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|companions = Debbie Castle<br />[[Miranda Dawkins]]
 
|companions = Debbie Castle<br />[[Miranda Dawkins]]
 
|enemy = [[Ferran]]
 
|enemy = [[Ferran]]
|year = [[Earth]] throughout the [[1980]]s: {{il|Greyfrith|[[London]]|[[India]]|[[Berlin]]|[[Florida]]}}On board space shuttle ''[[atlantis (space shuttle)|Atlantis]]''
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|setting = [[Earth]] throughout the [[1980]]s: {{il|Greyfrith|[[London]]|[[India]]|[[Berlin]]|[[Florida]]|On board space shuttle ''[[atlantis (space shuttle)|Atlantis]]''}}
 
|writer = [[Lance Parkin]]
 
|writer = [[Lance Parkin]]
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
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|publisher = BBC Books
|release date = [[January]], [[2001]]
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|release date = [[8 January (releases)|8 January]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]]
|format = Paperback Book, --- Pages
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|format = Paperback Book; 29 Chapters, 288 Pages
 
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-53810-4
 
|isbn = ISBN 0-563-53810-4
 
|prev = Endgame (novel)
 
|prev = Endgame (novel)
 
|next = Escape Velocity (novel)
 
|next = Escape Velocity (novel)
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}}{{dab page|Father Time (disambiguation)}}
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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 introduced his adoptive daughter [[Miranda Dawkins]].
 
'''''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 introduced his adoptive daughter [[Miranda Dawkins]].
   
== Publisher’s Summary ==
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== Publisher’s summary ==
 
''"I love her," the Doctor said.''
 
''"I love her," the Doctor said.''
   
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But will even that be taken from him?
 
But will even that be taken from him?
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== Chapter Titles ==
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* 0: Planet of Death
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'''Part One: 'Battle of the Planets' - The Early 1980s'''
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* 1: Knights and Castles
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* 2: The Doctor
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* 3: The Girl with Two Hearts
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* 4: Close Encounters
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* 5: Contact
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* 6: Talking to Strangers
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* 7: Inside the Spaceship
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* 8: Prefect Timing
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* 9: The Last Battle
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'''Part Two: 'Masters of the Universe' - The Mid-1980s'''
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* 10: Eighties' Child
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* 11: UFO Detected
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* 12: Voices from the Past
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* 13: The Black Tower
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* 14: The Interrogation Game
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* 15: Target Acquisition
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* 16: The Party of Doom
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* 17: Urban Regeneration
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* 18: Escape to Destiny
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* 19: Date With Death
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* 20: Don't Leave Me This Way
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'''Part Three: 'Defenders of the Earth' - The Late 1980s'''
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* 21: All Around the World
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* 22: Today America, Tomorrow the World
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* 23: Escape Velocity
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* 24: Home is Where the Hearts Are
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* 25: Power to the People
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* 26: Death in the Family
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* 27: Death Comes to Time
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* 28: The Next Generation
   
 
== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
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* [[Cate]]
 
* [[Cate]]
 
* [[Dinah]]
 
* [[Dinah]]
* [[Gibson]]
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* [[Gibson (Father Time)|Gibson]]
 
* [[Graltor]]
 
* [[Graltor]]
 
* [[Joel]]
 
* [[Joel]]
 
* [[Kim Dawkins]]
 
* [[Kim Dawkins]]
 
* [[Kirst]]
 
* [[Kirst]]
* [[Mather]]
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* [[Felix Mather]]
 
* [[Tarvin]]
 
* [[Tarvin]]
   
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* The Doctor keeps all of Miranda's milk teeth.
 
* The Doctor keeps all of Miranda's milk teeth.
 
* The Doctor sees Mr [[Saldaamir]] and [[Dalek]]s in a vision of his future.
 
* The Doctor sees Mr [[Saldaamir]] and [[Dalek]]s in a vision of his future.
* The Doctor remembers waking up in a train carriage over a century ago ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'')
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* The Doctor remembers waking up in a [[train]] carriage over a century ago. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'')
* Has a photographic memory
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* The Doctor has an [[eidetic memory]]
* Plays chess and beats all the members of the school chess club.
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* He plays [[chess]] and beats all the members of the school chess club.
   
 
=== The Doctor's items ===
 
=== The Doctor's items ===
* The Doctor has built a [[Sonic suitcase]] that can (amongst other things) open doors with sonic vibrations.
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* The Doctor has built a [[sonic suitcase]] that can (amongst other things) open doors with sonic vibrations.
 
* The [[The Doctor's TARDIS|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]].
* 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 ===
 
=== History ===
* In the [[far future]], the universe is ruled by [[the Emperor]] and [[Time Lord|his species]].
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* In the [[far future]], the universe is ruled by [[the Emperor]].
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* Ferran reads the Doctor's memories, and sees — among others — multiple wars, [[rape]], flooding [[mine]]s, [[stock market]] crashes, [[AIDS]], [[concentration camp]]s, [[anthrax]] and [[Agent Orange]] as examples of evil on [[Earth]].
   
 
=== Individuals ===
 
=== Individuals ===
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=== Planets ===
 
=== Planets ===
 
* [[Neo-phobus]] (aka [[Voga]]) is mentioned.
 
* [[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]].
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* The Doctor encountered the Prefect and Sallak on the planets Galspar and Falkus before.
   
 
=== Species ===
 
=== Species ===
 
* The [[Klade]] are implied to have been created by the [[Dalek]]s.
 
* The [[Klade]] are implied to have been created by the [[Dalek]]s.
* The Hunters, humanoid with elongated bodies
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* The Hunters are [[humanoid]] with elongated bodies.
* Faction Klade, members of an alliance from the far future
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* Faction Klade are members of an alliance from the [[far future]].
   
