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{{Infobox Novel|
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novel name= Players|
players cover.jpg|1999 edition
image=[[File:players_cover.jpg|250px]]|
Doctor Who Players 50th.jpg|2013 edition
series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] |
</gallery>
number= 21 |
|range        = BBC Past Doctor Adventures
doctor=[[Sixth Doctor]]<br />[[Second Doctor]] (guest)|
|number in range = 20
companions= [[Peri Brown]] |
|series       = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]  
enemy= [[Player|The Players]] ([[Countess (Players)|Countess Malika Treszka / Andrea Razetki]], [[Count (Players)|Count Ludwig Kroner / Ludwig Praetorius]])<br />[[Wallis Simpson]]<br />[[Edward VIII|King Edward VIII]]<br />[[Joachim von Ribbentrop]] |
|number       = 20
year= {{bp|[[Rigel VII]]|[[South Africa]], [[Earth]], [[November]] [[1899]]|[[France]], [[Earth]], [[18 November]] [[1915]]|[[London]] and South [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[Berlin]], [[Germany|Nazi Germany]], [[Earth]], [[December]] [[1936]]}} |
|doctor       = Sixth Doctor
writer= [[Terrance Dicks]] |
|companions   = [[Peri Brown|Peri]]  
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|featuring    = [[Second Doctor]], [[Winston Churchill]], [[Tom Dekker]]  
release date= [[April]] [[1999]] |
|enemy        = [[Player|The Players]]  
format= Paperback Book, 251 Pages |
|setting      = [[South Africa]], [[1899]], [[France]], [[1915]], [[London]], [[1936]]
isbn= ISBN 0-563-55573-4|
|writer      = Terrance Dicks
previous story=[[Deep Blue]]|
|publisher    = BBC Books
next story=[[Millennium Shock]]}}
|release date = 6 April 1999
|format      = Paperback Book; 34 Chapters, 251 Pages
|isbn        = ISBN 0-563-55573-4
|prev        = Deep Blue (novel)
|next        = Millennium Shock (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twentieth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Terrance Dicks]], released [[6 April (releases)|6 April]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]] and featured the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]].
 
It was the first novel to mention and feature [[Season 6B]] — the period between the end of ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'' and ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' — and the first to feature the [[Player]]s.
 
This was also the first story to feature [[Winston Churchill]] in a prominent role and detailed some of his encounters with [[the Doctor]]. The relationship between the two became firmly established when it was carried over into the [[Doctor Who|TV series]] over a decade [[2010 (releases)|later]] in ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''Promising his companion, [[Peri]], high society elegance in fin-de-siecle [[London]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] manages to hit the right time, but the wrong place...''
=== 1999 BBC Books summary ===
''Promising his companion, [[Peri Brown|Peri]], high society elegance in fin-de-siecle [[London]], [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] manages to hit the right time, but the wrong place...''
 
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] has landed on [[the Sun|the sun]]-baked veldt in the middle of a [[Boer War]] skirmish. And soon the Doctor and Peri are involved in the adventures of a struggling [[politician]] and [[war]] correspondent who they know is destined for [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|greater things]] — a certain [[Winston Churchill]]. But mysterious forces seem to be interfering in his potentially great career...
 
Arriving in London, the Doctor and Peri enter high society but find themselves in a world of intrigue populated by notorious figures from [[Wallis Simpson]] to [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]]. And behind everything, the Doctor senses the hidden hand of the [[Player]]s — mysterious beings who regard [[human]] [[history]] as no more than a [[chess]] board. Can the Doctor and Peri find the right moves to defeat them — before it's too late?


The [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] has landed on the sun-baked veldt in the middle of a [[Boer War]] skirmish. And soon the Doctor and Peri are involved in the adventures of a struggling politician and war correspondent who they know is destined for greater things - a certain [[Winston Churchill]]. But mysterious forces seem to be interfering in his potentially great career...
=== 2013 BBC Books summary ===
Arriving on the sun-baked veldt in the middle of the [[Boer War]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] is soon involved in the adventures of struggling politician and war correspondent [[Winston Churchill]]. Of course, he knows Churchill is destined for great things, but unseen forces seem to be interfering with Winston's historic career... The Doctor suspects the hidden hand of the [[Player]]s, mysterious beings who regard [[human]] history as little more than a game. With time running out, can the Doctor find the right moves to defeat them?


