Set Piece

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The Doctor, Ace and Benny find themselves confusingly distributed between Akhenaten's Egypt, Napoleon's Egypt and 1871 Paris, facing implacable foes intent on dismembering the Doctor. It was all very vivid and enjoyable to read, and only now that I try to summarise it do I realise that the plot was really all over the place. Ace departs the series at the end of the book, and Sophie Aldred writes her character a farewell afterword; Big Finish was still several years in the future at this point... ( )