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{{Infobox | |image = Reluctant Warriors.jpg | ||
series=[[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | |series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]] | ||
|doctor = Fourth Doctor | |||
doctor= | |companions = [[K9 Mark II]], [[Romana I]] | ||
companions= [[Romana I]] | |setting = [[Banto (planet)|Banto]] | ||
|enemy = [[Leondin]] | |||
writer=| | |writer = | ||
|read by = [[Geoffrey Beevers]], [[John Leeson]] | |||
prev=Terror on Xaboi ( | |anthology = Doctor Who Annual 1980 | ||
next=The Weapon ( | |release date = September 1979 | ||
|}} | |prev = Terror on Xaboi (comic story) | ||
|next = The Weapon (comic story) | |||
|series2 = [[K9 Audio Annual]] | |||
|prev2 = Light Fantastic (short story) | |||
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'''''Reluctant Warriors''''' was a short story published in ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1980]]''. It featured the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Romana I]] and [[K9 Mark II]]. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
''to | The Doctor, Romana, and K-9 visit the planet Banto, home of the Doctor's friend Alix. While the Doctor remembers it as a peaceful world, he finds that the main entertainment is now an ongoing televised war between the Yemite and Thrall tribes. "The last time I was here violence was virtually unknown, and now it seems that death is just another form of entertainment. I wonder who#s behind it all?" When they find Alix, he answers that question - Leondin, a mentally unstable politician who won election on promises of more leisure and shorter working hours. Leondin has transformed Banto into a world where most of the inhabitants think only of pleasure - and the main source of entertainment is the all too real war between the Yemites and the Thralls, a war Leondin has created using his latest fiendish toy - the ray of wrath! Created to soothe the mentally disturbed, it has been horribly repurposed to create mental anguish and aggression. | ||
Leondin's secret police arrest Alix, Romana, and the Doctor. While Leondin keeps Romana in his palace, he sends Alix and the Doctor to fight in the war - on opposite sides! Romana and the Doctor must fight against time to destroy the fearsome ray of wrath before either the Doctor or Alix is killed - or kills! | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Fourth Doctor]] | |||
* [[Romana I]] | |||
* [[K9 Mark II]] | |||
* [[Alix]] | |||
* [[Leondin]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
' | * The [[Fourth Doctor]] uses the phrase "you can't teach an old [[dog]] new tricks." | ||
* The Doctor says that he grew out of [[game]]s at a very early age. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * An audiobook version was released as part of the anthology ''[[K9 Audio Annual]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[K9]] says that he is a relatively new dog. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'') | |||
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[[Category:K9 short stories]] | [[Category:K9 short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Romana short stories | [[Category:Romana I short stories]] | ||
[[Category:DWAN 1980 short stories]] | |||
[[Category:DWAN short stories]] | |||