Release number 26 ISBN 0-426-20414-X Followed by All-Consuming Fire Publisher Virgin Books | Publication date May 1994 Originally published May 1994 Preceded by Legacy Genre Speculative fiction | |
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Series Doctor Who book:
Virgin New Adventures Subject Featuring:
Seventh Doctor
Ace, Bernice, Irving Braxiatel Similar Justin Richards books, Virgin New Adventures books, Speculative fiction books | ||
Theatre of War is an original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice. It also introduces the recurring character of Irving Braxiatel. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Richards, appeared in Doctor Who Magazine #212.
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Synopsis
An archeological expedition to the planet Mexaus ends in tragedy; all but one of the visitors die and lethal radiation contaminates the surface. Now the survivor is leading a new trip, with Professor Bernice Summerfield. Murders start again. Bernice summons her friends, the Doctor and Ace. They are sucked into a dangerously real re-creation of Shakespeare's greatest tragic play, Hamlet, which is paralleled by "The Good Soldiers," the (fictitious) purportedly lost play of the future playwright Stanoff Osterling.
Audio Version
Big Finish Productions released an audio dramatisation of the book in December 2015 alongside an audio dramatisation of All-Consuming Fire. The audio play reunited Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and Lisa Bowerman as the Seventh Doctor, Ace, Bernice. Miles Richardson also reprised his role as Irving Braxiatel; having previously played the role in the Gallifrey (audio series) for Big Finish.