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|name= Theatre of War
|adapted into= Theatre of War (audio story)
|image= NA026_theatreofwar.jpg
|series= [[Virgin New Adventures]]
|series=[[Virgin New Adventures]]  
|range = Virgin New Adventures
|number= 26  
|number in range = 26
|doctor=Seventh Doctor  
|number= 26
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Benny]]  
|doctor= Seventh Doctor
|enemy=  
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|setting= Menaxus, Heletia and the [[Braxiatel Collection]], [[3985]]
|enemy= [[Exec]], [[Locris Marlock]]
|writer= [[Justin Richards]]  
|setting= [[Menaxus]], [[Heletia]]; [[Braxiatel Collection]], [[3985]]
|publisher= Virgin Books  
|writer= Justin Richards
|release date= [[19 May (releases)|19 May]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]]
|cover= [[Jeff Cummins]]
|format= Paperback Book, 316 Pages  
|publisher= Virgin Books
|release date= 19 May 1994
|format= Paperback Book; 20 Chapters, 316 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20414-X  
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20414-X  
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|prev= Legacy (novel)
|next= All-Consuming Fire (novel)
|next= All-Consuming Fire (novel)
|series2       = [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'''s "New Adventures order"]]  
|series2= [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]]
|prev2         = Legacy (novel)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' is the twenty-sixth novel of the [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel range. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Ace]].
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty-sixth novel of the [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel range. It featured the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Ace]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.''
''Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.''


[[Ace]] stared at [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]]. He nodded. 'Yes, Ace. We’re in [[Elsinore]]. And I don’t like it either.'
[[Ace]] stared at [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]]. He nodded. "Yes, Ace. We're in [[Elsinore]]. And I don't like it either."


Five years ago, an [[archaeological]] expedition came to [[Menaxus]] to explore the ruins of an ancient theatre. All but one of the visitors died horribly, and the planet was abandoned, bathed in lethal radiation.
Five years ago, an [[archaeological]] expedition came to [[Menaxus]] to explore the ruins of an ancient theatre. All but one of the visitors died horribly, and the planet was abandoned, bathed in lethal [[radiation]].


Now the only survivor has returned, determined to uncover the theatre’s secrets whatever the cost. Among her archaeological team is a certain Professor [[Bernice Summerfield]].
Now the only survivor has returned, determined to uncover the theatre's secrets whatever the cost. Among her archaeological team is a certain Professor [[Bernice Summerfield]].


Soon the deaths begin again, while the front line of an interstellar war moves ever closer. Desperate for help, Bernice tries to summon her companions. But when the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] lands on the [[planet]], the Doctor finds himself participating in a frighteningly real performance of [[Shakespeare]]'s greatest tragedy. And he begins to realise that the truth about Menaxus may be far stranger than anyone imagines.
Soon the deaths begin again, while the front line of an interstellar war moves ever closer. Desperate for help, Bernice tries to summon her companions. But when [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lands on the [[planet]], the Doctor finds himself participating in a frighteningly real performance of [[Shakespeare]]'s greatest tragedy. And he begins to realise that the truth about Menaxus may be far stranger than anyone imagines.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Irving Braxiatel]]
* [[Irving Braxiatel]]
* [[Aronholt]]
* [[Aronholt]]
* [[Bannahilk]]
* [[Elliniko]]
* [[Assok]] [[Bannahilk]]
* [[Camarina Lannic]]
* [[Camarina Lannic]]
* [[Leontium Klasvik]]
* [[Cambri]]
* [[Cambri]]
* [[Exec]]
* [[Exec]]
* [[Fortalexa]]
* [[Fortalexa]]
* [[Manact Marlock]]
* [[Manact]] [[Locris Marlock]]
* [[Panactum Gilmanuk]]
* [[Panactum Gilmanuk]]
* [[Krayn]]
* [[Tashman]]
* [[Tashman]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
 
*There were at least [[509 (number)|509]] sim-prog enactments done by Rippearean High Command.  
=== Individuals ===
* [[Ace]] knows how to pilot shuttles.


