Autumn Mist (novel)

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[]

to be added

Characters[]

Eighth Doctor
Sam Jones
Fitz Kreiner
Sergeant Jeff Kovacs
Lieutenant Wiesniewski
Cahill
Jonas
Dexter
Corporal Joe Harris
Wade
Jansen
Russ
Dr Ray Garcia
Ray Garcia's wife
Dan Bearclaw
Galastel
Jurgen Leitz
Farber
Colonel von Hofman
Captain Graumann
Colonel Allen Lewis
Oberon
Titania
Jochen Peiper
Major Poetschke
Private Fleps
Charlie Daniels
Emil Metz
Skorenzy
Middleton
McAuliffe
Montgomery
Kleist

References[]

Culture[]

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.
Both Sam and Fitz mention The Great Escape. Sam remembers what happened to Richard Attenborough and Gordon Jackson in it.

Individuals[]

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

Locations[]

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

Species[]

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

TARDIS[]

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

Notes[]

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[]

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)