Dreams of Empire

Dreams of Empire
Author	Justin Richards
Series	Doctor Who book:; Past Doctor Adventures
Release number	14
Subject	Featuring:; Second Doctor; Victoria and Jamie
Set in	Period between; The Ice Warriors and Combat Rock
Publisher	BBC Books
Publication date	3 August 1998
Pages	282
ISBN	978-0-563-40598-6
Preceded by	Zeta Major
Followed by	Last Man Running

Dreams of Empire is a BBC Books original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Second Doctor, Victoria and Jamie.

Dreams of Empire was re-released in 2013 for the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who.

Synopsis[]

1998 BBC Books edition

The history books were clear: the once-proud Haddron Empire, fatally weakened by civil war, was finally brought to its knees by a catastrophic explosion. But, then again, history books can lie... Landing in what seems to be a medieval castle, the Doctor and his friends discover that the final act of a drama that has torn apart a stellar empire is being played out around them. Who is the man behind the mask, and how are his chess games linked to life and death in his fortress prison? What is the secret of the suits of armour which line the banqueting hall? Who is on the battle cruiser that is getting closer all the time, and what will they want when they finally arrive? The pieces are all in place, and the TARDIS crew soon find themselves under siege. With both deadly robot troops and human traitors to defeat, it seems the future of the entire empire hangs in the balance...

2013 BBC Books edition

On a barren asteroid, the once-mighty Haddron Empire is on the brink of collapse, torn apart by civil war. The one man who might have saved it languishes in prison, his enemies planning his death and his friends plotting his escape. The Second Doctor arrives as the last act of this deadly drama is being played out – and with both terrifying killers and cunning traitors to defeat, the future hangs in the balance.

References[]

^ The Doctor's Timeline at The Whoniverse gives support for specific placement relative to other spin-off media.
^ Placement between The Ice Warriors and The Enemy of the World confirmed by cover blurb.

External links[]

Dreams of Empire title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
The Cloister Library - Dreams of Empire

[Timeline-1] The Doctor's Timeline at The Whoniverse gives support for specific placement relative to other spin-off media.

[Blurb-2] Placement between The Ice Warriors and The Enemy of the World confirmed by cover blurb.

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v t Past Doctor Adventures
First Doctor	The Witch Hunters Salvation City at World's End Bunker Soldiers Byzantium! Ten Little Aliens The Eleventh Tiger The Time Travellers
Second Doctor	The Murder Game The Roundheads Dreams of Empire The Final Sanction Heart of TARDIS Independence Day Dying in the Sun Combat Rock The Colony of Lies The Indestructible Man World Game
Third Doctor	The Devil Goblins from Neptune The Face of the Enemy Catastrophea The Wages of Sin Last of the Gaderene Verdigris Rags Amorality Tale The Suns of Caresh Deadly Reunion Island of Death
Fourth Doctor	Eye of Heaven Last Man Running Millennium Shock Corpse Marker Tomb of Valdemar Heart of TARDIS Festival of Death Asylum Psi-ence Fiction Drift Wolfsbane Match of the Day
Fifth Doctor	The Ultimate Treasure Zeta Major Deep Blue Divided Loyalties Imperial Moon The King of Terror Superior Beings Warmonger Fear of the Dark Empire of Death
Sixth Doctor	Business Unusual Mission: Impractical Players Grave Matter The Quantum Archangel The Shadow in the Glass Instruments of Darkness Palace of the Red Sun Blue Box Synthespians™ Spiral Scratch
Seventh Doctor	Illegal Alien The Hollow Men Matrix Storm Harvest Prime Time Independence Day Bullet Time Relative Dementias Heritage Loving the Alien The Colony of Lies The Algebra of Ice Atom Bomb Blues
Eighth Doctor	Wolfsbane Fear Itself
Other	The Infinity Doctors Scream of the Shalka