The Slitheen Excursion (novel)

Plot
1500BC - King Actaeus and his subjects live in mortal fear of the awesome gods who have come to visit their kingdom in ancient Greece. Except the Doctor, visiting with university student June, knows they're not gods at all. They're aliens. For the aliens, it's the perfect holiday - they get to tour the sights of a primitive planet and even take part in local customs. Like gladiatorial games, or hunting down and killing humans who won't be missed. With June's enthusiastic help, the Doctor soon meets the travel agents behind this deadly package holiday company - his old enemies the Slitheen. But can he bring the Slitheen excursion to an end without endangering more lives? And how are events in ancient Greece linked to a modern-day alien plot to destroy what's left of the Parthenon?

Characters

 * Tenth Doctor
 * The Slitheen Family
 * June
 * King Actaeus
 * Aglauros
 * Pandrosos

Timeline

 * The Slitheen Excursion occurs after: NSA: Judgement of the Judoon
 * The Slitheen Excursion occurs before: NSA: Prisoner of the Daleks

Continuity

 * The Slitheen Family last appeared in Doctor Who in the 2005 episode Boom Town. The last novel they appeared in was The Monsters Inside. Their last appearence in The Sarah Jane Adventures was in the Comic Relief special From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love.
 * This book, as the Doctor is travelling alone, occurs during the specials, presumably between Planet of the Dead and the waters of Mars, as the Doctor is wearing a brown suit, while he is wearing a blue suit in the Waters of mars, and is companionless in this novel