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* AdventureArchaeologist: Not only is [[Franchise/BerniceSummerfield Benny]] present, but this is one of the few stories in which she's actually focussing on the "archaeologist" part, instead of the "adventure" part -- she's running a dig, with a team of students working under her.
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* AdventureArchaeologist: Not only is [[Franchise/BerniceSummerfield Benny]] present, but this is one of the few stories in which she's actually focussing focusing on the "archaeologist" part, instead of the "adventure" part -- she's running a dig, with a team of students working under her.
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* EvilIsVisceral: The Hoothi are one of the most ''disgusting'' monsters the Doctor's faced. Between the spaceships built from billions of rotting corpses and people exploding into hideous amalgams of flesh and mushrooms, it's a safe bet they won't be appearing on the TV show anytime soon.
* FesteringFungus: The Hoothi are a fungal-based HiveMind with a penchant for BodyHorror.
* FesteringFungus: The Hoothi are a fungal-based HiveMind with a penchant for BodyHorror.
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* KillItWithFire: Jan's pyrokinesis plus the gasses from billions of rotting corpses equals very, ''very'' big BOOM.
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* NightOfTheLivingMooks: The vast burial grounds of Heaven make perfect fodder for the Hoothi. NightmareFuel ensues.
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* BiTheWay: Roisa is in an open relationship with both Jan and Maire.
* BuryYourGays: The book opens with a flashback to Ace's friendship with a gay older brother figure named Julian, back in Perivale; then it immediately jumps to his funeral.
* BuryYourGays: The book opens with a flashback to Ace's friendship with a gay older brother figure named Julian, back in Perivale; then it immediately jumps to his funeral.
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* EasilyForgiven: Averted, with Ace and the Doctor. He seems to expect her to move on from [[spoiler:Jan's death]]; instead she quits the TARDIS, and doesn't forgive him for years -- and then only after she's paid him back a couple of times over.
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* EasilyForgiven: Averted, with Subverted. The Doctor expects Ace and the Doctor. He seems to expect her to move on from [[spoiler:Jan's death]]; instead she quits the TARDIS, and doesn't forgive him for years -- and then only after she's paid him back a couple of times over.
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* NewAgeRetroHippie: The Travellers are a cross between this and Irish Travellers.
* NoBiologicalSex: Christopher, as a result of experimentation by the military.
* NoBiologicalSex: Christopher, as a result of experimentation by the military.
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* {{Polyamory}}: Roisa is in an open relationship with both Jan and Maire.
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* VirtualGhost: Christopher becomes one of these after his body dies while he's in virtual reality. Then he manages to reanimate his own corpse.
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* VirtualGhost: Christopher Christopher's ghost becomes one of these stuck in virtual reality after his body he dies while he's in virtual reality. Then he inside it. He later manages to reanimate his own corpse.
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* ZombieInfectee: Roisa -- who does her best to fight against the enemy within, only to fall victim to their mind control.
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The Doctor and Ace arrive on the idyllic world of Heaven, used as a funeral planet by both Earth and the Draconian Empire. Here they encounter the archaeologist Franchise/BerniceSummerfield, the sinister [[ReligionOfEvil Church of Vacuum]], and a group of Travellers led by the charming yet haunted bad boy [[GirlOfTheWeek Jan Rydd]].
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The Doctor and Ace arrive on the idyllic world of Heaven, which in the 26th century is used as a funeral planet by both Earth and the Draconian Empire. Here they encounter the archaeologist Franchise/BerniceSummerfield, the sinister [[ReligionOfEvil Church of Vacuum]], and a group of Travellers led by the charming yet haunted bad boy [[GirlOfTheWeek Jan Rydd]].
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* CreatorThumbprint: A pair of owls appear several times over the course of the story.
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* BattleTrophy: Maire wears several Dalek eye stalks on her belt. Since there's currently a large bounty on dead Daleks, these serve as both a mark of her badassery and a handy form of portable currency.
