EarthWorld (novel)


 * ''You may be looking for the titular world.

EarthWorld was the forty-third release in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Jacqueline Rayner. It featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Anji Kapoor.

Publisher's summary
''Anji Kapoor has just had the worst week of her entire life, and things aren’t getting any better. She should be back at her desk, not travelling through time and space in a police box with a couple of strange men.''

The Doctor (Strange Man No. 1) is supposed to be returning her to Soho 2001 AD. So quite why there are dinosaurs outside, Anji isn't sure. Sad sixties refugee Fitz (Strange Man No. 2) seems to think they’re either in prehistoric times or on a parallel Earth. And the Doctor is probably only pretending to know what's going on -- because if he really knew, surely he would have mentioned the homicidal triplet princesses, the teen terrorists, the deadly android doubles (and triples) and the hosts of mad robots?

Anji's never going to complain about Monday mornings in the office again...

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * The Doctor lacks the knowledge to properly use his sonic screwdriver and can only do so if someone is distracting him first.
 * The Doctor is implied to not know why he likes the TARDIS looking like a police box until overhearing Fitz explaining why to Anji.
 * Fitz Kreiner
 * Fitz manages to become a rock star, going by Fitz Fortune.
 * Fitz has a massive identity crisis after noticing his guitar playing is better than ever despite his having neglected to practice. He realises the TARDIS rewired his brain to make him a better version of himself and is very disturbed by the fact.
 * Fitz is placed in a memory machine and is made to relive his entire life. Much to his great dismay, this includes his birth.
 * Fitz convinces the TARDIS to help him make sure the Doctor doesn't get his memories back yet.
 * Anji Kapoor
 * Anji thinks about getting a t-shirt that says I'm a main character. Don't kill me.
 * Anji intermittently appears to write emails to her late boyfriend, explaining her current situation and showing remorse for his death.
 * Considers the idea that she is undergoing a drug-induced hallucination.
 * James
 * Goes by Xernic.
 * An ANJI terrorist.
 * Johnathan
 * Goes by Zequathon.
 * An ANJI terrorist.
 * Timothy
 * Goes by Beezee
 * An ANJI terrorist.
 * Venna Durwell
 * The curator of EarthWorld
 * Africa
 * Antarctica
 * Asia
 * Elizabethan
 * Elvis
 * Hanstrum
 * John F Hoover

Continuity

 * There are Dinosaurs in the Prehistoric Zone.
 * There are models of War Machines. The curators believe they delivered post, likely because WOTAN was situated in the Post Office Tower. War Machines debuted in DW: The War Machines.
 * The Doctor and Fitz tell Anji "tales about how they used to fly round the universe in a stroppy redhead".
 * Fitz recounts how he joined the Doctor and the events of EDA: The Taint.
 * Fitz recalls Samantha Jones showing him Elvis Presley in later life.

Timeline

 * EarthWorld occurs after EDA: Escape Velocity
 * EarthWorld occurs before PDA: Fear Itself