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Parasite

Key crew

Publisher:

Virgin Books

Writer:

Jim Mortimore

Cover by:

Paul Campbell

Release details

Release number:

33

Release date:

1 December, 1994

Format:

Paperback Book; 43 Chapters, 306 Pages

ISBN:

ISBN 0-426-20425-5

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Parasite was the thirty-third New Adventures novel. It featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield. This was author Jim Mortimore's third of four novels for the Virgin New Adventures novel range.

Publisher's summary

"Change, Benny. It's the most terrifying thing of all."

"And that's what's happening to you, is it, Doctor?"

"It's what's happening to all of us."

The TARDIS has arrived in the Elysium system, lost colony of distant Earth and site of the Artifact: a world turned inside out, a world of horrific secrets.

For more than a century scientists have studied the ecosystem flourishing within the Artifact. Now the system is in collapse and even the humans trapped inside are changing into something new and strange.

With the members of one expedition murdered, those of another fighting for their lives and a solar system on the brink of civil war, can the Doctor, Ace and Benny survive a journey to the heart of the Artifact in their search for the truth?

Plot

to be added

Characters

References

Biology

Ace injects Benny with poison to save her from a parasite.

The Doctor

The Doctor momentarily begins a regeneration and glimpses his eighth self.
The Doctor gets shot through the heart.

Foods and beverages

The Doctor carries instant soup in his pockets.

Individuals

When Benny was young she ran away from her foster parents in a landing boat. It crash-landed outside a monastery on Olundrum VII.
On a dig on Auriga she fell down a cliff (breaking both her legs in the process) thirty km from the dig site.
Benny mentions the Vartaq Veil.
Ace suffers radiation poisoning.
Benny has been to the Museum of Terran Cultural Heritage.

Planets

Elysium is an Earth colony with at least one ocean.

Theories and concepts

The universe has eleven dimensions.

TARDIS

The Doctor's TARDIS telepathic circuits translate alien languages for the Doctor and his companions.

Notes

A prelude to this novel was published in DWM 220.

Continuity

Mark Bannen is the son of Alex Bannen. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising)
There are more details to Benny's adventure on Auriga. (PROSE: Steal from the World)
The Daleks used slythers on Lan Beta. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
The Doctor recalls that he was once trapped inside a newborn planet. (TV: Underworld)
Ace is once again considering when she'll leave the Doctor. (PROSE: First Frontier)
The Doctor previously encountered a creature that hatched from an egg resembling a moon, (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible) and will encounter another later. (TV: Kill the Moon)

External links

Beyond the Book: Parasite by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43

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-{{real world}}
 {{title dab away}}
+{{real world}}
 {{Infobox Story
-|name= Parasite
 |image= NA033 parasite.jpg
 |series=[[Virgin New Adventures]]
 |number= 33
 |doctor=Seventh Doctor
 |companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
 |enemy= [[Mark Bannen]]
 |setting= [[The Artifact]], circa [[2515]]
 |writer= [[Jim Mortimore]]
+|cover= [[Paul Campbell]]
 |publisher= Virgin Books
 |release date= [[1 December (releases)|1 December]], [[1994 (releases)|1994]]
 |format= Paperback Book; 43 Chapters, 306 Pages
 |isbn= ISBN 0-426-20425-5
-|prev= Falls the Shadow (novel)
-|next= Warlock (novel) }}
+|prev= Falls the Shadow (novel)
+|next= Warlock (novel)
-'''''Parasite''''' was the thirty-third [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. This was author [[Jim Mortimore]]'s third of four novels for the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel range.
+}}{{prose stub}}
+'''''Parasite''''' was the thirty-third [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]]. This was author [[Jim Mortimore]]'s third of four novels for the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel range.
 == Publisher's summary ==
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 ''"It's what's happening to all of us."''
-The TARDIS has arrived in the [[Elysium system]], lost colony of distant [[Earth]] and site of [[the Artifact]]: a world turned inside out, a world of horrific secrets.
+The TARDIS has arrived in the [[Elysium system]], lost [[colony]] of distant [[Earth]] and site of [[the Artifact]]: a world turned inside out, a world of horrific secrets.
 For more than a century scientists have studied the ecosystem flourishing within the Artifact. Now the system is in collapse and even the humans trapped inside are changing into something new and strange.
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 === The Doctor ===
-* The [[Seventh Doctor]] momentarily begins a [[regeneration]] and glimpses his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth self]].
+* The Doctor momentarily begins a [[regeneration]] and glimpses his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth self]].
 * The Doctor gets shot through the [[heart]].
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 === Individuals ===
+* When Benny was young she ran away from her foster parents in a [[landing boat]]. It crash-landed outside a monastery on [[Olundrum VII]].
-* Some of Bernice Summerfield's early history is revealed:
+* On a dig on [[Capella Four|Auriga]] she fell down a cliff (breaking both her legs in the process) thirty km from the dig site.
-:* When Benny was young she ran away from her foster parents in a [[landing boat]]. It crash-landed outside a monastery on [[Olundrum VII]].
+* Benny mentions the [[Vartaq Veil]].
-:* On a dig on [[Capella Four|Auriga]] she fell down a cliff (breaking both her legs in the process) thirty km from the dig site. It took her a month to crawl back to the site.
-:* Benny mentions the [[Vartaq Veil]].
 * Ace suffers [[radiation sickness|radiation poisoning]].
+* Benny has been to the [[Museum of Terran Cultural Heritage]].
-* Bernice gets a hairline fracture to the skull, requiring the pressure to be relieved...via drilling into the skull.
-* Ace is considering when she will leave the Doctor permanently.
 === Planets ===
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 * [[Mark Bannen]] is the son of [[Alex Bannen]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising]]'')
 * There are more details to Benny's adventure on Auriga. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Steal from the World]]'')
-:''The planet is called Capella Four in that story.
 * The [[Dalek]]s used [[slyther]]s on [[Lan Beta]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
 * The Doctor recalls that he was once trapped inside a newborn planet. ([[TV]]: ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'')
 * Ace is once again considering when she'll leave the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'')
-* The Doctor previously encountered [[Process|a creature]] that hatched from an egg resembling a moon, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') and will encounter another later. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kill the Moon]]'')
+* The Doctor previously encountered [[Process|a creature]] that hatched from an egg resembling a moon, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') and will encounter [[Creature (Kill the Moon)|another]] later. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kill the Moon]]'')
 == External links ==
-* {{Dwrefguide|who_na33.htm|Parasite}}
+{{dwrefguide|who_na33.htm|Parasite}}
 * {{whoniverse|na33|Parasite}}
 * [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona33p.htm Prelude to '''Parasite''' as published in DWM#220]
 * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/parasite.htm The Cloister Library: Parasite]
+* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#na033 Beyond the Book: Parasite by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43]
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+[[Category:Regeneration novels]]

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