The Tenth Doctor Sourcebook

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• Then there are the problems you have to deal • She’s The Rani (see The Sixth Doctor Sourcebook
with. First off, Gallifrey. As we find out in The and The Seventh Doctor Sourcebook). We know
Day of the Doctor (see The Eleventh Doctor
Sourcebook), it falls no more, but that doesn’t the Master and Rassilon were both resurrected
to fight in the Time War. The Rani would be a fine
mean it can’t be here. The end of the adventure, addition to the Time Lord army and, again, would

with Gallifrey returned to the last day of the have the ability to get a message out if needed.

Time War, is a necessary event to set up future

adventures. That doesn’t mean it went back • She’s the White Guardian (see The Fifth Doctor
tidily of course. There’s plenty of opportunities
Sourcebook). The Woman is wearing entirely
for other Time Lords, Daleks, or any of the
white when Wilfred first meets her and there’s
abominations the war gave rise to stepping
a figure in a black hood, alone and silhouetted at
across to Earth…
the back of the church the whole time they talk.

Interestingly, Gallifrey becomes even more of a Plus, the return of the Time Lords and the Time

focus if you decide you don’t want your Time Lord to War beginning again would be exactly the sort of

regenerate. Without the impending death of the Time thing that would force her hand.

Lord this becomes an even more finely balanced
moral dilemma. Does your Time Lord rescue Gallifrey
from the Time War or condemn its people to oblivion
for a second time? Again there’s plenty of opportunity
here for some interesting side adventures, especially
hunting and rescuing any other refugees and last
minute trips to Gallifey to pull innocents off world.

Regardless of who you decide she is, it’s her personal
connection to the Doctor that helps him make the
right choice. It’s also the key to making this adventure
work, especially if it’s the swansong for a character.
Make everything personal, everyone familiar. The
characters aren’t just fighting to save the world, it’s
their world. Make them feel it.

And then there’s the Woman. We can guess at who SHIMMER (MINOR GADGET)
she might be but not categorically who she is. She
definitely has a connection with the Doctor, and the Shimmers are designed to hide aliens from
two clearly recognise each other, but that’s all we the local population. Wearable hologram
know. She’s probably best left as an enigma, but here projectors, they map and create an entirely
are some ideas for you to consider: average example of the indigenous population
• She’s the Doctor’s Mother. They know one of a planet and project that over the wearer’s
face. This, combined with the way the suit
another and she clearly feels great affection for uses the wearer’s own features, makes them
him. a surprisingly effective disguise.
• She’s Romana (see The Fourth Doctor
Sourcebook). Left behind on Gallifrey and Traits: Face in the Crowd
President before Rassilon’s return, she’d have Story Points: 1
the ability, and knowledge, to contact the Doctor.

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THE IMMORTALITY GATE (SPECIAL GADGET) distances of space and time. It also allows functions
as a naturally occurring circuit board, allowing
Originally recovered by Torchwood from a the Whitepoint Star to be programmed to find a
downed Vinvocci ship buried at the foot of particular person or time. It also records its location
Mount Snowdon, the Immortality Gate is prior to travel and, once recovered, and combined
a tremendously powerful piece of healing with a large power source, this can be used to open a
technology, capable of overwriting and time bridge to the original location.
repairing the genetic code of everybody on
a planet. The Master, of course, used it to THE HESPERUS
overwrite all of humanity’s DNA with his own,
creating the Master Race. He no doubt spent The Vinvocci’s ship, the Hesperus, is a
a fair few Story Points to pull that one off too. big, chunky, surprisingly manoeuvrable
salvage vessel. It’s designed to recover alien
Traits: Shapeshift, Skill (Medicine 7), Transmit. technology and the crew are equipped to pass
as locals due to the Shimmers they wear.

THE END OF TIME WHITEPOINT STAR Armour: 8
Hit Capacity: 150
A rare diamond found only on Gallifrey, the Whitepoint Speed: 10/100 (Following the Doctor spending
Star is one of the most incredibly durable substances a Story Point to speed the ship up)
in the universe. Its complex cellular structure means Traits: Flight.
it can survive passage through a Time Lock and vast

ADDAMS AND ROSSITER

AWARENESS 4 PRESENCE 4

COORDINATION 3 RESOLVE 3

INGENUITY 5 STRENGTH 3

Addams and Rossiter are undercover Vinvocci and
part of a salvage operation to recover the Immortality
Gate before it falls into the wrong hands. Oops.
Addams was cool and calm under pressure, but eager
to press on with their mission and avoid trouble;
Rossiter was a somewhat nervous individual who
had never hit anyone, until he knocked the Master
out; but it was Rossiter’s concern for the Doctor that
forced Addams to turn her ship around to rescue him.

