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novel name= The Time Travellers |
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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] |
|range          = Past Doctor Adventures
number= 75 |
|number in range = 73
doctor= [[First Doctor]] |
|image          = The Time Travellers.jpg
companions= [[Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton | Ian]], [[Barbara Wright | Barbara]] |
|number         = 73
enemy= General Bamford Duplicate|
|doctor         = First Doctor
year= alternate-[[Earth]], [[2006]]<br>[[Earth]], [[1972]]<br>[[Earth]], [[26th June]], [[1965]] |
|companions     = [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]
writer= [[Simon Guerrier]] |
|enemy           = [[General]] [[Louise Bamford]]
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|setting        = [[London]], [[24 June]] [[2006]] and [[15 October|15]]-[[18 October]] [[1972]]
release date= November [[2005]] |
|writer         = Simon Guerrier
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages |
|publisher      = BBC Books
isbn= ISBN 0-563-48633-3 |
|cover          = [[Black Sheep]]
previous story= [[World Game]] |
|release date   = 10 November 2005
next story= [[Atom Bomb Blues]] }}
|format         = Paperback Book, 15 Chapters, 284 Pages
: ''For the audio drama series by BBV, see [[The Time Travellers (series)]]''.
|isbn           = ISBN 0-563-48633-3
|series          = [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|BBC ''Past Doctor Adventures'']]
|prev            = World Game (novel)
|next           = Atom Bomb Blues (novel)
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'''''The Time Travellers''''' was the seventy-third novel in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Simon Guerrier]], released [[10 November (releases)|10 November]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] and featured the [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Susan Foreman]].


==Publisher's summary==
The novel is notable for featuring a unique take on the effects which the Doctor's adventures have on history. In the version of [[2006]] which the characters visit in the story, it is stated that [[WOTAN]], the [[Cyberman]], and the [[Dalek]]s have accomplished somewhat successful invasions of Earth, implying that because the Doctor has yet to intervene in those events (seen in [[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'', ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' and ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' respectively) that different outcomes came into being.
'Have you ever thought what it's like to be wanderers in the fourth dimension, to be exiles?'


24 June, 2006. The TARDIS has landed in London. Ian and Barbara are almost back home. But this isn't the city they knew. This city is a ruin, torn apart by war. A war that the British are losing.
== Publisher's summary ==
''"Have you ever thought what it's like to be wanderers in the fourth dimension, to be exiles?"''


With his friends mistaken for vagrants and sentenced to death, the Doctor is press-ganged into helping perfect a weapon that might just turn the tables in the war. The British Army has discovered time travel. And the consequences are already devastating.
[[24 June]], [[2006]]. [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] has landed in [[London]]. [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] are almost back home. But this isn't the city they knew. This city is a ruin, torn apart by war. A war that the [[Great Britain|British]] are losing.


What has happened to the world that Ian and Barbara once knew? How much of the experiment do the Doctor and Susan really understand?
With his friends mistaken for vagrants and sentenced to death, [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] is press-ganged into helping perfect a weapon that might just turn the tables in the war. The [[British Army]] has discovered [[time travel]]. And the consequences are already devastating.


And, despite all the Doctor has said to the contrary, is it actually possible to change history?
What has happened to the world that Ian and Barbara once knew? How much of the experiment do the Doctor and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] really understand?


==Characters==
And, despite all the Doctor has said to the contrary, is it actually possible to change [[history]]?
*[[First Doctor|The Doctor]]


*[[Susan Foreman]]
== Plot ==
''to be added''


*[[Ian Chesterton]]
== Characters ==
:*His national service number was; 15110404.
* [[First Doctor]]
* [[Susan Foreman]]
* [[Ian Chesterton]]
* [[Barbara Wright]]
* [[Colonel]] [[Andrews (The Time Travellers)|Andrews]]
* [[General]] [[Louise Bamford]]
* [[Richie Roberts]]
* [[Belcher]]
* [[Abigail Ali]]
* [[Professor]] [[Kelly (The Time Travellers)|Kelly]]
* [[Griffiths (The Time Travellers)|Griffiths]]
* [[Joan Wright]]
* [[Karen Baldwin (The Time Travellers)|Karen Baldwin]]
* [[Sharrock]]
* [[Skinner (The Time Travellers)|Skinner]]
* [[Wu (The Time Travellers)|Wu]]


*[[Barbara Wright]]
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Individuals ===
* [[Ian Chesterton]]'s [[national service]] number was 15110404. He was a [[private]].
* In one timeline, Louise Bamford's mother, [[Karen Baldwin (The Time Travellers)|Karen Baldwin]], originally met her husband in [[1975]] and died in [[1981]]. In another timeline, she was [[murder]]ed by vagrants in [[1972]].
* When Ian and Barbara are returned to [[London]] on [[26 June]] [[1965]], the Doctor gives them an envelope of British notes and coins, including a twenty pence coin which was minted in [[1982]].


