History 101
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| History 101 | |
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| Series | Eighth Doctor Adventures |
| Release number | 58 |
| Featuring | Eighth Doctor Fitz and Anji |
| Writer | Mags L Halliday |
| Publisher | BBC Books |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-563-53854-6 |
| No. of pages | 275 |
| Release date | July 2002 |
| Preceded by | The Crooked World |
| Followed by | Camera Obscura |
History 101 is a BBC Books original novel written by Mags L Halliday and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.
Like all Doctor Who spin-off media, its canonicity in relation to the television series is unclear.
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[edit] Synopsis
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Set in the Spanish Civil War, the book (Halliday's first novel) explores the construction of history and the experiences of George Orwell.
The Doctor, Fitz, and Anji, after viewing Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" at the 1937 Paris exhibition, realise time has been changed. They travel back to Spain in order to uncover what affected the artist's vision of this terrible event.
[edit] Trivia
- The chapter names are all Clash song titles, translated into Spanish (for example, "Una Casa Europea Segura"="Safe European Home").
- History 101 is the only EDA not to have an italicised note at the end of the back cover blurb identifiying it as "another in the series of adventures of the Eighth Doctor". The blurb describes the novel as if it were a history textbook, and the last paragraph continues this conceit by explaining it should be read as part of "the ongoing 'Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor' history course".
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[edit] Reviews
- History 101 reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
- History 101 reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
