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novel name= World Game|
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|number      = 72
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|companions  = [[Serena]]
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|featuring    = Pandad IV
writer= [[Terrance Dicks]] |
|featuring2  = Napoléon Bonaparte
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|enemy        = [[Player]]s
release date= October, 2005 |
|setting      = [[France]], [[Belgium]], [[1794]], [[1805]] and [[1815]]
format= Paperback Book, --- Pages |
|writer       = Terrance Dicks
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|publisher    = BBC Books
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|release date = 6 October 2005
|format       = Paperback Book; 38 Chapters, 285 Pages
|isbn        = ISBN 0-563-48636-8
|series      = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|BBC ''Past Doctor Adventures'']]
|prev        = Fear Itself (novel)
|next         = The Time Travellers (novel)
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'''''World Game''''' was the seventy-second novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Terrance Dicks]], released [[6 October]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]{{fact}} and featured the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Serena]].


==Publisher’s Summary==
This novel includes [[psychic paper]], introduced in 2005 in [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 1]] of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'', it is one of the few occurrences of the new series being referenced in a [[Past Doctor Adventures|''Past Doctor Adventure'']]. This narrative also explains how the Doctor obtained his psychic paper.
The Doctor has been captured and put on trial by his own people, accused of their greatest crime: interfering with the affairs of other peoples and planets. He is sentenced to exile on Earth. That much is history.


But now the truth can be told — the Doctor does not go straight into exile. First the Time Lords have a task for him. From the trenches of the Great War to the terrors of the French Revolution, the Doctor finds himself on a mission he does not want, with a companion he does not like, his life threatened at every turn.
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Second Doctor|The Doctor]] has been captured and put on trial by [[Time Lord|his own people]], accused of their greatest crime: interfering with the affairs of other peoples and [[planet]]s. He is sentenced to [[exile on Earth]]. That much is history.


Will the Doctor survive to serve his sentence? Or will this adventure prove to be his Waterloo?
But now the truth can be told — the Doctor does not go straight into exile. First the Time Lords have a task for him. From the trenches of the [[World War I|Great War]] to the terrors of the [[French Revolution]], the Doctor finds himself on a mission he does not want, with a companion he does not like, his life threatened at every turn.


==Characters==
Will the Doctor survive to serve his sentence? Or will this adventure prove to be his [[Waterloo]]?


==References==
== Plot ==
=== Prelude ===
:''Following the passing of the [[Gallifreyan Freedom of Information Act]], the true story of [[Exile on Earth|the Doctor's exile]] is to be released. The following is an excerpt from the genuine summary of the Doctor.''


==External Links==
[[The Doctor's trial (The War Games)|The Doctor's trial]] was near its end. He was accused of breaking two Gallifreyan laws: first, stealing [[The Doctor's TARDIS|a TARDIS]]; second, breaking the law of [[Non-interference policy|non-interference]]. [[Second Doctor|The Doctor]] stated that he was proud of his interference, as he had stopped many foes. The [[Time Lord]]s understood his plea, but found his interference too great a crime and sentenced him to death.
[http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbk74.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: World Game]


[[Category:BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
=== Chapter one ===
''to be added''
 
== Characters ==
* [[Second Doctor]]
* [[Serena]]
* [[Count (Players)|Count]]
* [[Countess (Players)|Countess]]
* [[Valmont]]
* [[Latour]]
* [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]
* [[Horatio Nelson]]
* [[Arthur Wellesley]]
* [[Joseph Fouché]]
* Agent [[Sardon]]
* Agent [[Ragnar]]
* Agent [[Milvo]]
* Councillor [[Taskor]]
* [[Luco (World Game)|Luco]]
* Sergeant [[Lebrun]]
* General [[Dumerbion]]
* Lord [[Castlereagh]]
* Captain [[Hippolyte Charles]]
* General [[Blucher]]
* General [[Didier (World Game)|Didier]]
* [[Robert Fulton|Fulton]]
* Colonel [[Grant (World Game)|Grant]]
* Inspector [[Mercier]]
* Representative [[Saliceti]]
* [[Talleyrand]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Gallifreyan technology ===
* [[Psychic paper]] is said to be a [[Celestial Intervention Agency|CIA]] invention.
* [[Time Ring]]s are used. They work by focusing mentally on a time and a place before a temporal displacement beam transports the user.
 
