Father Time
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companion(s):	Debbie Castle Miranda Dawkins
Main enemy:	Ferran
Main setting:	Earth throughout the 1980s: Greyfrith London India Berlin Florida On board space shuttle Atlantis
Key crew
Publisher:	BBC Books
Writer:	Lance Parkin
Release details
Release number:	41
Release date:	January, 2001
Format:	Paperback Book, --- Pages
ISBN 0-563-53810-4
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Father Time was the forty-first novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Lance Parkin. It featured the Eighth Doctor and Miranda Dawkins.

Publisher’s Summary Edit

"I love her," the Doctor said.

"Of course you do, she’s your daughter."

Earth in the nineteen-eighties is a battleground. Rival alien factions have travelled from the far future to pursue their vendetta.

With UFOs filling the skies, a giant robot stalking the Derbyshire hills, and alien hunters searching for the mysterious Last One, the Doctor is the only man who can protect the innocents caught in the crossfire.

But old scores are being settled, the fate of a Galactic Empire is at stake, and, against his will, the Doctor is drawn into a decade-long war that will strike at those he holds most dear.

The Doctor has lost his memory, his friends, his past and his TARDIS.

All he has now is the love of his daughter.

But will even that be taken from him?

Plot Edit

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Characters Edit

• Eighth Doctor
• Miranda Dawkins
• Ferran
• Prefect Zevron
• Deputy Sallak
• Debbie Castle
• Alex
• Arnold Knight
• Barry Castle
• Bob
• Cate
• Dinah
• Gibson
• Graltor
• Joel
• Kim Dawkins
• Kirst
• Mather
• Tarvin

References Edit

The Doctor Edit

• After he steals a space shuttle, the Doctor comments that he belongs out in space.
• The Doctor becomes a millionaire so Miranda will want for nothing growing up.
• The Doctor keeps all of Miranda's milk teeth.
• The Doctor sees Mr Saldaamir and Daleks in a vision of his future.
• The Doctor remembers waking up in a train carriage over a century ago (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell)
• Has a photographic memory
• Plays chess and beats all the members of the school chess club.

The Doctor's items Edit

• The Doctor has built a Sonic suitcase that can (amongst other things) open doors with sonic vibrations.

• The TARDIS outer shell is fully regenerated, including the writing and the light on top. He keeps it in his garden.

• The Doctor drives a Trabant, which he obtained in East Germany

History Edit

• In the far future, the universe is ruled by the Emperor and his species.

Individuals Edit

• The Doctor's breath doesn't fog in cold weather. Miranda notices it and comments that neither does hers.
• Miranda Dawkins is said to resemble the Doctor in her tone of voice, manner and appearance. She has two hearts and doesn't need much sleep.
• Miranda has picked up enough of her father's habits to be a thorn in Ferran's side, incite a revolt and lead a revolution, including convincing a robot to join her.
• Iris Wildthyme visited the Doctor during the 1980s. She tried to explain everything, but left the Doctor confused.

Planets Edit

• Neo-phobus (aka Voga) is mentioned.
• The Doctor encountered the Prefect and Sallak on the planets Galspar and Falkus before (it could have been the Seventh Doctor with Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej.

Species Edit

• The Klade are implied to have been created by the Daleks.
• The Hunters, humanoid with elongated bodies
• Faction Klade, members of an alliance from the far future

Vehicles Edit

• The Eighth Doctor steals a space shuttle to rescue Miranda.

Notes Edit

• This is the fifth story in the "Earth Arc".
• A "What If" set visit was published on the BBC website at the time of this novel's publication. The BBC has subsequently removed the page which was located at (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/books/telepress/fathertime_feature.shtml), but the page can be accessed via the Internet Archive 'Wayback Machine' at BBC.co.uk Father Time: "Set Visit" at the Internet Archive.
• Miranda appears in later novels, and is also featured in a spin-off comic series, Miranda, published during 2003.

Reprint Edit

BBC Books has announced that a "print on demand" reprint edition of this novel will be made available as of 31st August 2011 as the imprint revisits adventures featuring the first eight Doctors.^{[source needed]}

This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity Edit

• The Doctor uses a Martian greeting first used in PROSE: Legacy. Bernice Summerfield also uses it in PROSE: The Dying Days.
• The Doctor revisits Betty Stobbold, Reverend Stobbold’s daughter from PROSE: The Burning
• The Doctor dreams of a house that has "hundreds of bedrooms, a swimming pool, an art gallery and a library, even a greenhouse the size of Kew Gardens"
• Debbie sees a picture of the Doctor in Stalingrad from 1951 (PROSE: Endgame)
• Ferran mentions several records of the Doctor's activities during the late 20th century. These include:

• Baghdad (PROSE: Interference: Book One and Two)
• Lloyds building (PROSE: Bullet Time)
• The Martian Invasion (PROSE: The Dying Days)
• The Kulan Invasion (PROSE: Escape Velocity)

• It is interesting to note that during the Tenth Doctor's unintentional visit to Messaline in the far future, his DNA was extracted and used to create a female Timelord clone called Jenny, making her technically his "daughter" as well. (TV: The Doctor's Daughter)

External links Edit

• Detailed synopsis of Father Time at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Discontinuity Guide to: Father Time at The Whoniverse
• BBC.co.uk Father Time: "Set Visit" at the Internet Archive