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==Publisher's Summary== | ==Publisher's Summary== | ||
''Promising his companion, Peri, high society elegance in fin-de-siecle [[London]], the Doctor manages to hit the right time, but the wrong place...'' | ''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... | [[The TARDIS]] has landed on the sun-baked veldt in the middle of a [[Boer War]] skirmish. And soon [[Sixth Doctor|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? | 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? | ||
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Publisher's Summary
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?
Characters
References
Notes
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Continuity
- The Pinkerton Private Investigation Agency first appeared in BNA: Mean Streets.
- Tom Dekker first appeared in NA: Blood Harvest.
Timeline
- Players occurs after: DW: The Mark of the Rani
- Players occurs before: DW: The Two Doctors
