Transit

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

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

[edit] Publisher's Summary

'Oh no, not again...'

It's the ultimate in mass transit systems, a network of interstitial tunnels that bind the planets of the solar system together. Earth to Pluto in forty minutes with a supersave non-premium off-peak travelcard.

But something is living in the network, chewing its way to the very heart of the system and leaving a trail of death and mutation behind it.

Once again a reluctant Doctor is dragged into human history. Back down amongst the joyboys, freesurfers, chessfans, politicians and floozies, where friends are more dangerous than enemies and one man's human being is another's psychotic killing machine.

Once again the Doctor is all that stands between humanity and its own mistakes.

[edit] Characters

• The Doctor
  • Gets drunk celebrating the universe's birthday with Kadiatu.

  The Doctor states he's visited "all three Atlantises".

• Bernice Summerfield
  • Doesn't look when she walks out of the TARDIS and falls down a hole.

• Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart
  • Dreams of Pythia.
  • Is related to Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.

[edit] References

• Kadiatu's great grandmother of the same name wrote The Zen Military-A History of UNIT (2006).
• In his house the Doctor tries to retroactively stock his cupboards, but he forgets.
• The family motto of the Lethbridge-Stewarts is here stated as: Nemo me impine lacessit ("No one attacks me with impunity").
• The Thousand Day War was fought with the 'Greenies', a slang term for Ice Warrior.
• The Doctor refers his third, fourth and fifth incarnations' liking for wine, beer, and cricket respectively.
• Ubersoldaten were augmented soldiers that fought in the Thousand Day War.
• A President runs the Union of Solar Republics and is based in Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Moneypens are used to transfer currency.
• The 'botched' zygma experiments of the thirtieth century are mentioned.

[edit] Notes

• The word Fuck is used ten times in this novel, the first use is on page 41 (followed by page 45, 70, 71, 212 , 229 and 261)

• Included in the ten times count is the word fucking which appears on pages; 83, 117, 202

• A prelude to this novel appeared in DWM Issue 195.

[edit] Continuity

• Kadiatu reappears in: NA: Set Piece, The Also People and Happy Endings (also a brief cameo appearance in NA: The Dying Days). She also reappears and re-meets Bernice Summerfield in BFBS: The Final Amendment.
• The Doctor's House last appeared in NA: Cat's Cradle: Warhead.
• The infection of the TARDIS is referred to once more, it occured in NA: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark.
• FLORENCE appears again in NA: Sleepy and EDA: Seeing I.

[edit] External Links

• Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Transit
• Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry to Transit
• Bewildering Reference Guide to Transit
• Prelude to Transit as published in DWM #195

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