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companions= [[June (The Slitheen Excursion)|June]]|
companions= [[June (The Slitheen Excursion)|June]]|
enemy= [[Slitheen]]|
enemy= [[Slitheen]]|
year= 1500BC - Ancient Greece|
year= [[Early human history#2nd Millennium B.C.|1500BC]] - [[Athens]], [[Greece]]|
writer= [[Simon Guerrier]]|
writer= [[Simon Guerrier]]|
publisher= [[BBC Books]]|
publisher= [[BBC Books]]|
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next story= [[Prisoner of the Daleks]]
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== Publisher's Summary ==
== Publisher's Summary ==
1500BC - King Actaeus and his subjects live in mortal fear of the awesome gods who have come to visit their kingdom in ancient Greece. Except the Doctor, visiting with university student June, knows they're not gods at all. They're aliens. For the aliens, it's the perfect holiday - they get to tour the sights of a primitive planet and even take part in local customs. Like gladiatorial games, or hunting down and killing humans who won't be missed. With June's enthusiastic help, the Doctor soon meets the travel agents behind this deadly package holiday company - his old enemies the Slitheen. But can he bring the Slitheen excursion to an end without endangering more lives? And how are events in ancient Greece linked to a modern-day alien plot to destroy what's left of the Parthenon?
1500BC - King Actaeus and his subjects live in mortal fear of the awesome [[god]]s who have come to visit their kingdom in ancient Greece. Except the Doctor, visiting with university student June, knows they're not gods at all. They're [[alien]]s. For the aliens, it's the perfect holiday - they get to tour the sights of a primitive planet and even take part in local customs. Like gladiatorial games, or hunting down and killing humans who won't be missed. With June's enthusiastic help, the Doctor soon meets the travel agents behind this deadly package holiday company - his old enemies the Slitheen. But can he bring the Slitheen excursion to an end without endangering more lives? And how are events in ancient Greece linked to a modern-day alien plot to destroy what's left of the [[Parthenon]]?


==Characters==
==Characters==

Revision as of 20:25, 1 March 2010

Publisher's Summary

1500BC - King Actaeus and his subjects live in mortal fear of the awesome gods who have come to visit their kingdom in ancient Greece. Except the Doctor, visiting with university student June, knows they're not gods at all. They're aliens. For the aliens, it's the perfect holiday - they get to tour the sights of a primitive planet and even take part in local customs. Like gladiatorial games, or hunting down and killing humans who won't be missed. With June's enthusiastic help, the Doctor soon meets the travel agents behind this deadly package holiday company - his old enemies the Slitheen. But can he bring the Slitheen excursion to an end without endangering more lives? And how are events in ancient Greece linked to a modern-day alien plot to destroy what's left of the Parthenon?

Characters

Notes

The Slitheen here are said to be Silicone based whereas in Aliens of London/World War Three they were Calcium based. A slight mistake or can the Slitheen family change their atomic structure?

References

The events of both DW: Aliens of London and DW: Boom Town were mentioned.

Timeline

The Gift

Continuity

External Links

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