Living History ( audio story ) Publisher ' s summary . Finally given the chance to travel in the TARDIS , Winston Churchill cannot resist the opportunity of meeting Julius Caesar . But the trip does not go quite as planned . With the TARDIS gone , and Churchill stranded in ancient Britain with a young man he barely knows and who comes from the future , it seems things can hardly get any worse . Until he is captured by the invading Roman s . Still , at least that means Churchill will meet Julius Caesar after all . But then Churchill learns of the Bronze God , feared and worshipped by the Ancient Britons . A god that he recognises as anything but divine when he meets it . Plot . An ageing Winston Churchill is delighted to be invited on his first ever trip in the TARDIS by the Doctor . After agreeing to the adventure , Winston notices that he is not the only guest . Kazran Sardick , a friend of the Doctor ' s , is also on - board . Due to it being Winston ' s first adventure in the TARDIS , the Doctor and Kazran both allow him the honour of choosing their destination . Winston , inspired by the novel on Julius Caesar that he was currently writing , asked to travel to Ancient Rome - citing that it would be excellent research for his book . Both the Doctor and Kazran found the idea thrilling and agreed , with Kazran stating that after the trip he and the Doctor would need to continue their yearly tradition of meeting with Abigail on Christmas Eve . The Doctor revealed that his true intentions for inviting Winston along was due to the fact that Kazran prepared to step up his and Abigail ' s relationship on their next meeting - with the Doctor knowing how taken the ladies were with Winston he assumed that he ' d be able to give Kazran some pointers . Landing in a tunnel two - thousand years in the past , Winston eagerly rushes out first with Kazran following straight after . As the two men surveyed the scene the TARDIS ' doors snap shut , separating them from the Doctor . The Doctor assures them that they were stuck in a time lock but the TARDIS should only be out of phase for a few moments . However , the TARDIS then takes off leaving Winston and Kazran deserted . Kazran proves himself to be very capable in dealing with the situation , revealing a number of different futuristic devices ; a scientific diary which was connected to a wrist watch , and the pair decide to explore their surroundings while they wait for the Doctor ' s return . Emerging from the tunnel they find themselves in the middle of a wood , journeying on they discover a Roman camp and a dying man . The man was mortally wounded , and despite knowing that there was nothing they could do to save him - both Winston and Kazran decided to at least make him comfortable . While moving the man , they discover a device that looked like some kind of circuit . Questioning the man in his dying breaths , they discover that it had been given to him as a gift . A gift from the Bronze God . Suddenly , Winston and Kazran were approached by a large group of Romans . Winston acknowledges that his days of running were long since passed and insists that Kazran must leave him - pointing out that at least one of them would need to wait around until the Doctor returns . Kazran heads back off into the woods as Winston is surrounded . Despite his dire situation , Winston begins to charm his Roman captors by marveling at their war strategies . The Romans decide to take Winston to their leader , Julius Caesar . In the woods , Kazran is chased by a small batch of Romans which had broken off from the main group . With nowhere to go , Kazran decided to give himself up and allows himself to be captured . However , he soon discovers that he hasn ' t been captured by the Romans . He ' d actually been captured by a new group of tribesmen and was now being taken to the Queen of another camp , Tristahna . Initially Tristahna ignores Kazran as she questions her guards about who he was , but she is eventually inspired by his spirit and allows him to talk . Kazran asks Tristahna about the wind - turners that he ' d noticed surrounding the camp and the scientific circuit that he and Winston had found in possession of the dying man . Kazran concludes that they were creating power , but Tristahna insists that she has no knowledge of the purpose of the devices and even less knowledge of how they work . Entering the tent of Julius Caesar , Winston tries to charm the powerful leader just as he had charmed the Romans . Seeing that his charm was not working , as Julius viewed Winston as an English spy , Winston decided to go for a different approach and gave his sincere condolences to Caesar for the recent death of his daughter . Understanding that Winston was a man of much knowledge , Caesar announces that he cannot allow Winston to leave the camp as he is preparing for war against a nearby camp - Queen Tristahna ' s - and Winston ' s knowledge of the Romans , in the wrong hands , could ensure their failure in battle . Kazran follows Tristahna into her tent where she questions him about his knowledge of the wind - turners and circuits . After Kazran begins to explain the devices in words she cannot understand , Tristahna asks Kazran if he was a God . Kazran finds the suggestion laughable , much to the pity of Tristahna who believed he ' d been sent to free them from the rule of the Bronze God . Tristahna explains that the Bronze God had instructed them to work and build , and that if they did not work fast enough he would emerge from his temple and take sacrifices . After discovering that Julius Caesar ' s army was marching toward their camp , Tristahna insists that she must prepare her tribe for battle . Kazran is horrified and questions her if she truly believes that her tribe could stand against the might of Rome . Tristahna reveals that while the Bronze God was cruel , he was also powerful and would help them in battle . Tristahna hands out futuristic broaches , amulets and jewels to her tribesmen as they prepared themselves for battle . She tells Kazran that they are charms to bring them luck , but Kazran is unconvinced and suggests that it is these pieces of jewelry that are allowing the Bronze God to see everything they were doing . Tristahna informs Kazran that the Bronze God is always watching , and that when she wears her crown she can hear the God ' s voice inside her head telling her which battle strategies to perform . Kazran insists that the crown is actually a communicator headset , and that the Bronze God is actually talking to Tristahna through the radio . As the battle commences , the Bronze God begins to give out orders to Tristahna who would then get the information to the men on the battlefield at once . As the battle raged on , Winston and Caesar watch the chaos unfold from atop a hill . Caesar is astonished to see his troops being defeated and drawn back , and tries to change his side ' s techniques . However , no matter what techniques they try the tribesmen continue to defeat them . Winston Churchill discovers that the leader of the opposition