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|image = Sick Building.jpg
 
|image = Sick Building.jpg
|name = Sick Building
 
 
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
 
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures]]
 
|number = 17
 
|number = 17
 
|doctor = Tenth Doctor
 
|doctor = Tenth Doctor
 
|companions = [[Martha Jones|Martha]]
 
|companions = [[Martha Jones|Martha]]
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|read by = [[Will Thorp]]
|enemy = {{il|[[Domovoi]]|[[Ernest Tiermann]]|[[Voracious Craw]]}}
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|enemy = {{il|[[Domovoi]],|[[Ernest Tiermann]],|[[Voracious Craw]]}}
|setting = [[Tiermann's World]], [[35th century]]
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|setting = [[Tiermann's World]]
 
|writer = [[Paul Magrs]]
 
|writer = [[Paul Magrs]]
 
|publisher = BBC Books
 
|publisher = BBC Books
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|prev = Forever Autumn (novel)
 
|prev = Forever Autumn (novel)
 
|next = Wetworld (novel)
 
|next = Wetworld (novel)
 
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}}'''''Sick Building''''' was the eleventh [[BBC New Series Adventures|Tenth Doctor novel]] released.
 
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'''''Sick Building''''' was the seventeenth novel in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Magrs]] and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]].
   
 
== Publisher's summary ==
 
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Tiermann's World]]: a planet covered in wintry woods and roamed by [[sabre-toothed tiger]]s and other savage beasts. The Doctor is here to warn [[Ernest Tiermann|Professor Tiermann]], [[Amanda Tiermann|his wife]] and [[Solin Tiermann|their son]] that a terrible danger is on its way. The Tiermanns live in luxury, in a fantastic, futuristic, fully-automated [[Dreamhome]], under an impenetrable [[force field|force shield]]. But that won't protect them from the [[Voracious Craw]]. A gigantic and extremely hungry alien creature is heading remorselessly towards their home. When it gets there everything will be devoured. Can they get away in time? With the force shield cracking up, and the Dreamhome itself deciding who should or should not leave, things are looking desperate...
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[[Tiermann's World]]: a planet covered in wintry woods and roamed by [[sabre-toothed tiger]]s and other savage beasts. The Doctor is here to warn [[Ernest Tiermann|Professor Tiermann]], [[Amanda Tiermann|his wife]] and [[Solin Tiermann|their son]] that a terrible danger is on its way.
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The Tiermanns live in luxury, in a fantastic, futuristic, fully-automated [[Dreamhome]], under an impenetrable [[force field|force shield]]. But that won't protect them from the [[Voracious Craw]]. A gigantic and extremely hungry alien creature is heading remorselessly towards their home. When it gets there everything will be devoured.
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Can they get away in time? With the force shield cracking up, and the Dreamhome itself deciding who should or should not leave, things are looking desperate...
   
 
== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
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==== Robots ====
 
==== Robots ====
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* [[Domovoi]]
* [[Domovoi]]- the artificial intelligence inside the [[Dreamhome]]
 
* [[Toaster (SIck Building)|Toaster]] - sun bed
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* [[Toaster (Sick Building)|Toaster]]
* [[Barbra]] - vending machine
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* [[Barbra]]
* [[Walter (Sick Building)|Walter]] - drink cabinet
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* [[Walter (Sick Building)|Walter]]
 
* [[Stirpeek]]
 
* [[Stirpeek]]
   
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
The Doctor mentions the [[Aggedor]] of [[Peladon]] when facing the bear-creature in the [[Dreamhome]].
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* The Doctor mentions the [[Aggedor]] of [[Peladon]] when facing the bear-creature in the [[Dreamhome]].
 
* Martha is annoyed about the Doctor babbling about [[Rose Tyler]].
 
Martha is annoyed about the Doctor babbling about Rose Tyler.
 
   
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
 
[[File:Bbcnewaudio13.jpg|thumb|right|The audiobook cover.]]
* This was [[Paul Magrs]]' first novel to not feature [[Iris Wildthyme]].
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* This was [[Paul Magrs]]' ''Doctor Who'' first novel to not feature [[Iris Wildthyme]].
 
* This had the working title of ''The Wicked Bungalow'' but was changed prior to the release date after the intervention of [[Russell T Davies]].
 
* This had the working title of ''The Wicked Bungalow'' but was changed prior to the release date after the intervention of [[Russell T Davies]].
 
* The creature shown on the cover to represent the [[Voracious Craw]] is a {{w|lamprey}}.
 
* The creature shown on the cover to represent the [[Voracious Craw]] is a {{w|lamprey}}.
 
