Changes: Venusian Lullaby (novel)

Revision as of 22:51, 3 September 2020

Venusian Lullaby

Key crew

Publisher:

Virgin Books

Writer:

Paul Leonard

Cover by:

Alister Pearson

Release details

Release number:

3

Release date:

20 October 1994

Format:

Paperback Book, 20 Chapters, 312 Pages

ISBN:

ISBN 0-426-20424-7

Virgin Missing Adventures
← Previous	Next →
Evolution	The Crystal Bucephalus

You may be looking for the lullaby itself.

Venusian Lullaby was the third novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series. It was written by Paul Leonard. Featuring the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, it was set in the gap between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue, after Susan Foreman left but before Vicki joined the crew.

Publisher's summary

"You want me to help you eat your children?" Ian said.

Jellenhut's eye-stalks twitched. "How else would we remember them?"

Venus is dying. When the Doctor, Barbara and Ian arrive they find an ancient and utterly alien civilization on the verge of oblivion. War is brewing between those who are determined to accept death, and those desperate for salvation whatever the cost.

Then a spacefaring race arrives, offering to rescue the Venusians by moving them all to Earth — three billion years before mankind is due to evolve. Are the newcomers' motives as pure as they appear? And will the Doctor allow them to save his oldest friends by sacrificing the future of humanity?

Plot

to be added

Characters

References

The Doctor

The Doctor is still adapting to life without his granddaughter Susan.

The Doctor's items

The Doctor carries everlasting matches.

Culture

Ian knows of a Venusian lullaby.
There were various factions, known as anti-Acceptancers, who tried to find alternatives to their civilisation's fate. These included the Below the Sun Believers, the Rocketeers, the Water-breathers, the Volcano People, the Magnetologists and the Cave-makers.

Individuals

Trikhobu attacks the Sou(ou)shi with Venusian aikido, presumably in its pure form.

Species

The Doctor speculates if the Sou(ou)shi are related to the Great Vampires.

TARDIS

Trikhobu works out a method for piloting the TARDIS based on tracking individuals.

Notes

The remark by Ian that Christmas has passed recently appears to be a rather sly reference to the broadcast date of the television story The Dalek Invasion of Earth, which aired during the Christmas week. The novel takes place immediately after that story.
This book, Paul Leonard's first, was intended to lead into Jim Mortimore's short story The Book of Shadows. Mortimore had convinced Leonard to pitch to Virgin Books, and Leonard chose the First Doctor TARDIS team so he could use Mortimore's "ready-made characterisations".^[1]

Continuity

Susan Foreman's departure from the TARDIS weighs heavily on the Doctor's mind. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
A Venusian lullaby was later mentioned by the Third Doctor at Devil's End, the beginning of which went "Close your eyes, my darling, or three of them at least." (TV: The Dæmons)
Ian compares Bikugih to Morphoton. (TV: The Keys of Marinus)
The Doctor asks Pown(ow)ri whether the Sou(ou)shi are related to the Great Vampires. (TV: State of Decay)
Barbara thinks about her father at the time she got her teaching job at Coal Hill School. However, a later short story claims that her father was killed in the early stages of World War II when Barbara was only a child. (PROSE: Tell Me You Love Me)
At the end, the Doctor expresses his intention to travel to the time of Aristea in order to collect some gold to make a wedding ring for Susan's wedding. (PROSE: The Book of Shadows)

