Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible

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Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible
Series:	Doctor Who - Virgin New Adventures
Release Number:	5
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Companions:	Ace
Enemy:	the Process
Setting:	Earth, London, 1991 The City / the TARDIS
Author:	Marc Platt
Publisher:	Virgin Books
Publication:	February 1992
Format:	Paperback Book, 275 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0426203658
Previous Story:	Timewyrm: Revelation
Following Story:	Cat's Cradle: Warhead

Contents 1 Publisher's Summary 2 Characters 3 References 4 Notes 5 Continuity 6 Timeline 7 External Links

[edit] Publisher's Summary

'You’re on your own, Ace.'

The TARDIS is invaded by an alien presence, and is then destroyed. The Doctor disappears.

Ace, lost and alone, finds herself in a bizarre deserted city ruled by the tyrannical, leech-like monster known as the Process.

Lost voyagers drawn forward from Ancient Gallifrey perform obsessive rituals in the ruins.

The strands of time are tangled in a cat’s cradle of dimensions.

Only the Doctor can challenge the rule of the Process and restore the stolen Future.

But the Doctor was destroyed long ago, before Time began.

[edit] Characters

• The Doctor
  • Has never travelled into Gallifrey's past.
  • He's one of the cousins of the House of Lungbarrow.
• Ace
  • Can swear in 11 alien languages.
• The Pythia
  • Ruler of Gallifrey before Rassilon.
• Rassilon

Characters of the Time Scaphe

• Shonnzi
• Vael Voryunsti Sheverell
  • Agent of Pythia.
• Reogus
• Pekery
• Chesperl

[edit] References

• The Sisterhood of Karn and Lady Peinforte are both left overs of the Pythia's power.
• The Pythia were psychics that could forsee Gallifrey's future, they were female.
• The Pythia sends her sisterhood to Karn.
• Ancient Gallifrey had an empire.
• Rassilon created the Looms to save Gallifrey from extinction cause by Pythia's curse of sterility upon Gallifrey.
• Pythia came from before the Intuitive Revolution which heralded Rassilon's rise to power.
• The Doctor is one of 45 cousins of the House of Lungbarrow.
• The Doctor mentions Blinovictual Theory, most likely a reference to the Blinovitch Limitation Effect.
• Ace mentions the Hand of Omega.
• Tafelshrew is a rodent from Gallifrey.
• Pazithi Gallifreya is Gallifrey's moon.
• Sepulchasm is a game of some sort on Gallifrey.
• Rassilon the God written by Cardinal Borusa.

[edit] Notes

• This is the first novel in the Cat's Cradle trilogy.

[edit] Continuity

• The Doctor says he's never been to Alaska, however BFA: The Land of the Dead is set there. Depends on the timeline
• No natural born child exists on Gallifrey since Pythia's curse...however; MA: Cold Fusion, PDA: The Infinity Doctors and Lungbarrow question this.
• Ancient Gallifrey is also seen and described in: EDA: Interference - Book Two.
• The Sisterhood of Karn first appeared in DW: The Brain of Morbius.
• Lady Peinforte mentioned mysterious secrets about the Doctor in DW: Silver Nemesis.
• Ace doesn't like black cats, which were prominent in DW: Survival.
• This is the first time it is suggested that the TARDIS is to be piloted by six people, this is shown on screen in DW: Journey's End.

[edit] Timeline

• This story occurs after DWM: Cathedral Heart
• This story occurs before DWM: A Cold Day in Hell

[edit] External Links

• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Cat’s Cradle: Time’s Crucible
• The Whoniverse - The Discontinuity Guide to: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible
• Bewildering References guide to Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible

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