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First Frontier was the thirtieth New Adventures novel. It featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield. This novel also featured the first in-novel regeneration of a character from the TV series: the Master. It was one of three novels written by David A. McIntee that feature the Master, with Virgin Missing Adventures' The Dark Path following in 1997 and BBC Past Doctor Adventures' The Face of the Enemy being published in 1998.

Publisher's summary[]

Ace raised her blaster. "You've already killed me once, girl," Kreer said. "Didn't you learn anything from that?"

When Bernice asks to see the dawn of the space age, the Doctor takes the TARDIS to the United States of America in 1957 — and into the midst of distrust and paranoia. The Cold War is raging, bringing the world to the brink of atomic destruction.

But the threat facing America is far more deadly than Communist Russia. The militaristic Tzun Confederacy have made Earth their next target for conquest — and the aliens are already among us.

Two nuclear warheads have been stolen; there are traitors to the human species in the highest ranks of the army; and alien infiltrators have assumed human form. Only one person seems to know what's going on: the army's mysterious scientific advisor, the enigmatic Major Kreer.

Plot[]

On May Day, 1957, the Soviets launch Sputnik I. After it begins its orbit, the signal begins to fade and the satellite is lost. The mission will be erased from history, and when Sputnik II is launched, it will be renamed "Sputnik I."

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Characters[]

Worldbuilding[]

Biology[]

Cultural references from the real world[]

Documents[]

  • The Master respects Bernice and has read her paper on Martian Feudalism.

Individuals[]

  • Shadow is the name of a Kitling named by the Master. It took him from the Cheetah World to 1950s America.

Planets[]

Psychology[]

Species[]

Sports[]

  • It is best (supposedly) to have five arms and five legs when using Venusian aikido.

TARDIS[]

Theories and concepts[]

Time Lords[]

  • The Master claims to be a Time Lord of the First Rank.

Vehicles[]

  • Ace can fly a Hercules military plane.
  • Ace also used to fly a spacehopper in the Spacefleet.

Weapons[]

Notes[]

Continuity[]

Cover gallery[]

External links[]

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