Newbies Guide to Doctor Who
Cat's Cradle: Warhead
Author: Andrew Cartmel
ISBN: 0 426 20367 4
Published: April 1992
Editor: Peter Darvill-Evans
Placement: After Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (Virgin New Adventure)
Links: The second book in the Cat's Cradle arc. Follows on from Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (Virgin New Adventure) and leads into Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (Virgin New Adventure). Also, the first book in Andrew Cartmel's War Triology - setting up things for Warlock (Virgin New Adventure) and Warchild (Virgin New Adventure).
Doctor:
The Seventh The seventh Doctor is short, dark-haired, and speaks with a slight scottish accent. He thinks of himself as "Time's Champion", deliberately seeking out situations to "put right". He usually has a plan, and is willing to manipulate everyone - including his companions - to achieve it.
Companions:
Ace: Ace was a teenaged delinquent in 1980s Perivale. She invented her own homemade explosive called nitro-nine, and prefers her nickname of Ace to her real name of Dorothy. She she was swept away from Perivale by a timestorm, ending up on Iceworld in the far future. Ace met the Seventh Doctor in Dragonfire (Classic Series Season 24) and became his companion. During her travels with the Doctor she has grown up considerably. However, she has been hurt by the way the Doctor has manipulated her. In particular, she was hurt by the way he tricked her in The Curse of Fenric (Classic Series Season 26) and the way he forced her to face the evil she sensed in a house her 13 year old self had burnt down in Ghost Light (Classic Series Season 26). She calls the Doctor "Professor".
Recurring Characters:
Shreela Shreela was one of Ace's circle of friends from Perivale who had been kidnapped by the Cheetah People in Survival (Classic Series Season 26).
Miss David The Doctor describes her as "an old friend" who used to have a different name. She could easily be a former companion of the Doctors, but there's no way of knowing.
Recommended Viewing:
Shreela's previous encounter with the Doctor occurred in Survival (Classic Series Season 26). That story also introduced Midge and his sister, characters that Shreela briefly mentions.
Recommended Reading:
The Doctor's house on Allen Road first appeared in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip Fellow Travellers. It appears in a number of later books as well.
In Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (Virgin New Adventure) the TARDIS collided with the Time Scaphe, an experimental time-travel capsule from ancient Gallifrey. As a result, she was severely damaged.
Recommended Listening:
None.
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