'Time Lord Victorious': 'The Knight, The Fool and The Dead' by Steve Cole

Set within the Dark Times at the start of the universe when even the Eternals were young. Following several Doctors across space and time as they defend their home planet from a terrible race, this is a story like no other.

You and the child are the last of your kind. You have flown so far. But your flight has ended, now.

The Doctor travels back to the Dark Times, an era where life flourishes and death is barely known...

Then come the Kotturuh – creatures who spread through the cosmos dispensing mortality. They judge each and every species and decree its allotted time to live. For the first time, living things know the fear of ending. And they will go to any lengths to escape this grim new spectre, death.

The Doctor is an old hand at cheating death. Now, at last, he can stop it at the source. He is coming for the Kotturuh, ready to change everything so that life wins from the start.

Not just the last of the Time Lords.

The Time Lord Victorious.


Publication Date:
1st October 2020


Notes:
*Featuring the Tenth Doctor, with the First, Eighth and Ninth Doctors, and Brian the Ood

*A BBC Books 'Doctor Who' novel

*This novel is part of the multi-platform 'Doctor Who' project 'Time Lord Victorious'. BBC Books was just one of many media companies partnering for this epic tale of the Time Lords, including Penguin Random House, Doctor Who Magazine, Titan Comics, Escape Hunt, Big Finish Productions, Eaglemoss Hero Collector, Immersive Everywhere, Maze Theory, and BBC Audio

*Time-placing: for the Tenth Doctor, this story occurs directly after 'The Waters of Mars'; the First Doctor's flashback takes place during '100,000 BC' Part 4; the Eighth Doctor is caught up in the Time War; and in his flashback, the Ninth Doctor and Rose are travelling alone, so I am placing their flshback, and the Ninth Doctor's solo appearance, prior to 'The Empty Child'