Published: 7 March 2013
ISBN: 9781448140275
Imprint: BBC Digital
Format: EBook
Pages: 320

Categories:

Share…

Doctor Who: Players

50th Anniversary Edition

Terrance Dicks

Formats & editions

Buy from…

Apple Books

The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Collection: Eleven classic adventures. Eleven brilliant writers. One incredible Doctor.

Arriving on the sun-baked veldt in the middle of the Boer War, the Sixth Doctor is soon involved in the adventures of struggling politician and war correspondent Winston Churchill. Of course, he knows Churchill is destined for great things, but unseen forces seem to be interfering with Winston's historic career. The Doctor suspects the hidden hand of the Players, mysterious beings who regard human history as little more than a game. With time running out, can the Doctor find the right moves to defeat them?

An adventure featuring the Sixth Doctor as played by Colin Baker and his companion Peri

Published: 7 March 2013
ISBN: 9781448140275
Imprint: BBC Digital
Format: EBook
Pages: 320

Categories:

Share…

Other books in the series

Doctor Who: Ten Little Aliens

Stephen Cole

Doctor Who: Dreams of Empire

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: Last of the Gaderene

Mark Gatiss

Doctor Who: Festival of Death

Jonathan Morris

Doctor Who: Fear of the Dark

Trevor Baxendale

Doctor Who: Players

Terrance Dicks

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks

Ben Aaronovitch

Doctor Who: Earthworld

Jacqueline Rayner

Doctor Who: Only Human

Gareth Roberts

Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos

Gary Russell

Doctor Who: The Silent Stars Go By

Dan Abnett

Doctor Who: The Angel's Kiss

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: The Doctor - His Lives and Times

James Goss, Steve Tribe

Doctor Who: City of Death

Douglas Adams, James Goss

Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet

Douglas Adams, James Goss

Doctor Who: Summer Falls

Amelia Williams

Doctor Who: Dark Horizons

J.T. Colgan

Doctor Who: Summer Falls and Other Stories

Amelia Williams, Melody Malone, Justin Richards

Doctor Who: Into the Nowhere (Time Trips)

Jenny T Colgan

Doctor Who: The Death Pit (Time Trips)

A.L. Kennedy

Doctor Who: A Handful of Stardust (Time Trips)

Jake Arnott

Doctor Who: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller (Time Trips)

Joanne Harris

Doctor Who: Keeping Up with the Joneses (Time Trips)

Nick Harkaway

Doctor Who: Salt of the Earth (Time Trips)

Trudi Canavan

Doctor Who: Silhouette (12th Doctor novel)

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: The Official Quiz Book

Jacqueline Rayner

Doctor Who: Wit, Wisdom and Timey Wimey Stuff - The Quotable Doctor Who

Cavan Scott, Mark Wright

Doctor Who: The Crawling Terror (12th Doctor novel)

Mike Tucker

Doctor Who: The Blood Cell (12th Doctor novel)

James Goss

Doctor Who: Time Trips (The Collection)

Cecelia Ahern, Jake Arnott, Trudi Canavan, Jenny T Colgan, Stella

Doctor Who: The Secret Lives of Monsters

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: Shakedown

Terrance Dicks

How to be Famous

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: The Bog Warrior (Time Trips)

Cecelia Ahern

Doctor Who: The Anti-Hero (Time Trips)

