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'''''The Well-Mannered War''''' was the thirty-third and final novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Gareth Roberts]]. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[K9 Mark II]], [[Romana II]] and the [[Black Guardian]]. Uniquely, it portrays Romana borrowing articles of clothing from the Doctor's old wardrobe. The ending, where the Doctor defeats the Black Guardian by banishing himself to the [[Time Vortex]], may explain why, in ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'', it felt like years had passed for the Doctor and Romana.

== Summary ==

<blockquote>"Destroy them! Destroy them all - now!"</blockquote>[[Barclow]] - an [[Earth]]-type [[planet]] on the fringes of space at an inestimably distant point in the future. Two factions claim it: [[human]]s from the nearby colony world of [[Metralubit]] and a small group of [[Chelonian]] troopers. Yet in nearly two hundred years of conflict, not one shot has been fired in anger, there are regular socials in the trenches and the military commanders are the best of friends.

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File:The Well-Mannered War chapters five and six.jpg|[[Daryl Joyce|Daryl Joyce<br />(Chapters Five and Six)]]

File:The Well-Mannered War chapters seven and eight.jpg|[[Daryl Joyce|Daryl Joyce<br />(Chapters Seven and Eight)]]