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The Romans
by Donald Cotton
First published: 1987
Number 120 in the Doctor Who Library
| Blurb |
| The TARDIS crew members have taken a break from their adventures and are enjoying a well-deserved rest in a luxury villa on the outskirts of Imperial Rome.
But in the gory grandeur that is Rome, things don't stay quiet for long. If the time-travellers can save themselves from being sold as slaves, assassinated by classical hit-men, poisoned by the evil Locusta, thrown to the lions, maimed in the arena and drowned in a shipwreck, they still have to face the diabolical might of the mad Emperor Nero. As if that isn't enough, they also discover that, although Rome wasn't built in a day, it was burned down in considerably less time... |
| Chapters | |
| Prologue | |
| I | First Extract from the Journal of Ian Chesterton |
| II | First Extract from the Doctor's Diary |
| III | First Letter from Legionary (Second Class) Ascaris |
| IV | Second Extract from the Doctor's Diary |
| V | Second Extract from the Journal of Ian Chesterton |
| VI | Second Letter from Legionary (Second Class) Ascaris |
| VII | Third Extract from the Doctor's Diary |
| VIII | Third Letter from Legionary (Second Class) Ascaris |
| IX | Third Extract from the Journal of Ian Chesterton |
| X | Fourth Extract from the Doctor's Diary |
| XI | First Extract from the Commonplace Book of Poppea Sabina |
| XII | Fourth Extract from the Journal of Ian Chesterton |
| XIII | First Selection of Jottings from Nero's Scrapbook |
| XIV | Fourth Letter from Legionary (Second Class) Ascaris |
| XV | Fifth Extract from the Doctor's Diary |
| XVI | Fifth Extract from the Journal of Ian Chesterton |
| XVII | Second Extract from the Commonplace Book of Poppea Sabina |
| XVIII | A Poisoner Remembers |
| XIX | Letter from Barbara Wright |
| XX | Second Selection of Jottings from Nero's Scrapbook |
| XXI | Sixth Extract from the Journal of Ian Chesterton |
| XXII | Third Extract from the Commonplace Book of Poppea Sabina |
| XXIII | Fifth Letter from Legionary (Second Class) Ascaris |
| XXIV | Sixth Extract from the Doctor's Diary |
| XXV | Seventh Extract from the Journal of Ian Chesterton |
| XXVI | Seventh Extract from the Doctor's Diary |
| XXVII | Sixth Letter from Legionary (Second Class) Ascaris |
| XXVIII | Third Selection of Jottings from Nero's Scrapbook |
| XXIX | Eight Extract from the Doctor's Diary |
| Epilogue | |