White Darkness is the fifteenth New Adventure novel published by Virgin Publishing in the 1990s. The story is set in Haiti 1915. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield. The book was written by David A. McIntee, who derived much of the story's material from Wade Davis' The Serpent and the Rainbow, a research into the practice of vodoun and zombification in Haiti and the Cthulhu Mythos created by H. P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft's name was given to one of the principal characters in the story, Dr. Howard Phillips, who at one point presents the Doctor with a copy of the Necronomiconin the original Eocene, given to him by Aleister Crowley.

Contents 1 Publisher's summary 2 Plot 3 Characters 4 References 4.1 Books 4.2 Cultural references from the real world 4.3 The Doctor's items 4.4 Earth locations 4.5 Elements 4.6 Foods and beverages 4.7 Drugs and medicines 4.8 Gallifreyan locations 4.9 Individuals 4.10 Minerals 4.11 Occult 4.12 Organisations 4.13 Poisons 4.14 Species 4.14.1 Time Lords 4.14.2 Humans 4.15 Stars 4.16 Planets 4.17 TARDIS components 4.18 Technology 4.19 Theories and concepts 4.20 Timeline 4.21 Weapons 4.22 Books 5 Notes 6 Continuity 7 External links

Publisher's summary Edit

"We believe that death should always be part of life. "

The Doctor’s last three visits to the scattered human colonies of the third millennium have not been entirely successful. And now that Ace has rejoined him and Bernice, life on board the TARDIS is getting pretty stressful. The Doctor yearns for a simpler time and place: Earth, the tropics, the early twentieth century.

The TARDIS lands in Haiti in the early years of the First World War. And the Doctor, Bernice and Ace land in a murderous plot involving vodoun, violent death, zombies and German spies. And perhaps something else -- something far, far worse.

Plot Edit

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Characters Edit

• The Doctor
• Ace
• Bernice Summerfield
• Howard Phillips
• Gilles "Mait" Lemaitre
• Captain Eugene Petion
• Leopard Chief
• Lieutenant Katze
• Henri
• Kapitan Weber
• Carrefour
• Dumarsais Leclerc
• Jean Vilbrun Guillame Sam
• Lecomte
• Tancred Auguste
• Francois Lacombe
• Claude
• Joseph
• Kapitan Reise Heinrich
• Professor Victor von Stein
• Dr. Ingrid Karnstein
• Lieutenant Klenze
• Colonel LV Mortimer
• Admiral Caperton
• General Charles Oscar Etienne
• Major Paul Richmann
• Charvius Dubois
• Captain Glen
• Woodrow Wilson

References Edit

Books Edit

• Howard Phillips has a copy of an Eocene Necronomicon, which was given to him by Aleister Crowley.
• Nkome/Mait possessed a copy of The Beginner's Guide to the Necronomicon and other related tomes.

Cultural references from the real world Edit

• There are James Bond references, including Q Branch and Dr. No.
• Given the Lovecraftian flavour of the story, the presence of a character called "Howard Phillips" is a homage to Howard Phillips Lovecraft himself.
• The Doctor is compared to "our man in Havana" because of his linen suit, which makes its debut in this story.

The Doctor's items Edit

• Bessie
• Cameca's brooch

Earth locations Edit

• Haiti
  • L'Hotel Royale
  • Port au Prince
  • Gonave Gulf
  • Cap-Haitien
• United States of America
  • Key West, Florida
  • New England
• Spain
• France
  • Alsace
• Khul

Elements Edit

• copper
• gold
• silver

Foods and beverages Edit

• Clairin
• datura

Drugs and medicines Edit

• quinine

Gallifreyan locations Edit

• The Dark Tower

Individuals Edit

• Ace is familiar with a wide variety of firearms, following her training in the Spacefleet.

Minerals Edit

• argot
• bauxite
• scopalamine

Occult Edit

• duppies
• tarot
• obeah
• cacos
• jumbie
• Rada Loa
• coup poudre
• bufus
• Petro gods

Organisations Edit

• Secte Rouge
• Bizango
• St. Patrick

Poisons Edit

• tetrodotoxin

Species Edit

• The Doctor can read Eocene.
• Usurians
• Daleks
• Great Old Ones
• Rihanssu
• Sphoeroides
• Diodon

Time Lords Edit

• The Doctor learned hypnotism from the Master.

Humans Edit

• The following historical figures (and other people of note) are mentioned:
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Aleister Crowley
  • Allan Quartermain
  • Ernest Hemingway
  • Norman Bates
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Lee van Cleef
  • Toussaint L'Overture
  • Peter Lorre
  • Rambo
• Peoples
  • Efik
  • Arawak

Stars Edit

• Fomalhaut

Planets Edit

• Exo III
• Veltroch

TARDIS components Edit

• The TARDIS HADS can be overridden manually.

Technology Edit

• focused neuro-pattern enhancer
• hydrophone
• bocar

Theories and concepts Edit

• Coomb's Syndrome

Timeline Edit

• The following years / eras: 15 million BCE, 1744, 1750, 1908, 1913, 1934, 1986, 25th century, 27th century are referred to by various characters.

Weapons Edit

• These weapons are used by various people throughout the novel:
  • Steyr 1912
  • Kar 96 rifle
  • gelignite
  • Luger

Books Edit

• Necronomicon and The Beginner's Guide to the Necronomicon
• The Book of Dzyan
• The Book of Eibon
• Ludwig Prinn's De Vermis Mysteriis
• The Golden Bough

Notes Edit

• Prelude White Darkness was published in DWM 201.
• This is the first novel to feature the Doctor wearing his new white linen suit, as seen on the cover.

Continuity Edit

• In PROSE: All-Consuming Fire, the Great Old One Mait was trying to release is identified as Cthulhu.
• The brooch the Doctor wears on his suit was given to his first incarnation by Cameca, his accidental fiancé from the past, in TV: The Aztecs.
• The feeling that the presence of the Great Old One gives the Doctor reminds him of the Dark Tower. TV: The Five Doctors

External links Edit

• Prelude to White Darkness as published in DWM #201
• Detailed synopsis of White Darkness at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Discontinuity Guide to: White Darkness at The Whoniverse

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