SKILLS Cowardly
Technically Adept: +2 to all Technology rolls.
Convince 3, Fighting 2, Knowledge 5, Marksman 1, Unadventurous: A -2 penalty to any Convince roll
Subterfuge 4, Survival 2, Technology 4, Transport 4. to do anything besides grab the Gate and run.

TRAITS TECH LEVEL: 7 STORY POINTS: 4

Alien
Alien Appearance: They’re both green and spiky,
and have to use Shimmers to blend in.

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FURTHER ADVENTURES the epidemic. Even then there’s still Rassilon to
• The Silver Cloak and LINDA are fantastic entry deal with…
points for characters and, in the wake of what
Wilfred has seen, it would make sense for him to • Naismith is a potentially brilliant patron and
reach out to other groups and try and establish a having an ally turned into an enemy like this has

support network of sorts for the Doctor. a ton of potential. Alternatively you could swap

• As cold opens go, having your players arrive on him out for Harold Saxon, or vice versa. Naismith

Earth to find the Master Race already in charge as a power mad dictator using stolen Gallifreyan

is one of the best. There’s lots of potential for technology gives you lots to play with.

a race against time campaign to find anyone • JOSHUA NAISMITH
who escaped or to track down the source of

ABIGAIL NAISMITH

AWARENESS 4 PRESENCE 5

COORDINATION 3 RESOLVE 4

AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 3 INGENUITY 4 STRENGTH 4

COORDINATION 3 RESOLVE 4 A billionaire responsible for the development
of a new phone network, Joshua Naismith has
INGENUITY 3 STRENGTH 3 money and power. He wants more. He wants to
provide for his daughter. He wants to make her
The daughter of a billionare, Abigail Naismith immortal.
doesn’t want the world. That belongs to her
already. No, she wants the future. SKILLS

SKILLS Athletics 3, Convince 5, Science 4, Subterfuge 5,
Survival 3, Technology 3.
Athletics 3, Convince 3, Craft 3, Fighting 3,
Knowledge 3, Marksman 3, Medicine 3, Science 3, TRAITS
Subterfuge 4, Survival 3, Technology 3, Transport 3.
Cowardly: Naismith did not get where he did by
TRAITS putting himself in danger. That’s what he pays
people to do.
Impulsive: Nobody stops Abigail from getting – Obsession: Naismith wants to make his
or doing – what she wants. daughter immortal. In doing so he unwittingly
Insatiable Curiosity: Abigail sees it as her right turns humanity into the Master Race.
to know everything that’s going on. Voice of Authority: +2 to all Resolve and
Obsession – Immortality Presence rolls.

