Sometime Never... (novel)

Sometime Never... was the sixty-seventh novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Justin Richards, released 5 January 2004 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner, Trix MacMillan and Miranda Dawkins.

Publisher's summary
This Week: A hideous, misshapen creature releases a butterfly. Next Week: The consequences of this simple action ensure that history follows its predicted path...

Sometime: In the swirling maelstrom of the Time Vortex, The Council of Eight map out every moment in history and take drastic measures to ensure it follows their predictions. But there is one elemental force that defies their prediction, that fails to adhere to the laws of time and space... A rogue element that could destroy their plans merely by existing.

Already events are mapped out and defined. Already the pieces of the trap are in place. The Council of Eight know when Sabbath will betray them. They know when Fitz will survive the horrors in the Institute of Anthropology. They know when Trix will come to his aid. They know when the Doctor will finally realise the truth.

They know that this will be: Never.

Plot
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Characters

 * Eighth Doctor
 * Fitz Kreiner
 * Trix
 * Miranda Dawkins
 * Sabbath

The Council of Eight and their minions

 * Soul
 * Duvar
 * Trilon
 * Feear
 * Penter
 * Hexx
 * Sept
 * Octan
 * Logite
 * Zezanne

Humans

 * Edward
 * Richard
 * Scrote
 * Louis Vosgues
 * Andrew Pearl
 * Ernest Fleetward
 * Lionel Correll
 * Malcolm Patterson

Worldbuilding

 * An image of the Master is seen in the TARDIS, a reference to the webcast, which had the Master's origins implied to be the "ghost in the machine"
 * The Doctor once saw a Time Agent in Devon in 1624.
 * The Doctor drinks whiskey.
 * Octan created the star-killer, a device capable of destroying stars. The star-killer is a reference to Omega's solar manipulator

Continuity

 * Trix gets the Professor and the boys in touch with Anji and Chloe. (PROSE: Timeless)
 * Miranda is said to have united the factions within her empire who were at war when she came to power, which happens in COMIC: Miranda)
 * The Doctor mentions the scattering of crystals at the dawn of the universe, which occurs in PROSE: Timeless)
 * The Council of Eight admits to altering historical events in order to prematurely kill off several of The Doctor's past companions, one of which was Sarah Jane Smith, which was implied to have occured in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel
 * The Council of Eight rescued Sabbath from drowning in the River Thames in 1762 (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street) and took him to a bigger-on-the-inside room at St Cedd's College. (WC: Shada, AUDIO: Shada, TV: Shada)
 * Sabbath mentions that the Service still exists in the future, which was shown to be the case in PROSE: The Infinity Race)