Stella Duffy

Doctor Who: The Shakespeare Notebooks

No Author Details

Doctor Who: Engines of War

George Mann

Doctor Who: The Drosten's Curse

A.L. Kennedy

Doctor Who: Tales of Trenzalore

Justin Richards, Mark Morris, George Mann, Paul Finch

Doctor Who: Scales of Injustice

Gary Russell

Doctor Who: The English Way of Death

Gareth Roberts

Doctor Who: Human Nature

Paul Cornell

Doctor Who: The Time Lord Letters

Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds

Stephen Nicholas, Mike Tucker

Doctor Who: Big Bang Generation

Gary Russell

Doctor Who and the Zarbi

Bill Strutton

Doctor Who: The Legends of Ashildr

Justin Richards, James Goss, David Llewellyn, Jenny T Colgan

Doctor Who: 365 Days of Memorable Moments and Impossible Things

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: The Official Cookbook

Joanna Farrow

Doctor Who and the Web of Fear

Terrance Dicks

Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion

Malcolm Hulke

Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks

Terrance Dicks

Doctor Who: The Visitation

Eric Saward

Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos

Philip Martin

Doctor Who: Battlefield

Marc Platt

Doctor Who: The Whoniverse

Justin Richards, George Mann

Doctor Who: The Legends of River Song

Jenny T Colgan, Jacqueline Rayner, Steve Lyons, Guy Adams, Andrew

Doctor Who: Eleventh Doctor Tales

Oli Smith, Stephen Cole, Steve Lyons

Doctor Who: The Time Meddler

Nigel Robinson

Doctor Who: In the Blood

Jenny T Colgan

Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary

Doctor Who: Choose-the-Future: Night of the Kraken

BBC

Doctor Who: Travels in Time Colouring Book

BBC

Doctor Who: The Colouring Book

Doctor Who: How to be a Time Lord - The Official Guide

Craig Donaghy

Doctor Who~ Postcards From Time And Space

Bbc

Doctor Who: Where's the Doctor?

Doctor Who~ 50~ The Essential Guide

Justin Richards

Doctor Who~ Time Lord Quiz Quest

Bbc

Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales

Justin Richards

Doctor Who~ Heroes And Monsters Collection

Bbc

Doctor Who: The Essential Guide: Twelfth Doctor Edition

Doctor Who: Dot-To-Doc

Bbc

Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet

Douglas Adams

Doctor Who: The Lost Angel

George Mann, Cavan Scott

Doctor Who: A History of Humankind: The Doctor's Official Guide

Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales Slipcase Edition

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: Choose the Future: Terror Moon

Doctor Who: Winner Takes All

Jacqueline Rayner

Doctor Who: The Clockwise Man

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: The Deviant Strain

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: The Stealers of Dreams

Steve Lyons

Doctor Who: The Resurrection Casket

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: The Stone Rose

Jacqueline Rayner

Doctor Who: Aliens and Enemies

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: The Price of Paradise

Colin Brake

Doctor Who: The Roundheads

Mark Gatiss

Doctor Who: The Hollow Men

Keith Topping, Martin Day

Doctor Who: Seeing I

Jonathan Blum, Kate Orman

Doctor Who The Scream Of The Shalka

Paul Cornell

Doctor Who The Sleep Of Reason

Martin Day

Doctor Who: The Gallifrey Chronicles

Lance Parkin

Doctor Who - King Of Terror

Keith Topping

The Trigger Men

Kate Orman

Doctor Who - Byzantium!

