Halflife (novel)

Halflife was the sixty-eighth release in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Mark Michalowski. It featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Trix MacMillan.

Publisher’s summary
"To lose one set of memories may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose two smacks of carelessness."

The Terran colony world of Espero seems the unlikely source of a sophisticated distress call. And the Doctor, Fitz and Trix are not the only ones responding to it.

While Fitz consorts with royalty, the Doctor's on the run with a 16-year-old girl, and Trix meets a small boy with a dark secret.

In a race for the minds and souls of an entire planet, the Doctor and Trix are offered temptations that may change them forever.

At least one of them will be unable to resist.

Chapter Titles

 * 1) 'It's an alien, Joshua.'
 * 2) 'D'you think you could keep your monkey under control?'
 * 3) 'Sticks, Trix?'
 * 4) 'I bet you even put knickers on her.'
 * 5) 'How can we know where we're going, when we don't even know where we've come from?'
 * 6) 'What do you know about our mystery woman?'
 * 7) 'To lost one set of memories may be regarded as a misfortune.'
 * 8) 'With a zed.'
 * 9) 'Bugger its body language -- look at the size of it.'
 * 10) 'Should you be out on your own at this time of night?'
 * 11) 'You're not planning on killing me too, are you?'
 * 12) 'Space yacht? Intelligent rocks?'
 * 13) 'Not that you don't have a very nice bottom, but ... you know.'
 * 14) 'A spaceship powered by technobabble.'
 * 15) 'The foot-stomping Tantrum Fairy was back.'
 * 16) 'Not die exactly. Not really.'
 * 17) 'I don't suppose you have access to a thermic lance, do you?'
 * 18) 'You wanted to see my toys, did you?'
 * 19) 'Think of a number.'
 * 20) 'A simple "Come in, have a cup of tea" would have been more than adequate.'
 * 21) 'Are you thinking what I'm thinking?'
 * 22) 'Imagine having your whole life to live over again.'
 * 23) 'Sorry I'm late.'
 * 24) There are always choices!'
 * 25) 'You can't just repair people, you know.'
 * 26) 'Memories.'
 * 27) 'Now you're just showing off.'
 * 28) 'We used to be happy with a walnut and a tangerine.'
 * 29) 'The past is never gonna catch up with me.'

Plot
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Characters

 * Eighth Doctor
 * has flashbacks to the death of Miranda (PROSE: Sometime Never...) and gets very angry.
 * Fitz Kreiner
 * Trix
 * Madam Xing
 * Reo
 * Tain
 * Calamee
 * Sensimi
 * Trove
 * Joshua
 * Tannalis
 * Is the ruler of Espero.
 * Javill
 * Ake
 * Alinti
 * Deel
 * Farine
 * Looloo
 * Nessus
 * Roberto

The Doctor

 * When Madame Xing scans the Doctor's mind, she notices that he has had no fewer than thirty-seven memory losses and offers to repair them all. The Doctor declines.
 * The Doctor sings a line of Duran Duran's "Rio".
 * The Doctor played Super Mario Bros in the 1980s.

Individuals

 * Madam Xing is strongly implied to be Compassion, due to her knowing who the Doctor is and being dimensionally transcendental. Her goal in restoring all the Doctor's memories is to prevent the return of the Time Lords.
 * Reo is a Maker.
 * Trix gets possessed by Reo.

Locations

 * Saiarossa is the name of a state and a city on Espero.

Species

 * The Makers are at war with a species called the Oon.
 * Time Lords have two livers.

Continuity

 * The events of PROSE: Timeless, Sometime Never... and Emotional Chemistry are mentioned.
 * The Doctor has flashbacks to the death of Miranda. (PROSE: Sometime Never...)
 * Trix wonders what Anji and Chloe are up to nowadays. (PROSE: Timeless)
 * Fitz remembers the events of PROSE: Interference, specifically the fact that he is a clone of the original Fitz Kreiner. However, he somehow blocked a lot of his previous memories much like the Doctor had and did not remember much of his earlier adventures with the Doctor or Sam.