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|name = The Sontaran Games
  
 
|series = [[Quick Reads]]
  
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|enemy = [[Major]] [[Stenx]], [[Rutan]]s
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|setting =[[Globe Games]], [[Earth]]
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|setting =BASE, [[21st century]]
 
|writer = [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
  
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}}'''''The Sontaran Games''''' was a short novel by [[Jacqueline Rayner]]. It was the fourth ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Quick Reads]] release.
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'''''The Sontaran Games''''' was a short novel by [[Jacqueline Rayner]]. It was the fourth ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Quick Reads]] release.
   
 
== Publisher's summary ==
  
== Publisher's summary ==
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The [[TARDIS]] lands at an academy for top athletes, all hoping to be chosen for the forthcoming [[Globe Games]]. But is one of them driven enough to resort to murder? The [[Tenth Doctor]] discovers that the students have been hushing up unexplained deaths.
  
The [[TARDIS]] lands at an academy for top athletes, all hoping to be chosen for the forthcoming [[Globe Games]]. But is one of them driven enough to resort to murder? The [[Tenth Doctor]] discovers that the students have been hushing up unexplained deaths.
   
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Teaming up with a young swimmer called [[Emma (The Sontaran Games)|Emma]], the Doctor begins to investigate – but he doesn’t expect to find a squad of [[Sontaran]]s invading the academy!
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Teaming up with a young swimmer called [[Emma (The Sontaran Games)|Emma]], the Doctor begins to investigate – but he doesn't expect to find a squad of [[Sontaran]]s invading the academy!
   
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As the [[Sontaran]]s begin their own lethal version of the [[Globe Games]], the Doctor and [[Emma (The Sontaran Games)|Emma]] must find out what’s really going on. But the Doctor is captured and forced to take part in the [[Sontaran]] Games. Can even a [[Time Lord]] survive this deadly contest?
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As the [[Sontaran]]s begin their own lethal version of the [[Globe Games]], the Doctor and [[Emma (The Sontaran Games)|Emma]] must find out what's really going on. But the Doctor is captured and forced to take part in the [[Sontaran]] Games. Can even a [[Time Lord]] survive this deadly contest?
   
 
== Plot ==
  
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== References ==
  
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* The Sontarans who invade BASE are part of the [[Twelfth Sontaran Battle Fleet]].
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''to be added''
  
   
 
== Notes ==
  
== Notes ==
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* As with the main [[BBC New Series Adventures#Tenth Doctor|BBC New Series Adventures]] line, this novel continued the series of stories in which [[the Doctor]] travels without an ongoing [[companion]]. This was the first [[Quick Reads]] to not feature one of the regular [[companion]]s.
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* As with the main [[BBC New Series Adventures#Tenth Doctor|BBC New Series Adventures]] line, this novel continued the series of stories in which [[the Doctor]] travels without an ongoing [[companion]]. This was the first [[Quick Reads]] to not feature one of the regular companions.
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* The novel also continued with the [[BBC Books]] main range theme for [[2009]] in featuring returning races and villains from the [[Doctor Who|TV show]], although all [[Quick Reads]] releases to date have featured past monsters anyway.
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* The novel also continued with the [[BBC Books]] main range theme for 2009 in featuring returning races and villains from the [[Doctor Who|TV show]], although all Quick Reads releases to date have featured past monsters anyway.
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* Although initially thought to be the final [[Tenth Doctor]] Quick Reads release, another book was published in March 2010, entitled ''[[Code of the Krillitanes (novel)|Code of the Krillitanes]]''. It was published several months after [[David Tennant]] had left the series.
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* This story features the Twelfth [[Sontaran]] Fleet.
  
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* Although initially thought to be the final [[Tenth Doctor]] [[Quick Reads]] release, another book was published in [[March]] [[2010]], entitled ''[[Code of the Krillitanes]]''. It was published several months after [[David Tennant]] had left the series.
  
 
* This novella was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
  
* This novella was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.
   
 
== Continuity ==
  
== Continuity ==
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* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] opens [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] by clicking his fingers. ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'')
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* The [[Sontaran]]s first appeared in the revived series in [[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky]]'', and the Doctor makes a subtle reference to those events. They would later appear again in-print in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Chelsea 426]]''.
  
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* Major [[Stenx]], who is seen on the cover of the book, identified so as he is the only Sontaran to take off his helmet, greatly resembles [[General Staal]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') and [[Stark (The Pandorica Opens)|Stark]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')
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* A [[Rutan]] makes an appearance. They were first seen in [[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'' and would also feature alongside the Sontarans again in-print in ''[[The Taking of Chelsea 426]]''. They would later have be seen in [[GAME]]: ''[[The Gunpowder Plot]]''.
  
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* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] opens [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] by clicking his fingers. ([[TV]]: ''[[Forest of the Dead]]'')
  
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* Major [[Stenx]], who is seen on the cover of the book, identified so as he is the only Sontaran to take off his helmet, greatly resembles [[General Staal]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky]]'') and [[Stark (The Pandorica Opens)|Stark]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''), suggesting they may have been cloned from the same genetic source.
  
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* A group of Sontarans also go looking for a single hiding Rutan in [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]''.
  
   
 
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* {{dwrefguide|whobbcqr4.htm|The Sontaran Games}}
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/sontarangames.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Sontaran Games''']
  
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/sontarangames.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Sontaran Games''']
 
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Revision as of 15:15, 1 July 2020

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prose stub

The Sontaran Games was a short novel by Jacqueline Rayner. It was the fourth Doctor Who Quick Reads release.

Publisher's summary

Every time the lights go out, someone dies...

The TARDIS lands at an academy for top athletes, all hoping to be chosen for the forthcoming Globe Games. But is one of them driven enough to resort to murder? The Tenth Doctor discovers that the students have been hushing up unexplained deaths.

Teaming up with a young swimmer called Emma, the Doctor begins to investigate – but he doesn't expect to find a squad of Sontarans invading the academy!

As the Sontarans begin their own lethal version of the Globe Games, the Doctor and Emma must find out what's really going on. But the Doctor is captured and forced to take part in the Sontaran Games. Can even a Time Lord survive this deadly contest?

Plot

to be added

Characters

References

Notes

  • As with the main BBC New Series Adventures line, this novel continued the series of stories in which the Doctor travels without an ongoing companion. This was the first Quick Reads to not feature one of the regular companions.
  • The novel also continued with the BBC Books main range theme for 2009 in featuring returning races and villains from the TV show, although all Quick Reads releases to date have featured past monsters anyway.
  • Although initially thought to be the final Tenth Doctor Quick Reads release, another book was published in March 2010, entitled Code of the Krillitanes. It was published several months after David Tennant had left the series.
  • This novella was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity

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Tenth Doctor, Martha
Tenth Doctor alone
The Sontaran Games • Code of the Krillitanes
Eleventh Doctor, Amy & Rory
Eleventh Doctor alone
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Sontaran stories
For the purposes of this list, a "Sontaran story" is one in which one living, authentic Sontaran plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as The Halloween Apocalypse and Survivors of the Flux are not counted due to the Sontarans' appearance being defined by their importance to following stories. Stories like The End of Time and The Time of the Doctor are also not included due to the Sontarans' appearance being no consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Strax of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.
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