TECH LEVEL: 5 STORY POINTS: 2 TECH LEVEL: 5 STORY POINTS: 3

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(The) 21st Century is when Everything Changes 27 Chip 63 (The) Family of Blood 149
(Agatha) Christie 199 (Rosita) Farisi 231
42 140 Father/Mother of Mine 150
Continuity 141 The Christmas Invasion 52
Further Adventures 143 Changing the Desktop Theme 54 Fear Her 103
(The) Mysterious Mystery of the Continuity 53 Continuity 104
Mysterious Woman 143 Further Adventures 56 Further Adventures 105
Running the Adventure 142 Running the Adventure 53 Ionic Energy Sculpting 105
Synopsis 140 Synopsis 52 Running the Adventure 104
Clockwork Robots 82 Synopsis 103
A 100 Clones 188 (Mr) Finch/Brother Lassar
(The) Abzorbaloff 252 (General) Cobb 195 75
Addams and Rossiter 174 (Matron) Cofelia 174 The Fires of Pompeii
Adipose (Tommy) Connolly 91 Continuity 176
(Father) Angelo 68 (Gwen) Cooper 36 Further Adventures 177
Apollo 34 243 Cyber Controller 39 Running the Adventure 180
(The) Cult of Skaro 42 Synopsis 178
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday 106 (Colonel Hugh) Curbishley 201 (Acting Captain Zachary Cross) Flane 176
Changing the Desktop Theme 109 (Roger) Curbishley 201 Flash Clone Mills
Continuity 108 (The) CyberKing 39 (The) Flood 97
Further Adventures 109 Cybermen 38 (Midshipman Alonso) Frame 194
Running the Adventure 109 Cybershade 40 Futurekind 241
Synopsis 106 171
INDEX (Dev) Ashton 142 G 159
Gadget
B 98 D 45 242
(Danny) Bartock 95 (Supreme) Dalek 45 Gadgets
(The) Beast of Krop Tor 114 Dalek Caan 134 Anti-Gravity Clamps 237
(Lance) Bennett 244 Dalek Tommy Guns 41 (The) Archangel Network 165
(Mia) Bennett 26 Daleks Atmospheric Converter 188
(The) Biggest Family on Earth 57 Bio-damper 114
(Major Richard) Blake Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks 131 Blood Control Matrix
152 Circle of Mirrors 56
Blink 153 Changing the Desktop Theme 134 Dimension Cannon 216
Continuity 154 Dimension Vault 225
Easter Eggs and Other Surprises 153 Continuity 133 Dimensional Transporters 230
Familiarity Breeds Boredom 156 EarPods 109
Further Adventures 153 Further Adventures 134 EMP Bomb
New Characters 154 Encounter Suits 87
Non-linear Storytelling 153 Running the Adventure 133 (The) Imortality Gate 87
Running the Adventure 152 Impact Chamber 206
Synopsis 155 Synopsis 131 Infostamps 252
Theatrics 242 Judoon Translator/Genetic Scanner 170
Bowie Base One 130 (The) Damocles Gun 166 Light Chamber 230
(Thomas Kincade) Brannigan Limitation Field 120
(The) Brethren 67 Daughter of Mine 150 Magna Clamps 70
(Captain Adelaide) Brooke 13, 22 Multi-Grade Anti-Oil 101
Davenport 200 (The) Osterhagen Key 109
Paradox Machine 81
Davros 44 Perception Filters 225
Portable Brain 165
(Lucius Petrus) Dextrus 181 Project Indigo 165
(The) Psychograft 90
(Mr) Diagoras 135 Shimmer 225
Sonic Pen 63
(Professor Alison) Docherty 166 Teleport Bracelets 251
Time Windows 175
DoctorDonna 223 Timey-Wimey Detector 169
(The) Torchwood Beam Weapon 80
C (The) Doctor’s Daughter 191 Warp Star 154
Changing the Desktop Theme 194 Waveform Prison 56
(Lobus) Caecilius 181 Continuity 193 Weaponised Pipe Organ 225
Further Adventures 195 (The) Gauntlet of Rassilon 90
(Margaret) Cain 245 (The) Question of Jenny 193 139
Running the Adventure 193 (The) Girl in the Fireplace 50
(Max) Capricorn 170 Synopsis 191 (The) Clockwork Menace
Double Continuity 78
87 Running the Adventure 80
Synopsis 79
Carmen 238 79
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Carrionites 123, 125 E
(Lady Clemency) Eddison
(Penny) Carter 175 (Steffi) Ehrlich 200
Elton 245
(Matron) Casp 62 (The) Empress of the Racnoss 102
115
(Lady) Cassandra O’Brien.Δ17 62 (The) End of Time
Continuity 246
(The) Chameleon Arch 150 Further Adventures 249
Running the Adventure 253
(Miss) Chandrakala 201 Synopsis 250
(Miss) Evangelista 246
Changing the Desktop Theme 28 Evelina 208
179
Chantho 160

