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|name= Speed of Flight
 
 
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|series=[[Virgin Missing Adventures]]
 
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|number= 27
 
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|companions= [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Mike Yates|Mike]]
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|companions = [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]]
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|enemy= [[Epreto]]
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|setting= [[Nooma]]
 
|setting= [[Nooma]]
 
|writer= [[Paul Leonard]]
 
|writer= [[Paul Leonard]]
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|cover= [[Alister Pearson]]
 
|publisher= Virgin Books
 
|publisher= Virgin Books
 
|release date= [[24 October (releases)|24 October]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]]
 
|release date= [[24 October (releases)|24 October]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]]
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|format= Paperback Book; 27 Chapters, 256 Pages
 
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'''''Speed of Flight''''' was the twenty-seventh novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Leonard]]. It featured the [[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant]] and [[Mike Yates]].
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'''''Speed of Flight''''' was the twenty-seventh novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Leonard]] and featured the [[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant]] and [[Mike Yates]]. The novel is notable for featuring Yates's apparent [[death]], until being restored to life by the Doctor.
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Leonard dedicated the novel to [[Jon Pertwee]], who passed away on [[20 May (people)|20 May]] [[1996 (people)|1996]] as the novel's final chapter was being edited.
   
 
== Publisher's summary ==
  
== Publisher's summary ==
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:"Those who are intelligent, strong and virtuous are promoted. The stupid, the weak and the unworthy will die. How else is it possible for the world to make progress?"
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:"Those who are [[Intelligence|intelligent]], strong and virtuous are promoted. The [[Stupidity|stupid]], the weak and the unworthy will die. How else is it possible for the world to make progress?"
   
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[[the Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands on [[Nooma]], a world in the middle of an industrial revolution. But the [[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]] and [[Mike Yates]] quickly discover that there is no limit to the upheaval. The sky is alive, and at war with the ground. The [[continent]]s are on the move, competing for a place under the sun. And somewhere, there is a starship...
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[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands on [[Nooma]], a world in the middle of an industrial revolution. But the [[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]] and [[Mike Yates]] quickly discover that there is no limit to the upheaval. The [[sky]] is alive, and at [[war]] with the ground. The [[continent]]s are on the move, competing for a place under the [[sun]]. And somewhere, there is a [[starship]]...
   
 
Mike finds himself committed to a fight where his only option is to kill or be killed. Jo is caught in a workers' revolt. And the Doctor must find out what is really happening to Nooma before the struggle for survival kills the world and everyone on it.
  
Mike finds himself committed to a fight where his only option is to kill or be killed. Jo is caught in a workers' revolt. And the Doctor must find out what is really happening to Nooma before the struggle for survival kills the world and everyone on it.
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* [[Jo Grant]]
  
* [[Jo Grant]]
 
* [[Mike Yates]]
  
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* [[Bell (Speed of Flight)|Bell]]
  
   
 
=== Noomans ===
  
=== Noomans ===
 
* [[Epreto]]
  
* [[Epreto]]
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* [[Lofanu]]
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* [[Herik Lofanu]]
 
* [[Xaai]]
  
* [[Xaai]]
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* [[Duboli]]
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* [[Kimji Duboli]]
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* [[Karilee]]
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* [[Johannas Karilee]]
 
* [[Aapurian]]
  
* [[Aapurian]]
 
* [[Eeneeri]]
  
* [[Eeneeri]]
 
* [[Jobanu]]
  
* [[Jobanu]]
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* [[Omonu]]
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* [[Aaviar Omonu]]
 
* [[The Dead]]
  
* [[The Dead]]
   
 
== References ==
  
== References ==
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=== Individuals ===
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* Sergeants [[John Benton|Benton]] and [[Carol Bell|Bell]] set up Jo and Mike on a blind date.
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=== Literature ===
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* [[Reekaa's Compendium|Reekaa's ''Compendium'']] is a book of Nooman legends.
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* The Doctor claims that "[[Eeny, meeny, miny, moe]]" is an old [[Venusian]] nursery rhyme.
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=== Planets ===
  
=== Planets ===
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* [[Karfel]] is located in the same galactic cluster as [[Earth]]. The height of its civilisation is twenty thousand years after Jo's time.
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* The Doctor and Jo discuss their recent visit to [[Karfel]].
  