* BiTheWay: Roisa is in an open relationship with both Jan and Maire.
* BuryYourGays: The book opens with a flashback to Ace's friendship with a gay older brother figure named Julian, back in Perivale; then it immediately jumps to his funeral.
* BiTheWay: Roisa is in an open relationship with both Jan and Maire.
* BuryYourGays: The book opens with a flashback to Ace's friendship with a gay older brother figure named Julian, back in Perivale; then it immediately jumps to his funeral.
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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: How Ace is finally able to defeat the last Hoothi -- she calls out to her long-dead friend Julian, and the creature explodes.
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Maire is forced to shoot Roisa.
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Maire is forced to shoot Roisa.
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* ZombieInfectee: Roisa -- who does her best to fight against the enemy within, only to fall victim to their mind control.
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* CallBack: The Hoothi were previously referenced, very briefly, in ''Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius''; Paul Cornell built on a single mention to create one of the most loathsome enemies the Doctor has ever faced.
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* CallBack: The Hoothi were previously referenced, very briefly, in ''Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius''; ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]''; Paul Cornell built on a single mention to create one of the most loathsome enemies the Doctor has ever faced.
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* TheWormThatWalks: The Hoothi are a fungal version of this. An individual Hoothi can divide its intelligence between numerous bodies, can infect people with maggot-like spores, and can convert them into horrifying mushroom creatures at will.
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* TheWormThatWalks: The Hoothi are a fungal version of this. An individual Hoothi can divide its intelligence between numerous bodies, can infect people with maggot-like spores, and can convert them into horrifying mushroom creatures at will.will.
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''Love And War'' is notable for being the first of the New Adventures to make major changes to the status quo, with Ace leaving the TARDIS (she would later return in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresDeceit Deceit]]'') and new companion Benny taking her place as the Doctor's companion. It was written by Creator/PaulCornell (his second entry in the New Adventures) and released in October 1992. The audio adaptation was released in October 2012, to mark Benny's 20th anniversary as part of the Whoniverse.
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''Love And War'' is notable for being the first of the New Adventures to make major changes to the status quo, with Ace leaving the TARDIS (she would later return in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresDeceit Deceit]]'') and new companion Benny taking her place as the Doctor's companion. It was written by Creator/PaulCornell (his second entry in the New Adventures) and released in October 1992. The audio adaptation was released in October 2012, to mark Benny's 20th anniversary as part of the Whoniverse.Whoniverse.
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* AdventureArchaeologist: Not only is [[Franchise/BerniceSummerfield Benny]] present, but this is one of the few stories in which she's actually focussing on the "archaeologist" part, instead of the "adventure" part -- she's running a dig, with a team of students working under her.
* CallBack: The Hoothi were previously referenced, very briefly, in ''Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius''; Paul Cornell built on a single mention to create one of the most loathsome enemies the Doctor has ever faced.
* {{Cyberspace}}: Or 'puterspace, as they call it.
* EasilyForgiven: Averted, with Ace and the Doctor. He seems to expect her to move on from [[spoiler:Jan's death]]; instead she quits the TARDIS, and doesn't forgive him for years -- and then only after she's paid him back a couple of times over.
* MachineWorship: Well, kind of -- the Travellers don't worship the machines; rather, they believe their gods live inside virtual reality, and can be communed with cybernetically.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: The Doctor's justification for the ending, when he chooses to sacrifice [[spoiler:Jan]] to stop the Hoothi. Ace doesn't buy it, and turns her back on him.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: The Travellers are a cross between this and Irish Travellers.
* NoBiologicalSex: Christopher, as a result of experimentation by the military.
* PeopleFarms: The world of Heaven is revealed to have been one of these in its ancient past; the Hoothi finally got bored of keeping the Heavenites, and consumed them all. Now the Hoothi have returned, and they want to do the same thing to the human and Draconian inhabitants.
* PlayingWithFire: Jan gained pyrokinetic powers after being experimented on by the military.
