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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Decalog 3 Consequences by Andy Lane Virgin Decalog. The Virgin Decalog books were collections of short stories published by Virgin Publishing based on the television series Doctor Who : they gained their name from the fact that each volume contained ten stories (although the last collection contains eleven). Five volumes were published between 1994 and September 1997, although volumes 4 and 5 did not feature the Doctor or any other non-Virgin copyrighted characters. This is because the BBC decided not to renew Virgin's licence to produce original fiction featuring the Doctor or any characters featured in the TV series (Virgin transitioned to featuring characters created for literature over which the BBC had no rights). Following this, the BBC began producing their own Doctor Who fiction, including short stories under the name Short Trips . Contents. The Books Decalog Decalog 2: Lost Property Decalog 3: Consequences Decalog 4: Re-Generations Decalog 5: Wonders See also. The Books. Decalog. The first volume of stories published was Decalog (Virgin, 17 March 1994), edited by Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker. It contained the following stories: Title Author Doctor/Companion Playback Stephen James Walker Seventh Doctor Fallen Angel Andy Lane Second Doctor, Jamie & Zoe The Duke of Dominoes Marc Platt Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back Vanessa Bishop Third Doctor, Liz, UNIT Scarab of Death Mark Stammers Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith The Book of Shadows Jim Mortimore First Doctor, Ian & Barbara Fascination David J. Howe Fifth Doctor, Peri The Golden Door David Auger First Doctor, Dodo, Steven and the Sixth Doctor Prisoners of the Sun Tim Robins Third Doctor, Liz Shaw and UNIT Lackaday Express Paul Cornell Fifth Doctor, Nyssa & Tegan. The Story Playback by Stephen James Walker was a short linking piece that recurred between the other stories, detailing the story of an amnesiac claiming to be the Doctor having his memories restored by going through the items in his pockets: each item relates to one of the stories. Decalog 2: Lost Property. The next volume was Decalog 2: Lost Property (Virgin Publishing, 20 July 1995), again edited by Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker. This volume abandoned the linking story concept used in Decalog , and instead concentrated on having all its stories written on the same theme – a property that the Doctor owns somewhere or when in the universe. It contained the stories: Title Author Doctor/Companion Vortex of Fear Gareth Roberts Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe Crimson Dawn Tim Robins Fourth Doctor, Leela & K-9 Where the Heart Is Andy Lane Third Doctor, Jo & UNIT The Trials of Tara Paul Cornell Seventh Doctor, Bernice, Housewarming David A. McIntee Sarah Jane Smith, Mike Yates & K9 The Nine Day Queen Matthew Jones First Doctor, Ian & Barbara Lonely Days Daniel Blythe Fifth Doctor, Nyssa People of the Trees Pam Baddeley Fourth Doctor, Leela Timeshare Vanessa Bishop Sixth Doctor, Peri Question Mark Pyjamas Mike Tucker and Robert Perry Seventh Doctor, Ace & Bernice. Decalog 3: Consequences. The final Decalog collection before Virgin lost their licence to use The Doctor and characters from the 1963-89 series was called Decalog 3: Consequences (Virgin Publishing, 18 July 1996), and was joint edited by Justin Richards and Andy Lane. It introduced a new idea for linking the stories whereby each story would contain an element from the previous and subsequent stories, and the first contained an element from the last and vice versa. It contained the following stories: Title Author Doctor/Companion . And Eternity in an Hour Stephen Bowkett Third Doctor, Jo Moving On Peter Anghelides Sarah Jane Smith, K9 Tarnished Image Guy Clapperton First Doctor, Dodo Past Reckoning Jackie Marshall Fifth Doctor, Nyssa UNITed We Fall Keith R. A. DeCandido Fourth Doctor, the Brigadier Aliens and Predators Colin Brake Second Doctor, Jamie & Zoe Fegovy Gareth Roberts Sixth Doctor, Mel Continuity Errors Steven Moffat Seventh Doctor, Bernice Timevault Ben Jeapes Fourth Doctor, K9 Zeitgeist Craig Hinton Fifth Doctor, Turlough. This was Steven Moffat's first Doctor Who work. He later went on to write for the 2005 revival of the television series, and would become head writer for the series from the 2010 season onwards. Jackie Marshall was an established writer of Doctor Who fan fiction at the time. DeCandido went on to write novels for the Star Trek franchise. Moffat would later use many plot elements from Continuity Errors as the basis for the 2010 Christmas Special, as well as for River Song's backstory in "Let's Kill Hitler". Decalog 4: Re-Generations. The first Decalog collection after Virgin lost their licence to use Doctor Who TV characters was called Decalog 4: Re-Generations (Virgin Publishing, 15 May 1997), and was again joint edited by