Arriving in London, the Doctor and Peri enter high society but find themselves in a world of intrigue populated by notorious figures from [[Wallis Simpson]] to [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]]. And behind everything, the Doctor senses the hidden hand of the [[Player]]s - mysterious beings who regard [[human]] history as no more than a [[chess]] board. Can the Doctor and Peri find the right moves to defeat them - before it's too late?
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Peri Brown]]
* [[Peri Brown]]
* [[Winston Churchill]]
* [[Winston Churchill]]
* [[Tom Dekker]]
* [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]]
* [[Jeremy Carstairs]]
* [[Jennifer Buckingham]]
* [[Count (Players)|Count]]
* [[Countess (Players)|Countess]]
* [[Edward VIII]]
* [[Edward VIII]]
* [[Adelebert|King Adelebert]]
* [[Adolf Hitler]]
* [[Wallis Simpson]]
* Colonel [[Rodney Fitzsimmons]]
* [[Commandant (Players)|Commandant]]
* Captain [[Aylmer Haldane]]
* Sir [[John Reith]]
* Captain [[Reitz]]
* [[Stanley Baldwin]]
* [[Marcos]]
* [[Rye (Players)|Rye]]
* [[Jimmy (Players)|Jimmy]]
* [[Martin Bormann]]
* Lieutenant [[von Schultz]]
* Chief Inspector [[Harris (Players)|Harris]]
* [[First Time Lord (The War Games)|First Time Lord]]
* [[Second Time Lord (The War Games)|Second Time Lord]]
* [[Socra (The War Games)|Third Time Lord]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Swamp Thing]]
* Count [[Ludwig Kroner]] and Countess [[Malika Treszka]] are aliases of certain Players.
* [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]
* The Second Doctor claims with complete sincerity that he had met Count [[Dracula (fictional character)|Dracula]].
* [[Punishment Zone]]
* Peri read ''[[Swamp Thing]]'' as a child.
* [[Metebelis III]]
* The Doctor considers taking Peri to [[Metebelis III]].
* [[Adelebert]] was the king of [[Rigel Seven]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* The novel was reprinted on [[7 March (releases)|7 March]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] with a new cover to celebrate the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' 50th anniversary.
* The [[December]] [[1936]] sequences take place contemporaneously with the events of the novel ''[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]''.
* This story is placed between ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'' and ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]''.
* This novel contains references to the previous novels written by Terrance Dicks - ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'' and ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Peri complains about "lousy caves" ([[DW]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]''), "paranoid gastropods" ([[DW]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]''), the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'') and "a punishment dome dedicated to torture and death" ([[DW]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'').
* The Doctor uses a [[Gallifreyan Army knife]] to escape a dungeon on [[Rigel Seven]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'', ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'')
* The Pinkerton Private Investigation Agency first appeared in [[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]''.
* Peri complains about "lousy caves", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'') "paranoid gastropods", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'') the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') and "a punishment dome dedicated to torture and death". ([[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'')
* Later in his personal timeline, the [[Seventh Doctor]] would meet Tom Dekker in [[Chicago]] in [[1929]]. When Dekker mentions that he knew a "funny little fella" called the Doctor who ran a speakeasy with a girl named [[Ace]], Peri speculates that he may be referring to a future incarnation of the Doctor. The Sixth Doctor dismisses the idea out of hand. ([[NA]]: ''[[Blood Harvest]]'')
* Later in his personal timeline, the [[Seventh Doctor]] would meet Tom Dekker in [[Chicago]] in [[1929]]. When Dekker mentions that he knew a "funny little fella" called the Doctor who ran a speakeasy with a girl named [[Ace]], Peri speculates that he may be referring to a future incarnation of the Doctor. The Sixth Doctor dismisses the idea out of hand. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'')
* The Doctor mentions that he has met [[Dracula]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon]]'')
* Winston Churchill meets the Doctor for the first time in his personal timeline in [[1899]] while he is in his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]. He later meets the [[Second Doctor]] in [[November]] [[1915]] and the Sixth Doctor again in [[December]] [[1936]]. He would later meet the Sixth Doctor for a third time in [[1942]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]''), the [[Third Doctor]] in the unidentified period of time ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Operation: Hellfire (audio story)|Operation: Hellfire]]''), and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] in [[1941]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') along with an encounter with the [[Ninth Doctor]] in London in [[1939]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Oncoming Storm (audio story)|The Oncoming Storm]]'') which sees Churchill learn about the Doctor's true nature, as well as the [[Seventh Doctor]] at the end of his career in [[1945]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Subterfuge (audio story)|Subterfuge]]''). Furthermore, the Eleventh Doctor would later meet a version of Churchill who existed in an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] in which all of history was occurring at once. In that timeline, Churchill was the [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'')
* Winston Churchill meets the Doctor for the first time in his personal timeline in [[1899]] while he is in his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]. He later meets the [[Second Doctor]] in [[November]] [[1915]] and the Sixth Doctor again in [[December]] [[1936]]. He would later meet the Sixth Doctor for a third time in [[1942]] ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass]]'') and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] in [[1941]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]''). Furthermore, the Eleventh Doctor would later meet a version of Churchill who existed in an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] in which all of history was occurring at once. In that timeline, Churchill was the [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song]]'')
* [[Martin Bormann]] notes that [[Hitler]] is becoming more prone to fits of uncontrollable rage and places a call to [[Felix Kriegslieter|Doctor Kriegsleiter]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
* The Seventh Doctor would later meet [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]] once again in [[1939]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
* The Seventh Doctor would later meet [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]] once again in [[1939]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
* The [[December]] [[1936]] sequences take place contemporaneously with the events of [[PDA]]: ''[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]''.
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] will meet the Players and the Countess again, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'') and the [[Second Doctor]] will encounter the Countess after these events from her perspective while investigating her role in the Napoleonic Wars. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'')
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] would later meet Edward VIII's great-grandmother [[Victoria (Queen)|Queen Victoria]] in [[1879]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') and his grandfather [[Edward VII]] in [[1902]] ([[QR]]: ''[[Revenge of the Judoon]]'').
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] would later meet Edward VIII's great-grandmother, [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]], in [[1879]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') and his grandfather, [[Edward VII]], in [[1902]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Revenge of the Judoon (novel)|Revenge of the Judoon]]'')
* The Seventh Doctor would later visit Churchill at Chartwell on [[16 November]] [[1936]] and told him that Wallis Simpson was an alien, though he may have been joking. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Brilliant Book 2011]]'')
 
