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| Published = {{d|26|April|2011}}
  
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| Year = [[2364]]-[[2365]], [[2366]], [[2368]], [[2369]], [[2371]], [[2372]], [[2373]], [[2376]], {{dis|March|month}} [[2381]]-[[February]] [[2382]]
 
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| ISBN = 1451606257 (paperback)<br />ISBN 145160629X (eBook)
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| ISBN = 1451606257 (paperback)<br />ISBN 145160629X (eBook)<br>{{ASIN|B004INHDBO}} (Kindle)
 
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'''''Watching the Clock''''' is a [[Pocket Books]] novel by [[Christopher L. Bennett]]. Released in {{m|April|2011}}, the novel centers around the [[Department of Temporal Investigations]], including the agents [[Dulmur]] and [[Lucsly]] from {{DS9|Trials and Tribble-ations}}.
 
'''''Watching the Clock''''' is a [[Pocket Books]] novel by [[Christopher L. Bennett]]. Released in {{m|April|2011}}, the novel centers around the [[Department of Temporal Investigations]], including the agents [[Dulmur]] and [[Lucsly]] from {{DS9|Trials and Tribble-ations}}.
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== Summary ==
  
== Summary ==
 
;From the book jacket
  
;From the book jacket
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:''There's likely no more of a thankless job in the [[Federation]] than temporal investigation. While starship explorers get to live the human adventure of traveling to other times and realities, it's up to the dedicated agents of the Federation [[Department of Temporal Investigations]] to deal with the consequences to the timestream that the rest of the [[Milky Way Galaxy|Galaxy]] has to live with day by day. But when history as we know it could be wiped out at any moment by time warriors from the future, misused relics of ancient races, or accident-prone starships, only the most disciplined, obsessive, and unimaginative government employees have what it takes to face the existential uncertainty of it all on a daily basis... and still stay sane enough to complete their assignments.
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:''There's likely no more of a thankless job in the [[Federation]] than temporal investigation. While starship explorers get to live the Human adventure of traveling to other times and realities, it's up to the dedicated agents of the Federation [[Department of Temporal Investigations]] to deal with the consequences to the timestream that the rest of the [[Milky Way Galaxy|Galaxy]] has to live with day by day. But when history as we know it could be wiped out at any moment by time warriors from the future, misused relics of ancient races, or accident-prone starships, only the most disciplined, obsessive, and unimaginative government employees have what it takes to face the existential uncertainty of it all on a daily basis... and still stay sane enough to complete their assignments.
   
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:''That's where Agents [[Lucsly]] and [[Dulmur]] come in&ndash;stalwart and unflappable, these men are the Federation's unsung anchors in a chaotic universe. Together with their colleagues in the DTI&ndash;and with the help and sometimes hindrance of Starfleet's finest&ndash;they do what they can to keep the timestream, or at least the paperwork, as neat and orderly as they are. But when a series of escalating temporal incursions threatens to open a new front of the history-spanning [[Temporal Cold War]] in the twenty-fourth century, Agents Lucsly and Dulmur will need all their investigative skill and unbending determination to stop those who wish to rewrite the past for their own advantage, and to keep the present and the future from devolving into the kind of chaos they really, ''really'' hate.''
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:''That's where Agents [[Lucsly]] and [[Dulmur]] come in&ndash;stalwart and unflappable, these men are the Federation's unsung anchors in a chaotic universe. Together with their colleagues in the DTI &ndash; and with the help and sometimes hindrance of Starfleet's finest &ndash; they do what they can to keep the timestream, or at least the paperwork, as neat and orderly as they are. But when a series of escalating temporal incursions threatens to open a new front of the history-spanning [[Temporal Cold War]] in the twenty-fourth century, Agents Lucsly and Dulmur will need all their investigative skill and unbending determination to stop those who wish to rewrite the past for their own advantage, and to keep the present and the future from devolving into the kind of chaos they really, ''really'' hate.''
 
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== Background information ==
  
== Background information ==
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*The novel was first announced under the working title ''Star Trek: DTI'' by Bennett on {{d|26|March|2010}} [http://christopherlbennett.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/coming-in-2011-star-trek-dti/], with the final title announced in [[Star Trek Magazine issue 154|''Star Trek Magazine'' issue 154]].
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*The novel was first announced under the working title ''Star Trek: DTI'' by Bennett on {{d|26|March|2010}}, [http://christopherlbennett.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/coming-in-2011-star-trek-dti/] with the final title announced in [[Star Trek Magazine issue 154|''Star Trek Magazine'' issue 154]].
 
