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|name         = ''The Time Traveller's Companion''
|name           = ''The Time Traveller's Companion''
|image       = Time Traveller's Companion.jpg
|image         = Time Traveller's Companion.jpg
|main character   = Time Lord
|main character = Time Lord
|release date = 20 December 2012
|release date   = 20 December 2012
|number       = 5
|number         = 5
|writer       = Nathaniel Torson, Andrew Peregrine
|writer         = Nathaniel Torson, Andrew Peregrine
|publisher   = Cubicle Seven
|publisher     = Cubicle Seven
|genre       = TTRPG
|genre         = TTRPG
|isbn         = ISBN 978-1-907204-42-5  
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-907204-42-5  
|prev         = Defending the Earth: The UNIT Sourcebook (game)
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|next         = The First Doctor Sourcebook (game)
|next           = The First Doctor Sourcebook (anthology)
|series       = ''[[Adventures in Time and Space: The Roleplaying Game]]''
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'''''The Time Traveller's Companion''''' was the third expansion to [[Adventures in Time and Space: The Roleplaying Game|''Adventures in Time and Space'': ''The Roleplaying Game'']] published by [[Cubicle Seven]] and the fifth release overall.
'''''The Time Traveller's Companion''''' was the third expansion to [[Adventures in Time and Space: The Roleplaying Game|''Adventures in Time and Space'': ''The Roleplaying Game'']] published by [[Cubicle Seven]] and the fifth release overall.
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* Secrets of the Time Lords...
* Secrets of the Time Lords...


== Contents ==
== Features ==
* ''[[The Shining World of the Seven Systems (feature)|The Shining World of the Seven Systems]]''
* ''[[I Walk in Eternity (feature)|I Walk in Eternity]]''
* ''[[Temporal Mechanics 101 (feature)|Temporal Mechanics 101]]''
* ''[[The TARDIS (2012 feature)|The TARDIS]]''
* ''[[Dark Secrets of the Time Lords (feature)|Dark Secrets of the Time Lords]]''
* ''[[Last of the Time Lords? (feature)|Last of the Time Lords?]]''
* ''[[Advanced Temporal Mechanics (feature)|Advanced Temporal Mechanics]]''
 
== Adventures ==
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! 5
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| ''[[Universe of the Daleks (game)|Universe of the Daleks]]'
| ''[[Universe of the Daleks (game)|Universe of the Daleks]]''
| [[Romana II]], [[Dalek]]
| [[Romana II]], [[Dalek]]
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! 10
! 10
| ''[[Time Bridge Over The Planet Q’wai (game)|Time Bridge Over The Planet Q’wai]]''
| ''[[Time Bridge Over The Planet Q'wai (game)|Time Bridge Over The Planet Q'wai]]''
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* The release of this sourcebook was delayed multiple times. Originally it was announced for December 2010 with a different cover.
* The release of this sourcebook was delayed multiple times. Originally it was announced for December 2010 with a different cover.
* The [[Decayed Master]] is referred to as the Master's "Dying 13th Body".
* The [[Saxon Master]] is referred to as the Master's "17th Incarnation".


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


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The Time Traveller's Companion was the third expansion to Adventures in Time and Space: The Roleplaying Game published by Cubicle Seven and the fifth release overall.

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

Time flies when you're having fun, but flying through time can present a whole host of problems. Whether accidentally creating paradoxes, upsetting the course of history or trying to Put Things Right, you're going to need to know your way around the Vortex. You need a guide... a companion.

This supplement for Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space gives more information on Time Lords, temporal mechanics and time machines, including:

  • Gallifreyan culture, history and law
  • New options for creating and playing Time Lord characters
  • More on the physics of Time, temporal phenomena and Time Travel
  • Detailed information on the TARDIS, and rules for creating your own
  • Secrets of the Time Lords...

Features[[edit] | [edit source]]

Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Type Player character Featuring
1 The Key to Time Weapons Campaign Seed Time Lord
2 The Time Fiddle Adventure seed Second Drax
3 Stop the Presses! First Monk
4 The 'X' Factor First Rani
5 Universe of the Daleks Romana II, Dalek
6 The Rise of Harold Saxon UNIT Saxon Master
7 The Fall of Harold Saxon
8 Saving Agent Ryann... Campaign Seed Time Lord High Council, Celestial Intervention Agency, Dalek
9 The Longest Day Adventure Seed Time Lord, Dalek
10 Time Bridge Over The Planet Q'wai
11 Search and Rescue
12 Do As I Say, Not As I Do Lord Cardinal, Shada
13 Murder Most Temporal High Council, Chancellery Guard, Castellan, Celestial Intervention Agency
14 From Zero to Hero... High Council
15 Lord Flashheart's the Name... Celestial Intervention Agency
16 The Most Dangerous Game... Sontaran, Outsider, Death Zone
17 I Am The Law... Shobogan, Chancellery Guard, Maxil, Time Lord
18 Useful Idiots... President of the High Council, The War Chief
19 The Paradox Trap
20 Insects in Amber
21 The Vampires of E-Space E-Space, Vampire
22 Magnus Complex Magnus Greel
23 Crossroads of Time
24 The 4th Reich Nazi
25 The Professor Peter Principle
26 The Fly Trap Cyberman
27 Spur of the Moment
28 Meet The New Me...
29 The Rifters Campaign Seed

Furthermore, this release contained additional rules for playing the game, and information about the Time Lords' history, culture, technology and the laws of time travel.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Original Time Traveller's Companion.jpg
  • The release of this sourcebook was delayed multiple times. Originally it was announced for December 2010 with a different cover.
  • The Decayed Master is referred to as the Master's "Dying 13th Body".
  • The Saxon Master is referred to as the Master's "17th Incarnation".

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added