The Also People is the forty-fourth Virgin New Adventures novel. It features the Seventh Doctor, Bernice Summerfield, Chris Cwej and Roz Forrester. It also features the return of Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart, who last appeared in Set Piece, and the debut of The People and their home, the Worldsphere; they would return in several Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures.

This novel features uniquely named characters, with upper and lower cases and punctuation within the names and a pronunciation guide printed at the start of the novel explaining how to pronounce those letters and punctuation marks.

Contents 1 Publisher's summary 2 Plot 3 Characters 4 References 4.1 Anatomy and physiology 4.2 Astronomical objects 4.3 Conflicts 4.4 Crime 4.5 The Doctor 4.6 Individuals 4.7 Fashion and clothing 4.8 Foods and beverages 4.9 Games 4.10 Literature 4.11 Locations 4.12 Organisations 4.13 Politics 4.14 Power sources 4.15 Species 4.16 Spacecraft 4.17 Theories and concepts 4.18 Weapons 5 Notes 6 Continuity 7 External links

Publisher's summary Edit

"Just how technologically advanced are they?" The Doctor frowned. "Let me put it this way: they have a non-aggression pact with the Time Lords."

The Doctor has taken his companions to paradise, or at least the closest thing he can find. A sun enclosed by an artificial sphere where there is no want, poverty or violence.

While Chris learns to surf, meets a girl and falls in love with a biplane, Roz suspects an alien plot and Bernice considers that a Dyson Sphere needs an archaeologist like a fish needs a five-speed gear box.

Then the peace is shattered by murder. As the suspects proliferate, Bernice realises that even an artificial world has its buried secrets and Roz discovers what she's always suspected -- that every paradise has its snake.

Plot Edit

to be added

Characters Edit

• The Doctor
• Bernice Summerfield
• Roz Forrester
• Chris Cwej
• saRa!qava
• Dep
• aM!xitsa
• feLixi
• God
• kiKhali
• agRaven
• !C-Mel
• vi!Cari
• beRut
• Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart
• S-Lioness
• R-Vene

References Edit

Anatomy and physiology Edit

• Roz decided in her youth that messy sex didn't offer anything a three-pack of Martian ale and a long shower couldn't.
• Dep has sex with Chris and impregnates herself with his sperm.

Astronomical objects Edit

• Bernice Summerfield has visited a Dyson Sphere before, albeit one that was already fragmented.

Conflicts Edit

• The Doctor mentions World War IV.
• feLixi was a secret agent in the Proxy Wars.

Crime Edit

• feLixi was the accomplice in the murder of vi!Cari.
• !C-Mel was the murderer of vi!Cari, who is avenged by the Doctor in this story.
• R-Vene murdered two hundred thousand beings in a moment of combat panic.

The Doctor Edit

• The Doctor once broke the Galactic record for continuous spoon-playing... sixty-seven hours' worth.
• The Doctor most likely would have killed Kadiatu had Benny not saved her.
• The Doctor gets rescued by a parachute that designs apple trees in its spare time.
• The Doctor can think faster then he can talk (obviously) and is capable of keeping up with (and confusing) a ship that thinks picoseconds is a long time.

Individuals Edit

• God lives in Whynot, where the continents constantly change on God's whim. This includes drowning a city (slowly and with due forewarning to the locals) because he heard about Atlantis.
• The Doctor trusts God as much as God trusts him.
• God insists he/it is not a computer.
• Despite everything, Benny still trusts the Doctor.
• Roz's middle name is revealed here to be 'Inyathi' meaning 'buffalo'. She has a sister; Leabie.
• Chris's grandfather was colour blind.
• saRa!qava has a daughter, Dep. saRa!qava also fancies Benny.
• aM!xitsa is a long time friend of the Doctor. Has also been 'looking after'/watching over Kadiatu for the Doctor.
• feLixi has a relationship with Roz.
• vi!Cari is a gossip and rather disliked even by other ships.
• Kadiatu loses an arm wrestling contest with the Doctor, much to everyone's surprise.
• R-Vene is a ship. It got combat psychosis some years ago.

Fashion and clothing Edit

• The Doctor goes to a fancy dress party as himself.

