The Curse of Fenric is a novel written by Ian Briggs. Released in 1990, it is a novelization of Briggs' Doctor Who serial of the same name.
Characters[]
- Seventh Doctor
- Ace
- Fenric
- Captain Sorin - the leader of the Red Army platoon sent to Maiden's Point.
- Commander A.H. Millington - A commander in the Royal Navy with a despotic hatred of the Soviets.
- Dr. Judson - a crippled mathematician working on the ULTIMA Project.
- Ingiger, the Ancient One - a member of the Haemovores manipulated by Fenric.
- Reverend Mr. Wainwright - The vicar of St. Jude's Church.
- Crane - Dr. Judson's nurse.
- Corporal Vershinin - A corporal in Captain Sorin's unit.
- Jean and Phyllis - two teenaged girls converted into Haemovores.
- Trofimov - A member of Captain Sorin's unit. Originally called "Prozomov" in the televised serial.
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Publisher's summary[]
If this is a top secret naval camp, I'm Lord Nelson!
Ace has a poor opinion of the security arrangements at Commander Millington's North Yorkshire base – and she's less than comfortable in 1940s fashions. But the Doctor has graver matters on his mind.
Dr Judson, inventor of the Navy's ULTIMA code-breaker, is using the machine to decipher the runic inscriptions in the crypt of the nearby church.
Commander Millington is obsessed with his research into toxic bombs that he insists will hasten the end of World War Two.
A squad of the Red Army's crack Special Missions brigade lands on the Yorkshire coast with instructions to steal the ULTIMA device – unaware that Millington has turned it into a devastating secret weapon.
And beneath the waters at Maidens Point an ancient evil stirs...
The Doctor uncovers mysteries concealed within villainous plots – but what connects them all to a thousand-year-old curse?
In-universe continuity[]
- Ace mentions an old house in Perivale - leading into the events of Ghost Light.
- Fenric's manipulations directly lead to the events of Dragonfire and Silver Nemesis.
- The events of Curse are alluded to in David Bishop's novel Who Killed Kennedy.
- The Doctor meets the "brave Viking warriors" alongside the Haemovores in Richard Dinnick's comic The Wolves of Winter.
- Ace mentions Dr. Judson in Andrew Cartmel's novel Atom Bomb Blues.
- The epilogue of this novel is touched upon by Kate Orman's novel Set Piece.
Sources[]
- Goodreads