 
=== Vehicles ===
 
=== Vehicles ===
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== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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[[File:DWM_301_FATHER_TIME.jpg|thumb|Art by [[Roger Langridge]] from DWM 301]]
 
* This is the fifth story in the "Earth Arc".
 
* 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 [http://web.archive.org/web/20010329191019/www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/books/eighth/fathertime_feature.shtml BBC.co.uk Father Time: "Set Visit" at the Internet Archive].
 
* 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 [http://web.archive.org/web/20010329191019/www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/books/eighth/fathertime_feature.shtml 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 (comic)|Miranda]]'', published during 2003.
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* Miranda appears in later novels, and is also featured in a spin-off comic series, ''[[Miranda (comic story)|Miranda]]'', published during 2003.
   
 
=== Reprint ===
 
=== Reprint ===
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== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor uses a Martian greeting first used in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy]]''. [[Bernice Summerfield]] also uses it in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]''.
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* The Doctor uses a Martian greeting first used in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]''. [[Bernice Summerfield]] also uses it in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]''.
* The Doctor revisits Betty Stobbold, Reverend Stobbold’s daughter from [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Burning]]''
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* The Doctor revisits Betty Stobbold, Reverend Stobbold’s daughter from [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Burning]]''.
* The Doctor dreams of a house that has "[[TARDIS|hundreds of bedrooms, a swimming pool, an art gallery and a library, even a greenhouse the size of Kew Gardens]]"
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* The Doctor dreams of a house that has "[[TARDIS|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]]'')
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* Debbie sees a picture of the Doctor in [[Stalingrad]] from [[1951]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'')
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* The Doctor tells Miranda various stories when she is a child, including tales of a [[Vortis|planet]] where the [[Menoptera|moths]] and the [[Zarbi|ants]] are at war (''[[The Web Planet]]''), a [[Kandy Man|man made of liquorice]] (''[[The Happiness Patrol]]''), and an empress in a jar (''[[The Scarlet Empress]]'').
 
* Ferran mentions several records of the Doctor's activities during the late 20th century. These include:
 
* Ferran mentions several records of the Doctor's activities during the late 20th century. These include:
   
:* [[Baghdad]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference|Interference: Book One and Two]]'')
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:* [[Baghdad]] ([[PROSE]]: [[Interference - Book One|''Interference - Book One'']] and ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'')
 
:* Lloyds building ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bullet Time]]'')
 
:* Lloyds building ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bullet Time]]'')
 
:* The Martian Invasion ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
 
:* The Martian Invasion ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
:* The [[Kulan]] Invasion ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Escape Velocity]]'')
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:* The [[Kulan]] Invasion ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Escape Velocity]]'', and the only occasion where events actually feature the Doctor's future self)
* It is interesting to note that during the [[Tenth Doctor|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 (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]], making her technically his "daughter" as well. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'')
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* 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 [[Time Lord]] clone called [[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]], making her technically his "daughter" as well. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'')
   
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
 
* {{dwrefguide|whobbc41.htm|Father Time}}
 
* {{dwrefguide|whobbc41.htm|Father Time}}
* {{whoniverse|ED41.php|Father Time}}
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* {{whoniverse|ed41|Father Time}}
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010329191019/www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/books/eighth/fathertime_feature.shtml BBC.co.uk Father Time: "Set Visit" at the Internet Archive]
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010329191019/www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/books/eighth/fathertime_feature.shtml BBC.co.uk Father Time: "Set Visit" at the Internet Archive]
   
 
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[[Category:Stories set in London]]
 
[[Category:Stories set in London]]
 
[[Category:Stories set in India]]
 
[[Category:Stories set in India]]
[[Category:Stories set in the United States]]
 
 
[[Category:Eighth Doctor on Earth arc]]
 
[[Category:Eighth Doctor on Earth arc]]
 
[[Category:Stories set in Florida]]
 
[[Category:Stories set in Florida]]

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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 introduced his adoptive daughter Miranda Dawkins.

Publisher’s summary

"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?

Chapter Titles

  • 0: Planet of Death

Part One: 'Battle of the Planets' - The Early 1980s

  • 1: Knights and Castles
  • 2: The Doctor
  • 3: The Girl with Two Hearts
  • 4: Close Encounters
  • 5: Contact
  • 6: Talking to Strangers
  • 7: Inside the Spaceship
  • 8: Prefect Timing
  • 9: The Last Battle

Part Two: 'Masters of the Universe' - The Mid-1980s

  • 10: Eighties' Child
  • 11: UFO Detected
  • 12: Voices from the Past
  • 13: The Black Tower
  • 14: The Interrogation Game
  • 15: Target Acquisition
  • 16: The Party of Doom
  • 17: Urban Regeneration
  • 18: Escape to Destiny
  • 19: Date With Death
  • 20: Don't Leave Me This Way

Part Three: 'Defenders of the Earth' - The Late 1980s

  • 21: All Around the World
  • 22: Today America, Tomorrow the World
  • 23: Escape Velocity
  • 24: Home is Where the Hearts Are
  • 25: Power to the People
  • 26: Death in the Family
  • 27: Death Comes to Time
  • 28: The Next Generation

Plot

to be added

Characters

References

The Doctor

  • 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)
  • The Doctor has an eidetic memory
  • He plays chess and beats all the members of the school chess club.

The Doctor's items

  • 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

Individuals

  • 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

  • Neo-phobus (aka Voga) is mentioned.
  • The Doctor encountered the Prefect and Sallak on the planets Galspar and Falkus before.

Species

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

Vehicles

Notes

File:DWM 301 FATHER TIME.jpg

Art by Roger Langridge from DWM 301

Reprint

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

External links