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⚫ '''''Cold Fusion''''' is an original novel written by ] and based on the long-running British ] series '']''.<ref name="ahistory" /> It features the ], with ], ], and ], immediately after '']''. Also appearing is the ], with ] and Roz, from between the ] novels '']'' and '']''.<ref>"Shelf Life" (review) by Dave Owen, ''Doctor Who Magazine'', #246</ref> It was the only one of the Virgin ''Doctor Who'' novels to feature more than one Doctor.<ref name="iwho">{{cite book |title=I, Who: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Novels |last=Pearson |first=Lars |author-link=Lars Pearson |edition=1st |year=1999 |publisher=] |location=Des Moines, Iowa |isbn=0-9673746-0-X}}</ref>
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⚫ '''''Cold Fusion''''' is an original novel written by ] and based on the long-running British ] series '']''. It features the ], with ], ], and ], immediately after '']''. Also appearing is the ], with ] and ], from between the ] novels '']'' and '']''.<ref>"Shelf Life" (review) by Dave Owen, ''Doctor Who Magazine'', #246</ref> It was the only one of the Virgin ''Doctor Who'' novels to feature more than one Doctor.


==Synopsis== ==Notes==
The story deliberately contrasts the characterisation of the Fifth Doctor and of the Seventh Doctor in the ].<ref name="followingthenerd">, 13 January 2013</ref> In an interview for the BBC, in discussing ''Cold Fusion'', Parkin described the character of Adric as "hopeless with Davison".<ref>, BBC, January 2004 (Wayback Machine archive)</ref> Parkin has said he was writing a book about the ], that is a conflict "where horrible things are happening, and clearly there's a case for international intervention, but … well, there's no clear good guys and bad guys. And that was the idea of the book: two Doctors show up and they look at a situation like Yugoslavia/Syria and they, completely independently, perfectly sensibly, pick a side to support. And they pick different sides, so spend the book fighting each other." He also said he "was never happy with Cold Fusion. It was the second novel I wrote, and I always had the sense it had got away from me, but I'd never been able to explain why. My first, Just War, was very taut, serious, fine-tuned. Cold Fusion was always a lot more ramshackle."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://lanceparkin.org/cold-fusion-audio-version/ | title=Cold Fusion (Audio Version) | date=2 November 2017 }}</ref>
The Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Adric and Nyssa arrive on an unnamed ice planet (which goes unnamed throughout the novel), which has settlements at the equator and not anywhere else. The planet is run by the Scientifica, a technocratic society allied with the Earth Empire, but there is a more than usual presence of Adjudicators on the planet. Tegan and Nyssa get a hotel room where they run into a man who claims to be "Bruce Jovanka" with a bad Australian accent, while the Doctor and Adric enter the Scientifica's complex and encounter three very diverse characters: Whitfield, the woman who runs the Scientifica; Tertullian Medford, the primary Adjudicator on the planet; and a badly decaying woman who the Doctor subsequently learns is Gallifreyan when she regenerates and nicknames "Patience" (she was previously known as only the Patient).


''Cold Fusion'' includes many references to the ] which would be more fully explored in '']''. More is learned about the character of Patience in the ] novel '']'', also by Lance Parkin. It is suggested that she is the Doctor's (or possibly ]'s) wife,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbr.com/doctor-who-infinity-doctor-bbc/ | title=Doctor Who: Who is the Infinity Doctor? | date=8 August 2022 }}</ref> but how she fits into normal continuity is deliberately not revealed.<ref name="ahistory">{{cite book |title=AHistory: An Unauthorized History of the ''Doctor Who'' universe |last=Parkin |first=Lance |author-link=Lance Parkin |author2=Lars Pearson |edition=2nd |year=2007 |publisher=] |location=Des Moines, Iowa |isbn=978-0-9759446-6-0}}</ref>
While things turn sticky for the Doctor and Adric (they're ambushed by a beautiful black woman on the skitrain tracks, then arrested for being alien spies), Tegan and Nyssa run into their own troubles with the husky blond "Bruce". And all the meanwhile, a little man is elsewhere on the planet, investigating a strange machine found buried in the subterranean soil.


