Players (novel)

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Written by Terrance Dicks, "Players" is the twentyfirst installment in the series of BBC Doctor Who paperback novels. A Past Doctor Adventure, it features the Sixth Doctor and Peri.

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?


References

Swamp Thing, Cybermen, Punishment Zone, Metebelis Three

Character References

King Adelebert

Characters

The Doctor, Peri Brown, The Second Doctor

External Links

Template:BBC Past Doctor Adventures Series Box