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|image= The Turing Test.jpg |
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|setting= [[Oxford]], [[Paris]] and [[Dresden]], [[1945]] |
|setting= [[Oxford]], [[Paris]] and [[Dresden]], [[1945]] |
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|writer= [[Paul Leonard]] |
|writer= [[Paul Leonard]] |
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|release date= [[2 October (releases)|2 October]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]] |
|release date= [[2 October (releases)|2 October]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]] |
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| − | |format= Paperback Book, |
+ | |format= Paperback Book; 24 Chapters, 242 Pages |
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53806-6 |
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-53806-6 |
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|prev= Casualties of War (novel) |
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| − | |next= Endgame (novel) |
+ | |next= Endgame (novel) |
| + | }}{{prose stub}} |
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| − | '''''The Turing Test''''' was the thirty-ninth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Leonard]] |
+ | '''''The Turing Test''''' was the thirty-ninth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Leonard]], released [[2 October (releases)|2 October]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]] and featured the [[Eighth Doctor]]. |
== Publisher's summary == |
== Publisher's summary == |
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| − | The Second World War is drawing to a close. Alan Turing, the code-breaker who has been critical to the allied war effort, is called in to break a mysterious new cypher. It's coming from Germany, and everyone assumes it is German — everyone except Turing's new friend, the Doctor |
+ | The [[World War II|Second World War]] is drawing to a close. [[Alan Turing]], the code-breaker who has been critical to the allied war effort, is called in to break a mysterious new cypher. It's coming from [[Germany]], and everyone assumes it is German — everyone except Turing's new friend, [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]]. Indeed it seems the Doctor knows too much about the code and the code-makers — and when people start to die, even Turing wonders if the Doctor is the one to blame. |
| − | Graham Greene, novelist and spymaster, has also encountered the Doctor, and thinks he's a rum enough chap, but in a remote |
+ | [[Graham Greene]], novelist and spymaster, has also encountered the Doctor, and thinks he's a rum enough chap, but in a remote [[Africa]]n village he has encountered something far stranger. |
To find out the truth, they must all cross the front line and travel through occupied Germany — right into the firing line of the bloodiest war in history. What they find there has no human explanation — and only the Doctor has the answers. Or maybe, they're just more questions... |
To find out the truth, they must all cross the front line and travel through occupied Germany — right into the firing line of the bloodiest war in history. What they find there has no human explanation — and only the Doctor has the answers. Or maybe, they're just more questions... |
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== Characters == |
== Characters == |
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* [[Cray]] |
* [[Cray]] |
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* [[Daria]] |
* [[Daria]] |
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* [[Hugh Alexander]] |
* [[Hugh Alexander]] |
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| + | * [[Mr Heslop]] |
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| + | * [[Mrs Heslop]] |
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| + | * [[Don Bayley]] |
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| + | * [[Tiltman]] |
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== References == |
== References == |
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| + | * Graham was stationed at [[Freetown]] during [[World War II]]. |
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| − | * The Eighth Doctor is ambidextrous, like his previous [[Seventh Doctor|incarnation]]. |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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* This is the third story in the "Earth Arc". |
* This is the third story in the "Earth Arc". |
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| + | * The glowing keyboard letters on the cover spell out "DR WHO". |
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== Continuity == |
== Continuity == |
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+ | * [[Rachel Jensen]] assisted Turing with his wartime research. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') |
== External links == |
== External links == |
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| − | + | {{dwrefguide|whobbc39.htm|The Turing Test}} |
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+ | * {{whoniverse|ed39|The Turing Test}} |
| + | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/turi.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Turing Test'''] |
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Revision as of 13:35, 17 April 2020
The Turing Test was the thirty-ninth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Paul Leonard, released 2 October 2000 and featured the Eighth Doctor.
Publisher's summary
The Second World War is drawing to a close. Alan Turing, the code-breaker who has been critical to the allied war effort, is called in to break a mysterious new cypher. It's coming from Germany, and everyone assumes it is German — everyone except Turing's new friend, the Doctor. Indeed it seems the Doctor knows too much about the code and the code-makers — and when people start to die, even Turing wonders if the Doctor is the one to blame.
Graham Greene, novelist and spymaster, has also encountered the Doctor, and thinks he's a rum enough chap, but in a remote African village he has encountered something far stranger.
To find out the truth, they must all cross the front line and travel through occupied Germany — right into the firing line of the bloodiest war in history. What they find there has no human explanation — and only the Doctor has the answers. Or maybe, they're just more questions...
Plot
to be added
Characters
- Eighth Doctor
- Graham Greene
- Alan Turing
- Joseph Heller
- Colonel Herbert Elgar
- Bernard
- Cray
- Daria
- Hugh Alexander
- Mr Heslop
- Mrs Heslop
- Don Bayley
- Timothy
- Tiltman
References
- Graham was stationed at Freetown during World War II.
Notes
- This is the third story in the "Earth Arc".
- The glowing keyboard letters on the cover spell out "DR WHO".
Continuity
- Rachel Jensen assisted Turing with his wartime research. (PROSE: Remembrance of the Daleks)
External links
- The Turing Test at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: The Turing Test at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: The Turing Test