External links

Footnotes

↑ Interview: Paul (Leonard) Hinder

[1] Interview: Paul (Leonard) Hinder

[1]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{real world}}
 {{title dab away}}
+{{real world}}
 {{Infobox Story
+|image        = Ma-3.jpg
-|name= Venusian Lullaby
+|series       = [[Virgin Missing Adventures]]
-|image= Ma-3.jpg
-|series=[[Virgin Missing Adventures]]
+|range = Virgin Missing Adventures
-|number= 3
+|number in range = 3
+|number       = 3
-|doctor=First Doctor
+|doctor       = First Doctor
-|companions= [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]]
+|companions   = [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]
-|enemy= The [[Sou(ou)shi]]
+|enemy        = [[Sou(ou)shi]]
-|setting=[[Venus]], circa [[BC|3,000,000,000 BC]]
+|setting      = [[Venus]], circa [[Distant past|3,000,000,000 BC]]
-|writer= [[Paul Leonard]]
+|writer       = [[Paul Leonard]]
-|publisher= Virgin Books
+|cover        = [[Alister Pearson]]
-|release date= [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]]
+|publisher    = Virgin Books
-|format= Paperback Book, 20 Chapters, 272 Pages
+|release date = [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]]
-|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20424-7
+|format       = Paperback Book, 20 Chapters, 312 Pages
-|prev= Evolution (novel)
+|isbn         = ISBN 0-426-20424-7
-|next= The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)
+|prev         = Evolution (novel)
-}}{{you may|Venusian lullaby|n1=the lullaby itself}}
+|next         = The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)
-'''''Venusian Lullaby''''' was the third novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Leonard]]. Featuring the [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]], it was set in the gap between ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' and ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]'', after [[Susan Foreman]] left, but before [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] joined the crew.
+}}{{prose stub}}
+{{you may|Venusian lullaby|n1=the lullaby itself}}
+'''''Venusian Lullaby''''' was the third novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Paul Leonard]]. Featuring the [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]], it was set in the gap between ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' and ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]'', after [[Susan Foreman]] left but before [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]] joined the crew.
 == Publisher's summary ==
-:''"You want me to help you eat your children?" [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] said.''
+:''"You want me to help you eat your [[children]]?" [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] said.''
 :''[[Jellenhut]]'s eye-stalks twitched. "How else would we remember them?"''
-[[Venus]] is dying. When [[First Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] and Ian arrive they find an ancient and utterly [[Venusian (Venusian Lullaby)|alien civilization]] on the verge of oblivion. War is brewing between those who are determined to accept death, and those desperate for salvation whatever the cost.
+[[Venus]] is dying. When [[First Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] and Ian arrive they find an ancient and utterly [[Venusian (Venusian Lullaby)|alien civilization]] on the verge of oblivion. [[War]] is brewing between those who are determined to accept [[death]], and those desperate for salvation whatever the cost.
-Then a [[Sou(ou)shi|spacefaring race]] arrives, offering to rescue the Venusians by moving them all to [[Earth]] — [[BC#Prehistory|three billion years]] before mankind is due to evolve. Are the newcomers’ motives as pure as they appear? And will the Doctor allow them to save his oldest friends by sacrificing the future of humanity?
+Then a [[Sou(ou)shi|spacefaring race]] arrives, offering to rescue the Venusians by moving them all to [[Earth]] — [[BC#Prehistory|three billion years]] before [[mankind]] is due to [[evolution|evolve]]. Are the newcomers' motives as pure as they appear? And will the Doctor allow them to save his oldest friends by sacrificing the future of humanity?
-== Chapter Titles ==
-* Prologue -- Dying
-Book One -- The Purple Cloud Hour
-* 1: Remembering
-* 2: Requests For Assistance
-* 3: Further Requests
-* 4: Battering Ram
-Book Two -- The Green Leaf Hour
-* 5: Searches, Escapes, Predictions
-* 6: Deaths, Voluntary and Otherwise
