Original Sin (Lane novel)

Original Sin

Author	Andy Lane
Series	Doctor Who book: Virgin New Adventures
Release number	39
Subject	Featuring: Seventh Doctor Benny, Roz, Chris
Publisher	Virgin Books
Publication date	June 1995
ISBN	0-426-20444-1
Preceded by	Human Nature
Followed by	Sky Pirates!

Original Sin is an original novel written by Andy Lane and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It introduces the Seventh Doctor's new companions Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej.

Plot

Benny and the Doctor land on Earth in the late 30th century, in order to find out more information about a missing alien space ship. They are eventually arrested for murder by Adjucator Roz Forrester and her partner/squire Chris Cwej. The Doctor discovers that the person behind his arrest, and also responsible for supporting the Earth Empire, is none other than Tobias Vaughn, the former head of International Electromatics and collaborator with the Cybermen. Just prior to his "death" (in The Invasion), Vaughn transferred his memories and consciousness into a robot body. Since then, he has been manipulating Earth history in order to trap the Doctor and gain the secret to time travel. The Doctor manages to trap Vaughn in the TARDIS, cutting him off from transferring his mind to a new body; he later removes Vaughn's brain crystal and installs it in a food machine. Roz and Chris, now framed by corrupt Adjucator officials, agree to travel with the Doctor rather than face trumped-up charges.

Continuity

The Adjudicators are first introduced in Colony in Space where the Master passes himself of as one. There are hints that they will eventually evolve in the Grand Order of Oberon which features in Revelation of the Daleks.

When Vaughn tells the Doctor of his activities over the past millennium, he claims to have been responsible for funding the construction of the BOSS computer (The Green Death), assisting Think Tank in its robotic research (Robot), bankrolling Professor Whitaker's time travel experiments (Invasion of the Dinosaurs), and providing the researchers that developed the glittergun (Revenge of the Cybermen).

External links

Original Sin at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
Original Sin at The TARDIS Library

Reviews

Original Sin reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
Original Sin reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
The Whoniverse's review on Original Sin

Virgin New Adventures

Ace	Timewyrm: Genesys Timewyrm: Exodus Timewyrm: Apocalypse Timewyrm: Revelation Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible Cat's Cradle: Warhead Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark Nightshade

Ace and Bernice	Love and War Deceit Lucifer Rising White Darkness Shadowmind Birthright Blood Heat The Dimension Riders The Left-Handed Hummingbird Conundrum No Future Tragedy Day Legacy Theatre of War All-Consuming Fire Blood Harvest Strange England First Frontier St Anthony's Fire Falls the Shadow Parasite Warlock Set Piece

Bernice	Transit The Highest Science The Pit Infinite Requiem Sanctuary Human Nature

Bernice, Chris, Roz	Original Sin Sky Pirates! Zamper Toy Soldiers Headgames The Also People Shakedown Just War Warchild Sleepy Death and Diplomacy Happy Endings Return of the Living Dad

Chris and Roz	GodEngine Christmas on a Rational Planet The Death of Art Damaged Goods So Vile a Sin

Chris	Bad Therapy Eternity Weeps The Room with No Doors Lungbarrow

Other	Iceberg The Dying Days

Only Bernice	Oh No It Isn't! Dragon's Wrath Beyond the Sun Ship of Fools Down Deadfall Ghost Devices Mean Streets Tempest Walking to Babylon Oblivion The Medusa Effect Dry Pilgrimage The Sword of Forever Another Girl, Another Planet Beige Planet Mars Where Angels Fear The Mary-Sue Extrusion Dead Romance Tears of the Oracle Return to the Fractured Planet The Joy Device Twilight of the Gods

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