Keith Topping

Doctor Who: Amorality Tale

David Bishop

Doctor Who: Blue Box

Kate Orman

Doctor Who: Corpse Marker

Chris Boucher

Doctor Who: Shadows Of Avalon

Paul Cornell

Doctor Who: Made of Steel

Terrance Dicks

Doctor Who: The Last Dodo

Jacqueline Rayner

Doctor Who: Wooden Heart

Martin Day

Doctor Who: Sting of the Zygons

Stephen Cole

Doctor Who: Creatures and Demons

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: Wetworld

Mark Michalowski

Doctor Who: Sick Building

Paul Magrs

Doctor Who: Forever Autumn

Mark Morris

Doctor Who: Wishing Well

Trevor Baxendale

Doctor Who: Peacemaker

James Swallow

Doctor Who: Martha in the Mirror

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: The Many Hands

Dale Smith

Doctor Who: Ghosts of India

Mark Morris

Doctor Who: The Doctor Trap

Simon Messingham

Doctor Who: Shining Darkness

Mark Michalowski

Doctor Who: The Eyeless

Lance Parkin

Doctor Who: Starships and Spacestations

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: Judgement of the Judoon

Colin Brake

Doctor Who: The Taking of Chelsea 426

David Llewellyn

Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks

Trevor Baxendale

Doctor Who: Autonomy

Daniel Blythe

Doctor Who: Companions and Allies

Steve Tribe

Doctor Who: The Krillitane Storm

Christopher Cooper

Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles

Michael Moorcock

Doctor Who: The Tardis Handbook

Steve Tribe

The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2011

Clayton Hickman

Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter

Russell T Davies, Benjamin Cook

Doctor Who: The Wheel of Ice

Stephen Baxter

Doctor Who: Dead of Winter

James Goss

Doctor Who: The Way Through the Woods

Una McCormack

Doctor Who: Father Time

Lance Parkin

Doctor Who: Trading Futures

Lance Parkin

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Monster Guide

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: Hunter's Moon

Paul Finch

Doctor Who: Shada

Douglas Adams, Gareth Roberts

Doctor Who: The Slitheen Excursion

Simon Guerrier

Doctor Who: The Pirate Loop

Simon Guerrier

Doctor Who: The Story of Martha

Dan Abnett

Doctor Who: The Dalek Project

Justin Richards, Mike Collins

Doctor Who: Paradox Lost

George Mann

Doctor Who: Touched by an Angel

Jonathan Morris

Doctor Who: Borrowed Time

Naomi Alderman

Doctor Who: Infinity Doctors

Lance Parkin

Doctor Who: Magic of the Angels

Jacqueline Rayner

Doctor Who: I Am a Dalek

Gareth Roberts

Doctor Who and the Crusaders

David Whitaker

Doctor Who: Apollo 23

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: The Forgotten Army

Brian Minchin

Doctor Who: Nuclear Time

Oli Smith

Doctor Who: The Glamour Chase

Gary Russell

Doctor Who: The King's Dragon

Una McCormack

Doctor Who and the Daleks

David Whitaker

Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen

Terrance Dicks

Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters

Malcolm Hulke

Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion

Terrance Dicks

Doctor Who and the Cybermen

Gerry Davis

Doctor Who: Snowglobe 7

Mike Tucker

Doctor Who: Illegal Alien

Mike Tucker, Robert Perry

Doctor Who: The Nightmare of Black Island

Mike Tucker

Doctor Who: Harvest of Time

Alastair Reynolds

Doctor Who: Night of the Humans

David Llewellyn

Doctor Who: The Silurian Gift

Mike Tucker

Doctor Who: Plague of the Cybermen

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: The Shadow In The Glass

Justin Richards, Steve Cole

Doctor Who: The Art of Destruction

Steve Cole

Doctor Who: The Feast of the Drowned

Steve Cole

Doctor Who: Monsters Inside

Steve Cole

Doctor Who Encyclopedia (New Edition)

Gary Russell

Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks

Terrance Dicks

Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster

Terrance Dicks

Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors

Brian Hayles

Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet

Gerry Davis

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

Terrance Dicks

Doctor Who and the Ark in Space

Ian Marter

Doctor Who: The Gods of Winter

James Goss

Doctor Who: Human Nature

Paul Cornell

Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen

Douglas Adams, James Goss

Doctor Who: The Dalek Generation

Nicholas Briggs

Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood

David Fisher

Doctor Who: Royal Blood

Una McCormack

About the author

Terrance Dicks

Terrance Dicks became Script Editor of Doctor Who in 1968, co-writing Patrick Troughton’s classic final serial, The War Games, and editing the show throughout the entire Jon Pertwee era to 1974. He wrote many iconic episodes and serials for the show after, including Tom Baker's first episode as the Fourth Doctor, Robot; Horror at Fang Rock in 1977; State of Decay in 1980; and the 20th anniversary special, The Five Doctors in 1983. Terrance novelised over sixty of the original Doctor Who stories for Target books, including classics like Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen and Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, inspiring a generation of children to become readers and writers. He died in August 2019, only weeks before the publication of his final Doctor Who short story, ‘Save Yourself’, in The Target Storybook.