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The Space Age

Key crew

Publisher:

BBC Books

Writer:

Steve Lyons

Release details

Release number:

34

Release date:

1 May 2000

Format:

Paperback Book; 15 Chapters, 237 Pages

ISBN:

ISBN 0-563-53800-7

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The Space Age was the thirty-fourth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Steve Lyons, released 1 May 2000 and featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Compassion.

Publisher's summary

This is the city: a technological paradise built by an advanced race. Its glittering towers reach proudly for the stars, and its spires are looped by elevated roadways.

The people that lived here were enlightened and contented. They travelled in bubble-topped saucer cars, along moving pavements or in anti-gravity tubes. Obedient robots tended to their every whim. Disease, war, famine and pollution had been eradicated. Food machines synthesised all essential nutrients into pill form, and personal rocket ships brought the solar system within reach. The people of the city befriended Venusians and Martians alike.

The city is self-cleansing. Its systems harness solar power and static electricity. Its buildings are constructed from a metal that will never rust or tarnish. It will stand forever as a monument to the achievements of the human race.

This is Earth. The year is 2000 AD. This is your future.

Welcome to the Space Age.

Plot

to be added

Characters

References

The Doctor

The Doctor carries a metal comb and a silver yo-yo in his pockets.

Drugs and medicines

Fitz still carries cigarettes in his pocket.

Notes

The people in the city believe they are on post-nuclear war Earth in the year 2019, but they are really on an unnamed planetoid in 3012.

Continuity

The Doctor attempts to defeat the Maker's supercomputer using the riddle he used on BOSS in TV: The Green Death and his Nelly the pink elephant riddle from TV: Destiny of the Daleks, but accepts his failure by musing that at least it shows people are make these computers properly.
The Doctor recalls meeting Fitz in 1963. (PROSE: The Taint)
The Doctor mentions Macra. (TV: The Macra Terror)
Fitz mentions his time spent in Mechta. (PROSE: Parallel 59)

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+|enemy= [[Maker (The Space Age)|The Makers]], [[Mod]]s & [[Rocker]]s
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+|setting= [[England]], [[1965]] / a city on a [[planetoid]], [[3012]]
-companions= [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Compassion]] |
+|writer= [[Steve Lyons]]
-enemy= [[Maker (The Space Age)|The Makers]], Mods & Rockers |
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+|release date= [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]]
-writer= [[Steve Lyons]] |
+|format= Paperback Book; 15 Chapters, 237 Pages
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+|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53800-7
-release date= [[May]], [[2000]] |
+|prev= Coldheart (novel)
-format= Paperback Book, 237 Pages |
+|next= The Banquo Legacy (novel)
-isbn= ISBN 0-563-53800-7|
+}}{{prose stub}}
-prev= Coldheart (novel)|Coldheart (novel)|
+'''''The Space Age''''' was the thirty-fourth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Steve Lyons]], released [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Compassion]].
-next= The Banquo Legacy (novel)}}
-'''''The Space Age''''' was the thirty-fourth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Steve Lyons]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Compassion]].
-== Publisher’s Summary ==
+== Publisher's summary ==
 This is the city: a technological paradise built by an advanced race. Its glittering towers reach proudly for the stars, and its spires are looped by elevated roadways.
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 The city is self-cleansing. Its systems harness solar power and static electricity. Its buildings are constructed from a metal that will never rust or tarnish. It will stand forever as a monument to the achievements of the human race.
-This is Earth. The year is [[2000|2000 AD]]. This is your future.
+This is [[Earth]]. The year is [[2000|2000 AD]]. This is your future.
 Welcome to the Space Age.
+== Plot ==
+''to be added''
 == Characters ==
-* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]
+* [[Eighth Doctor]]
 * [[Fitz Kreiner]]
 * [[Compassion]]
 * [[Davey (The Space Age)|Davey]]
+* [[Deborah (The Space Age)|Deborah]]
+* [[Vince (The Space Age)|Vince]]
 * [[Alec Redshaw]]
-* [[Deborah]]
+* [[Gillian Davis]]
-* [[Gillian]]
+* [[Rick McBride]]
-* [[Rick]]
+* [[Sandra McBride]]
-* [[Sandra McBride|Sandra]]
-* [[Vince]]
 == References ==
-=== [[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ===
+=== The Doctor ===
 * The Doctor carries a metal comb and a silver [[yo-yo]] in his pockets.
-=== [[:Category:Drugs and medicines|Drugs and medicines]] ===
+=== Drugs and medicines ===
 * Fitz ''still'' carries [[cigarette]]s in his pocket.
-=== [[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]] ===
-* Fitz is still trying to form a friendship with Compassion and dislikes the idea of treating Compassion as anything other than a human being, unlike the Doctor.
-* Compassion is attracted to the Makers because they operate on the same "levels" that she does.
-* Compassion still distrusts the Doctor because of the randomiser he ''forcibly'' fitted to her.
-=== [[:Category:Species|Species]] ===
-* Fitz mentions [[Meep]]s.
-* Fitz also mentions [[the Remote]] and [[Faction Paradox]].
-=== [[:Category:TARDIS|TARDISes]] ===
-* Compassion is becoming more arrogant and detached from her humanity as she comes to terms with her nature as a TARDIS.
 == Notes ==
-* The year is perceived by those within the city as 2019, but it is questionable if this is really the year.
+* The people in the city believe they are on post-[[nuclear war]] Earth in the year 2019, but they are really on an unnamed planetoid in [[3012]].
 == Continuity ==
-* The Doctor defeats the Maker’s supercomputer using the riddle he used on [[BOSS]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'' and his Nelly the pink elephant riddle from [[DW]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]''.
+* The Doctor attempts to defeat the Maker's supercomputer using the riddle he used on [[BOSS]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'' and his Nelly the pink elephant riddle from [[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'', but accepts his failure by musing that at least it shows people are make these computers properly.
-* The Doctor recalls meeting Fitz in [[1963]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Taint]]'')
+* The Doctor recalls meeting Fitz in [[1963]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taint]]'')
-* The Doctor mentions [[Macra]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Macra Terror]]'')
+* The Doctor mentions [[Macra]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Macra Terror (TV story)|The Macra Terror]]'')
+* Fitz mentions his time spent in [[Mechta]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallel 59 (novel)|Parallel 59]]'')
-== Timeline ==
-* ''The Space Age'' takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[Coldheart (novel)|Coldheart]]''.
-* ''The Space Age'' takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy]]''.
 == External links ==
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-* {{dwrefguide|whobbc34.htm|The Space Age}}
-* {{whoniverse|ED34.php|The Space Age}}
+{{dwrefguide|whobbc34.htm|The Space Age}}
+* {{whoniverse|ed34|The Space Age}}
+* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/spaca.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Space Age''']
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+[[Category:2000 novels]]
-[[Category:2000 novels|Space Age]]
 [[Category:Stories set in England]]
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-[[Category:Stories set in the 31st century]]
+[[Category:Stories set in 3012]]

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