Love and War was the third serial of Season 30 of Doctor Who. It was written by Paul Cornell, directed by Alan Wareing and starred Richard Griffiths as the Eighth Doctor, Julia Ormond as Raine Cunningham, Mark Greenstreet as Higgs and Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield.
It was the first regular appearance of Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield.
Synopsis[]
Heaven is a paradise for both humans and Draconians — a place of rest in more ways than one. The Doctor comes here on a trivial mission — to find a book, or so he says — and Raine, wandering alone in the city, becomes involved with a charismatic Traveller called Jan.
But the Doctor is strenuously opposed to the romance. What is he trying to prevent? Is he planning some more deadly game connected with the mysterious objects causing the military forces of Heaven such concern?
Archaeologist Bernice Summerfield thinks so. Her destiny is inextricably linked with that of the Doctor, but even she may not be able to save Raine from the Time Lord's plans.
This time, has the Doctor gone too far?
Plot[]
To be added.
Cast[]
- The Doctor - Richard Griffiths
- Raine Cunningham - Julia Ormond
- Higgs - Mark Greenstreet
- Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
- Jan - Sean Carlsen
- Christopher - Nicola Stapleton
- Máire Mab Finn - Letitia Dean
- Roisa - Lysette Anthony
- Phaedrus - Bernard Holley
- Death - Fiona Walker
- Julian - Marc Warren
- Sam - Tom Georgeson
Crew[]
To be added.
Worldbuilding[]
Currency[]
- Dalek eyestalks are worth twenty decacredits in bounty at an imperial base.
The Doctor[]
- The Doctor is known as Karshtakavaar — the Oncoming Storm — by the Draconians.
- The Doctor can blow fire using an oil lamp.
Culture[]
- The 20th century is Bernice Summerfield's favourite era.
- Cruk is used as a swear word.
- Máire reads a book detailing the exploits of Abslom Daak
Groups[]
- The Travellers are a group of people who originated on Earth as anarchists and unhappy people. They use Puterspace instead of drugs to attain higher states of consciousness.
Individuals[]
- Máire mentions Abslom Daak, a Dalek Killer who has also met the Doctor.
- Ace learnt to ride a horse in 1986 from a man named Medge.
- Fyan Trench is one of the people killed by the Hoothi.
Libraries and archives[]
- The Doctor goes to Joycetown Library on Heaven to get a book to take to the Monks of Felsecar.
Organisations[]
- The Vacuum Church believes only death and suicide can relieve the pain of life.
- Kale is a guard for IMC.
Planets[]
- Bernice Summerfield was raised on Beta Caprisis.
- Heaven is a planet on the edge of both human and Draconian space and is considered neutral ground. It was settled after the Dragon Wars.
Psychic powers[]
- Jan Rydd has pyrokinetic powers that he gained through experiments with the military. His "secret" name is Aradath.
Species[]
- Earth Reptile is the politically correct term for Silurian.
- The Hoothi are fungoid creatures that can exist as spores or as a planet-sized gas-filled sphere travelling through space.
- The Sontarans are currently "busy" in the Magellanic Clouds.
Theories and concepts[]
- The First Law of Time is a moral law as well as a legal one.
- Death and Time are referred to as Eternals.
Notes[]
Working Title: Heaven
Continuity[]
- Dalek Killers were first mentioned in COMIC: Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer.
- The Draconians first appeared in TV: Frontier in Space.
- IMC is on Heaven. They were first mentioned in TV: Colony in Space.
- The Hoothi were first mentioned in TV: The Brain of Morbius.
- Further Spacefleet experiments on people are revealed in TV: Return of the Living Dad.
- The Draconians refer to the Doctor as "the Oncoming Storm". The Daleks also used this term for the Doctor. (TV: Night of the Daleks)
- Felsecar Abbey, first mentioned in this novel, is later visited by the Doctor in TV: Seasons of Fear.
- The Doctor would encounter aliens snatching corpses to create an army again in his thirteenth incarnation. (TV: The Dawn of Cyberman)
Home video and audio releases[]
VHS[]
- This story was first released on VHS.
DVD[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 30 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Thirtieth Season in 2001.
Blu-ray[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 30 were upscaled in 1080i50 high definition and were released as Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 30 in the UK.