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|doctor            = Fifth Doctor
|doctor            = Fifth Doctor
|companions        = [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]
|companions        = [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]
|featuring        =  
|featuring        = [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]]
|enemy            =  
|enemy            =  
|setting          = [[London]], [[1982]]
|setting          = [[London (planet)|London]], "1982"
|writer            = [[Matthew Waterhouse]]
|writer            = [[Matthew Waterhouse]]
|director          = [[Nigel Fairs]]
|director          = [[Nigel Fairs]]
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And yet...The Palace is home not to [[elizabeth II|a Queen]] but to an [[Emperor]]! The familiar soldiers in busbies are [[robot]]s. There is not just one Tower Bridge, there are four! There are [[1950s]] [[police box]]es on every street corner. And no-one has heard of Heathrow...
And yet...The Palace is home not to [[elizabeth II|a Queen]] but to an [[Emperor]]! The familiar soldiers in busbies are [[robot]]s. There is not just one Tower Bridge, there are four! There are [[1950s]] [[police box]]es on every street corner. And no-one has heard of Heathrow...


But the TARDIS is not wrong. It is London 1982, no doubt about it. As the Doctor tries to work out what’s happening, he is accused of trying to assassinate the Emperor; Adric and Nyssa are kidnapped; and Tegan is sentenced to life imprisonment on [[the moon]].
But the TARDIS is not wrong. It is [[London (planet)|London]] 1982, no doubt about it. As the Doctor tries to work out what’s happening, he is accused of trying to assassinate the Emperor; Adric and Nyssa are kidnapped; and Tegan is sentenced to life imprisonment on [[the moon]].


As if this was not enough, there is something fearsome waiting underground which will change the lives of every Londoner forever. All in London, 1982.
As if this was not enough, there is something fearsome waiting underground which will change the lives of every Londoner forever. All in London, 1982.
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* [[Nyssa]]
* [[Nyssa]]
* [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]
* [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]
* [[Sixth Doctor]]
* [[Peri Brown|Peri]]
''to be completed''
''to be completed''


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Revision as of 12:56, 30 July 2023

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Prisoners of London was the fifth release in The Audio Novels. It was written by Matthew Waterhouse and featured the Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan.

Summary

At last, the TARDIS has got it right! The Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan have landed in London, 1982!

Look over there! Buckingham Palace. Look! There’s Tower Bridge! It’s only a tube journey to Heathrow! Tegan rejoices.

And yet...The Palace is home not to a Queen but to an Emperor! The familiar soldiers in busbies are robots. There is not just one Tower Bridge, there are four! There are 1950s police boxes on every street corner. And no-one has heard of Heathrow...

But the TARDIS is not wrong. It is London 1982, no doubt about it. As the Doctor tries to work out what’s happening, he is accused of trying to assassinate the Emperor; Adric and Nyssa are kidnapped; and Tegan is sentenced to life imprisonment on the moon.

As if this was not enough, there is something fearsome waiting underground which will change the lives of every Londoner forever. All in London, 1982.

Plot

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Characters

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Crew

References

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Notes

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Continuity

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