* ReligionOfEvil: The Church of Vacuum, which preaches a nihilistic outlook that encourages ritual suicide, while planning to sacrifice everyone on Heaven to the Hoothi.
* {{Technopath}}: Christopher gained the ability to control 'puterspace after being experimented on by the military.
* VirtualGhost: Christopher becomes one of these after his body dies while he's in virtual reality. Then he manages to reanimate his own corpse.
* TheWormThatWalks: The Hoothi are a fungal version of this. An individual Hoothi can divide its intelligence between numerous bodies, can infect people with maggot-like spores, and can convert them into horrifying mushroom creatures at will.
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* AdventureArchaeologist: Not only is [[Franchise/BerniceSummerfield Benny]] present, but this is one of the few stories in which she's actually focussing on the "archaeologist" part, instead of the "adventure" part -- she's running a dig, with a team of students working under her.
* CallBack: The Hoothi were previously referenced, very briefly, in ''Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius''; Paul Cornell built on a single mention to create one of the most loathsome enemies the Doctor has ever faced.
* {{Cyberspace}}: Or 'puterspace, as they call it.
* EasilyForgiven: Averted, with Ace and the Doctor. He seems to expect her to move on from [[spoiler:Jan's death]]; instead she quits the TARDIS, and doesn't forgive him for years -- and then only after she's paid him back a couple of times over.
* MachineWorship: Well, kind of -- the Travellers don't worship the machines; rather, they believe their gods live inside virtual reality, and can be communed with cybernetically.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: The Doctor's justification for the ending, when he chooses to sacrifice [[spoiler:Jan]] to stop the Hoothi. Ace doesn't buy it, and turns her back on him.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: The Travellers are a cross between this and Irish Travellers.
* NoBiologicalSex: Christopher, as a result of experimentation by the military.
* PeopleFarms: The world of Heaven is revealed to have been one of these in its ancient past; the Hoothi finally got bored of keeping the Heavenites, and consumed them all. Now the Hoothi have returned, and they want to do the same thing to the human and Draconian inhabitants.
* PlayingWithFire: Jan gained pyrokinetic powers after being experimented on by the military.
* ReligionOfEvil: The Church of Vacuum, which preaches a nihilistic outlook that encourages ritual suicide, while planning to sacrifice everyone on Heaven to the Hoothi.
* {{Technopath}}: Christopher gained the ability to control 'puterspace after being experimented on by the military.
* VirtualGhost: Christopher becomes one of these after his body dies while he's in virtual reality. Then he manages to reanimate his own corpse.
* TheWormThatWalks: The Hoothi are a fungal version of this. An individual Hoothi can divide its intelligence between numerous bodies, can infect people with maggot-like spores, and can convert them into horrifying mushroom creatures at will.
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The Doctor and Ace arrive on the idyllic world of Heaven, used as a funeral planet by both Earth and the Draconian Empire. Here they encounter the archaeologist Franchise/BerniceSummerfield, the sinister [[ReligionOfEvil Church of Vacuum]], and a group of Travellers led by the charming yet haunted bad boy [[GirlOfTheWeek Jan Rydd]].
''Love And War'' is notable for being the first of the New Adventures to make major changes to the status quo, with Ace leaving the TARDIS (she would later return in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresDeceit Deceit]]'') and new companion Benny taking her place as the Doctor's companion. It was written by Creator/PaulCornell (his second entry in the New Adventures) and released in October 1992. The audio adaptation was released in October 2012, to mark Benny's 20th anniversary as part of the Whoniverse.
''Love And War'' is notable for being the first of the New Adventures to make major changes to the status quo, with Ace leaving the TARDIS (she would later return in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresDeceit Deceit]]'') and new companion Benny taking her place as the Doctor's companion. It was written by Creator/PaulCornell (his second entry in the New Adventures) and released in October 1992. The audio adaptation was released in October 2012, to mark Benny's 20th anniversary as part of the Whoniverse.
