The Space Age (novel)

Publisher’s Summary
This is the city: a technological paradise built by an advanced race. Its glittering towers reach proudly for the stars, and its spires are looped by elevated roadways.

The people that lived here were enlightened and contented. They travelled in bubble-topped saucer cars, along moving pavements or in anti-gravity tubes. Obedient robots tended to their every whim. Disease, war, famine and pollution had been eradicated. Food machines synthesised all essential nutrients into pill form, and personal rocket ships brought the solar system within reach. The people of the city befriended Venusians and Martians alike.

The city is self-cleansing. Its systems harness solar power and static electricity. Its buildings are constructed from a metal that will never rust or tarnish. It will stand forever as a monument to the achievements of the human race.

This is Earth. The year is 2000 AD. This is your future.

Welcome to the Space Age.

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Fitz Kreiner
 * Still carries cigarettes in his pocket.
 * Dislikes the idea of treating Compassion as anything other then a human being.
 * Is still trying to form a friendship with Compassion.
 * Compassion
 * Is attracted to the Makers because they operate on the same "levels" that she does.
 * Still distrusts the Doctor.
 * Is becoming more arrogant and detached from her humanity as she comes to terms with her nature as a TARDIS.
 * Davey

Continuity

 * The Doctor defeats the Maker’s supercomputer using the riddle he used on BOSS in The Green Death and his Nelly the pink elephant riddle from Destiny of the Daleks.
 * The Doctor recalls meeting Fitz in 1963. (EDA: The Taint)
 * The Doctor mentions Macra. (DW: The Macra Terror)

Timeline

 * This story takes place after EDA: Coldheart
 * This story takes place before EDA: The Banquo Legacy