The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)


 * For the history of Gallifrey by John Peel, see The Gallifrey Chronicles

The Gallifrey Chronicles was published in June 2005. It was the final novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures line of books, which had started in 1997. It was written by Lance Parkin. It featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Trix MacMillan.

Publisher’s summary
The Doctor’s home planet of Gallifrey has been destroyed. The Time Lords are dead, their TARDISes annihilated. The man responsible has been tracked down and lured to Earth in the year 2005, where there will be no escape. But Earth has other problems — a mysterious signal is being received, a second moon appears in the sky, and a primordial alien menace waits to be unleashed...

The stage is set for the ultimate confrontation — for justice to be done. The Doctor and his companions Fitz and Trix will meet their destiny. And this time, the Doctor isn’t going to be able to save everyone.

Characters

 * The Eighth Doctor
 * Fitz Kreiner
 * Trix
 * K9
 * Marnal
 * Rachel Rowley
 * Miranda (flashback)
 * Greg
 * Jackie Winfield
 * Ulysses
 * Penelope Gate
 * Saldaamir

Continuity

 * The Doctor's battle with the Master in San Francisco in December 1999 is referenced. (DW: Doctor Who)
 * The events of EDA: The Ancestor Cell are revisited and analysed.
 * The Klade first appeared in EDA: Father Time (and were last mentioned in EDA: Trading Futures).
 * The grave of Samantha Lynn Jones seen here might contradict events in Interference - Book Two where it's implied that Sam Jones will lead a long life (beyond twenty-two). However Samantha Lynn Jones was Sam's original timeline (aka Dark Sam), seen last in EDA: Unnatural History.
 * At one point, Marnal says of the Doctor, "As for his future — he has three ninth incarnations". Fans have widely interpreted this as a nod to Richard E. Grant's Ninth Doctor (WC: Scream of the Shalka), Rowan Atkinson's Ninth Doctor (DW: The Curse of Fatal Death) and Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor (DW: Rose). However, Marnal's statements end there, without giving even a vague physical description of the future Ninth Doctors. The statement is thus open to multiple interpretations.
 * Gallifrey was attacked by Omega in DW: The Three Doctors and DW: Arc of Infinity, the Sontarans in DW: The Invasion of Time, Tannis in WC: Death Comes to Time, the Faction Paradox in EDA: The Ancestor Cell, Catavolcus in DWM: The Neutron Knights, the Timewyrm in NA: Timewyrm: Revelation and Varnax in an unmade movie from the 1990s (detailed in REF: The Nth Doctor).
 * During the events of The Ancestor Cell the Doctor compressed the entire Matrix into his mind, causing the amnesia he had since The Burning. This allows the Doctor to restore the Time Lords and Gallifrey to the universe, which is next seen in Shada.
 * The four surviving Time Lords are shown: a man with a black beard and a rosette, the Master (EDA: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street), a young woman with blonde hair, Iris Wildthyme or Romana II (EDA: Father Time, PDA: Tomb of Valdemar), a tall man with a bent nose, holding a pair of dice, the Minister of Chance (WC: Death Comes to Time) and the Doctor with short hair, holding a baby girl in his arms (PDA: The Infinity Doctors, EDA: Father Time).
 * The Time Lords were seen, restored and on Gallifrey in the Doctor's future. (EDA: The Tomorrow Windows)

Reprint
BBC Books has announced that a "print on demand" reprint edition of this novel will be made available as of 31st August 2011 as the imprint revisits adventures featuring the first eight Doctors.

This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.