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=== Vehicles ===
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* Ships on Nooma include [[steamwing]]s and [[pedithopter]]s.
   
 
== Notes ==
  
== Notes ==
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* This story takes place between ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'', and shortly after Leonard's preceding novel in the line, ''[[Dancing the Code (novel)|Dancing the Code]]''.
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* The title is likely a pun on the common phrase "[[Faster-than-light travel|faster than the speed of light]]."
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* The title is likely a pun on the term "[[speed of light]]".
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* The name of the planet (Nooma) is never given in the text, only on the back cover.
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* ''[[AHistory]]'' dates the story to [[22000|22,000]], apparently assuming that the Doctor's attempt to visit Karfel succeeded, only getting the planet wrong.
   
 
== Continuity ==
  
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* The Doctor and Jo have recently visited Karfel. ([[TV]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'')
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* Mike jokes that Jo could have been meeting an [[Auton]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
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* Jo refers to [[Catriona Talliser]] and the [[Xarax]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dancing the Code (novel)|Dancing the Code]]'')
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* The Doctor attempts to take Jo and Mike to Karfel. The presence of a painting of him in his third incarnation on the planet Karfel and a statement from Jo to [[Sarah Jane Smith]] indicates he eventually did. ([[TV]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'', ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'')
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* Jo mentions that she and the Doctor never got to [[Metebelis III]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'', ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')
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* The [[Fourth Doctor]] would later visit another planet which also had artificial suns. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'')
   
 
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* [http://www.magnetopia.org/cloisterlibrary/spee.htm The Cloister Library: '''Speed of Flight''']
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/spee.htm The Cloister Library: '''Speed of Flight''']
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Revision as of 12:43, 12 May 2020

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prose stub

Speed of Flight was the twenty-seventh novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series. It was written by Paul Leonard and featured the Third Doctor, Jo Grant and Mike Yates. The novel is notable for featuring Yates's apparent death, until being restored to life by the Doctor.

Leonard dedicated the novel to Jon Pertwee, who passed away on 20 May 1996 as the novel's final chapter was being edited.

Publisher's summary

"Those who are intelligent, strong and virtuous are promoted. The stupid, the weak and the unworthy will die. How else is it possible for the world to make progress?"

The TARDIS lands on Nooma, a world in the middle of an industrial revolution. But the Third Doctor, Jo and Mike Yates quickly discover that there is no limit to the upheaval. The sky is alive, and at war with the ground. The continents are on the move, competing for a place under the sun. And somewhere, there is a starship...

Mike finds himself committed to a fight where his only option is to kill or be killed. Jo is caught in a workers' revolt. And the Doctor must find out what is really happening to Nooma before the struggle for survival kills the world and everyone on it.

Plot

to be added

Characters

Noomans

References

Individuals

  • Sergeants Benton and Bell set up Jo and Mike on a blind date.

Literature

Planets

  • Karfel is located in the same galactic cluster as Earth. The height of its civilisation is twenty thousand years after Jo's time.

Vehicles

  • Ships on Nooma include steamwings and pedithopters.

Notes

  • This story takes place between Planet of the Daleks and The Green Death, and shortly after Leonard's preceding novel in the line, Dancing the Code.
  • The title is likely a pun on the term "speed of light".
  • The name of the planet (Nooma) is never given in the text, only on the back cover.
  • AHistory dates the story to 22,000, apparently assuming that the Doctor's attempt to visit Karfel succeeded, only getting the planet wrong.

Continuity

External links

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Virgin Missing Adventures
First Doctor
Susan, Ian, Barbara
Ian, Barbara
Ian, Barbara, Vicki
Vicki, Steven
Dodo
Second Doctor
Ben, Polly
Jamie, Victoria
Jamie, Zoe
Third Doctor
Liz, UNIT
Jo, UNIT
Jo, Yates
Speed of Flight
Sarah, Jeremy,
The Brig
Fourth Doctor
Sarah, Harry
Sarah
Romana I, K9
Romana II, K9
Fifth Doctor
Adric, Nyssa, Tegan
Nyssa, Tegan
Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion
Turlough
Sixth Doctor
Peri
Grant
Mel
Seventh Doctor
Chris, Roz
Other
Victoria, Sarah, The Brig
Second, Third, Seventh Doctors
with Dodo and UNIT
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