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Publisher's summary
Whatever happened to the Doctor? He could be Gallifrey’s favourite author. Or a bad-tempered recluse. Or crossing the Alps with Hannibal. Or all three.
But an adventurer in Time and Space? Hardly... The family would never approve of that... they had other plans for the Doctor and the awesome power of the Time Lords.
Cast
References
- All references occur within an alternate universe
- Half the galaxy has fallen to the Thalek Empire.
- A Supreme Council (rather than High Council) rules Gallifrey.
- Transmats are commonly used around Gallifrey.
- The Doctor has created a Possibility Generator allowing him to explore virtual worlds and ideas.
- Ordinal-General Quences is the Doctor's great-granduncle and consequently Susan's great-great-great-granduncle.
- The Doctor's birthday is on Othermass
Notes
- References are made to other alternate realities including a reference to Barnes Common from DWN: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks.
- Geoffrey Bayldon (The Doctor) was considered for the roles of both the First and Second Doctors in the 1960s. He played Organon in DW: The Creature from the Pit.
- Derren Nesbitt (Quences) previously played Tegana in DW: Marco Polo and Thomas Dodd in BFA: Spare Parts.
Continuity
- Ordinal-General Quences and Badger appeared in NA: Lungbarrow in the proper timeline.
Timeline
- Auld Mortality occurs before ST: The Innocents