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Late [[1939]]. [[Britain]] faces the might of [[Germany]]. [[Winston Churchill]] serves as First Lord of the Admiralty. But Churchill soon finds himself facing a more immediate threat than the looming [[Nazi]] menace. A "Stone" with the most mysterious properties is discovered in the [[Thames]]' sands, and soon oddly spoken soldiers are creeping round [[London]] ruthlessly trying to acquire it. Who are they? Can Churchill and his new secretary [[Hetty Warner]] defeat them? And what about [[Ninth Doctor|the man]] in the battered leather jacket that Hetty meets? Churchill feels sure they can rely on the Doctor to help them! Except that this Doctor seems to want to stay hidden in the shadows... | Late [[1939]]. [[Britain]] faces the might of [[Germany]]. [[Winston Churchill]] serves as First Lord of the Admiralty. But Churchill soon finds himself facing a more immediate threat than the looming [[Nazi]] menace. A "[[Augur's Stone|Stone]]" with the most mysterious properties is discovered in the [[Thames]]' sands, and soon oddly spoken soldiers are creeping round [[London]] ruthlessly trying to acquire it. Who are they? Can Churchill and his new secretary [[Hetty Warner]] defeat them? And what about [[Ninth Doctor|the man]] in the battered leather jacket that Hetty meets? Churchill feels sure they can rely on the Doctor to help them! Except that this Doctor seems to want to stay hidden in the shadows... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* The Doctor talks about "[[Last Great Time War|his war]]". | * The Doctor talks about "[[Last Great Time War|his war]]". | ||
* Churchill remembers serving in [[India]]. | * Churchill remembers serving in [[India]]. | ||
* The stone is from [[Gallifrey]], and was an attempt to preserve the planet. | * The stone is from [[Gallifrey]], and was an attempt to preserve the planet. Hetty refers to it as an [[Augury|augur's]] stone | ||
* McNish asks "[[The first question|Doctor ''who?'']]". | * McNish asks "[[The first question|Doctor ''who?'']]". | ||
* Hetty notes that, even in day time, the Doctor does not wear a [[necktie]]. | * Hetty notes that, even in day time, the Doctor does not wear a [[necktie]]. | ||
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* The Ninth Doctor would later visit [[London]] during [[the Blitz]] in [[1941]] with [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') | * The Ninth Doctor would later visit [[London]] during [[the Blitz]] in [[1941]] with [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'' / ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') | ||
* Churchill fears Hetty's mind will explode under the influence of the Gallifreyan stone, much like [[Donna Noble|Donna Noble's]] mind would with Time Lord knowledge. Here the Doctor is able to aid Hetty back to health psychically by placing his fingers on her temples; his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]] will be forced to wipe Donna's mind using the same method. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | * Churchill fears Hetty's mind will explode under the influence of the Gallifreyan stone, much like [[Donna Noble|Donna Noble's]] mind would with Time Lord knowledge. Here the Doctor is able to aid Hetty back to health psychically by placing his fingers on her temples; his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]] will be forced to wipe Donna's mind using the same method. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | ||
* Hetty wonders how the Doctor can bear to stand the stone's powers and not go mad. The | * Hetty accesses the stone's powers and is able to see "everything", and is compared to a demigod; she wonders how the Doctor can bear to stand the stone's powers and not go mad. The [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf entity]] has a remarkably similar reaction to her own powers after [[Rose Tyler]] absorbs the energy of the [[time vortex]], with the Doctor commenting that he sees everything the same way, and that it's maddening. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') | ||
== External link == | == External link == | ||