== Timeline ==
=== For the Second Doctor ===
* ''Players'' occurs during [[PDA]]: ''[[World Game]]''


=== For the Sixth Doctor ===
== Additional cover images ==
* ''Players ''occurs after [[DW]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]''
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* ''Players ''occurs before [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]''
Doctor Who Players 50th.jpg|2013 edition. Cover by [[Two Associates]].
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* {{Penguin|1093762/doctor-who--players/}}
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/players.htm The Cloister Library: '''Players''']
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Players was the twentieth novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Terrance Dicks, released 6 April 1999 and featured the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown.

It was the first novel to mention and feature Season 6B — the period between the end of The War Games and Spearhead from Space — and the first to feature the Players.

This was also the first story to feature Winston Churchill in a prominent role and detailed some of his encounters with the Doctor. The relationship between the two became firmly established when it was carried over into the TV series over a decade later in Victory of the Daleks.

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

1999 BBC Books summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Promising his companion, Peri, high society elegance in fin-de-siecle London, the Doctor manages to hit the right time, but the wrong place...

The TARDIS has landed on the sun-baked veldt in the middle of a Boer War skirmish. And soon the Doctor and Peri are involved in the adventures of a struggling politician and war correspondent who they know is destined for greater things — a certain Winston Churchill. But mysterious forces seem to be interfering in his potentially great career...

Arriving in London, the Doctor and Peri enter high society but find themselves in a world of intrigue populated by notorious figures from Wallis Simpson to Joachim von Ribbentrop. And behind everything, the Doctor senses the hidden hand of the Players — mysterious beings who regard human history as no more than a chess board. Can the Doctor and Peri find the right moves to defeat them — before it's too late?

2013 BBC Books summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Arriving on the sun-baked veldt in the middle of the Boer War, the Sixth Doctor is soon involved in the adventures of struggling politician and war correspondent Winston Churchill. Of course, he knows Churchill is destined for great things, but unseen forces seem to be interfering with Winston's historic career... The Doctor suspects the hidden hand of the Players, mysterious beings who regard human history as little more than a game. With time running out, can the Doctor find the right moves to defeat them?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Additional cover images[[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
Peri
Frobisher
Mel
Mel, Evelyn
The Brigadier
 
Seventh Doctor
Ace
Solo travels
 
Eighth Doctor
Solo travels
Fitz, Anji
 
Other novels
The Master, Ian, Barbara
"Infinity Doctor"
Shalka Doctor, Shalka Master, Alison
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