Chapter Five: The Tenth Doctor’s Adventures 51

Chapter Four: The Tenth Doctor’s Enemies 37

Chapter One: The Children of Time 5

Chapter Three: Torchwood 31

Chapter Two: Playing in the Tenth

Doctor’s Era 24 F
(The) Face of Boe
Cheen 130 64

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(Ed) Gold 243 (Yuri) Kerenski 243 Changing the Desktop Theme 60
(Reverend Arnold) Golightly 200 Kill Adventure, Kill The Moon 27 Continuity 59
Greeves 201 (Alex) Klein 56 Further Adventures 64
(Hal) Korwin Running the Adventure 59
Gridlock 126 (The) Krillitane 145 Science Horror 60
Changing the Desktop Theme 128 Krillitane Oil 74, 76 Synopsis 58
Continuity 127 Whoops, There Goes My Body 59
Further Adventures 129 L 76 227
Running the Adventure 127 (Jackson) Lake (The) Next Doctor 229
Synopsis 126 Laser Screwdriver 13, 22 Continuity 231
(Roman) Groom 244 Laszlo 47 Further Adventures 229
(Professor) Lazarus Running the Adventure 227
H 184 (The) Lazarus Creature 134 Synopsis 156
(Klineman) Halpen 62 137 (Kathy) Nightingale 156
(Novice) Hame (The) Lazarus Experiment 138 (Larry) Nightingale 10, 18
(Captain Jack) Harkness 10, 18 Continuity (Donna) Noble
(Mercy) Hartigan 230, 231 Further Adventures 136 14
(Yvonne) Hartman Running the Adventure 137 O 15
Hath 110 Synopsis 139 (The) Ood
(The) Heavenly Host 194, 195 (Abi) Lerner 137 Ood Sigma 172
(The) Hesperus (Erina) Lessak 136 174
(The) Hostess 171 Lilith 145 P 173
How To Use This Book 252 (Daniel) Llewellyn 145 175
Human/Dalek Hybrids 212 125 Partners in Crime 173
Love & Monsters Changing the Desktop Theme 172
4 Changing the Desktop Theme 57 Continuity 142
44 Continuity Further Adventures 12, 20
Further Adventures 99 Running the Adventure
Human Nature/The Family of Blood 146 Running the Adventure 100 Synopsis 43
Continuity 147 Synopsis 100 (The SS) Pentallian 232
Further Adventures 151 (John) Lumic 101 (Astrid) Peth 233
Running the Adventure 147 (Mr) Lux 100 Pig Slaves 237
Synopsis 146 234
Hypersonic Soundwave Manipulator 139 M 99 Planet of the Dead 235
(Colonel) Mace 86 Continuity 234
I 88 (Lady Isobel) MacLeish 208 Further Adventures 235
90 (Lord Robert) MacLeish (A) Jumping Off Point 232
(The) Idiot’s Lantern 90 (DI) Macmillan 189 Keeping to the Timetable 236
Changing the Desktop Theme 91 Macra 71 Running the Adventure 182
Continuity 90 (Mr) Magpie 71 (This) Song is Ending 184
Further Adventures 88 Malcassairo Synopsis 183
Running the Adventure (Scooti) Manista 238 Where are They Now? 184
Synopsis 93 (The) Master 128, 129 183
95 (The) Master/Harold Saxon Planet of the Ood 182
(The) Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit 94 (The) Master Reborn 91 Changing the Desktop Theme 119
Changing the Desktop Theme 96 (Captain Kath) McDonnell 158 Continuity
Continuity 94 (The) Meta-Crisis Doctor Further Adventures 6
Further Adventures 93 98 Running the Adventure 35
Running the Adventure 96 Midnight 46 Synopsis 81
Synopsis 61 Continuity 48 (The) Plasmavore 34
(The) Torchwood Archive Further Adventures 49 Playing the Tenth Doctor 178
Infected Flesh 4 Heightening the Tension 144 Plot Hooks 180
Introduction 105 Running the Adventure 224, 226 (Madame Reinette de) Pompadour 180
(The) Isolus 245 Synopsis Putting the Team Together
(Tarak) Ital X-tonic Radiation 209 Pyrovile 69
(The) Midnight Entity 211 (Giant) Pyrovile
J 98 (Dr Tom) Milligan 211 (Young) Pyrovile 113
(John Maynard) Jefferson 190 Milo 210 50
(Private Ross) Jenkins 12, 21 (The) Model TT 211 Q
Jenny Molecular Fringe Animation 209 Queen Victoria 189
(Harriet) Jones, Prime Minister 55 Moods 211 226
(Ianto) Jones 36 (Mrs) Moore 212 R 149
(Martha) Jones 9, 17 (Wilfred) Mott 166 (The) Racnoss 200
(The) Judoon 118 130 Rassilon
Judoon Captain 119 129 (Luke) Rattigan 33
Judoon Ships 120 151 Reality Bomb
Judoon Trooper 118 128 (Nurse Joan) Redfern
(Robina) Redmond/Ada Mullins
K N 85 Relations with UNIT
K-9 77 (Abigail) Naismith 11, 19
(Mr) Kennedy/The Absorbaloff 102 (Joshua) Naismith
Kenny 77 New Earth 253
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Ricky 86 Continuity 187 Tiny 29
Further Adventures 188
Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel 83 (The) Human Factor 188 (New Gadget) Traits 30
Continuity 84 Running the Adventure 187 Bulky 30
Further Adventures 87 Synopsis 185 Convert 30
Networked World 85 UNIT’s Involvement 188 Hungry 30
Running the Adventure 85 Sontaran Trooper 190 Slow 30
Synopsis 83 Recharge 30
TARDIS Power Crystal 87 The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords 161 Zap 30
Through the Looking Glass 85 Tritovore 236
Torchwood in Pete’s World 87 Continuity 163
Turn Left 213
The Runaway Bride 111 Further Adventures 166 Continuity 215
Continuity 112 Further Adventures 216
Further Adventures 114 Running the Adventure 163 Running the Adventure 216
Running the Adventure 113 Synopsis 213
Synopsis 111 Synopsis 161 (Jackie) Tyler
(Dr) Ryder 184 (Rose) Tyler 17
(Lady Christina de) Souza 13, 21 9, 16

