Toy Soldiers (novel)

Toy Soldiers
Doctor:	[[doctor::Seventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Benny, Roz, Chris
Main enemy:	The Recruiter
Main setting:	Earth, Europe, Septangy, 1919 Q'ell, 1919
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Virgin Books]]
Writer:	Paul Leonard
Release details
Release number:	42
Release date:	September, 1995
Format:	Paperback Book, ? Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0426204522

Publisher's Summary

'Children make better soldiers,' said the teddy bear. 'They kill without compunction.'

The Doctor and Benny are following a trail of kidnapped children across Europe, a continent recovering from the ravages of the First World War. The only clue they find is the toy bear each missing child was given. But someone is aware of their search, and they soon find themselves unwilling guests on the planet Q’ell, where a similar war still rages - and has done for fourteen hundred years.

Stranded on Earth, Chris Cwej and Roslyn Forrester struggle to find a way of stopping the Q’ell from recruiting every child in the world to their cause. And the Doctor tries to start a peaceful revolution on a planet where there is no longer any word for peace.

Characters

• The Doctor
  • The Doctor's eyes are blue-grey.
  • The Doctor falters when he realises he must kill 5 million children to save the Earth (but the Recruiter stops in time, removing the need to do so).

• Bernice Summerfield
  • Has two implants put in her forehead (they leave scars).

• Roz Forrester
  • To her horror and astonishment Roz experiences racism in Paris.

• Chris Cwej
  • Chris doesn't know what an airplane is. But flies one (a biplane).

References

• Amongst the many species that are recruited to fight are Ogrons.

Notes

• The 1,400 year long Q'ell war ultimately killed: 2,846,014,032 people.
• This novel had a working title of; Toy Solstice.

Continuity

• The Uvodni also kidnapped children from Earth to fight in the Ghost Wars. (SJA: Warriors of Kudlak)

External Links

• Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Toy Soldiers
• The Discontinuity Guide to: Toy Soldiers at The Whoniverse

Footnotes