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|name = Eater of Wasps
  
|name = Eater of Wasps
 
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]
  
|series = [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]
 
|number = 45
  
|number = 45
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|doctor = [[Eighth Doctor]]
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|doctor = Eighth Doctor
 
|companions = [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Anji Kapoor]]
  
|companions = [[Fitz Kreiner]], [[Anji Kapoor]]
 
|enemy = [[Wasp]]s, [[Time Commando]]s
  
|enemy = [[Wasp]]s, [[Time Commando]]s
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|year = [[Earth]], [[England]], [[Marpling]], August 27th, [[1933]]
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|setting = [[Earth]], [[England]], [[Marpling]], [[27 August]] [[1933]]
 
|writer = [[Trevor Baxendale]]
  
|writer = [[Trevor Baxendale]]
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|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
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|publisher = BBC Books
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|release date = [[May]], [[2001]]
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|release date = [[7 May (releases)|7 May]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]]
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|format = Paperback Book, --- Pages
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|format = Paperback Book; 36 Chapters, 288 Pages
 
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-53832-5
  
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-53832-5
 
|prev = Vanishing Point (novel)
  
|prev = Vanishing Point (novel)
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'''''Eater of Wasps''''' was the forty-fifth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Trevor Baxendale]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Anji Kapoor]].
  
'''''Eater of Wasps''''' was the forty-fifth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Trevor Baxendale]]. It featured the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Anji Kapoor]].
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== Publisher’s Summary ==
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== Publisher’s summary ==
 
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands in the sleepy [[English]] village of [[Marpling]], as calm and peaceful as any other village in the [[1930s]]. Or so it would seem at first glance. But the village is about to get a rude awakening.
  
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands in the sleepy [[English]] village of [[Marpling]], as calm and peaceful as any other village in the [[1930s]]. Or so it would seem at first glance. But the village is about to get a rude awakening.
   
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The Doctor and his friends discover they aren’t the only [[time travel|time-travellers]] in the area: a crack commando team is also prowling the [[Wiltshire]] countryside, charged with the task of recovering an appallingly dangerous artefact from the far future -- and they have orders to destroy the entire area, should anything go wrong.
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The Doctor and his friends discover they aren’t the only [[time travel|time-travellers]] in the area: a crack commando team is also prowling the [[Wiltshire]] countryside, charged with the task of recovering an appallingly dangerous artefact from the far future — and they have orders to destroy the entire area, should anything go wrong.
   
 
And then there are the [[wasp]]s... mutant killers bringing terror and death in equal measure. What is their purpose? How can they be stopped? And who will be their next victim?
  
And then there are the [[wasp]]s... mutant killers bringing terror and death in equal measure. What is their purpose? How can they be stopped? And who will be their next victim?
   
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In the race to stop the horror that has been unleashed, the Doctor must outwit both the temporal hit squad, who want him out of the way, and the local police -- who want him for murder.
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In the race to stop the horror that has been unleashed, the Doctor must outwit both the temporal hit squad, who want him out of the way, and the local police — who want him for murder.
   
 
== Characters ==
  
== Characters ==
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* [[Liam Jarrow]]
  
* [[Liam Jarrow]]
 
* [[Fordyke]]
  
* [[Fordyke]]
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* [[George Pink]]
  
 
* [[Gleave]]
  
* [[Gleave]]
 
* [[Gwen Carlton]]
  
* [[Gwen Carlton]]
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* [[Havers]]
  
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* [[Hilary Pink]]
  
 
* [[Jacobs (Eater of Wasps)|Jacobs]]
  
* [[Jacobs (Eater of Wasps)|Jacobs]]
 
* [[John Jarrow]]
  
* [[John Jarrow]]
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== References ==
  
== References ==
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* The Doctor, Anji and Liam board a train from [[Marpling Halt]].
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=== [[:Category:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ===
  
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* The Doctor describes [[bio‐psionic]] force.
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=== The Doctor ===
 
* The Doctor has always wanted to drive a [[tractor]].
  
* The Doctor has always wanted to drive a [[tractor]].
 
* He claims to have been a sailor in [[1933]] during his stay on Earth and tells Fitz he cannot dance a jig, "but I'll show you my tattoo if you're lucky."
  
* He claims to have been a sailor in [[1933]] during his stay on Earth and tells Fitz he cannot dance a jig, "but I'll show you my tattoo if you're lucky."
 
* He insists to Anji he can think and sleep at the same time.
  
