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release date= [[April]] [[1999]] | | release date= [[April]] [[1999]] | | ||
format= Paperback Book, 251 Pages | | format= Paperback Book, 251 Pages | | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-563-55573-4 | isbn= ISBN 0-563-55573-4| | ||
previous story=[[Deep Blue]]| | |||
next story=[[Millennium Shock]]}} | |||
==Publisher's Summary== | ==Publisher's Summary== | ||
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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? | ||
==Characters== | |||
[[Sixth Doctor]] | |||
[[Peri Brown]] | |||
[[Second Doctor|The Second Doctor]] | |||
[[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom]] | |||
[[Adelebert|King Adelebert]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
[[Swamp Thing]], [[Cybermen]], [[Punishment Zone]], [[Metebelis | [[Swamp Thing]], [[Cybermen]], [[Punishment Zone]], [[Metebelis III]] | ||
==Notes== | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== | ==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]] | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 14:05, 21 September 2007
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
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
References
Swamp Thing, Cybermen, Punishment Zone, Metebelis III
Notes
to be added
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
