The year is 1642 and London as well as the rest of the nation is embroiled in the bitter and bloody English Civil War. Charles Is tyrannical and arbitrary reign has led to discontent around the country, with neighbouring towns and cities either declaring their allegiance to the king or his parliament. Yet there is a third force threatening the stability of England as a kingdom or soon-to-be constitutional democracy and one that not a single soul in the country could ever have envisaged or imagined would arrive through the ashes of a brutal civil war. The power vacuum created by the warring Parliamentarians and Royalists has allowed the Cybermen to return once more and attempt to assume control by deleting or upgrading the human population where appropriate. Inevitably it is up to the Doctor to arrive at the last minute and prevent the cyborgs destroying the Kingdom of England by demolishing the Cybermens headquarters underneath the Tower of London. Cue mayhem, a whole lot of molten metal and a Who masterpiece. But one thing remains to be answered: Would the Doctor himself be a Roundhead (a Parliamentarian) or a Cavalier (a Royalist)? Now that really is the question...
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