The Slitheen Excursion (novel)

The Slitheen Excursion was the twenty-sixth Tenth Doctor novel released.

Publisher's summary
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
 * Cecrops

Continuity

 * The Slitheen family debuted in DW: Aliens of London.
 * The events of both DW: Aliens of London and DW: Boom Town are mentioned.
 * The Navarinos are mentioned. They debuted in DW: Delta and the Bannermen.
 * The Osirians are mentioned. They debuted in DW: Pyramids of Mars.

Timeline

 * The Slitheen Excursion occurs after: NSA: Judgement of the Judoon
 * The Slitheen Excursion occurs before: NSA: The Rising Night

Audio release

 * The story was released as an audiobook download read by Debbie Chazen available from the AudioGo website.