-Book Three -- The Yellow Moss Hour
-* 7: Differences and Decisions
-* 8: Battles for Survival
-* 9: Remembering the Children
-Book Four -- The Grey Water Hour
-* 10: News
-* 11: Orders to Kill
-* 12: Venusian Underground
-* 13: Trials of Conscience
-Book Five -- The Burning Sky Hour
-* 14: Boarding
-* 15: Losses
-* 16: Deceptions
-* 17: Detonations
-* 18: Victory and Defeat
-* Epilogue -- Dawning
 == Plot ==
@@ Line 83: / Line 59: @@
 == References ==
 === The Doctor ===
-* The Doctor is still adapting to life without [[Susan Foreman|Susan]].
+* The Doctor is still adapting to life without his [[granddaughter]] [[Susan Foreman|Susan]].
-* The Doctor is an old friend of [[Dharkhig]].
 === The Doctor's items ===
-* The Doctor uses an "unknown sonic device" (quite clearly a [[sonic screwdriver]]).
 * The Doctor carries [[everlasting matches]].
 === Culture ===
 * Ian knows of a [[Venusian lullaby]].
-* There were various factions, known as [[anti-Acceptancer]]s, who tried to find alternatives to their civilisation's fate. These included the [[Below the Sun Believer]]s, the [[Rocketeer]]s, the [[Water-breather]]s, the [[Volcano People]], the [[Magnetologist]]s and the [[Cave-maker]]s.
+* There were various factions, known as [[anti-Acceptancer]]s, who tried to find alternatives to their civilisation's fate. These included the [[Below the Sun Believers]], the [[Rocketeer]]s, the [[Water-breather]]s, the [[Volcano People]], the [[Magnetologist]]s and the [[Cave-maker]]s.
 === Individuals ===
-* [[Trikhobu]] attacks the [[Sou(ou)shi]] with [[Venusian aikido]], presumably in its pure form.
+* Trikhobu attacks the [[Sou(ou)shi]] with [[Venusian aikido]], presumably in its pure form.
-=== Planets ===
-* The Doctor has visited [[Venus]] before.
 === Species ===
@@ Line 107: / Line 78: @@
 == Notes ==
-* The remark by [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] that [[Christmas]] has passed recently appears to be a rather sly reference to the broadcast date of the television story ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', which aired during the Christmas week.
+* The remark by [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] that [[Christmas]] has passed recently appears to be a rather sly reference to the broadcast date of the television story ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', which aired during the Christmas week. The novel takes place immediately after that story.
+* This book, [[Paul Leonard]]'s first, was intended to lead into [[Jim Mortimore]]'s short story ''[[The Book of Shadows (short story)|The Book of Shadows]]''. Mortimore had convinced Leonard to pitch to [[Virgin Books]], and Leonard chose the First Doctor TARDIS team so he could use Mortimore's "ready-made characterisations".<ref>[http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/issue11/interview11g.html Interview: Paul (Leonard) Hinder]</ref>
 == Continuity ==
@@ Line 114: / Line 86: @@
 * Ian compares [[Bikugih]] to [[Morphoton]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus (TV story)|The Keys of Marinus]]'')
 * The Doctor asks Pown(ow)ri whether the Sou(ou)shi are related to the [[Great Vampire]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'')
+* Barbara thinks about her father at the time she got her teaching job at [[Coal Hill School]]. However, a later [[Short Trips (series)|short story]] claims that her father was killed in the early stages of [[World War II]] when Barbara was only a child. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tell Me You Love Me (short story)|Tell Me You Love Me]]'')
+* At the end, the Doctor expresses his intention to travel to the time of [[Aristea]] in order to collect some [[gold]] to make a [[wedding]] [[ring]] for Susan's wedding. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of Shadows (short story)|The Book of Shadows]]'')
 == External links ==
-* {{dwrefguide|who_ma03.htm|Venusian Lullaby}}
+{{dwrefguide|who_ma03.htm|Venusian Lullaby}}
 * {{whoniverse|ma03|Venusian Lullaby}}
 * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/venulula.htm The Cloister Library: '''Venusian Lullaby''']
 * [http://www.oocities.com/rico.briggs/venu.html Doctor Who Bewildering Reference Guide to '''Venusian Lullaby''']
+* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#ma003 Beyond the Book: Venusian Lullaby by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43]
+== Footnotes ==
+{{reflist}}
 {{MA}}
 {{TitleSort}}
-{{prose stub}}
 [[Category:MA novels]]

Tardis