| Doctor Who book | |
|---|---|
| Just War | |
| Series | Virgin New Adventures |
| Release number | 46 |
| Featuring | Seventh Doctor Benny, Chris, Roz |
| Writer | Lance Parkin |
| Publisher | Virgin Books |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-426-20463-8 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Release date | January 1996 |
| Preceded by | Shakedown |
| Followed by | Warchild |
Just War is a novel by Lance Parkin from the Virgin New Adventures. The New Adventures were based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The novel featured the characters of the Seventh Doctor, Bernice Summerfield (known as Benny), Chris Cwej and Roz Forrester.
The story is set in Nazi Germany-occupied Guernsey, a rare example of part of the British Isles being 'colonised' by another power. As with all Doctor Who spin-off media, its relationship to the televised serials is open to interpretation.
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The Doctor and his companions land in German-occupied Guernsey in 1941 where the Nazis are pursuing a top-secret weapon which could change the course of the war.
Parkin had recently completed an MA and his dissertation thesis was on postcolonial literature. The novel echoes that by showing reversals of familiar colonial perspectives.
| Big Finish Productions audio play | |
|---|---|
| Just War | |
| Series | Bernice Summerfield |
| Release number | 5 |
| Featuring | Bernice Summerfield |
| Writer | Lance Parkin adapted by Jac Rayner |
| Director | Gary Russell |
| Producer(s) | Gary Russell |
| Executive producer(s) | Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Set between | Birthright and Dragons' Wrath |
| Length | 1 hr 50 mins |
| Release date | August 1999 |
In 1999, Just War was adapted by Big Finish Productions into an audio drama starring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice. The plot was changed to fit in with the run of Bernice audio dramas. Big Finish had begun by adapting New Adventure novels from after when Virgin had lost their licence to do Doctor Who stories and the series had focused on Benny. Big Finish also had no Doctor Who licence at the time, but they decided to dramatise two Doctor Who New Adventures, adapting them to remove the Doctor Who references. Thus, the audio adaptation achieves time travel through the use of Benny's Time Rings. The Doctor, Chris and Roz are removed from the narrative, with Jason Kane's role replacing some elements of the parts played by the Doctor and Chris from the novel.
The adaptation was done by Jacqueline Rayner, who adapted most of this first series of Benny audios.