Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)

Publisher's summary
'''‘An end to history. An end to certainty. Is that too much to ask?’'''

December, 1799. Europe is recovering from the Age of Reason, the Vatican is learning to live with Napoleon, and America is celebrating a new era of independence. But in New York State, something is spreading its own brand of madness through the streets. Secret societies are crawling from the woodwork, and there’s a Satanic conspiracy around every corner.

Roz Forrester is stranded in a town where festive cheer and random violence go hand-in-hand. Chris Cwej is trapped on board the TARDIS with someone who’s been trained to kill him. And when Reason itself breaks down, even the Doctor can’t be sure who or what he’s fighting for.

Christmas is coming to town, and the end of civilisation is following close behind...

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Possesses an Amaranth.


 * Roz Forrester
 * Tries to kill who she thinks is Abraham Lincoln's grandfather, thus creating a paradox and making the Doctor find her.


 * Chris Cwej
 * Spends most of the novel in the TARDIS being terrorised by the Interface.


 * The Carnival Queen

Books

 * Genetic Politics Beyond the Third Zone a book by Gustous Thripsted.

The Doctor

 * The Doctor refers to the Eighth Man Bound.

Individuals

 * Stattenheim (of the Stattenheim Remote Control) lived in 16th century Berlin.

Locations

 * The United States fell sometime in the 21st century.

Planets

 * On Minyos they cast out the heliomancers from their society.
 * Astra is a terrible place, like many of Earth's colonies in the 25th century.

Theories and concepts

 * Grandfather Paradox is mentioned for the first time.

Continuity

 * EDA: Alien Bodies, Interference - Book One, Interference - Book Two further expand upon the idea of paradoxes and Grandfather Paradox.
 * The planet Astra was Vicki and Bennett's destination in DW: The Rescue.
 * It's established that the mysterious tattoo seen on the Third Doctor's arm immediately after his regeneration was in fact a Time Lord mark signifying an exile. (DW: Spearhead from Space)

Timeline

 * This story takes place after NA: GodEngine
 * This story takes place before NA: Return of the Living Dad