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original novel written by

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and based on the long-running British

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series ''Doctor Who''. It features the

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, and his Companions

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and

Rory Williams Rory Williams is a fictional character portrayed by Arthur Darvill in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Having been introduced at the start of the fifth series, Rory joins the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) ...

Summary

A poorly chosen casino game lands Rory in a fight for his life as he 'works off' a debt for a criminal conspiracy. Amy is lost in space and the Doctor finds himself lost in red tape with the TARDIS well out of reach. Rory's best hope is for the Doctor to impersonate a violent mercenary. And also to run really fast.

Characters

*Xorg Krauzzen *Mallick *Grant Pangborne *Harry Mossop *Dora Mossop *Sophie Mossop *Kobal Zalu *Zalizta *Zarbotan *Zargadoz Xaaael *Sergeant Xelos

Continuity

* The TARDIS is stolen by Xorg. It was previously stolen by The Master in

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and by Thomas Brewster in the Big Finnish Audio Drama

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. * The Terileptils are mentioned. They were at war with the Torodon in The Visitation. * Aggedor, the Royal Beast of Peladon which appears in the story, is a species that fought on the Moon of Gorgoror in

The Curse Of Peladon ''The Curse of Peladon'' is the second serial of the ninth season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 29 January to 19 February 1972. The serial is set on ...

and

The Monster Of Peladon ''The Monster of Peladon'' is the fourth serial of the 11th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 23 March to 27 April 1974. It was Jon Pertwee's pen ...

. * Kobal Zalu mentions that The Doctor had white hair the last time they met, suggesting an encounter with either the

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's.

Audiobook

The story was released as an audiobook on 20 October 2011 on 6 CDs read by Arthur Darvill. It is also available as an unabridged audio download on Amazon. {{Eleventh Doctor stories, selected=Books 2011 British novels 2011 science fiction novels Eleventh Doctor novels