There’s a new scene depicting life on future Earth for Susan Campbell – formerly Foreman – whose husband David is part of the reconstruction government and they have three children together. On leaving the TARDIS, Sarah-Jane Smith had felt ‘abandoned and more than a little resentful’ at first, she thinks the capture obelisk is a bus rounding a corner – until it’s too late. We find the Third Doctor test-driving Bessie on private roads, which is how he can drive so fast without fear of oncoming traffic.
The Second Doctor has ‘dark brown eyes’ (not blue – or even green as previously) which appear ‘humourous and sad at the same time’. The Brigadier’s replacement is called ‘Charlie Crighton’. He’s aware that he’s near the end of his first incarnation and is living in semi-retirement to prepare himself for the impending change.
The First Doctor is said to have ‘blue eyes bright with intelligence’ (William Hartnell had brown eyes so this is definitely the Hurndall First Doctor) and a ‘haughty, imperious air’. Turlough is introduced as a ‘thin-faced, sandy-haired young man in the blazer and flannels of his public school.’ He’s also ‘good-looking in a faintly untrustworthy sort of way’. The Doctor has remodelled the TARDIS console room after ‘a recent Cybermen attack’ (is this Earthshock or an unseen adventure?). Tegan is still considered to be ‘an Australian air stewardess’ despite having been sacked by the time of Arc of Infinity. The Doctor has a fresh stalk of celery on his lapel. Notes: The book opens in ‘a place of ancient evil’ – the Game Room – where a black-clad Player is preparing for the game to begin. A deadly new game is afoot, and the prize is not what it seems…īackground: Terrance Dicks adapts his own TV script in a novel that was published before it was broadcast in the UK – pushing the record for the gap between broadcast and publication into minus figures. Their joint quest points towards an imposing tower that legend says is also the tomb of the Time Lord founder, Rassilon. Though one of his incarnations is trapped in a time eddy, four others work together, joined by old friends and obstructed by old enemies. A sinister figure has reactivated it and the Doctor has been dragged out of time from different points in his life. Synopsis: The Death Zone on Gallifrey – once the location of cruel games in the old times of the Time Lords, before it was closed down.
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