Lucifer Rising (novel)

Lucifer Rising is the fourteenth novel in the Virgin New Adventures series, and was written by Jim Mortimore and Andy Lane. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace, and Bernice.

Publisher's summary
'If I'd wanted to spend the rest of my life hoofing it around grimy spaceships for no good reason I'd have stayed in Spacefleet.'

Ace is back. And she is not in a good mood.

Bernice has asked the Doctor to bring the TARDIS to the planet Lucifer, site of a scientific expedition. It's history to her: the exploration of alien artifacts on Lucifer came to an abrupt halt three centuries before she was born, and she's always wondered why.

Uncovering the answer involves the Doctor, Bernice and Ace in sabotage, murder, and the resurrection of eons-old alien powers.

Are there Angels on Lucifer? And what does it all have to do with Ace?

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * E flat minor is the Doctor's favourite key.
 * While meditating in his cell he levitates.
 * He likes Arcturan tea as well as Earl Grey and Lapsang Souchong and thinks that tea tastes better out of a Wedgwood pot.


 * Ace
 * Dreams of being naked and stabbing someone.
 * Finds it hard to sit down to eat a meal with people after her time in the Spacefleet eating ration packs or eating from food machines.
 * Amongst the types of Dalek she fought in Spacefleet were Bombardier Daleks.


 * Bernice Summerfield
 * Carries a hip flask containing alcohol doped with various smart chemicals.
 * Made her reputation excavating Ice Warrior citadels on Mars, which formed part of her first visit back to Earth (after she fled from Spacefleet). During the excavation, she made love to a man named Tim in the egg chamber.


 * Adjudicator Bishop


 * Piper O'Rourke
 * Spy for IMC.


 * Legion
 * an Alpha Centauran

Continuity
to be added

Timeline

 * This story takes place after NA: Deceit
 * This story takes place before NA: White Darkness