No Future (novel)

Publisher's Summary
This time, anarchy's real. There are power cuts and Wilson's resignation, a great upheaval of unease. But now there's real fear too. Real panic. And that's not how it's supposed to be.

Somebody has been toying with the Doctor's past, testing him, threatening him, leading him on a chase that has brought the TARDIS to London in 1976 -- where reality has been altered once again.

Black Star terrorists foment riots in the streets. The Queen barely escapes assassination. A fearful tension is rising. Something is going to happen. Something bad.

Meanwhile, Benny's the lead singer in a punk band. Ace can't talk to her or the Doctor without an argument starting, so she's made murderous plans of her own. The Doctor's alone -- he doesn't know who his enemy is, and even the Brigadier has disowned him.

As usual, it's up to the Doctor to protect the world. And he can't even protect himself.

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Can erase memories by touch.


 * Ace
 * Was once marooned on an ice planet.
 * During a dream Death tells her all Eternals have a champion.


 * Bernice Summerfield
 * Is the lead vocalist in Plasticine.
 * She also writes some of the music.
 * Calls the Brigadier 'Sir', despite hating being brought up in the military.


 * Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
 * Is into Buddhism, was introduced to the Eight Fold Path by the Doctor.
 * Dies but is brought back by a 'wish' granted by the Chronovore Artemis.


 * Mike Yates
 * Believes in Black Star's goals.
 * Has doubts about renewing his UNIT status.


 * Danny Pain
 * Aka Danny Paprpski.


 * Mortimus (The Monk)
 * Thinks he gains Ace as an ally.

Continuity

 * NA: Blood Heat, The Dimension Riders, The Left-Handed Hummingbird, Conundrum are the previous novels in the Alternate Universe Arc.


 * DW: Battlefield is chronologically (for the Doctor) the last time he met the Brigadier, however this story (and consequently his first meeting of the Doctor) is in his own personal future.


 * DW: The Invasion of Time was the first story to feature the Vardans, a single Vardan is mentioned in Return of the Living Dad as being a survivor of this invasion attempt.


 * Following DW: The Daleks' Master Plan the Monk is carrying a degree of baggage, his previous appearance and previous meeting of the Doctor was in this story.


 * The memory blocks the Doctor puts in place in the Brigadier's mind are removed in NA: Happy Endings.


 * Danny Pain and the rest of Plasticine reappear (a bit older) in Happy Endings.
 * Big Ben is attacked again in DW: Aliens of London.