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In 1588, an unknown incarnation of the Doctor was playing either nine pins or bowls with Francis Drake when Drake was called away to fight the Spanish Armada. The Doctor let Drake win so he could get away to join the fight. (DW: Four to Doomsday) Elizabeth I would in the year of her death tell the Seventh Doctor that this act "saved our realm". (NA: Birthright)