The novel “The Coming of the Terraphiles” by Michael Moorcock was published for the first time in 2010.

The dark tides are undermining the stability of the multiverse and will cause it to collapse if something isn’t done. The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond travel to the Miggea system, on the borders between various universes, for an activity that doesn’t seem related to the imminent collapse: participating in a sports competition.

The Doctor and Amy joined a group of people who are meant to reenact all things about Old Earth. This includes ancient sports or at least the interpretation they give of them. The key to the salvation of the multiverse seems to be tied to that competition but the prize also piques the interest of an old enemy of the Doctor: Captain Cornelius and his pirate crew.