Theatre of War (novel)

Publisher's Summary

Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.
Ace stared at the Doctor. He nodded. 'Yes, Ace. We’re in Elsinore. And I don’t like it either.'

Five years ago, an archeological expedition came to Menaxus to explore the ruins of an ancient theatre. All but one of the visitors died horribly, and the planet was abandoned, bathed in lethal radiation.

Now the only survivor has returned, determined to uncover the theatre’s secrets whatever the cost. Among her archaeological team is a certain Professor Bernice Summerfield.

Soon the deaths begin again, while the front line of an interstellar war moves ever closer. Desperate for help, Bernice tries to summon her companions. But when the TARDIS lands on the planet, the Doctor finds himself participating in a frighteningly real performance of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy. And he begins to realize that the truth about Menaxus may be far stranger than anyone imagines.

Characters

The Doctor
- Has some tea bags and some powdered milk in his pockets.
Ace
- Can pilot shuttles.
Bernice Summerfield
- The Doctor gives hwr a research ticket for the Braxiatel Collection with the number 0001.
Irving Braxiatel

References

The Good Soldiers by Stanoff Osterling, considered to be in Shakespeare's league.

This is the first appearance of the Braxiatel Collection and the first meeting of Irving Braxiatel, for Bernice that is.

Benny is given Craxiatanian Chardonnay during her stay at the Braxiatel Collection.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

The Braxiatel Collection was first mentioned in City of Death.

Irving Braxiatel meets Benny for the first time in (BNA) Dragons' Wrath, as when she meets him in this novel is is in her (and his) future.

In (BNA) Tears of the Oracle more detail is revealed concerning Irving Braxiatel's link to the Doctor.

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