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{{Infobox Story

|name= The Wages of Sin  

|image= The Wages of Sin.jpg

|series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]  

|number= 19

|doctor=Third Doctor  

|companions= [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Liz Shaw|Liz]]

|enemy= The Ochrana  

|setting= {{il|[[Tunguska]], [[Russia|Russian Empire]], [[30 June]] [[1908]]|[[St Petersburg]], [[Russia|Russian Empire]], [[December]] [[1916]]}}

|writer= [[David A. McIntee]]

|publisher= BBC Books  

|release date= [[1 February (releases)|1 February]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]

|format= Paperback Book, 250 Pages  

|isbn= ISBN 0-563-55567-X  

|prev=Salvation (novel)

|next=Deep Blue (novel)}}

'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the nineteenth [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel. It featured the [[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant]] and [[Liz Shaw]]. This novel features Liz Shaw's first journey in the TARDIS and is set after Liz had departed from UNIT and following the Doctor's exile on Earth (after [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'').  

''[[The Doctor]] has always been wary of meddling with established history. But what happens when the history books lie?''

With the secrets of [[time-travel]] restored to him after his long [[exile on Earth]], [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] decides to test out the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] with a trip into the past. Accompanying him are his assistant, [[Jo Grant|Jo]], and an old friend, scientist [[Liz Shaw]]. Soon after landing, the travellers realise they have landed at one of the most significant periods of [[Earth]]'s history - and one of the most dangerous...

It is [[Russia]], [[1916]], and [[Europe]] is in the grip of the [[World War I|Great War]]. With the TARDIS confiscated by Imperial guards, its crew find themselves trapped in a country on the brink of revolution.

* Tsar [[Nicholas II]]

* Tsaritsa [[Alexandra (The Wages of Sin)|Alexandra]]

== References ==

* [[Liz Shaw]] drinks several [[alcohol]]ic drinks whilst in [[Russia]].

* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]'s paternal grandfather, who was also named [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart (The Warkeeper's Crown)|Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]], worked with the [[Britain|British]] ambassador to Russia, [[Bertie Stopford]], in Military Intelligence before and during the [[World War I|First World War]] until the [[Russian Revolution of 1917]].

 

* This is the Doctor’s first test-flight since regaining his [[time travel]] knowledge.

* Jo recalls being hypnotised by {{Delgado}} ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') and the [[22nd century]] [[Dalek]] invasion of [[Earth]] in an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'').

* The [[First Doctor]] previously encountered Rasputin in [[Siberia]] in [[1903]] in the company of [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Susan Foreman]]. However, Rasputin's memory of that incident was erased. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wanderer (audio story)|The Wanderer]]'')

* {{dwrefguide|whobbk19.htm|The Wages of Sin}}

* {{whoniverse|PD19.php|The Wages of Sin}}

* [http://www.magnetopia.org/cloisterlibrary/wage.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Wages of Sin''']