The Domino Effect is a novel written by David Bishop. Released in 2003, it is the sixty-second novel in BBC Books' Eighth Doctor Adventures series and tells of the Doctor visiting a dystopian world where the computer was never invented and progress has been purposefully held back.
Characters[]
- Eighth Doctor
- Anji Kapoor
- Fitz Kreiner
- Sabbath Dei
- The Oracle - a half-Chronovore
- Alan Turing
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Publisher's Summary[]
The TARDIS lands in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, during Easter 2003. The city is almost at a standstill, its public services close to collapse and its people terrorised by a bombing campaign.
Within hours one of the Doctor's friends is caught in a deadly explosion, while another appears on television confessing to the murder of twelve people. The TARDIS is stolen by forces intent on learning its secrets. When the Doctor tries to investigate, his efforts are hampered by crippling chest pains.
Someone is manipulating events to suppress humanity's development — but how and why? The trail leads to London where a cabal pushes the world ever closer to catastrophe. Who is the prisoner being held in the Tower of London? Could he or she hold the key to saving mankind?
The Doctor must choose between saving his friends or saving Earth in the past, present and future. But the closer he gets to the truth, the worse his condition becomes...
Full Summary[]
Thursday, April 17, 2003[]
Anji wakes up to find she is seemingly floating in nothing. This makes her remember a time when she subjected herself to a sensory deprivation chamber before she realises what has happened - she has been buried alive under rubble. Anji then begins to remember what happened before she woke up.
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In-universe continuity[]
- Alan Turing (or at least, a version of Alan Turing) previously appeared in Paul Leonard's novel The Turing Test.
- The events of Mark Clapham's Hope and Mags L. Halliday's History 101 are vaguely mentioned.
Sources[]
- Goodreads