Trading Futures (novel)

Trading Futures was the fifty-fifth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Lance Parkin. It featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Anji Kapoor.

Publisher's summary
‘Welcome to the future.’

The early decades of the twenty-first century. All the wars have been won. There are no rogue states. The secret services of the world keep the planet electronically monitored, safe from all threat. There is no one left for the United States and the Eurozone to fight. Except each other.

A mysterious time traveler offers a better future -- he has a time machine, and with it, humanity could reach the next stage of evolution, they could share its secrets and become the new Lords of Time...

...either that, or someone could keep the technology for themselves, and use it to fight the ultimate war.

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Can use a gun to to deflect bullets in mid-air by shooting them.
 * Fitz Kreiner
 * Fitz can still speak Chinese.
 * Is mistaken for the Eighth Doctor and successfully defeats the alien invaders on his own, acting as the Doctor.
 * Anji Kapoor
 * Tries to use Baskerville's time machine (which isn't) to contact Dave.
 * Jonah Cosgrove
 * Deputy Head of Eurozone Secret Service.
 * Baskerville
 * Is the richest man in the world.
 * Is not a time traveller.
 * Possesses his own personal stealth Concorde.
 * Jaxa
 * Sabbath's Time Agent mercenary.
 * She's a historian.
 * Roja
 * Sabbath's cabin boy and Time Agent mercenary.
 * Bermuda Atkins
 * Dee Gordon
 * Felix Mather
 * Has become President of the United States since the Doctor last met him.
 * Malady Chang
 * A CIA agent, working for Control.
 * Penny Lik
 * Relker
 * Pad
 * Onihr Leader
 * Onihr Deputy Leader

Continuity

 * Fitz learnt to speak Chinese during his time brainwashed for Communist China. (EDA: Revolution Man)
 * Fitz wanders the TARDIS corridors and hears something scratching behind the walls. The source of the noise is revealed in EDA: The Gallifrey Chronicles.
 * The Doctor first met Felix Mather while hijacking the Atlantis space shuttle. (EDA: Father Time)
 * Mariah Learman and the Eurozone also appear in BFA: The Time of the Daleks.
 * The Doctor remembers meeting Time Agents in 1933. (EDA: Eater of Wasps)

Reprint
BBC Books has announced that a "print on demand" reprint edition of this novel will be made available as of 31st August 2011 as the imprint revisits adventures featuring the first eight Doctors.

This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.

Timeline

 * Trading Futures takes place after EDA: Anachrophobia.
 * Trading Futures takes place before EDA: The Book of the Still.