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The Well-Mannered War
 

No. 33 of 33 in the Missing Adventures novels series
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By:Gareth Roberts
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Released:  April 1997
Publisher:  Virgin
ISBN:0-426-20506-5
Format: paperback
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Note:  Also available as an audio adaptation. For several years, this novel (along with several others) was available as a free downloadable e-book from the BBC Doctor Who site, however it was removed in late 2010.

Cover blurb:
An original novel featuring the Fourth Doctor, Romana and K-9.

‘Destroy them! Destroy them all — now!’

Barclow — an Earth-type planet on the fringes of space at an inestimably distant point in the future. Two factions have laid claim to it: humans from the nearby colony world of Metralubit, and a small group of Chelonian troopers. But in nearly two hundred years of conflict not one shot has been fired in anger, there are regular socials in the trenches, and the military commanders are the best of friends.

The Doctor, Romana and K-9, arriving in the midst of these bizarre hostilities, find there’s real trouble to come. A crucial election on Metralubit is looming, and K-9 is forced to begin a new career as a politician. Meanwhile, Romana meets an old friend and the Doctor discovers that a sinister hidden force may be attempting to alter the war’s friendly nature.

What are the plans of Galatea, leader of the beautiful but robotic Femdroids? Who is killing soldiers on both sides of the battle lines? And will K-9’s oratory save the day?

Just what is going on?

This adventure takes place between the television stories Shada and The Leisure Hive.

Gareth Roberts is the author of far too many Doctor Who books, including the poll winners, The Romance of Crime and The English Way of Death. He sill lives in Cricklewood.


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