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House of Cards was the sixty-fourth release in the Companion Chronicles audio range. It was the eighth story of season 7. It was written by Steve Lyons and featured Jamie McCrimmon and Polly Wright.

Publisher's summary

The TARDIS has landed in a futuristic space casino, where the Doctor, Ben, Polly and Jamie find fun, games… and monsters everywhere. There are vicious robot dogs, snake-headed gangsters from the Sidewinder Syndicate and a mysterious masked woman called Hope.

In this place, time travellers are to be tracked down and arrested. Yet, as events spiral out of control, time may be Polly's only ally…

Plot

Part one

to be added

Part two

to be added

Cast

References

The Doctor

  • The Doctor has brought Ben, Polly and Jamie to the casino for a holiday.
  • Polly notes that the Doctor grabs his lapels in the same manner as his first incarnation used to do.
  • The Doctor tells Polly that he keeps the pockets of his coat finely balanced.

Casino

  • The casino has robot croupiers which were made to resemble playing cards.
  • One of the games at the casino is Three Card Vulcan Hold 'Em.
  • The casino has a time travel alarm.

Jamie

  • After Polly explains to Jamie what a casino is, he tells her that there were gambling dens in London in his time.
  • Although he is from 1746, Jamie knows what a cowboy is.

Polly

  • Polly has always been afraid of snakes.
  • Polly has never gambled.

Sidewinder Syndicate

DWA CS 169 Sidewinder

A member of the Sidewinder Syndicate. (COMIC: Money Troubles)

  • The Sidewinder Syndicate's ancestors were stranded on Old Earth in Chicago during the 1920s and adopted the method and mannerisms of the Chicago gangsters enthusiastically.
  • The Sidewinder Syndicate's rivals are the Ratler Mob.

Notes

Continuity

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