=== Food and Beverages ===
* The Doctor and Serena drink [[champagne]] in Paris.
* The Doctor eats numerous small [[chicken]] [[pie]]s with [[garlic]] at Napoleon's palace.
 
== Notes ==
[[File:World Game alt cover.jpg|thumb|Alternate cover for novel]]
* This story occurs, for the Second Doctor, directly before the television story ''[[The Two Doctors]]''.
** The [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] ''[[The Early Adventures|Early Adventures]]'' audio story ''[[The Black Hole (audio story)|The Black Hole]]'' provides an alternative placement for the Second Doctor's involvement in that story, which contradicts ''World Game''.
* An alternate cover for this novel featuring a more youthful in appearance Troughton exists. The cover also lacks the soldiers and cannons in the background.
* The ''Doctor Who'' logo is missing from the spine of this novel.
* This story takes place in the [[Season 6B]] timeline.
* [[Psychic paper]] was introduced in the [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|2005 season of the revived ''Doctor Who'']] as a device used by the [[Ninth Doctor]]. As the Past Doctor Adventures line was discontinued soon after, this is the only time that an original novel featuring a "classic series" Doctor has made direct reference to a concept introduced in the TV series revival.
* This story posits that psychic paper is a [[Time Lord]] invention and that the Doctor first started using it as far back as his [[second Doctor|second incarnation]]. Neither has ever been said on television. Psychic paper first appeared in the television story ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]''.
* This story features the second significant encounter between the Second Doctor and [[Horatio Nelson]]. However, the Doctor meets him at a much earlier point in his second incarnation's life but at an later point in Nelson's life. At no point does the Doctor mention having met Nelson in the company of [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]], as he did in the short story ''[[H.M.S. Tardis (short story)|H.M.S. Tardis]]''.
* The opening prelude is an almost word for word copy of chapter 1 of [[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]], except that the doctor is sentenced to death instead of exile.
* Throughout this story, the Doctor uses [[TARDIS (World Game)|a completely different TARDIS]] than normal; although it is "introduced" to him in the shape of a [[police box]] as the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] thought it would make the Doctor more comfortable, it is a [[Type 97]] with a working [[chameleon circuit]]. He doesn't get to keep the 97 at the end of the story, but instead is returned to his own TARDIS afterwards — albeit one that's had a complete overhaul. The overhaul is meant to retcon the fact that the Second Doctor's TARDIS in ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'' seems radically different to versions of the set that existed in the late 1960s.
 
== Continuity ==
* The [[Time Lord]]s give the Doctor a [[Second Doctor's Time Ring|time ring]]. The [[Fourth Doctor]] would use the ring again on his mission to [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'')
* At the end of the novel, the Time Lords send the Doctor on a mission to [[Space Station Camera]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'')
* The Doctor mentions his recent encounter with his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'')
* The [[Third Doctor]] and [[Fifth Doctor]] would later describe Lord Nelson as a "close personal friend" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lions of Trafalgar (audio story)|The Lions of Trafalgar]]'') whereas the [[Fourth Doctor]] claimed to have had breakfast with him the day before the [[Battle of Trafalgar]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eye of Heaven (novel)|Eye of Heaven]]'')
* Later in his personal timeline, the [[Sixth Doctor]] would once again be present at the [[Battle of Waterloo]] on [[18 June]] [[1815]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros (audio story)|The Curse of Davros]]'')
* The [[Eighth Doctor]]'s companion [[Charlotte Pollard]] would later befriend the elderly Duke of Wellington in [[1851]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'')
* The Doctor says that an encounter with a [[vampire]] is one of the few things that can make a Time Lord afraid. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'')
* At the end of the adventure, the Doctor puts the Napoleon costume in the Wardrobe room. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'')
* The Doctor says that "in an authoritarian society, people obey the voice of authority." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'', ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'', ''[[Deadly Reunion (novel)|Deadly Reunion]]'')
* The Doctor notes that the [[Scarlet Pimpernel]] saved aristocrats from the [[guillotine]] during the [[Reign of Terror]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Plight of the Pimpernel (audio story)|Plight of the Pimpernel]]'')
* The Doctor previously impersonated [[Ramón Salamander]], another dictator. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'')
 
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|whobbk74.htm|World Game}}
* {{whoniverse|pd73|World Game}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/worldgame.htm The Cloister Library: '''World Game''']
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World Game was the seventy-second novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Terrance Dicks, released 6 October 2005[source needed] and featured the Second Doctor and Serena.