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
 
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
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* The third edition of ''[[AHistory]]'' dates this story to circa 5850, as Barbra says in ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]'' that she's from the [[59th century]]. However, many details of Barbra's backstory in ''Enter Wildthyme'' conflict with ''Sick Building''. The short story ''[[The Dreadful Flap (short story)|The Dreadful Flap]]'' - which is more inline with ''Sick Building'' - gives Barbra's native era as the [[35th century]].
[[File:Bbcnewaudio13.jpg|thumb|right|The Audiobook cover.]]
 
 
=== Audio release ===
 
* An abridged reading of the story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by [[Will Thorp]].
   
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
 
* The vending machine, [[Barbra]], would later appear in the ''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus (anthology)|Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus]]'' story ''[[The Dreadful Flap (short story)|The Dreadful Flap]]'' and the Iris Wildthyme novel ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]'', both also by [[Paul Magrs]].
* Martha Jones mentioned the "[[sabre-toothed tiger]]s" in her blog (July 1).
 
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* The Doctor mentions that he once tamed a savage beast by singing lullabies to it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon]]'')
* The vending machine, [[Barbra]], would later appear in the [[Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus]] story, ''[[The Dreadful Flap]]'', also by Paul Magrs.
 
 
* Martha mentions being stuck on [[the Moon]] with the [[Judoon]], ([[TV]]:''[[Smith and Jones]]'') caught in a gridlock in the year five billion and fifty-three, ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'') and just about plunged into the heart of a living sun. ([[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'')
* Barbra also appears in ''[[Enter Wildthyme]]'', an [[Iris Wildthyme]] novel by [[Paul Magrs]].
 
* The Doctor mentions that he once tamed a savage beast by singing lullabies to it. ([[TV]]:''[[The Monster of Peladon]]'')
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* The Doctor mentions the dead forests of [[Skaro]] after the [[neutron bomb]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'')
* Martha mentions being stuck on [[the Moon|the moon]] with the [[Judoon]] ([[TV]]:''[[Smith and Jones]]''), caught in a gridlock in the year five billion and fifty-three, ([[TV]]:''[[Gridlock]]'') and just about plunged into the heart of a living sun. ([[TV]]:''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'')
 
* The Doctor mentions the dead forests of [[Skaro]] after the [[neutron bomb]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]''
 
 
== Audio release ==
 
* The story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by [[Will Thorp]].
 
   
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|whobb917.htm|Sick Building}}
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* {{whoniverse|NS19.php|Sick Building}}
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* {{whoniverse|ns17|Sick Building}}
 
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/sickbuilding.htm The Cloister Library: '''Sick Building''']
 
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/sickbuilding.htm The Cloister Library: '''Sick Building''']
 
{{NSA}}
 
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[[Category:Tenth Doctor NSA novels]]
 
[[Category:Tenth Doctor NSA novels]]
 
[[Category:2007 novels]]
 
[[Category:2007 novels]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 35th century]]
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[[Category:E-books]]
 
 
[[fr:Sick Building]]
 
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Revision as of 23:46, 7 December 2019

RealWorld

prose stub

Sick Building was the seventeenth novel in the BBC New Series Adventures series. It was written by Paul Magrs and featured the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones.

Publisher's summary

Tiermann's World: a planet covered in wintry woods and roamed by sabre-toothed tigers and other savage beasts. The Doctor is here to warn Professor Tiermann, his wife and their son that a terrible danger is on its way.

The Tiermanns live in luxury, in a fantastic, futuristic, fully-automated Dreamhome, under an impenetrable force shield. But that won't protect them from the Voracious Craw. A gigantic and extremely hungry alien creature is heading remorselessly towards their home. When it gets there everything will be devoured.

Can they get away in time? With the force shield cracking up, and the Dreamhome itself deciding who should or should not leave, things are looking desperate...

Plot

to be added

Characters

Robots

References

Notes

Bbcnewaudio13

The audiobook cover.

  • This was Paul Magrs' Doctor Who first novel to not feature Iris Wildthyme.
  • This had the working title of The Wicked Bungalow but was changed prior to the release date after the intervention of Russell T Davies.
  • The creature shown on the cover to represent the Voracious Craw is a lamprey.
  • This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
  • The third edition of AHistory dates this story to circa 5850, as Barbra says in Enter Wildthyme that she's from the 59th century. However, many details of Barbra's backstory in Enter Wildthyme conflict with Sick Building. The short story The Dreadful Flap - which is more inline with Sick Building - gives Barbra's native era as the 35th century.

Audio release

  • An abridged reading of the story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by Will Thorp.

Continuity

External links