The Game of Death (novel): Difference between revisions

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|image=DWDL6 Game of Death.jpg

|year= The [[Silver Devastation]]

|writer= [[Trevor Baxendale]]

|publisher= [[BBC Children's Books]] by [[Penguin Character Books]]

|release date= [[28 May (releases)|28 May]] [[2009]]

|prev=The Vampire of Paris (novel)  

'''''The Game of Death''''' is the sixth book in [[The Darksmith Legacy]] series.

== Publisher's summary ==

The hunter becomes the hunted, as the [[Tenth Doctor]] tracks the [[Darksmith Agent|Agent]]'s journey from [[Paris]] across the [[Milky Way]] towards the [[Silver Devastation]]. Where is it heading? What force can destroy the [[Eternity Crystal|Crystal]]? Where is the [[robot]] Agent, and why did it come here? What is the strange and sinister game taking place in an elegant house in the Home Counties? Find out by reading the next thrilling adventure in "[[The Darksmith Legacy]]".

* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]

* [[Amelia Birch|Miss Amelia Birch]]  

* [[Ted]]

* [[Horatio Hamililton]]

== References ==

* The story setting, at the [[Silver Devastation]], has been previously referenced as where Professor Yana (aka [[The Master]]), was found and also where the [[Face of Boe]] came from.

* The [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] uses [[Tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator|extrapolator]] shielding which helps protect it from the journey following the Darksmiths' craft through the tear in reality and back into local space.

* The Doctor’s [[psychic paper]] is used to confirm the Doctor and Gisella’s invitation to the Game of Death.

* The Doctor, with some trepidation, wears a [[Tuxedo]] and black tie for dinner at [[Devastation Hall]]. Previous outings for this suit include; when the [[Cybermen]] attacked on the parallel Earth, at the demonstration of the [[Genetic Manipulation Device|Lazarus experiment]] and when the [[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]] nearly destroyed [[Earth]].

* The Doctor wears his [[glasses]] to look intelligent while working on the component salvaged from the [[Darksmith Agent]]’s head following its destruction.

* The Doctor’s [[sonic screwdriver]] is used for a variety of tasks including: cracking a pane of glass, to carry out a biometric scan, to open doors, to highlight a safe passage across the patio at [[Devastation Hall]] by detecting ultra violet characters and to remotely activate the environmental controls for the creation of day and night light on the asteroid.

* From the Doctor's massive 'Gallifreyan' coat pockets he produces a bicycle torch.

=== The Books ===

* Interspersed with the main fiction is;

:* '''TARDIS Data Bank''' (extra information on '[[Silver Devastation|The Silver Devastation]]').

:* '''Activity pages x3''' (The puzzle solutions give the reader the chance to think like the Doctor!)

* '''The Darksmith Legacy's''' overall story was devised by [[Justin Richards]] who contributed four of the ten titles.

* '''The Darksmith Legacy''' was certificated to 13, with under 13's needing parental approval.

=== Interactive Website Content ===

By visiting the website and participating in '''the Quest''' participants can unlock additional content like computer [[The Darksmith Legacy: Wallpaper Gallery|wallpapers]] to download.

The Quest itself features; games - (like finding a specific target in an image, by using the sonic screwdriver as a detector, to hone in (to register 100 on the scale). Once located the 'Target' then provides additional information used in further puzzles involving both words and numbers.