*As was the case with the ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier]]'' comic "[[Double Time]]", the [[29th century]] Starfleet officer [[Lieutenant]] [[Ducane]]'s first name is stated to be Juel.
  
*As was the case with the ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier]]'' comic "[[Double Time]]", the [[29th century]] Starfleet officer [[Lieutenant]] [[Ducane]]'s first name is stated to be Juel.
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*This novel features characters who appeared in the pilots and finales of all three ''[[Star Trek]]'' series based in the [[24th century]]: [[Jean-Luc Picard]], [[Deanna Troi]] and [[Worf]] all appeared in {{TNG|Encounter at Farpoint}} and {{e|All Good Things...}}, Picard also appeared in {{DS9|Emissary}}, Worf also appeared in {{DS9|What You Leave Behind}} whereas [[Kathryn Janeway]] appeared in both {{VOY|Caretaker}} and {{e|Endgame}}.
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*This novel features characters who appeared in the pilots and/or finales of all four ''[[Star Trek]]'' spin-off series: [[Jean-Luc Picard]], [[Deanna Troi]], and [[Worf]] all appeared in {{TNG|Encounter at Farpoint}} and {{e|All Good Things...}}, Picard appeared in {{DS9|Emissary}}, Worf appeared in {{DS9|What You Leave Behind}}, [[Kathryn Janeway]] appeared in {{VOY|Caretaker}}, Janeway and [[Korath]] both appeared in {{VOY|Endgame}}, the [[Humanoid Figure]] appeared in {{ENT|Broken Bow}}, and Troi appeared in {{ENT|These Are the Voyages...}}.
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*This novel reveals the true motivation of the mysterious [[Humanoid Figure]] who acted as a provocateur for the [[Temporal Cold War]] during the events of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''; his attacks on the past were intended to eliminate the ancestors of various temporal scientists before they could attend a vital conference in [[2382]] that would result in the creation of a subspace detection network that would alert the present to attempts by future time-travelers to alter the timeline. It also reveals that the Temporal Cold War never affected the events of the other four series because all powers involved in the struggle have agreed to take no action in the past between the founding of the Federation and the destruction of the [[Borg Collective]] (As depicted in ''[[Star Trek: Destiny]]''), as any timeline where the Federation cannot defeat the Borg in this time frame would result in the complete assimilation of the Federation by the twenty-seventh century.
   
 
== Characters ==
  
== Characters ==
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*[[Morgan Bateson]]
  
*[[Morgan Bateson]]
 
*[[Melora Pazlar]]
  
*[[Melora Pazlar]]
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*[[Daniels (Crewman)|Daniels]]
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*[[Humanoid Figure]]
 
*[[Paul Manheim]]
  
*[[Paul Manheim]]
 
*[[Ajur]]
  
*[[Ajur]]
 
*[[Boratus]]
  
*[[Boratus]]
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*[[T'Pan]]
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*[[Aleek-Om]]
   
 
=== Cover gallery ===
  
=== Cover gallery ===
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Watching the Clock is a Pocket Books novel by Christopher L. Bennett. Released in April 2011, the novel centers around the Department of Temporal Investigations, including the agents Dulmur and Lucsly from DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations".

Summary

From the book jacket
There's likely no more of a thankless job in the Federation than temporal investigation. While starship explorers get to live the Human adventure of traveling to other times and realities, it's up to the dedicated agents of the Federation Department of Temporal Investigations to deal with the consequences to the timestream that the rest of the Galaxy has to live with day by day. But when history as we know it could be wiped out at any moment by time warriors from the future, misused relics of ancient races, or accident-prone starships, only the most disciplined, obsessive, and unimaginative government employees have what it takes to face the existential uncertainty of it all on a daily basis... and still stay sane enough to complete their assignments.
That's where Agents Lucsly and Dulmur come in–stalwart and unflappable, these men are the Federation's unsung anchors in a chaotic universe. Together with their colleagues in the DTI – and with the help and sometimes hindrance of Starfleet's finest – they do what they can to keep the timestream, or at least the paperwork, as neat and orderly as they are. But when a series of escalating temporal incursions threatens to open a new front of the history-spanning Temporal Cold War in the twenty-fourth century, Agents Lucsly and Dulmur will need all their investigative skill and unbending determination to stop those who wish to rewrite the past for their own advantage, and to keep the present and the future from devolving into the kind of chaos they really, really hate.

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Background information

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