Justin Richards and Andy Lane. In order to try to keep the audience of previous Decalogs even though the Doctor could no longer appear in the stories, it was decided to theme the collection around the family history of one of the Doctor's companion Roz Forrester. As this companion had been created by co-editor Andy Lane for the Virgin New Adventures , there were no copyright issues in including her. It contained the following stories: Title Author Second Chances Alex Stewart No One Goes to Halfway There Kate Orman Shopping for Eternity Gus Smith Heritage Ben Jeapes Burning Bright Liz Holliday C9H13NO3 Peter Anghelides Approximate Time of Death Richard Salter Secret of the Black Planet Lance Parkin Rescue Mission Paul Leonard Dependence Day Justin Richards and Andy Lane. Decalog 5: Wonders. The final Decalog collection was called Decalog 5: Wonders (Virgin Publishing, 18 September 1997), and was jointly edited by Paul Leonard and Jim Mortimore. This time, all but one story were free-standing science fiction pieces on the theme of "the Ten Wonders of the Universe", without direct connection to the Doctor Who universe. One story, The Judgement of Solomon by Lawrence Miles, however features former New Adventures companion, Bernice Summerfield. The collection contained the following stories: Title Author The Place of All Places Nakula Somana Poyekhali 3201 Stephen Baxter King's Chambers Dominic Green City of Hammers Neil Williamson Painting the Age with the Beauty of Our Days Mike O'Driscoll The Judgement of Solomon Lawrence Miles The Milk of Human Kindness Liz Sourbut Bibliophage Stephen Marley Negative Space Jeanne Cavelos Dome of Whispers Ian Watson Waters of Starlight Stephen Marley. Following the publication of this book, Virgin produced no further Decalog collections. Decalog 3: Consequences. The new editors of Virgin's annual collection of Doctor Who short fiction are to be commended for steering away from the usual stable of novelists. Gareth Roberts and Craig Hinton are the only two established Doctor Who authors represented here, and not one of the remaining eight have appeared in either of Decalog 3 's pair of predecessors. The collection is therefore almost entirely fresh territory, though the quality is variable. Moving On is a tediously introspective piece of writing that in writing about Sarah Jane's readjustment to life after the Doctor treads the same path of many fan fiction authors, and Peter Angelides doesn't do any better than the others I've read in this vein. Guy Clapperton's Tarnished Image experiments with the format by presenting a First Doctor and Dodo story through a series of news reports published after their adventure. Although initially interesting, the story became boring long before it ended simply because the plot itself was largely inconsequential. Having seen Jackie Marshall's name bandied about for some years by the likes of Paul Cornell, I was expecting great things from my first exposure to the work of this veteran of Doctor Who fan fiction, but alas, her Fifth Doctor and Nyssa tale, Past Reckoning , has only the bare bones of a plot and is instantly forgettable. Gareth Roberts' Chelonians make a welcome return appearance in Fegovy , which like most of Roberts' stories has a routine plot serving as a backdrop for the wonderful personalities of his characters. If this story is anything to go by, Gareth Roberts must be persuaded to write a Sixth Doctor and Mel novel, as his treatment of these two regulars in this story is spot-on. I also enjoyed Craig Hinton's Zietgeist , perhaps proving that there is after all something to be said for populating a short story collection with established Doctor Who novelists! Hinton raises some thought-provoking ideas about the nature of parallel universes - including one in which the Doctor never left Gallifrey - but the cramped a hurried nature of the tale left me with the feeling that he'd have been more comfortable writing this as a novel. Standing head and shoulders above all other entries in the collection is Steven Moffat's story Continuity Errors , in which the Seventh Doctor is viewed from the perspective of a character on whose life he has a profound effect through his manipulation of time. Moffat deserves commendation for his faultless characterisation of both the Doctor and Bernice, but the story's true brilliance lies in that the plot is entirely secondary to the observations that the writer is sharing with the reader about the nature of the McCoy Doctor's darker side. The 'consequences' theme of this collection is not particularly well- handled. The idea is that something from one story has an effect on the next and so on, though given the necessity of the authors writing their stories more or less simultaneously, this idea was perhaps a little overly ambitious. It is puzzling to me that the editors even bothered with a theme - most television seasons of Doctor Who got by without one so why shouldn't Decalog reflect the same diversity? Decalog 3: Consequences by Andy Lane.