are the ones receiving information straight away , yet it still took a short amount of time to relay the information back to the troops fighting on the field . To this Winston suggested that Caesar created a false move . He would order half his troops to attack the opposition towards the left and as soon as the tribesmen were ordered to defend themselves , they would order the other half of Caesar ' s army would be ordered to go right - with most of the tribesmen fighting towards the left there would be little to defend the right allowing the Romans to break though . Tristahna was horrified to see the Roman army gain the upper hand , and she was even more horrified to hear the Bronze God ' s next suggestion . Due to the intelligence they ' d shown in the battle the Bronze God ordered for the commander of the Roman army to be captured - so that he could take Tristahna ' s place in commanding the tribe to build whatever the Bronze God wished . Tristahna was unable to work out how she ' d be able to capture Julius Caesar , but Kazran knew there was someone else commanding the fleet - Winston . As the battle concluded a group of tribesmen broke away and headed up the hill to where Caesar and Winston watched . In a moment they were ambushed , Caesar and his guards managed to escape but Winston himself was captured . Fearing for his life he ordered for a swift death , but the tribesmen instead took him as their prisoner . Having being reunited with Kazran , Winston was taken to see Queen Tristahna . She explained that the Bronze God had ordered for him to be taken straight to him along with Kazran . Leading them deep underground Tristahna told the men that they should fear the Bronze God - because every time he emerged from his temple a death would follow . Arriving , Kazran saw that this was no temple but an alien spacecraft . As the temple opened , Winston was shocked to see that the Bronze God was actually a Dalek , a species he had previously encountered back in the days of World War II . Kazran too was terrified , having heard stories about the Daleks . Tristahna explained that the Dalek had fallen from space many years ago in a ball of fire , it had been her that had found him . Damaged , but alive . The Dalek had made Tristahna Queen and exterminated anyone who opposed her rule . The tribesmen built wind - turners and circuits for the Dalek , who wanted to use them in order to rebuild his spaceship . Discovering that Winston and Kazran were not from this time period the Dalek insisted that they finished the work that his spacecraft required . Both Winston and Kazran explained that they had no expertise with fixing alien crafts and were unable to help . However , the Dalek revealed that one of Kazran ' s devices ( the diary given to him by the Doctor ) was enough to power the craft . When Kazran originally refused the Dalek explained that the tribesmen would being to be exterminated if he did not co - operate . While they were deep underground , Caesar ' s troops marched towards the camp in order to release Winston . Kazran used his diary to fix the Dalek ' s ship and all the spacecraft ’ s systems began to be repaired – including the weapon systems . Kazran told the Dalek that the saucer would be prepared faster if the power flowing to the weapons systems , which were unneeded , was diverted . The Dalek explained that the weapon systems were needed as it was planning to launch a series of missiles as the humans after departing . Winston , Kazran and Tristahna both move to stop the Dalek but the Dalek , deciding that they are now useless , beings to exterminate . Luckily , some of the other tribesmen arrive just in time to warn Tristahna about the arriving Roman army . As the Dalek begins to exterminate the tribesmen , the three escape . Believing that everyone would have to join together in order to battle the Daleks , Winston allowed the group to be captured by the Roman army – ordering the troops to bring them to Caesar . At first , Caesar was unwilling to join forces with the English tribesmen . However , trusting his new adviser Winston he agreed to help . Combining their armies , the Romans and the English tribesmen decide to lure the Dalek from its cave – keeping to the woods in order to hide behind the trees from the Dalek ’ s laser beams – while Winston and Kazran sneak into the Dalek ’ s craft to disable it . During the battle , the English tribesmen became enraged . Finally fighting back against the Dalek , they pushed it back towards its cave . When inside the cave it sealed the entrance , causing the rock wall to crumble with its lasers , leaving Winston and Kazran trapped within . As the Dalek prepared the ship for lift - off , Kazran noticed his wrist watch was counting down . Remembering that his watch had been linked to his diary , the very diary that the Dalek had used to power the ship , Kazran was confident that he could stop the launch . Kazran acknowledge that he could overload the diary , sending the ship into meltdown . However , he knew that this would mean the ship would explode . Running , to get as far away from the ship as possible , Kazran and Winston discovered that they were in the same tunnel that the TARDIS hand landed in when they first arrived . Unfortunately , the exit they ’ d used earlier had too been sealed . Knowing their deaths were close , Kazran and Winston accepted that at least they ’ d saved the lives of many others . The next second the TARDIS returned into view . It had not moved , but had been out of phase this whole time . As the Doctor stepped out , Kazran and Winston pushed inside and slammed the door . It was clear to them that for the Doctor only a few moments had passed since the TARDIS doors had slammed shut all those hours ago , yet for them it had felt like a lifetime . Kazran ’ s watch finished the countdown and the Dalek ship exploded , much to the relief of both the English tribesmen and Roman army . Believing that Winston and Kazran had died , Tristahna and Caesar decided to make a truce between their two camps . Caesar informed Tristahna that he had never come to conquer in the first place , only to explore . Caesar announced he was leaving , but may return . Tristahna told him that if he was ever to return that they should talk first , as that could prevent other battles . Caesar agreed , and left . The Doctor concluded that the Dalek ’ s damaged ship was the cause of the time lock . After leaving Rome , the Doctor took Kazran to his Christmas Eve date with Abigail . Winston told him that he ’ d at least have an interesting story to tell her , which Kazran agreed and suggested that the trip would have given Winston some inspiration to finish his novel . Winston explained that his story would seem “ a bit dry ” compared to their adventure , but accepted that he was grateful for his meeting with Julius Caesar . Winston explained that there was something invigorating about meeting such an iconic historical figure , to which Kazran agreed . Winston soon realised that he was the iconic figure that Kazran was referring to .