Foods and beverages Edit

• Flashback is a drink that makes you relive the past (the more you drink, the clearer it is).
• saRa!qava spends her time baking bread.
• God brings a weird yellow dip to parties that no one ever eats.

Games Edit

• Kadiatu plays chess with the Doctor, and as a sign of her improved mental prowess begins to play it in her head against him in his. She wins some of the games.

Literature Edit

• The Lament of the Non-Operational is a one- hundred twenty-eight stanza long piece of Dalek poetry. Roz's father collected it and made her memorise all the stanzas.

Locations Edit

• iSanti Jeni was the town closest to where the Doctor and his companions were staying.

Organisations Edit

• feLixi volunteered in the Xeno Relations (Normalisation) Interest Group (XR(N)IG) as a secret agent.
• The Doctor mercilessly mocks a member of the Time Lord Interest Group over the inconsistencies in his Time Lord costume.
• God is a member of the Anti-Machine Interest Group.

Politics Edit

• The Time Lords and The People have a non-aggression treaty, part of which stops the People from developing time travel and interferring in the affairs of the Mutter's Spiral.
• Bernice realises that there isn't enough alcohol in the universe to allow her to cope with the idea that the People are on par with the Time Lords and have a non-aggression treaty with them.

Power sources Edit

• The Windmills in the Worldsphere are real and do generate power.

Species Edit

• The People built and live in the Worldsphere.

Spacecraft Edit

• The ships are scared of the Doctor.

Theories and concepts Edit

• Benny has a pretty surreal dream involving drinking and discussing evil with: a Dalek, a Cyberman, and a Sontaran (named Grinx). Davros also gets a mention. (see page 222)

Weapons Edit

• The Doctor whistles "anything you can do, I can do better" with a small bomb in his mouth.

Notes Edit

• In the introduction Ben Aaronovitch details how to pronounce the names of the People.
• The image on the cover of this novel actually happens in the novel.

Continuity Edit

• saRa!qava attends Benny's wedding reception in PROSE: Happy Endings Kadiatu is also present.

• The People / elements of the People's (or God itself) culture appear in PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!, Down, Ghost Devices, Walking to Babylon and Where Angels Fear (in which the final fate of !C-Mel is revealed) and The Quantum Archangel, where the People and God are involved in the Millennial Wars that the Doctor learns about.

External links Edit

• Detailed synopsis of The Also People at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Discontinuity Guide to: The Also People at The Whoniverse
• Pronunciation in The Also People via Internet Archive: Wayback Machine

v • e Virgin New Adventures Ace Timewyrm: Genesys • Timewyrm: Exodus • Timewyrm: Apocalypse • Timewyrm: Revelation • Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible • Cat's Cradle: Warhead • Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark • Nightshade Ace, Benny Love and War Benny Transit • The Highest Science • The Pit Benny, Ace Deceit • Lucifer Rising • White Darkness • Shadowmind • Birthright Seventh Doctor solo Iceberg Benny, Ace Blood Heat • The Dimension Riders • The Left-Handed Hummingbird • Conundrum • No Future • Tragedy Day • Legacy • Theatre of War • All-Consuming Fire • Blood Harvest • Strange England • First Frontier • St Anthony's Fire • Falls the Shadow • Parasite • Warlock • Set Piece Benny Infinite Requiem • Sanctuary • Human Nature Benny, Chris, Roz Original Sin • Sky Pirates! • Zamper • Toy Soldiers • Head Games • The Also People • Shakedown • Just War • Warchild • Sleepy Benny, Chris Roz, Jason Death and Diplomacy • Happy Endings Chris, Roz GodEngine • Christmas on a Rational Planet Benny, Chris Roz, Jason Return of the Living Dad Chris, Roz The Death of Art • Damaged Goods • So Vile a Sin Chris Bad Therapy • Eternity Weeps • The Room With No Doors • Lungbarrow Eighth Doctor Benny, the Brig The Dying Days

N

Have a question about how The Also People (novel) relates to the rest of the DWU? See a problem here that's also happening on other pages of the wiki? Join us at our forum to have a good, ol' natter with the rest of our community. But if you want to talk about the editing of just this article, please click here and start talkin'.