The Roundheads (Doctor Who)

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The Roundheads
Series	Past Doctor Adventures
Release number	6
Featuring	Second Doctor Ben, Polly, and Jamie
Writer	Mark Gatiss
Publisher	BBC Books
ISBN	ISBN 0-563-40576-7
Set between	The Macra Terror and The Faceless Ones
Release date	November 24, 1997
Preceded by	'Illegal Alien'
Followed by	'The Face of the Enemy'

The Roundheads is a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Gatiss and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Second Doctor, Ben, Jamie, and Polly.

Like all Doctor Who spin-off media, the way the plot fits in to the ongoing story of television series is open to interpretation. See Whoniverse#Inclusion and canonicity

[edit] Synopsis

Landing in December of 1648 after the end of Second English Civil War, the TARDIS crew gets involved with intrigue involving both the victorious Oliver Cromwell and the doomed Charles I.