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novel name= Match of the Day|
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image=[[Image:match_of_the_day_cover.jpg|250px]]|
{{Infobox Story SMW
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] |
|image = Match of the day cover.jpg
number= 70 |
|series=[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]  
doctor=[[Fourth Doctor]] |
|number= 68
companions= [[Leela]] |
|doctor = Fourth Doctor  
enemy= [[Lady Hakai]] |
|companions= [[Leela]]  
year=|
|enemy= [[Hakai|Lady Hakai]]  
writer= [[Chris Boucher]] |
|setting = [[Sumana]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|writer= Chris Boucher
release date= [[November]] [[2004]] |
|publisher= BBC Books  
format= Paperback Book, 277 Pages |
|cover = [[Black Sheep]]
isbn= ISBN 0-563-48618-X|
|release date= 3 January 2005
previous story=[[The Indestructible Man]]|
|format= Paperback Book; 17 Chapters, 277 Pages  
next story=[[Island of Death]]}}
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-48618-X
|prev = The Indestructible Man (novel)
|next=Island of Death (novel)
}}{{prose stub}}
{{you may|Match of the Day|n1 = the in-universe sports programme}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixty-eighth novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Chris Boucher]], released [[3 January]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] and featured the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]].


This was Boucher's last contribution to the Past Doctor Adventures range and the franchise overall.


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
There were the contracts, the agents, the local sponsors, the broadcasts, the the laws which made murder legal...  
There were the contracts, the agents, the local sponsors, the broadcasts, the laws which made murder legal...


It had taken a long time to establish, and an even longer to develop the league of superstar duellists. And just when it was all working so well, someone or something started interfering.Famous fighters died in private duels. Up-and-coming professional fighters fell to casual, one-time challengers.
It had taken a long time to establish, and an even longer to develop the league of superstar duellists. And just when it was all working so well, someone or something started interfering. Famous fighters died in private duels. Up-and-coming professional fighters fell to casual, one-time challengers.


When Leela is challenged to a duel to the death, the Doctor realizes that there is more to the situation than simple murder and mayhem. But before he can sort it out, he needs to save his client - Leela. How long can she survive on a planet where not to kill is an offence punishable by death?
When [[Leela]] is challenged to a duel to the death, [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] realises that there is more to the situation than simple murder and mayhem. But before he can sort it out, he needs to save his client Leela. How long can she survive on a planet where to not kill is an offence punishable by death?


==Characters==
== Plot ==
[[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]]
''to be added''


[[Leela]]
== Characters ==
* [[Fourth Doctor]]
* [[Leela]]
* [[Keefer]]
* [[Jon Michaelson|Jon "Mickey" Michaelson]]
* [[Jarvis]]
* [[Sita Benovides]]
* [[Lars Ronick|Lars "Driftkiller" Ronick]]
* [[Bazzy]]
* [[Benron]]
* [[Nenron]]
* [[Melly Finbar]]
* [[Hakai|Lady Hakai]]
* [[Jerro Fanson]]
* [[Starvil]]
* [[Baloch (Match of the Day)|Baloch]]
* [[Maidenly]]
* [[Pet Sanderonne]]
* [[Raf Lee]]


[[Keefer]]
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Piran]] is one of several [[moon]]s of the [[gas giant]] [[Geewin]].


[[Jerro Fanson]]
== Notes ==
 
==References==
===[[:Category:Individuals|Individuals]]===
[[Starvil]], [[Maidenly]], [[Cordell]], [[Coodar]]
 
==Notes==
''to be added''
''to be added''


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


==Timeline==
== External links ==
*Match of the Day occurs after: ''[[PDA]]:'' [[Psi-ence Fiction]]
{{dwrefguide|whobbk70.htm|Match of the Day}}
*Match of the Day occurs before: ''to be added''
* {{whoniverse|pd69|Match of the Day}}
 
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/match.htm The Cloister Library: '''Match of the Day''']
==External Links==
{{PDA}}
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbk70.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Match of the Day''']
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* [http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/PD70.php Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for '''Match of the Day''']
 
{{BBC Past Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[The Indestructible Man]] | after = [[Island of Death]]}}


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[[Category:Fourth Doctor novels]]
[[Category:BBC Past Doctor Adventures]]
[[Category:PDA novels]]
[[Category:2005 novels]]
[[Category:2005 novels]]

Latest revision as of 03:10, 16 December 2024

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You may be looking for the in-universe sports programme.

Match of the Day was the sixty-eighth novel in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Chris Boucher, released 3 January 2005 and featured the Fourth Doctor and Leela.

This was Boucher's last contribution to the Past Doctor Adventures range and the franchise overall.

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

There were the contracts, the agents, the local sponsors, the broadcasts, the laws which made murder legal...

It had taken a long time to establish, and an even longer to develop the league of superstar duellists. And just when it was all working so well, someone or something started interfering. Famous fighters died in private duels. Up-and-coming professional fighters fell to casual, one-time challengers.

When Leela is challenged to a duel to the death, the Doctor realises that there is more to the situation than simple murder and mayhem. But before he can sort it out, he needs to save his client — Leela. How long can she survive on a planet where to not kill is an offence punishable by death?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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