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* This is the Doctor’s first test-flight since regaining his [[time travel]] knowledge. | * This is the Doctor’s first test-flight since regaining his [[time travel]] knowledge. | ||
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]'s paternal grandfather, who was also named Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, worked with the [[Britain|British]] ambassador to Russia, Bertie Stopford, in Military Intelligence before and during the [[World War I|First World War]] until the [[Russian Revolution of 1917]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 11:10, 22 April 2012
Publisher's summary
The Doctor has always been wary of meddling with established history. But what happens when the history books lie?
With the secrets of time-travel restored to him after his long exile on Earth, the Doctor decides to test out the TARDIS with a trip into the past. Accompanying him are his assistant, Jo, and an old friend, scientist Liz Shaw. Soon after landing, the travellers realise they have landed at one of the most significant periods of Earth's history - and one of the most dangerous...
It is Russia, 1916, and Europe is in the grip of the Great War. With the TARDIS confiscated by Imperial guards, its crew find themselves trapped in a country on the brink of revolution.
The Doctor and Liz are soon caught up in the deadly machinations of Tsar Nicholas' court, while Jo appears to fall under the sinister spell of the infamous Mad Monk, Rasputin...
Characters
References
- This is the Doctor’s first test-flight since regaining his time travel knowledge.
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's paternal grandfather, who was also named Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, worked with the British ambassador to Russia, Bertie Stopford, in Military Intelligence before and during the First World War until the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Notes
- The front cover of the novel features a photograph of the actual Rasputin.
Continuity
- The last time that Liz met the Doctor was in DWM: Change of Mind.
- Jo tells Liz that she failed General Science at "O" level. (DW: Terror of the Autons)
- Jo recalls being hypnotised by the Master (DW: Terror of the Autons) and the 22nd century Dalek invasion of Earth in an alternative timeline. (DW: Day of the Daleks)
Timeline
- The Wages of Sin occurs after DW: The Three Doctors
- The Wages of Sin occurs before ST Categorical Imperative
External links
- The Wages of Sin at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: The Wages of Sin at The Whoniverse
