Endgame

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Endgame
Series:	Doctor Who - BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
Release Number:	40
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companions:
Enemy:	The Players
Setting:	Earth, England, London, 1951 Earth, USA, Washington, 1951 Earth, USSR, Moscow, 1951
Author:	Terrance Dicks
Publisher:	BBC Books
Publication:	November 2000
Format:	Paperback Book, 243 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-563-53822-8
Previous Story:	The Turing Test
Following Story:	Father Time

For other Endgames see End Game (disambiguation).

Contents 1 Publisher's Summary 2 Characters 3 References 4 Notes 5 Continuity 6 External Links

[edit] Publisher's Summary

Winning is everything -- and nothing.
Losing is nothing -- and everything.
All that matters is the game.

The Players have decided on an Endgame. Play ends only when one side has been annihilated -- even if the entire planet is destroyed in the process. They weren’t expecting the Doctor to be one of the pieces -- and neither was he. He really doesn’t want to get involved.

The Doctor doesn't know who he is -- but he's fast ceasing to care. Caught up in ennui, nothing seems to matter to him any more. He has no interest in the Cold War, in spies or double agents or secret documents.

But he's soon forced to take an active role. Because as far as the authorities are concerned, the Doctor is The Third Man...

[edit] Characters

• The Doctor (John Smith)
• Guy Burgess
• Kim Philby
• Donald Maclean
• Kent Howard
• Harry Truman
• Joseph Stalin

The Players

• The Adjudicator
• Myrek
• Axel
• Helga
• Countess (Madame Razetskia)

[edit] References

• Drashig
• Players
• Venusian

[edit] Notes

• This is the fourth story in the 'Earth Arc.

[edit] Continuity

• The Doctor witnesses the Seventh Doctor and Ace (but doesn't recognise them) at the Festival of Britain; this occured in NA: Timewyrm: Exodus.
• The events of EDA: The Turing Test are referenced many times in the novel.

[edit] External Links

• Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis - Endgame
• The Whoniverse - The Discontinuity Guide to: Endgame

BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
Previous Release: The Turing Test	Next Release: Father Time