This novel includes psychic paper, introduced in 2005 in Series 1 of Doctor Who, it is one of the few occurrences of the new series being referenced in a Past Doctor Adventure. This narrative also explains how the Doctor obtained his psychic paper.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor has been captured and put on trial by his own people, accused of their greatest crime: interfering with the affairs of other peoples and planets. He is sentenced to exile on Earth. That much is history.

But now the truth can be told — the Doctor does not go straight into exile. First the Time Lords have a task for him. From the trenches of the Great War to the terrors of the French Revolution, the Doctor finds himself on a mission he does not want, with a companion he does not like, his life threatened at every turn.

Will the Doctor survive to serve his sentence? Or will this adventure prove to be his Waterloo?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Prelude[[edit] | [edit source]]

Following the passing of the Gallifreyan Freedom of Information Act, the true story of the Doctor's exile is to be released. The following is an excerpt from the genuine summary of the Doctor.

The Doctor's trial was near its end. He was accused of breaking two Gallifreyan laws: first, stealing a TARDIS; second, breaking the law of non-interference. The Doctor stated that he was proud of his interference, as he had stopped many foes. The Time Lords understood his plea, but found his interference too great a crime and sentenced him to death.

Chapter one[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallifreyan technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Psychic paper is said to be a CIA invention.
  • Time Rings are used. They work by focusing mentally on a time and a place before a temporal displacement beam transports the user.

Food and Beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Alternate cover for novel
  • This story occurs, for the Second Doctor, directly before the television story The Two Doctors.
  • An alternate cover for this novel featuring a more youthful in appearance Troughton exists. The cover also lacks the soldiers and cannons in the background.
  • The Doctor Who logo is missing from the spine of this novel.
  • This story takes place in the Season 6B timeline.
  • Psychic paper was introduced in the 2005 season of the revived Doctor Who as a device used by the Ninth Doctor. As the Past Doctor Adventures line was discontinued soon after, this is the only time that an original novel featuring a "classic series" Doctor has made direct reference to a concept introduced in the TV series revival.
  • This story posits that psychic paper is a Time Lord invention and that the Doctor first started using it as far back as his second incarnation. Neither has ever been said on television. Psychic paper first appeared in the television story The End of the World.
  • This story features the second significant encounter between the Second Doctor and Horatio Nelson. However, the Doctor meets him at a much earlier point in his second incarnation's life but at an later point in Nelson's life. At no point does the Doctor mention having met Nelson in the company of Ben Jackson and Polly Wright, as he did in the short story H.M.S. Tardis.
  • The opening prelude is an almost word for word copy of chapter 1 of Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, except that the doctor is sentenced to death instead of exile.
  • Throughout this story, the Doctor uses a completely different TARDIS than normal; although it is "introduced" to him in the shape of a police box as the Celestial Intervention Agency thought it would make the Doctor more comfortable, it is a Type 97 with a working chameleon circuit. He doesn't get to keep the 97 at the end of the story, but instead is returned to his own TARDIS afterwards — albeit one that's had a complete overhaul. The overhaul is meant to retcon the fact that the Second Doctor's TARDIS in The Two Doctors seems radically different to versions of the set that existed in the late 1960s.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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BBC Past Doctor Adventures
 
First Doctor
Susan, Ian, Barbara
Ian, Barbara, Vicki
Steven, Dodo
Ben, Polly
 
Second Doctor
Ben, Polly
Ben, Polly, Jamie
Jamie, Victoria
Jamie, Zoe
Serena
 
Third Doctor
Liz, UNIT
Jo, UNIT
Jo, Liz
Jo
Sarah
 
Fourth Doctor
Sarah, Harry
Harry
Leela
Romana I
Romana II, K9
Nyssa
 
Fifth Doctor
Adric, Nyssa, Tegan
Nyssa
Nyssa, Tegan
Tegan, Turlough
Turlough, Kamelion
Peri
 
Sixth Doctor
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Frobisher
Mel
Mel, Evelyn
The Brigadier
 
Seventh Doctor
Ace
Solo travels
 
Eighth Doctor
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