Notably, this novel features a sequence in which the Doctor recalls his life on ] and in which this earlier Doctor has recently regenerated in a form heavily inferred to be one of the "]" seen in the mind bending sequence of the serial '']'', specifically the incarnation which was represented by an image of ].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.planocritico.com/critica-doctor-who-fusao-a-frio-de-lance-parkin/ | title=Crítica &#124; Doctor Who: Fusão a Frio, de Lance Parkin | date=5 December 2016 }}</ref> While it is inferred in this book to be an incarnation of ], the novel '']'' suggests it may in fact be an incarnation of ].<ref>Parkin, Lance & Pearson, Lars (2012). ''A History: An Unauthorised History of the Doctor Who Universe (3rd Edition)'', p. 715. Mad Norwegian Press, Des Moines. {{ISBN|978-193523411-1}}.</ref>
==Notes==
The story deliberately contrasts the fifth Doctors and the characterisation of the seventh Doctors in the ].<ref>, 13 January 2013</ref>{{Not in citation given}}


⚫ Names in the book are very similar to those of the main characters (and the actors) in the BBC comedy ], so the book includes a Medford, a Whitfield, a Scott, and a Terry and June.<ref name="followingthenerd" />
The book was originally meant to be published in the same month as the New Adventure '']'', but the latter's delay meant that did not happen. In an interview for the BBC, in discussing ''Cold Fusion'', Parkin described the character of Adric as "hopeless with Davison".<ref>, BBC, January 2004 (Wayback Machine archive)</ref>


⚫ ==Reception==
The Ferutu would appear again in the final ] novel '']''. Their appearance resembles the ] who appears at the beginning of the serial '']''.
⚫ Readers of '']'' gave the novel a rating of 76.69% (from 845 votes).<ref>"The best (and worst) of Virgin", by Dave Owen, ''Doctor Who Magazine'', No. 265 (May 1998)</ref>


'']'' magazine recommended the book if someone were to only read one Missing Adventure, describing it as "mind-bending sci-fi with the Fifth Doctor (and a cameo for the Seventh) and an inside-out TARDIS."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/doctor-expanded-universe/ | title=Doctor Who novels: The expanded universe | year=2013 }}</ref>
''Cold Fusion'' includes many references to the ] which would be more fully explored in '']''.<ref name="ahistory">{{cite book |title=AHistory: An Unauthorized History of the ''Doctor Who'' universe |last=Parkin |first=Lance |authorlink=Lance Parkin |coauthors=with additional material by Lars Pearson |edition=2nd |year=2007 |publisher=] |location=Des Moines, Iowa |isbn=978-0-9759446-6-0}}</ref> More is learned about the character of Patience in the ] novel '']'', also by Lance Parkin. It is suggested that she is the Doctor's (or possibly ]'s) wife, but how she fits into normal continuity is deliberately not revealed.


==Audio adaptation==
⚫ Names in the book are very similar to those of the main characters (and the actors) in the BBC comedy ], so the book includes a Medford, a Whitfield, a Scott, and a Terry and June.<ref>, 13 January 2013</ref>{{Not in citation given}}
] released an audio drama adaptation of the novel in December 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/doctor-who-multiple-doctor-crossover-stories/ | title=Doctor Who: Every Time Multiple Doctors Teamed up | website=] | date=28 June 2020 }}</ref><ref name="bigfinish">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/cold-fusion-1232|title=Big Finish releases - "Cold Fusion"|access-date=2016-10-14}}</ref> The release was announced in July 2016. It starred ], ], ], ] and ] reprising their television roles as the ] and ]s, ], ] and ] respectively. In addition, ] and ] reprised their roles as the Seventh Doctor's companions Roz Forrester and ] from Big Finish's adaptations of the New Adventures novels '']'' and '']''.<ref name="bigfinish" /> ] plays the role of Patience.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://unreality-sf.net/2017/07/09/doctor-who-cold-fusion-big-finish-audio-adaptation-review/ | title=Doctor Who: Cold Fusion adaptation review &#124; Unreality SF }}</ref>


'']'' gave the audio a mixed review, describing it as "an odd fish".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/doctor-who-cold-fusion-review | title=Doctor Who: Cold Fusion | date=24 December 2016 }}</ref>
⚫ ==Reception==
⚫ Readers of '']'' gave the novel a rating of 76.69% (from 845 votes).<ref>"The best (and worst) of Virgin", by Dave Owen, ''Doctor Who Magazine'', #265 (May 1998)</ref>


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1996 novel by Lance Parkin

Cold Fusion
AuthorLance Parkin
SeriesDoctor Who book:
Virgin Missing Adventures
Release number29
SubjectFeaturing:
Fifth Doctor; Seventh Doctor
Adric, Nyssa, Tegan; Chris, Roz
Set inPeriod between
Castrovalva and
Four to Doomsday
PublisherVirgin Books
Publication dateDecember 1996
ISBN0-426-20489-1
Preceded byThe Plotters 
Followed byBurning Heart 

Cold Fusion is an original novel written by Lance Parkin and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fifth Doctor, with Adric, Nyssa, and Tegan, immediately after Castrovalva. Also appearing is the Seventh Doctor, with Chris and Roz, from between the Virgin New Adventures novels Return of the Living Dad and The Death of Art. It was the only one of the Virgin Doctor Who novels to feature more than one Doctor.

