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|companions = [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] | |companions = [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = Gledhill family | ||
|setting = [[London]], [[ | |setting = [[London]], [[January]] [[1906]] | ||
|writer = [[Una McCormack]] | |writer = [[Una McCormack]] | ||
|director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | |director = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
A family meal, interrupted. Government | A [[family]] [[meal]], interrupted. [[British government|Government]] [[paper]]s, [[Theft|stolen]]. Social etiquette, ignored. | ||
[[Ruby Watkins]] is the over-worked and unappreciated maid of the Gledhill family. Answering the door midway through serving dinner, she finds [[Mr Gledhill]]’s junior at the [[War Office]], [[Steven Taylor|Mr Taylor]], is here to see him on urgent business. For some unknown reason, he’s brought [[First Doctor|a doctor]] with him… | [[Ruby Watkins]] is the over-worked and unappreciated [[maid]] of the Gledhill family. Answering the [[door]] midway through serving [[dinner]], she finds [[Mr Gledhill]]’s junior at the [[War Office]], [[Steven Taylor|Mr Taylor]], is here to see him on urgent business. For some unknown reason, he’s brought [[First Doctor|a doctor]] with him… | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to | [[First Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] interrupted the Gledhill family at dinner, seeking to inform [[Mr Gledhill]] of the [[Admiralty]] that the plans for the new [[Dreadnought (warship)|Dreadnought warship]] have gone missing. The issue is casually dismissed but the Gledhills' behaviour concerns their [[maid]], [[Ruby Watkins]], who seeks out the Doctor's help. | ||
Observing the Gledhills' [[daughter]], [[Elizabeth Gledhill|Miss Elizabeth]], the trio discover the family are in fact [[alien]] beings capable of [[time travel]]. When they confront Elizabeth, they learn the Gledhills plan to pass the plans to the [[Germany|Germans]]. By removing the impetus for Britain and Germany to outclass each other in weapons development, this would prevent the arms race and, in the longer term, the [[Manhattan Project|invention]] of the [[Atomic bomb|bomb]], the [[Cold War]], and [[Earth]]'s proliferation, leaving the [[planet]] vulnerable and ripe for [[Alien invasion|invasion]] and [[Colony|colonisation]]. | |||
Mr Gledhill arranges to meet with German [[Spy|agents]] under the cover of a [[suffragette]] march in [[London]]. However, Ruby trips him up and retrieves the plans, sending the agents into retreat. The [[time rift]] keeping the Gledhills in the [[Time period|period]] then closes and they vanish. Ruby finds herself without a [[job]] or references but [[Sufragette (Peace in Our Time)|a woman at the suffragette march]] who noticed her confrontation with Gledhill approaches her. The Doctor commends Ruby's efforts and the [[woman]] takes her away to work out how to help her. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Ruby Watkins]] | * [[Ruby Watkins]] | ||
* [[Mr Gledhill]] | * [[Mr Gledhill]] | ||
* [[Mrs Gledhill]] | |||
* [[Elizabeth Gledhill]] | |||
* [[Suffragette (Peace in Our Time)|Suffragette]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
* The [[Dreadnought (warship)|Dreadnought warship]] launched in [[February]] [[1906]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The story derives its title from the {{w|Peace for our time|infamous phrase}} commonly associated with [[Neville Chamberlain]] prior to the [[World War II|Second World War]]. The plot, however, concerns itself with the [[arms race]] prior to the [[World War I|First World War]]. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * The Doctor and Steven previously encountered the [[suffragette]] movement in [[1912]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Suffering (audio story)|The Suffering]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:First Doctor audio stories]] | [[Category:First Doctor audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in London]] | [[Category:Stories set in London]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in | [[Category:Stories set in 1906]] | ||