=== Literature ===
=== Literature ===
* ''[[The Good Soldiers]]'' by [[Stanoff Osterling]] is considered to be in Shakespeare's league.
* ''[[The Good Soldiers]]'' by [[Stanoff Osterling]] is considered to be in Shakespeare's league.
* [[F. Van der Cleele]] published ''[[The Dramatist's Art]]'' in [[2811]].
* [[Michael Campling]]'s ''[[Shakespeare's Playing Space]]'' was published in [[1998]].
* [[Azcline Grigsen]] published ''[[Osterling's Legacy]]'' in [[3498]].
* [[Devereaux Watkins]]' play ''[[Death's Bane]]'' was first performed in the early [[21st century]].
* [[Phil Houseman]]'s ''[[The Myth of Artificial Intelligence]]'' was published in [[2009]].
* [[Peter Hinton]]'s ''[[The Greeks had a Play about It]]'' was published in [[2012]].
* [[Wanlek Ackman]]'s ''[[The Absurdity of Performance]]'' was published in [[2044]].
* [[Vyse Plaquet]]'s and [[Hughes Frost]]'s ''[[Verbal Non-Communication]]'' was published in [[2137]].
* [[Booth Kitava]]'s ''[[Fictional Voices]]'' was published in [[2267]].
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]'s ''[[Down Among the Dead Men]]'' was published in [[2466]].
* [[F. Van der Cleele]]'s ''[[The Dramatist's Art]]'' was published in [[2811]].
* [[Rankin Alduss]]'s ''[[Reality - An Overrated Concept]]'' was published in [[2876]].
* [[Azcline Grigsen]]'s ''[[Osterling's Legacy]]'' was published in [[3498]]. Grigsen died in [[3515]] before completing ''[[Beyond Osterling's Legacy]]''.
* [[Barbas Lothal]]'s ''[[The New Dramatists]]'' was published in [[3544]].
* [[Al Jardine]]'s ''[[The Dream Scenario, a Case Study in Virtual History]]'' was published in [[4123]].
* [[William Shakespeare]]'s'' [[Love's Labour's Won]]'' was published in [[1599]]; a copy of the play was found in the "dream machine" in the [[Pentillanian Theatre]].


=== Foods and beverages ===
=== Foods and beverages ===
* The Doctor has some [[tea bag]]s and powdered [[milk]] in his pockets.
* The Doctor has some [[tea bag]]s and powdered [[milk]] in his pockets.
* Benny is given [[Craxiatanian Chardonnay]] during her stay at the Braxiatel Collection.
* Benny is given [[Craxiatanian Chardonnay]] during her stay at the Braxiatel Collection.
=== Museums ===
* The Doctor gives Bernice a research ticket for the [[Braxiatel Collection]] with the number 0001.
* This is the first appearance of the Braxiatel Collection; it is Bernice's first meeting with [[Irving Braxiatel]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* A [[Prelude Theatre of War|prelude to this novel]] was published in [[DWM 212]].
* A [[Prelude Theatre of War|prelude to this novel]] was published in [[DWM 212]].
* In 2015, [[Big Finish Productions]] released an [[Theatre of War (audio story)|audio adaptation]] of this novel.
== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Braxiatel Collection was first mentioned in [[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]''.
* The Braxiatel Collection was first mentioned in [[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]''.
* This story marks the first meeting between Irving Braxiatel and Bernice Summerfield in her personal timeline whereas Braxiatel meets Benny for the first time from his perspective in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled]]''.
* This story marks the first meeting between Irving Braxiatel and Bernice Summerfield in her personal timeline whereas Braxiatel meets Benny for the first time from his perspective in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]''.
* In [[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]'' more detail is revealed concerning Irving Braxiatel's link to the Doctor.
* In [[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]'' more detail is revealed concerning Irving Braxiatel's link to the Doctor.
* The Doctor refers to his frequent visits to the [[Eye of Orion]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''), being hunted across the universe by the [[Dalek]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase]]''), playing [[backgammon]] with [[Kublai|Kublai Khan]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]''), seeing the skies over [[Metebelis III]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]''), trying the experiential grid on [[Argolis]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'') and watching the space yachts of the [[Eternal]]s race across the stars ([[TV]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'').
* The Doctor refers to his frequent visits to the [[Eye of Orion]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') being hunted across the universe by the [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') playing [[backgammon]] with [[Kublai|Kublai Khan]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'') seeing the skies over [[Metebelis III]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'') trying the experiential grid on [[Argolis]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'') and watching the space yachts of the [[Eternal]]s race across the stars. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'')
* The [[Tenth Doctor]] would later witness the sole performance on [[Earth]] of ''Love's Labour's Won''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')
 
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona26p.htm Prelude to '''Theatre of War''' as published in DWM #212]
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona26p.htm Prelude to '''Theatre of War''' as published in DWM #212]
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* {{whoniverse|NA26.php|Theatre of War}}
* {{whoniverse|na26|Theatre of War}}
 
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/thea.htm The Cloister Library: '''Theatre of War''']
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/beyondthebook.html#na026 Beyond the Book: Theatre of War by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 43]
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Theatre of War was the twenty-sixth novel of the New Adventures novel range. It featured the Seventh Doctor, Bernice Summerfield and Ace.

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

Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.

Ace stared at the Doctor. He nodded. "Yes, Ace. We're in Elsinore. And I don't like it either."

Five years ago, an archaeological expedition came to Menaxus to explore the ruins of an ancient theatre. All but one of the visitors died horribly, and the planet was abandoned, bathed in lethal radiation.

Now the only survivor has returned, determined to uncover the theatre's secrets whatever the cost. Among her archaeological team is a certain Professor Bernice Summerfield.

Soon the deaths begin again, while the front line of an interstellar war moves ever closer. Desperate for help, Bernice tries to summon her companions. But when the TARDIS lands on the planet, the Doctor finds himself participating in a frighteningly real performance of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy. And he begins to realise that the truth about Menaxus may be far stranger than anyone imagines.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • There were at least 509 sim-prog enactments done by Rippearean High Command.

Literature[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Original cover

    Original cover

  • Textless cover

    Textless cover

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

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