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White Darkness
Series: Doctor Who -
Virgin New Adventures
Release Number: 15
Doctor: Seventh Doctor
Companions: Ace, Bernice Summerfield
Enemy: Mait, The Great Old Ones
Setting: Haiti, 1915
Author: David A. McIntee
Publisher: Virgin
Publication: June 1993
Format: Paperback Book, 244 Pages
ISBN: ISBN 0-426-20395-X
Previous Story: Lucifer Rising
Following Story: Shadowmind


"White Darkness" is the fifteenth installment in the series of New Adventure stories published by Virgin Publishing in the 1990s. The story is set in Haiti, 1915 and 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 voodoo and zombification in Haiti, and also the Cthulhu mythos created by H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft lent his name to one of the principal characters in the story, Dr. Howard Phillips, who at one point presents the Doctor with a copy of the Necronomicon, which was given to him by Aleister Crowley and written in the original Eocene language.

Contents

Publisher's Summary

'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 voodoo, violent death, Zombies and German spies. And perhaps something else -- something far, far worse.

Characters

  • The Doctor
  • Ace
  • Bernice Summerfield
  • Howard Phillips
  • Nkome/Mait
  • Eugene Petion
  • Leopard Chief
  • Leutnant 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
  • Leutnant Klenze
  • Colonel LV Mortimer
  • Admiral Caperton
  • General Charles Oscar Etienne
  • Major Paul Richmann
  • Charvius Dubois
  • Captain Glen

References

Cultural references

  • There are various James Bond references, including Q Branch and Dr. No.
  • Given the Lovecraftian flavour of the story, the presence of a character called "Howard Philips" must be a homage to Howard Philip Lovecraft himself.
  • The Doctor is compared to "our man in Havana" because of his linen suit (which debuts in this story).

The Doctor's Items

Earth Locations

  • L'Hotel Royale
  • Toussaint L'Overture
  • Spain
  • Port au Prince
  • Gonave Gulf
  • Key West
  • Bizango
  • Alsace
  • Khul

Elements

  • scopalamine

Foods and Beverages

  • Clairin
  • datura

Gallifreyan Locations

Minerals

Occult

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

Organisations

  • Secte Rouge
  • Necronomicon
  • St. Patrick

Poisons

  • tetrodotoxin

Races and species

Time Lords

Humans

  • The following historical figures (and other people of mention) are mentioned:
  • Peter Lorre
  • Mambo
  • Arawak
  • Cap-Haitien
  • Rambo

Stars

  • Fomalhaut

TARDIS Components

Technology

  • focused neuro-pattern enhancer
  • hydrophone
  • bocar

Theories and Concepts

  • Exo
  • Coomb's Syndrome

Timeline

Weapons

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

Notes

Continuity

External Links

  • Prelude to White Darkness as published in DWM #201
  • Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis - White Darkness
  • The Whoniverse - The Discontinuity Guide to: White Darkness


Virgin New Adventures
Previous Release:
Lucifer Rising
Next Release:
Shadowmind



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