Just War (Doctor Who)
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| Doctor Who book | |
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| Just War | |
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| Series | Virgin New Adventures |
| Release number | 46 |
| Featuring | Seventh Doctor Benny, Chris, Roz |
| Writer | Lance Parkin |
| Publisher | Virgin Books |
| ISBN | ISBN 0426204638 |
| No. of pages | 272 |
| Release date | January 1996 |
| Preceded by | Shakedown |
| Followed by | Warchild |
Just War is a novel by Lance Parkin from the Virgin New Adventures. The New Adventures were based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The novel featured the characters of the Seventh Doctor, Bernice Summerfield (known as Benny), Chris Cwej and Roz Forrester.
Publisher Virgin Books had a policy of accepting submissions from newcomers and this was author Lance Parkin's first professional writing following earlier Doctor Who fan fiction. He went on to write numerous further Doctor Who and other books.
Like all spin-off media, its canonicity in relation to the television series is unclear.
Parkin had recently completed an MA and his dissertation thesis was on postcolonial literature. The novel echoes that by showing reversals of familiar colonial perspectives. The story is set in Nazi Germany-occupied Guernsey, a rare example of part of the British Isles being 'colonised' by another power. The novel also depicts Roz's experiences of discrimination as a black woman of African heritage in wartime England. This contrasts with Roz's background as she comes from a gender-equal far future where African nations dominate and is racist in her attitudes to white Europeans.
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[edit] Plot
The Doctor and his companions land in German-occupied Guernsey in 1941 where the Nazis are pursuing a top-secret weapon which could change the course of the war.
[edit] Trivia
- A typographical error in the foreword of the novel places it in 1941 instead of 1940. This was admitted by the author in his 1996 Doctor Who chronology A History of the Universe, also published by Virgin.
- A second error later in the book sees the character of Chris referred to as "Christ".
- The novel features a predecessor to UNIT called "LONGBOW". In a thread on the Usenet group rec.arts.drwho as to what this stood for, Parkin admitted he had only got as far as "League Of Nations Global..." He accepted Chris Schumacher's suggestion of "League Of Nations Global Bizarre Occurences Watch".[1]
[edit] Audio adaptation
| Big Finish Productions audio play | |
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| Just War | |
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| Series | Bernice Summerfield |
| Release number | 5 |
| Featuring | Bernice Summerfield |
| Writer | Lance Parkin adapted by Jac Rayner |
| Director | Gary Russell |
| Producer(s) | Gary Russell |
| Executive producer(s) | Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Set between | Birthright and Dragons' Wrath |
| Release date | August 1999 |
In 1999, Just War was adapted by Big Finish Productions into an audio drama starring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice. The plot was changed to fit in with the run of Bernice audio dramas. Big Finish had begun by adapting New Adventure novels from after when Virgin had lost their licence to do Doctor Who stories and the series had focused on Benny. Big Finish also had no Doctor Who licence at the time, but they decided to dramatise two Doctor Who New Adventures, adapting them to remove the Doctor Who references. Thus, the audio adaptation achieves time travel through the use of Benny's Time Rings. The Doctor, Chris and Roz are removed from the narrative, with Jason Kane's role replacing some elements of the parts played by the Doctor and Chris from the novel.
The adaptation was done by Jacqueline Rayner, who adapted most of this first series of Benny audios.
[edit] Cast
- Bernice Summerfield — Lisa Bowerman
- Jason Kane — Stephen Fewell
- Oberst Oskar Steinmann — Michael Wade
- Standardtenfuhrer Joachim Wolff — Mark Gatiss
- Ma Doras — Maggie Stables
- Nurse Rosa Kitzel — Nicky Golding
- Private Franz Hutter — Anthony Keetch
- Private Gerhard Flur — Simon Moore
[edit] External links
[edit] Just War New Adventure
[edit] Just War New Adventure Reviews
- Just War reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
- Just War reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
[edit] Just War Audio Adaptation
[edit] Just War Audio Adaptation Reviews
- Just War (Audio) reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
- Just War (Audio) reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
