The First Doctor claimed to have been present during the Siege of Mafeking. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan, The Invasion of Time) Hugh Curbishley also mentioned Mafeking. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp) The War Lords kidnapped soldiers from the Boer War for their War Games. The survivors were returned to Earth after the War Lords were defeated. (TV: The War Games) In November 1899, the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown rescued Winston Churchill when he was a war correspondent in the Boer Wars. (PROSE: Players)