Sometime Never... was the sixty-seventh novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Justin Richards, released 5 January 2004 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner, Trix MacMillan and Miranda Dawkins.
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Publisher's summary[edit | edit source]
Comic preview from DWM 338. Illustration by Mike Collins.
This Week: A hideous, misshapen creature releases a butterfly. Next Week: The consequences of this simple action ensure that history follows its predicted path...
Sometime: In the swirling maelstrom of the Time Vortex, The Council of Eight map out every moment in history and take drastic measures to ensure it follows their predictions. But there is one elemental force that defies their prediction, that fails to adhere to the laws of time and space... A rogue element that could destroy their plans merely by existing.
Already events are mapped out and defined. Already the pieces of the trap are in place. The Council of Eight know when Sabbath will betray them. They know when Fitz will survive the horrors in the Institute of Anthropology. They know when Trix will come to his aid. They know when the Doctor will finally realise the truth.
They know that this will be: Never.
Plot[edit | edit source]
to be added
Characters[edit | edit source]
The Council of Eight and their minions[edit | edit source]
Humans[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- An image of the Master is seen in the TARDIS.
- The Doctor once saw a Time Agent in Devon in 1624.
- The Doctor drinks whiskey.
- Octan created the star-killer, a device capable of destroying stars.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- It was "no secret" that Sabbath's allies were originally going to be the Daleks, but copyright issues stopped this from being the case. (DWM 341)
- An agent of the Council of Eight released a butterfly in 1588. This eventually led to a storm being created which sank the Spanish Armada. Octan was killed by the agent accidentally just prior to letting the butterfly go.
- Justin Richards noted in DWM 338 that the Doctor's conversation with the Master in this story ties into Scream of the Shalka. Indeed, the Master's described appearance in Sometime Never... is lifted directly from the novelisation of Scream of the Shalka.
Continuity[edit | edit source]
- Trix gets the Professor and the boys in touch with Anji and Chloe. (PROSE: Timeless)
- Miranda has united the factions within her empire who were at war when she came to power. (COMIC: Miranda)
- The Doctor mentions the scattering of crystals at the dawn of the universe. (PROSE: Timeless)
- The Council of Eight admits to altering historical events in order to prematurely kill off several of The Doctor's past companions, one of which was Sarah Jane Smith. (PROSE: Bullet Time)
- The Council of Eight rescued Sabbath from drowning in the River Thames in 1762 (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street) and took him to a bigger-on-the-inside room at St Cedd's College. (WC: Shada, AUDIO: Shada, TV: Shada)
- Sabbath mentions that the Service still exists in the future. (PROSE: The Infinity Race)
External links[edit | edit source]
- Sometime Never... at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Sometime Never... at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: Sometime Never...
- Doc Oho's Reviews: Justin Richards InterviewThe Master stories
According to one account, the Master had the appearance of Roger Delgado while on Gallifrey. According to another, he had Anthony Ainley's likeness. According to another one, the one with James Dreyfus's appearance was the incarnation who ran away from Gallifrey. Divided Loyalties and A Brief History of Time Lords feature or otherwise acknowledge the War Chief, but in the process of contradicting the notion put forward by other stories that he was an incarnation of the Master.
One account suggests that the incarnation portrayed by Roger Delgado may be the same as the one portrayed by Peter Pratt while some others distinguish them.
According to one account, the incarnation portrayed by Gordon Tipple is the one portrayed by Anthony Ainley, while some others state that the Ainley one was already lost by then.
While fighting to extend his life at the end of his regeneration cycle, many bodies were possessed by the Beevers incarnation but all kept somehow reverting to his real being until he finally regenerated into the MacQueen one. Hence, these sections cannot be strictly chronologicalEarly life Television Prose Audio Webcast Dreyfus Audio Brayshaw Television Prose Not considered
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of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe • Anything You Can Do • Anger ManagementComics Audio Not considered
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part of the DWU"Rathbone" Prose Tipple Television Prose Roberts Television Prose Audio Comics Webcasts Not considered
part of the DWU"Echo" Prose Sometime Never... • The Deadstone Memorial • The Gallifrey Chronicles"Preacher" Comics Macqueen Audio "Merlin" Prose Pryce Television "War Child" Comics Jacobi Television Audio Beneath the Viscoid • The Good Master • The Sky Man • The Heavenly Paradigm • The Devil You Know • Master of Worlds • Call for the Dead • The Glittering Prize • The Persistence of Dreams • Sins of the Father • Concealed Weapon • The Survivor • The Coney Island Chameleon • The Missing Link • Darkness and Light • Day of the Master • From the Flames • The Master's Dalek Plan • Shockwave • He Who Wins • The Scaramancer • The Castle of Kuron 5 • The Cognition Shift• MasterfulProse Comics Webcast Simm Television Prose Comics Audio Not considered
part of the DWUGomez Television Prose Meet Missy! • Yes, Missy • Dr. Twelfth • The Unwanted Gift of Prophecy • The Master's Beard • Winning • Doctor Who and the Horror of Coal Hill • Dismemberment • Lords and Masters • Teddy Sparkles Must Die! • The Liar, the Glitch and the War Zone • Girl Power! • Alit in Underland • Citation Needed • Pain Management • Missing Habitas Frond • Missy's Magical Mystery MissionAudio Comics Webcast Not considered
part of the DWUMcKee Audio Dhawan TV Prose Not considered
part of the DWUUnclear incarnation Prose Parallel universes Kisgart Audio Inferno Earth Prose From stories not considered
part of the DWU by this Wiki"DWM" Prose "Battle" Games "Exclusive" Prose "DWMS" Comics "FASA War Chief" Games The Licensor Home video Jacobi Webcast Prose
