintain order, with the Doctor commenting to Fitz Kreiner that his travels had made him "appreciate the beauty and delicate sadness of the interconnectedness of all things." He "consider[ed] [himself] primarily a citizen of the galaxy", and believed that "nothing [was] alien" to a "citizen of the universe".

Not wanting to be "burdened by [his] past", and believing it to be his job, the Doctor would always make an attempt to save a life if he could, believing that any life was worth saving, even the life of his Imagineum doppelganger, and even risked the Web of Time by warning his seventh incarnation about avoiding the events that would lead to his regeneration. He felt guilt when reflecting on the lives he had been forced to take, and strove to compensate for the lives he had taken by saving just as many.
Inayah Hanson

**Inayah Hanson** was a scientist from Borel city on the planet Murtha in the year 5615.

## Biography

Inayah set up her lab in Borel a few years before the outbreak, where she and her team studied biology; more specifically, the flora and fauna of Murtha which even after 300 years, required extensive documentation. After Tev and Veg's virus was unleashed and caused an outbreak, Inayah rapidly shifted her research to be about finding a cure. Once she believed that her solution was perfected some weeks later, she gathered a group to assist there in travelling across Borel and into the countryside to the observatory where the atmospheric influence machine was located.

They quickly came across the Twenty-First Doctor and Ruben Gomez and saved them from being devoured, which in term, led to them joining her on her mission. Forced to fight their way through a city infested with zombies in near pitch darkness, many members of the group were eventually killed, but the Doctor, Ruben, Inayah and a few others all managed to escape Borel with their lives and pressed on towards the observatory. Once there, they discovered Tev and Veg. (TV: *Apocalypse, Now!*)

Inayah's cure wasn't quite perfect, however, and needed extra time to work on it. The Mentors tried to impede her by attempting to sabotage her equipment and block testing - nevertheless, they ultimately failed to do so and the cure was sent out; killing all the Undead once again and preventing any more reanimations. Inayah planned to return to her lab and continue research. (TV: *The Devil You Know*)
Disciples of the Fendahl (novel)

*"Hey guys! Welcome back to another video of 'Smythe Supernatural', where today we're looking in to the unwary case of the Fendahlman family, a mysterious and cryptic family who first cropped up in official data records back in 1977..."*
―Luna Smythe

***Disciples of the Fendahl*** was the fourth novel of the New Series Adventures.

## Synopsis

The Fendahlman family. Nobody knew who they were. Nobody still does. Since 1977, their case has remained cold. Left untouched by the Fetchborough Constabulary. Even UNIT themselves refused to act upon the case. Not after the rumours of what happened at the Priory one fateful night, at least. Sickly rumours of an otherworldly presence draining the life essence from its unruly hostess.

But that's not why popular young YouTube Vlogger 'Luna Smythe' has turned up to the neighbouring village of Redlake. Far from it, as a matter of fact. She's received word of a groundbreaking discovery beneath the streets - of a winding set of tunnels scrawled in ancient texts and images depicting macabre, torturous scenes.

And, as she and the archaeologists who originally unearthed the winding tunnels are soon to find out, a discovery which is far too out of their depth. Maybe the likes of UNIT will be required after all...

## Characters

* Eighteenth Doctor
* Ruby Barrella
* Damien Barrella
* Private Johnathon Danielsen
* Private Alicia Sallow
* Luna Smythe

## Story Notes

 **Wave Four** | *Ignorant Bliss* • *Your Precious Empire* • *Murder on the Starliner 6-Trevv-3*