Ghost Devices
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Ghost Devices is an original novel by Simon Bucher-Jones
featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield
. The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British
science fiction television
series Doctor Who
.
The title refers to an operating system
that continues to recognize a piece of hardware after it has been disconnected from the system.
In Ghost Devices, we meet Clarence (named after the angel in It's a Wonderful Life
). Clarence appears in the form of an angel, but is an artificial intelligence from the People. Clarence is an agent of God.
Simon Bucher-Jones
Simon Bucher-Jones in Liverpool; he is a British author, poet, artist, and amateur actor, best known for his Doctor Who novels for Virgin and the BBC and as a contributor to the Faction Paradox spin-off series....
featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield
Bernice Summerfield
Bernice Surprise Summerfield is a fictional character created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishing's range of original full-length Doctor Who novels, the New Adventures...
. The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British
United Kingdom
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science fiction television
Science fiction on television
Science fiction first appeared on a television program during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality; this makes television an excellent medium...
series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
.
The title refers to an operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
that continues to recognize a piece of hardware after it has been disconnected from the system.
In Ghost Devices, we meet Clarence (named after the angel in It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra and based on the short story "The Greatest Gift" written by Philip Van Doren Stern....
). Clarence appears in the form of an angel, but is an artificial intelligence from the People. Clarence is an agent of God.