Stories Audio Drama Novel Adaptations Novel Adaptations Love and War 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews Statistics Related Stories Quotes 3 Overview Released Wednesday, October 24, 2012 Written by Jacqueline Rayner, Paul Cornell Directed by Gary Russell Runtime 150 minutes Time Travel Future Location (Potential Spoilers!) Heaven Synopsis On a planet called Heaven, all hell is breaking loose. Heaven is a cemetery for both humans and Draconians - a final place of rest for those lost during wartime. The Doctor arrives on a trivial mission - to find a book, or so he says - and Ace, wandering around Joycetown, becomes involved with a charismatic Traveller called Jan. But the Doctor is strenuously opposed to the romance. What is he trying to prevent? Is he planning some more deadly game connected with the coffins revered by the mysterious Church of Vacuum and the unusual Arch that marks the location of a secret building below ground? Archaeologist Bernice Summerfield thinks so. Her destiny is inextricably linked with that of the Doctor, but even she may not be able to save Ace from the Time Lord's plans. This time, has the Doctor gone too far? A new adaptation of the Virgin New Adventures novel which introduced Bernice Summerfield; also contains the prelude from Doctor Who Magazine and a behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the story. Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Seventh Doctor Ace The Hoothi Bernice Summerfield Audrey Dudman Máire Mab Finn Show All Characters (6) How to listen to Love and War: Big Finish Audio Love and War Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics AVG. Rating67 members 3.86 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating171 votes 3.95 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating119 votes 3.75 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 107 Favourited 6 Reviewed 0 Saved 6 Skipped 1 Owned 4 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Virgin New Adventures Love and War Rating: 4.28 Story Skipped Book Reviews(2) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Virgin Books Set of Stories: Virgin New Adventures Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite DOCTOR: Do you know Puff the Magic Dragon? BERNICE: We went out a few times. He was very immature. DOCTOR: Do you know the bit where Jackie Paper leaves him? Leaves him all alone? BERNICE: I really don’t want to hear this. DOCTOR: The dragon can’t be brave without the little boy. He doesn’t have anything to be brave for. He might as well go, might as well drift off into myth, and just be something in old stories. BERNICE: But what would happen then? There are other monsters, other terrible things out there beside the Hoothi. DOCTOR: Many of them. Yes. BERNICE: Well, they must be fought. Because—and this is important. You can’t just be alone. That’s a childish thing to be. You can’t just isolate yourself from everything, no matter what terrible things have happened. You have to help other people. DOCTOR: That’s what Jackie Paper would have said. BERNICE: Oh. Oh, I see. DOCTOR: What do you think? — Love and War Show All Quotes (3) Open in new window