==References==
=== Technology ===
* After the [[WOTAN]] (successful) invasion, Britain outlawed radio communications devices, as WOTAN had used them to take over peoples' minds.
* The South Africans have [[Cyber-gun|weapons]] and [[Cyber-Technology|technology]] supplied to them by the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] occupying the [[Arctic]].
* Dalek technology from the [[Shoreditch Incident]] helped the British create their time machine.
* Dalek technology from the [[Shoreditch Incident]] helped the British create their time machine.


==Notes==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* Unlike most novels in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] (and [[Virgin Missing Adventures]]), the back cover does not specify what television stories it is set between. However, it clearly takes place right after ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]''. Chapter One opens with the Doctor saying his closing lines from that story: "I think we're beginning to materialise. Perhaps I shall know now where we are." The main characters are also described as wearing the same clothes, such as the Doctor's cloak and Susan's dungarees, and their previous adventure is also said to have been rough on Barbara.
 
* The epilogue of this novel follows the last scenes of the television story ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'' with Ian and Barbara on the bus.
==Continuity==
* The dystopian future of this story is the result of the events of the television story ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'' here, [[WOTAN]] was successful in temporarily conquering the planet. It is strongly suggested, though not outright said, that this is in fact what was meant to happen to Earth and that the Doctor's involvement changed history.
*The dystopian future of this story is the result of the events of [[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'' - here, [[WOTAN]] was successful in temporarily conquering the planet. It is strongly suggested, though not outright said, that this is in fact what was meant to happen to Earth and that the Doctor's involvement changed history.  
* On the cover of this novel, the real world sculpture {{wi|Traffic Light Tree}}, located in [[London]], [[England]], is featured.
 
*Following an alternate version of [[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'', the Cybermen now live permanently at the [[South Pole]]. The South Africans made a deal with them for weaponry.
 
*The Doctor states that the time-warping events of this story will draw the attention of the [[Time Lord]]s, and it's now more likely they'll find him; the Doctor now wants to find a safe place to leave Susan so she will not be found, a retroactive explanation for leaving her behind in [[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''.


*The epilogue of this novel follows the last scenes of [[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'' with Ian and Barbara on the bus.
== Continuity ==
* Joan Wright, Barbara's mother, reappears. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Long Night (short story)|A Long Night]]'')
* Barbara claims to have learned her lesson about changing history in [[Mexico]] in the [[15th century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'')
* Barbara remembers her travels in the TARDIS to [[1289]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'') [[1794]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'') [[1692]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Witch Hunters (novel)|The Witch Hunters]]'') the [[28th century]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'') and the [[30th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)|The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'', ''[[Room for Improvement (short story)|Room for Improvement]]'') She also knows of [[Battle of Hastings|the significance]] of [[1066]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'')
* The Doctor (inexplicitly) refers to Susan and himself as being more sensitive than others to the motions of planets and galaxies. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
* A successful WOTAN, referred to as "the Machine", was indirectly responsible for the outbreak of [[World War III]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'')
* In the [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] in [[1972]], British scientists use the [[Dalek]] technology which they salvaged from [[Coal Hill School]] in the aftermath of the [[Shoreditch Incident]] in [[November]] [[1963]] to build a time machine. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
* The [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] now live permanently at the [[South Pole]] following an alternate version of events at [[Snowcap]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')
* The Doctor states that the time-warping events will draw the attention of the [[Time Lord]]s, and it's now more likely they'll find him. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') The Doctor now wants to find a safe place to leave Susan so she will not be found. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')


==Timeline==
== External links ==
*The Time Travellers occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of Giants]]''
{{dwrefguide|whobbk75.htm|The Time Travellers}}
*The Time Travellers occurs before: [[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''
* {{whoniverse|pd74|The Time Travellers}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/timetravellers.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Time Travellers''']


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