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|doctor      = Sixth Doctor
|doctor      = Sixth Doctor
|companions  = [[Peri Brown|Peri]]  
|companions  = [[Peri Brown|Peri]]  
|featuring    = [[Second Doctor]], [[Winston Churchill]]  
|featuring    = [[Second Doctor]], [[Winston Churchill]], [[Tom Dekker]]  
|enemy        = [[Player|The Players]]  
|enemy        = [[Player|The Players]]  
|setting      = [[South Africa]], [[1899]], [[France]], [[1915]], [[London]], [[1936]]
|setting      = [[South Africa]], [[1899]], [[France]], [[1915]], [[London]], [[1936]]
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* [[First Time Lord (The War Games)|First Time Lord]]
* [[First Time Lord (The War Games)|First Time Lord]]
* [[Second Time Lord (The War Games)|Second Time Lord]]
* [[Second Time Lord (The War Games)|Second Time Lord]]
* [[Third Time Lord]]
* [[Socra (The War Games)|Third Time Lord]]


== Worldbuilding ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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* The [[December]] [[1936]] sequences take place contemporaneously with the events of the novel ''[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]''.
* 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 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 ==
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* 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]]'')
* 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. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|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]]'')
* 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]]'') 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. 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]] ([[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]]'')
* [[Martin Bormann]] notes that [[Hitler]] is becoming more prone to fits of uncontrollable rage and places a call to [[The War Chief|Doctor Kriegsleiter]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
* [[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]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
* The Seventh Doctor would later meet [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]] once again in [[1939]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
* 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 [[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]]'')

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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.

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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?

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