* He insists to Anji he can think and sleep at the same time.
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* The Doctor stayed at [[Longleat]] with the Marquis of Bath.
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* He likes [[Butterfly|butterflies]].
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* The Doctor has met [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] and [[Tarzan]].
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* The Doctor uses a [[The Doctor's Gladstone bag|Gladstone bag]].
   
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=== Fitz Kreiner ===
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=== [[:Category:Music from the real world|Music from the real world]] ===
  
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* Fitz hates [[wasp]]s.
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=== Music from the real world ===
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* The Doctor plays [[Black Sabbath]]'s "[[Paranoid]]" on the [[piano]].
 
* Fitz plays piano, specifically "[[Let It Be]]".
  
* Fitz plays piano, specifically "[[Let It Be]]".
   
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== Continuity ==
  
== Continuity ==
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* The origin of the psi-weapon and the [[Time Agency|Time Agents]] is revealed in [[EDA]]: ''[[Emotional Chemistry]]''. They are the same Time Agents mentioned by [[Magnus Greel]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''.
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* The origin of the psi-weapon and the [[Time Agency|Time Agents]] is revealed in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Emotional Chemistry]]''. They are the same Time Agents mentioned by [[Magnus Greel]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''.
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* A flashback in [[EDA]]: ''[[The Year of Intelligent Tigers]]'' reveals that the Doctor learned of the attack on the [[train]] from a newspaper report during his exile on Earth, and that he intended to investigate the mysterious events one day.
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* A flashback in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Year of Intelligent Tigers]]'' reveals that the Doctor learned of the attack on the [[train]] from a newspaper report during his exile on Earth, and that he intended to investigate the mysterious events one day.
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* While examining the Doctor’s pockets, Kala, Jode and Fatboy discover the note that [[Mary Minett]] wrote the Doctor in [[EDA]]: ''[[Casualties of War (novel)|Casualties of War]]'', which the Doctor keeps in his pocket even after all that time.
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* While examining the Doctor’s pockets, Kala, Jode and Fatboy discover the note that [[Mary Minett]] wrote the Doctor in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Casualties of War (novel)|Casualties of War]]'', which the Doctor has kept his pocket since [[1918]].
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* In [[EDA]]: ''[[Trading Futures]]'', the Doctor meets a time agent from Kala’s era, gone rogue and working for his enemy [[Sabbath]], who reveals that Kala comes from the [[49th century]].
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* In [[PROSE]]: ''[[Trading Futures]]'', the Doctor meets a time agent from Kala’s era, gone rogue and working for his enemy [[Sabbath]], who reveals that Kala comes from the [[49th century]].
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* The Doctor hums and aria from ''[[Madame Butterfly]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
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== Timeline ==
  
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* This story takes place after [[EDA]]: ''[[Vanishing Point]]''
  
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* This story takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[The Year of Intelligent Tigers]]''
  
   
 
== External links ==
  
== External links ==
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[[Category:Stories set in 1933]]
  
[[Category:Stories set in 1933]]
 
[[Category:Stories set in Wiltshire]]
  
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[[Category:Pseudo-historical stories]]

Revision as of 22:43, 26 December 2014

RealWorld

Eater of Wasps was the forty-fifth novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Trevor Baxendale. It featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Anji Kapoor.

Publisher’s summary

The TARDIS lands in the sleepy English village of Marpling, as calm and peaceful as any other village in the 1930s. Or so it would seem at first glance. But the village is about to get a rude awakening.

The Doctor and his friends discover they aren’t the only time-travellers in the area: a crack commando team is also prowling the Wiltshire countryside, charged with the task of recovering an appallingly dangerous artefact from the far future — and they have orders to destroy the entire area, should anything go wrong.

And then there are the wasps... mutant killers bringing terror and death in equal measure. What is their purpose? How can they be stopped? And who will be their next victim?

In the race to stop the horror that has been unleashed, the Doctor must outwit both the temporal hit squad, who want him out of the way, and the local police — who want him for murder.

Characters

References

The Doctor

  • The Doctor has always wanted to drive a tractor.
  • He claims to have been a sailor in 1933 during his stay on Earth and tells Fitz he cannot dance a jig, "but I'll show you my tattoo if you're lucky."
  • He insists to Anji he can think and sleep at the same time.
  • The Doctor stayed at Longleat with the Marquis of Bath.
  • He likes butterflies.
  • The Doctor has met Edgar Rice Burroughs and Tarzan.
  • The Doctor uses a Gladstone bag.

Fitz Kreiner

Music from the real world

Notes

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Continuity

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