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|image = The Universe Marathon.jpg | |image = The Universe Marathon.jpg | ||
|number = | |number = | ||
|main character = [[The Doctor]] | |main character = [[The Doctor (Earth-33⅓)|The Doctor]] | ||
|featuring | |featuring = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Earth-33⅓)|The Brigadier]] | ||
| | |setting = [[Earth-33⅓]] | ||
|writer = Dicky Howett, Tim Quinn | |||
|writer = | |||
|publisher = Target Books | |publisher = Target Books | ||
| | |anthology = The Doctor Who Fun Book | ||
|release date = | |release date = 21 May 1987 | ||
|format = | |format = | ||
|isbn = | |isbn = | ||
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|prev = Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary (short story) | |prev = Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary (short story) | ||
|next = A Life in the Day of a Doctor Who Production (comic story) | |next = A Life in the Day of a Doctor Who Production (comic story) | ||
}}Part-[[gamebook|"choose your own adventure" prose story]] and part-[[board game]], '''''The Universe Marathon''''' was one of the features in [[Dicky Howett]] and [[Tim Quinn]]'s ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book]]''. A [[multi-Doctor story]] featuring the first six incarnations of [[the Doctor]], it featured cameos by several other notable elements of the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] | }} | ||
Part-[[gamebook|"choose your own adventure" prose story]] and part-[[board game]], '''''The Universe Marathon''''' was one of the features in [[Dicky Howett]] and [[Tim Quinn]]'s ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book]]''. A [[multi-Doctor story]] featuring the first six incarnations of [[the Doctor (Earth-33⅓)|the Doctor]], it featured cameos by several other notable elements of the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
An exciting DICE GAME for 2-6 PLAYERS as the six DOCTORS compete against each other in a RACE through TIME AND SPACE to the end of the UNIVERSE! | An exciting DICE GAME for 2-6 PLAYERS as the six DOCTORS compete against each other in a RACE through TIME AND SPACE to the end of the UNIVERSE! | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[First Doctor]] | * [[First Doctor (Earth-33⅓)|First Doctor]] | ||
* [[Second Doctor]] | * [[Second Doctor (Earth-33⅓)|Second Doctor]] | ||
* [[Third Doctor]] | * [[Third Doctor (Earth-33⅓)|Third Doctor]] | ||
* [[Fourth Doctor]] | * [[Fourth Doctor (Earth-33⅓)|Fourth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Fifth Doctor]] | * [[Fifth Doctor (Earth-33⅓)|Fifth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Sixth Doctor]] | * [[Sixth Doctor (Earth-33⅓)|Sixth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] | * [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Earth-33⅓)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] | ||
* [[Peter Cushing]] | * [[Peter Cushing (Earth-33⅓)|Peter Cushing]] | ||
* [[Dalek]]s | * [[Dalek (Earth-33⅓)|Dalek]]s | ||
* [[Snipe]]s | * [[Snipe]]s | ||
* [[K9]] | * [[K9 (Earth-33⅓)|K9]] | ||
* [[Ogron (The Universe Marathon)|Ogron]] | * [[Ogron (The Universe Marathon)|Ogron]] | ||
* [[Robert Stephenson|Stephenson]] | * [[Robert Stephenson (Earth-33⅓)|Stephenson]] | ||
* [[Leonard Nimoy]] | * [[Leonard Nimoy (Earth-33⅓)|Leonard Nimoy]] | ||
* [[Rome|Romans]] | * [[Rome (Earth-33⅓)|Romans]] | ||
* [[Charles II]] | * [[Charles II (Earth-33⅓)|Charles II]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The word "Finish" in [[Gallifreyan (language)|Gallifreyan]] means "start" and vice-versa. | * The word "Finish" in [[Gallifreyan (language)|Gallifreyan]] means "start" and vice-versa. | ||
* The Doctor takes time away from the race to restore [[Charles II]] to the [[throne]], to pause as he passes by ''[[Mariner 1]]'' in the hope that it will take his picture, to explain the [[theory of relativity]] to [[Ogron (The Universe Marathon)|an Ogron]], to teach [[K9]] to "sit", to aid the peasants' revolt of [[1381]] | * The Doctor takes time away from the race to restore [[Charles II (Earth-33⅓)|Charles II]] to the [[throne]], to pause as he passes by ''[[Mariner 1]]'' in the hope that it will take his picture, to explain the [[theory of relativity]] to [[Ogron (The Universe Marathon)|an Ogron]], to teach [[K9 (Earth-33⅓)|K9]] to "sit", to aid the peasants' revolt of [[1381]]. | ||
* The Doctor loses a [[companion]] to a [[cosmic raystorm]], catches the [[plague]], gets bitten by a [[Venus flytrap]], accidentally causes the [[Great Fire of London]], and eventually trips over a [[Cybermat]], breaking his neck and [[regeneration|regenerating]]. | * The Doctor loses a [[companion]] to a [[cosmic raystorm]], catches the [[plague]], gets bitten by a [[Venus flytrap]], accidentally causes the [[Great Fire of London]], and eventually trips over a [[Cybermat (Earth-33⅓)|Cybermat]], breaking his neck and [[regeneration|regenerating]]. | ||
* After [[the Doctor]] "destroys the [[Dalek]]s once and for all", he throws a [[party]] which is immediately crashed by more Daleks. | * After [[the Doctor (Earth-33⅓)|the Doctor]] "destroys the [[Dalek (Earth-33⅓)|Dalek]]s once and for all", he throws a [[party]] which is immediately crashed by more Daleks. | ||
* [[Peter Cushing]] loses his [[counter]] at some point. | * [[Peter Cushing (Earth-33⅓)|Peter Cushing]] loses his [[counter]] at some point. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* A footnote refers readers confused about the [[Snipe]]s to the then-nonexistent Season 33 of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the implication being that the Snipes were a monster from the future of the show. In real life, the denomination of Season 33 is sometimes given to [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7]] of the revival, which did not, as a matter of fact, feature any aliens called the Snipes. | * A footnote refers readers confused about the [[Snipe]]s to the then-nonexistent Season 33 of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the implication being that the Snipes were a monster from the future of the show. In real life, the denomination of Season 33 is sometimes given to [[Series 7 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 7]] of the revival, which did not, as a matter of fact, feature any aliens called the Snipes. | ||
* [[Peter Cushing]] is identified by name, and thus appears to be appearing as an in-universe version of himself, not as [[Dr. Who ( | * [[Peter Cushing (Earth-33⅓)|Peter Cushing]] is identified by name, and thus appears to be appearing as an in-universe version of himself, not as [[Dr. Who (Earth-33⅓)|his Doctor]], although he is in costume as said Doctor. | ||
{{Quinn and Howett stories}} | {{Quinn and Howett stories}} | ||
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[[Category:Doctor Who games]] | [[Category:The Doctor Who Fun Book games]] | ||
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