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For the independent video production upon which this novel was based, see Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans.

Shakedown
Series:	Doctor Who - Virgin New Adventures
Release Number:	45
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Companions:	Benny, Roz, Chris
Enemy:	Sontarans, Rutans
Setting:	Megerra, 2376 Sentarion, 2376 Space Station Alpha, 2376 Tiger Moth, 2376
Author:	Terrance Dicks
Publisher:	Virgin Books
Publication:	December 1995
Format:	Paperback Book, ? Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 042620459X
Previous Story:	The Also People
Following Story:	Just War

Publisher's Summary

'The Sontarans can never defeat us. It is we who will win.'

For thousands of years the Sontaran clone-warriors and the Rutan gestalt have fought each other across the galaxy. Now the Sontarans have a plan to strike at the heart of the Rutan Empire, and utterly defeat the Rutan race.

The Doctor has his suspicions, but only one Rutan spy knows the Sontarans' secret. He is being pursued from planet to planet by Chris and Roz and by a Sontaran hit squad. After a confrontation aboard the racing space-yacht Tiger Moth, the chase culminates on the library planet Sentarion - where Professor Bernice Summerfield's researches into the history of the Sontaran/Rutan war turn into explosive reality.

Characters

• The Doctor
  • Has grey eyes.
  • Holds a Master of Arts with the University of Antares.
  • Is known as "The Infamous General Smith" by the Sontarans because of his actions in the first third of the story.

• Bernice Summerfield
  • Spends much of her time on the planet Sentarion doing research for the Doctor.
  • Has begun to evidence the Doctor's habit of getting into so much trouble that people can't kill them (she can't be killed in the sacred precinct. Nor can she leave the sacred precinct. It's the law).

• Roz Forrester
  • Poses as a Pink.

• Chris Cwej
  • Poses as a Pink.

• Lisa Derrane

• Garshak
  • The super intelligent Ogron
  • Got his job because one of the other candidates mysteriously had both their arms ripped off. It was some sort of accident...

• Steg

References

• The Great Mother is the repository of the Rutan gestalt intelligence.

• The Pinkerton Agency (aka 'The Pinks), also known as The Eye That Never Sleeps is an infamous spy organisation that flourished as far back as the 19th century.

• The Sontaran Military Code requires the death penalty for every infraction.

• The Time Lords seem to support the Rutans in their war with the Sontarans.

Notes

• The middle section of this novel novelises the Reeltime Pictures video production Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans, and includes photographs from that production. The novel version also intentionally ties into Lords of the Storm, published in that same month.

• The novel as a whole provides what is basically a 3 part adventure; before, during and after Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans.

• This is the first novelisation written by Terrance Dicks since his final contribution to the Target Novelisations line, The Space Pirates in 1990. His next Doctor Who-related novelisation would not be published until Invasion of the Bane, an adaptation of an episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures, was published in 2007.

Continuity

• Chris returns to Mega City in BNA: Mean Streets.

• The Doctor is forgiven by the Rutans for killing one of them on Fang Rock. (DW: Horror of Fang Rock)

External Links

• Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis - Shakedown
• The Whoniverse - The Discontinuity Guide to: Shakedown

Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek content.

Shakedown could refer to:

• In-universe
  • Shakedown cruise, an operation to a test a new vessels systems.
  • Shakedown log, a log taking during the shakedown cruise.
• Real world
  • "Shakedown", a short story by Peter David in the Enterprise Logs anthology
  • "Shakedown", the first issue of John Byrne's Crew comics miniseries.

From DC Database

Shakedown

Gallery

Real Name

Shakedown

Alignment

Bad

Affiliation

Masters of Disaster

Universe

New Earth

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Status

Occupation

Mercenary

Creators

Mike W. Barr, Jim Aparo

First appearance

Last appearance

Batman and the Outsiders #9
(April, 1984)

JSA #31
(February, 2002)

History

Shakedown was a mercenary who became a member of the Masters of Disaster. He possessed the ability to project powerful vibration frequencies. Shakedown was distinguished from his fellow Masters because of a severe speech impediment which caused him to consistently stammer.

The Masters of Disaster were first hired by the mother of Trina Shelton who wanted revenge against the Outsider known as Black Lightning for the accidental death of her daughter. Not willing to allow any more innocents to come to harm, Black Lightning surrendered to them. The Outsiders eventually rescued him however and Mrs. Shelton was killed by an accidental blast from Shakedown's teammate, Heatstroke.

Shakedown and the Masters were later employed by the Nazi war criminal Maxwell Tremaine. They protected his African "junkyard" from attack and came into conflict with the Outsiders yet again. Shakedown fought against Geo-Force, but Geo-Force had become proficient enough in long-range attacks that he was able to finally defeat Shakedown.

More Recently, Shakedown and New Wave teamed up in a kidnapping scheme. The kidnapping attempt went awry due to the two of them misunderstanding the financial ability of the Parent. New-Wave in a rage drowned her partner, killing him.

Notes

• Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
• Shakedown's real name has yet to be revealed.

See Also

• Discuss Shakedown (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of Shakedown (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Shakedown (New Earth)
• Images featuring Shakedown (New Earth)

Links and References

• None.
  

Footnotes

From Grand Theft Wiki

This is a disambiguation page for Shakedown, which could mean a number of things

Shakedown is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

• Shakedown (GTA VC)
• Shakedown (GTA VCS)

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