Notes

The story deliberately contrasts the characterisation of the Fifth Doctor and of the Seventh Doctor in the Virgin New Adventures. In an interview for the BBC, in discussing Cold Fusion, Parkin described the character of Adric as "hopeless with Davison". Parkin has said he was writing a book about the Yugoslav Wars, that is a conflict "where horrible things are happening, and clearly there's a case for international intervention, but … well, there's no clear good guys and bad guys. And that was the idea of the book: two Doctors show up and they look at a situation like Yugoslavia/Syria and they, completely independently, perfectly sensibly, pick a side to support. And they pick different sides, so spend the book fighting each other." He also said he "was never happy with Cold Fusion. It was the second novel I wrote, and I always had the sense it had got away from me, but I'd never been able to explain why. My first, Just War, was very taut, serious, fine-tuned. Cold Fusion was always a lot more ramshackle."

Cold Fusion includes many references to the Cartmel Masterplan which would be more fully explored in Lungbarrow. More is learned about the character of Patience in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel The Infinity Doctors, also by Lance Parkin. It is suggested that she is the Doctor's (or possibly The Other's) wife, but how she fits into normal continuity is deliberately not revealed.

Notably, this novel features a sequence in which the Doctor recalls his life on Gallifrey and in which this earlier Doctor has recently regenerated in a form heavily inferred to be one of the "Morbius Doctors" seen in the mind bending sequence of the serial The Brain of Morbius, specifically the incarnation which was represented by an image of Douglas Camfield. While it is inferred in this book to be an incarnation of the Doctor, the novel Lungbarrow suggests it may in fact be an incarnation of the Other.

Names in the book are very similar to those of the main characters (and the actors) in the BBC comedy Terry and June, so the book includes a Medford, a Whitfield, a Scott, and a Terry and June.

Reception

Readers of Doctor Who Magazine gave the novel a rating of 76.69% (from 845 votes).

Empire magazine recommended the book if someone were to only read one Missing Adventure, describing it as "mind-bending sci-fi with the Fifth Doctor (and a cameo for the Seventh) and an inside-out TARDIS."

Audio adaptation

Big Finish Productions released an audio drama adaptation of the novel in December 2016. The release was announced in July 2016. It starred Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton and Matthew Waterhouse reprising their television roles as the Fifth and Seventh Doctors, Tegan Jovanka, Nyssa and Adric respectively. In addition, Yasmin Bannerman and Travis Oliver reprised their roles as the Seventh Doctor's companions Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej from Big Finish's adaptations of the New Adventures novels Damaged Goods and Original Sin. Christine Kavanagh plays the role of Patience.

Starburst gave the audio a mixed review, describing it as "an odd fish".

References

  1. ^ Parkin, Lance; Lars Pearson (2007). AHistory: An Unauthorized History of the Doctor Who universe (2nd ed.). Des Moines, Iowa: Mad Norwegian Press. ISBN 978-0-9759446-6-0.
  2. "Shelf Life" (review) by Dave Owen, Doctor Who Magazine, #246
  3. Pearson, Lars (1999). I, Who: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Novels (1st ed.). Des Moines, Iowa: Mad Norwegian Press. ISBN 0-9673746-0-X.
  4. ^ FTN interviews Doctor Who writer Lance Parkin, 13 January 2013
  5. Interview (Lance Parkin), BBC, January 2004 (Wayback Machine archive)
  6. "Cold Fusion (Audio Version)". 2 November 2017.
  7. "Doctor Who: Who is the Infinity Doctor?". 8 August 2022.
  8. "Crítica | Doctor Who: Fusão a Frio, de Lance Parkin". 5 December 2016.
  9. Parkin, Lance & Pearson, Lars (2012). A History: An Unauthorised History of the Doctor Who Universe (3rd Edition), p. 715. Mad Norwegian Press, Des Moines. ISBN 978-193523411-1.
  10. "The best (and worst) of Virgin", by Dave Owen, Doctor Who Magazine, No. 265 (May 1998)
  11. "Doctor Who novels: The expanded universe". 2013.
  12. "Doctor Who: Every Time Multiple Doctors Teamed up". Screen Rant. 28 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Big Finish releases - "Cold Fusion"". Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  14. "Doctor Who: Cold Fusion adaptation review | Unreality SF".
  15. "Doctor Who: Cold Fusion". 24 December 2016.

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