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==Notes==
==Notes==
''to be added''
*Throughout this novel, the Doctor is portrayed as being weaker and frailer than usual, and he alludes several times to his inevitable, upcoming [[Regeneration]].


==Continuity==
==Continuity==

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Publisher's summary

'The triumph of virtue. The misfortunes of vice. Who said the play had to be like the book?'

24 Messidor, XXII: the TARDIS has landed in post-revolutionary France, or so it appears. But the futuristic structure of the New Bastille towers over a twisted version of Paris. And First Deputy Minski, adopted son of the infamous Marquis de Sade, presides over a reign of terror that has yet to end.

Revolutionary soldiers arrest an ailing Doctor as a curfew breaker. Dodo is recruited by a band of wandering players whose intentions are less than pure. Deep in the dungeons of the Bastille, Prisoner 6 tries desperately to remember who he is. And outside time and space, a gathering of aliens watch in horror as their greatest experiment goes catastrophically wrong.

Characters

References

Notes

  • Throughout this novel, the Doctor is portrayed as being weaker and frailer than usual, and he alludes several times to his inevitable, upcoming Regeneration.

Continuity

  • The Doctor mistakenly calls Dodo 'Susan' at one point, and once again mentions how similar they look (DW: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve)
  • The Doctor tells Dodo that his time is near (refering to his approaching regeneration in DW: The Tenth Planet), and that he knew it was coming since his latest meeting with the Toymaker (DW: The Celestial Toymaker). He also mentions that he will need the aid of the TARDIS.
  • Steven's recent departure is mentioned (DW: The Savages)
  • Dodo tells Dalville she can play the piano a bit, mentioning 'The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon' as an example of something she can play (DW: The Gunfighters)

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