Vanderdeken's Children was the fourteenth BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures. It featured the Eighth Doctor and Samantha Jones. Vanderdeken's Children is author Christopher Bulis' only contribution to the EDA range, although he has contributed several novels to the other novel ranges from Virgin Publishing and BBC Books.
Publisher's summary
A mysterious disturbance in the hyperspatial vortex causes the Doctor and Sam to materialise the TARDIS in deep space. Here they find that a huge derelict alien craft has become the subject of a dangerous confrontation between starships from the rival systems of Nimos and Emindar. At the centre of the dispute is a ruthless politician with secrets of his own — a man who is willing to risk innocent lives to claim the derelict for himself.
While the Doctor and Sam find themselves accompanying an expedition into the heart of the alien vessel, strange and frightening incidents spread terror through the watching ships. But exploring deeper into the derelict disturbs a sinister presence and takes the expedition towards an inevitable confrontation with fate — and perhaps beyond the boundaries of life itself...
Chapter Titles
- The Derelict
- The Diplomat
- Pendulum
- Executive Pressure
- Moderator
- A Meeting at the Rail
- Out of the Shadows?
- Family
- The Experiment
- Brothers
- A Patriot's Tale
- Ghost
- Dead Man's Hands
- Lost
- Conundrum
- Soldier
- Guilt
- Suspicion
- Sabotage
- Exit
- From a Well of Stars
- Cavern
- The Shadow Host
- Through the Tunnel
- Aftermath
- Command Decision
- Garden of the Lost
- In the Ruins
- Standoff
- Tears of a Ghost
- The Warning
- Breaking Point
- The Circles of Hell
- Convergence
- Nexus
Plot
to be added
Characters
- Eighth Doctor
- Samantha Jones
- J. Kale Rexton
- Don Delray
- Commodore Gelbert J. Sternby
- Lanchard
- Lyset Wynter
- Admiral Mokai
- Sho
- Vega
References
The Doctor
- The Doctor uses his real name to baffle people. It's quite long.
The Doctor's items
- The Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to repel the ghosts.
Individuals
- Shakespeare is mentioned.
- J. Kale Rexton is an Emindian politician.
Literature
- The Doctor has a copy of Jane's All the Galaxy's Spaceships.
Species
- The Yevron are a blue skinned species.
Time travel
- Sam Jones is regressed down her timeline, making her ten years old. The Doctor reverses the effects.
Titles and offices
- The Doctor and Sam pose as Galactic Federation moderators.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Doctor claims that he has met Shakespeare. He met Shakespeare in PROSE: The Empire of Glass and AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks.
- Whilst waking up, for a moment Sam thinks she's still on the Dreamstone Moon. (PROSE: Dreamstone Moon)
External links
- Vanderdeken's Children at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Vanderdeken's Children at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: Vanderdeken's Children
