Genocide

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

Genocide
Series:	Doctor Who - BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
Release Number:	4
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companions:	Sam Jones
Enemy:	The Tractites
Setting:	Paratractis, 2109 Africa, Tanzania 2,569,878 BCE & African Plains 3,630,000 BCE
Author:	Paul Leonard
Publisher:	BBC Books
Publication:	September 1997
Format:	Paperback Book, 281 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-563-40572-4
Previous Story:	The Bodysnatchers
Following Story:	War of the Daleks

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

[edit] Publisher's Summary

Years after leaving UNIT, Jo Grant receives a plea for help from an old acquaintance. A palaeontological study of the earliest known humans is apparently under threat from a UNIT force led by a captain who does not officially exist. Investigating further, she begins to find herself out of her depth - and out of the twentieth century altogether...

Meanwhile, the Doctor and Sam visit Earth in 2109 - but there is no trace of the human race. Earth is home of the Tractites, a peaceful race who have been living there for hundreds of thousands of years. Astonished and appalled, the Doctor travels back in time to see just what went wrong in Earth's prehistory.

Why have Jo and the expedition been taken back in time? Are the Tractites all they seem? Finally, separated from the TARDIS, the Doctor's last chance to put things right rests with Sam - but has even she turned against him?

[edit] Characters

• The Doctor
  • Mentions Davros in talking to Sam "My old friend Davros".
• Sam Jones
  • Is still 17.
  • Mentions Zygons and Vampires (who she's met) and Daleks (who's she's yet to).
• Jo Grant
  • Blasts away Tractites to make sure her future would still be there.
• John Benton
  • Is now in a purely administrative position at UNIT.
• Rowenna Michaels
  • Attacked and killed by wild dogs.
• Julie Sands
  • Killed by wild dogs.
• Mauvril
  • Mentions Earth Reptiles.
• Kitig

[edit] References

• Cliff Jones and Jo Grant are separated, they have a son; Matthew.
• The Time Trees allowed for barely controlled time travel.
• The Time Vortex and the universe was thrown into chaos from the temporal paradox cause by the Sam, the Doctor and the time tree's interference.
• Jo has been on the UNIT books since the 1970s.
• Tractis is the home planet of the Tractites. The Tractites are half-horse, half-ox with four eyes and two hands with three fingers.
• The Doctor is still wearing the boots that Grace Holloway gave him.
• Paratractis is the name of Earth in the alternate timeline.
• Humans from the Earth Empire invaded Tractis.
• Brigadier Winifred Bambera is Benton's superior
• At one point Jo thinks to herself: "She made herself remember the jungles of Spiridon, the Daleks cruising through the mist. Autons, faceless faces turning the corner - Sea Devils, Xarax, deadly parasitic Axons." (page 149)
• The Doctor and Sam go and see the Empress and see Earth Reptiles, Draconians, Ice Warriors, Zygons, GorEntelech and Tractites kneeling to her. The Doctor doesn't kneel so neither does Sam.

[edit] Notes

• The alternate cover (below main cover) is is a pre-press cover which is used on some internet sites such as Amazon.com.
• This novel was advertised on several Doctor Who VHS releases as one of several new novels, it was advertised with a background showing Jo Grant.

[edit] Continuity

• DW: The Green Death introduced Cliff Jones and showed him and Jo planning to get married.
• The last contact the Doctor had with Jo was in the form of a letter (DW: Planet of the Spiders)
• The model train set from ST: Model Train Set is seen.
• The Doctor mentions Davros in this novel, he meets him in the next EDA: War of the Daleks.
• Jo saw the jungles of Spiridon in DW: Planet of the Daleks, Axons in The Claws of Axos, Sea Devils in The Sea Devils, Autons in Terror of the Autons and Xarax in MA: Dancing the Code.

[edit] External Links

• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Genocide
• The Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide - Genocide
• The Cloister Library - Genocide

BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
Previous Release: The Bodysnatchers	Next Release: War of the Daleks