Spacesuit Zombie 207

(Sally) Sparrow 12, 20

(General) Staal 190

S The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End 217 U
(Lucy) Saxon Break it Down 222
(Orin) Scannell 167 (A) Cast of Thousands 222 (The) Unicorn and the Wasp 196
(The) Scarecrows 145 Continuity 221 Continuity 198
151 (The) Dalek Invasion of Earth 223 Further Adventures 198
Further Adventures 226 Running the Adventure 198
INDEX School Reunion 72 Running the Adventure 222 Synopsis 196
Continuity 73 Story Point Saviours 222 Ursula 102
Further Adventures 76 Synopsis 217
(A) (Role) Call to Adventure 74 (Andy) Stone 245 Utopia 157
Running the Adventure 73 (A) Storm at the Heart of the Sun
Synopsis 72 (Peter) Streete 25 Continuity 157
Torchwood Involvement 74 (The) Swarm 124
(Ida) Scott 98 (The) Sycorax 235, 237 Further Adventures 160
(William) Shakespeare 124 Sycorax Leader
54 Running the Adventure 158
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Synopsis 157

What about the Silver Devastation and

(The) Shakespeare Code 121 the Dark Mater Refs? 159
Changing the Desktop Theme 123
Continuity 122 T V
Further Adventures 123 (The HMS) Valiant
Running the Adventure 123 Tallulah 135 Vashta Nerada 165
Synopsis 121 (Riley) Vashtee 206
Sibylline Priestess/Convert 181 (Professor Malcolm) Taylor 238 Vespiform 144
Sibylline Sister 181 198, 199
(The) Sibylline Sisterhood 180 (The) Tenth Doctor 8 Voyage of the Damned
Continuity 168
(The) Tenth Doctor’s Companions and Furrther Adventures 169
Running the Adventure 171
Acquaintances 9 Synopsis 170
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(The) Tenth Doctor’s TARDIS 23

Silence in the Library/The Forest of the Dead 202 (Lady) Thaw 139

Continuity 204 This Song is Ending, but the Story Never Ends 28

Further Adventures 208 (The) Time Beetle 215

How to Handle the Vashta Nerada 206 (The) Time Lords 49

Running the Adventure 205 Toclafane 164, 167 W

Synopsis 202 Tooth and Claw 65 (The) Waters of Mars 239
Continuity 241
Who is River Song? 205 Changing the Desktop Theme 67 Further Adventures 243
Running the Adventure 241
(Sky) Silvestry 212 Continuity 66 Synopsis 239
(Chloe) Webber 104
(Dr Rajesh) Singh 110 Further Adventures 70 (The) Weeping Angels 155
(The) Werewolf
(A) Shining New Future 28 Kung Fu Scottish Monks? In the Whitepoint Star 68
The) Wire 252
(The) Sisters of Plenitude 62 19th Century? 68 Who is the Doctor?
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Size 29 Queen Victoria and the Psychic Paper 70 6

(Commander) Skor 190 Running the Adventure 66

Slabs 120 Synopsis 65

(Mickey) Smith 9, 16 (The) Torajii Sun 143

(Mr) Smith 225 Torchwood 2.0 33

(Sarah Jane) Smith 11, 19 (Creating a) Torchwood Agent 34

Smith and Jones 116 (History of the) Torchwood Institute 32 Y
Continuity 117 Professor Yana
Further Adventures 120 Torchwood Rapid Deployment 160
Running the Adventure 117
Synopsis 116 Field Dropship 96
Son of Mine 150
(Professor River) Song 205 Torchwood Side Arms 96 Z
(Toby) Zed
Torchwood’s Taste 114 Zeus Plugs 97
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(New Alien) Traits 29
The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky 185 Huge 29
Infection 69
Changing the Desktop Theme 188 Invisible 29

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