Autumn Mist (novel)

Autumn Mist was the twenty-fourth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by David A. McIntee, released 5 July 1999 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Sam Jones and Fitz Kreiner.

Publisher's summary Edit

The Ardennes, December 1944: the Nazi forces are making their last offensive in Europe — a campaign which will come to be called the Battle of the Bulge. But there is a third side to this battle: an unknown and ancient force which seems to pay little heed to the laws of nature.

Where do the bodies of the dead disappear to? What is the true nature of the military experiments conducted by both sides?

The Doctor, Sam and Fitz must seek out the truth in a battlefield where no one and nothing is quite what it seems...

Plot Edit

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Characters Edit

• Eighth Doctor
• Sam Jones
• Fitz Kreiner
• Sergeant Jeff Kovacs
• Lieutenant Wiesniewski
• Dr Ray Garcia
• Dan Bearclaw
• Galastel
• Jurgen Leitz
• Colonel Allen Lewis
• Oberon
• Titania
• Jochen Peiper
• Major Poetschke
• Charlie Daniels
• Emil Metz

References Edit

Culture Edit

• Sam wears a Pinky and the Brain t-shirt.
• Sam never watched much Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as her dad was always watching the news.
• Sam mentions Tony Robinson and Time Team.

Individuals Edit

• Leitz is from Bremen.
• The Doctor thinks about an archaeologist he knows well.

Locations Edit

• The Doctor hides the ship from the Philadelphia Experiment underneath the Schnee Eifel.

Species Edit

• The Celestis take those on the brink of death to Mictlan.

TARDIS Edit

• Everytime the Doctor tries to leave Earth, the TARDIS is put into a temporal orbit.

Notes Edit

• At the end of this novel Sam asks the Doctor to drop her somewhere near 1997, deciding she has gone through more changes than anyone should.
• The novel's title, Autumn Mist (Herbstnebel in German), was the final codename for to the Ardennes operation.

Continuity Edit

• PROSE: The Taint and Autumn Mist are linked by several themes.
• The Sidhe were first mentioned in PROSE: First Frontier and again in PROSE: Unnatural History.
• The Doctor doesn't have a shadow, which is explained in PROSE: Interference - Book Two.
• Sam mentions that the last time the TARDIS was left to float in space, they were hauled off to Skaro. (PROSE: War of the Daleks)
• The Doctor claims to have been present at El Alamein. (TV: The Sea Devils)

External links Edit

• Autumn Mist at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Discontinuity Guide to: Autumn Mist at The Whoniverse
• The Cloister Library: Autumn Mist