Publisher's Synopsis
David Troughton reads this thrilling novelization of a classic "Doctor Who" adventure.
Mud, barbed wire, the smell of death
The year is 1917 and the TARDIS has materialized on the western front during the First World War. Or has it? For very soon the Doctor finds himself pursued by the soldiers of Ancient Rome; and then he and his companions are reliving the American Civil War of 1863. And is this really Earth, or just a mock-up created by the War Lords? As Doctor Who solves the mystery, he has to admit he is faced with an evil of such magnitude that he cannot combat it on his own he has to call for the help of his own people, the Time Lords. So, for the first time, it is revealed who is Doctor Who a maverick Time Lord who borrowed the TARDIS without permission. By appealing to the Time Lords he gives away his position in time and space. Thus comes about the trial of Doctor Who "
