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|number      = 24
|featuring4=Tom Osgood
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|companions   = [[The Brigadier]], [[Liz Shaw|Liz]], [[John Benton|Benton]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]]
|featuring6=Carol Bell{{!}}Bell
|featuring   = Tom Osgood
|enemy = [[Auggi D'jo]], [[Pale Man|The Pale Man]], [[C19]]
|featuring2   = Patricia Haggard
|setting = {{il|[[London]], [[1970s]]|[[Cheviot Hills]], [[1970s]]|[[Smallmarshes]], 1970s|[[L'Ithe]], 1970s}}
|featuring3   = Carol Bell{{!}}Bell
|writer= [[Gary Russell]]
|featuring4   = Maisie Hawke{{!}}Hawke
|read by= [[Dan Starkey]]
|featuring5   = Robert Lines{{!}}Lines
|cover= [[Andrew Skilleter]]
|enemy       = [[Auggi D'jo]], [[Pale Man|The Pale Man]], [[C19]], [[Tobias Vaughn]]
|publisher= Virgin Books
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|release date= [[18 July (releases)|18 July]] [[1996 (releases)|1996]]
|writer       = Gary Russell
|format= Paperback Book; 8 Chapters, 262 Pages
|read by     = [[Dan Starkey]]
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20477-8
|cover       = [[Andrew Skilleter]]
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|release date = 18 July 1996
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'''''The Scales of Injustice''''', later reprinted as '''''Scales of Injustice''''', was the twenty-fourth novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Gary Russell]] and featured the [[Third Doctor]], [[Liz Shaw]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]. This novel features Liz's departure from UNIT and the arrival of [[Mike Yates]], reporting for duty. Yates saw his promotion to [[captain]] following the events of this story. Further developments in other ''[[Doctor Who]]'' media would contradict the events of this story.
'''''The Scales of Injustice''''', later reprinted as '''''Scales of Injustice''''', was the twenty-fourth novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series. It was written by [[Gary Russell]] and featured the [[Third Doctor]], [[Liz Shaw]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]. This novel features Liz's departure from [[UNIT]] and the arrival of [[Mike Yates]], reporting for duty. Yates saw his promotion to [[captain]] following the events of this story. Further developments in other ''[[Doctor Who]]'' media would contradict the events of this story.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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A [[Marc Marshall|little boy]] goes missing; a [[Barbara Redworth|policewoman]] begins drawing [[cave painting]]s; and the employees at the mysterious [[Glasshouse]] are desperate to keep everyone away — [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] suspects it's all down to a group of [[Silurian|homo reptilia]]. His assistant, Liz Shaw, has ideas of her own and has teamed up with a [[journalist]] to search for people who don't exist.
A [[Marc Marshall|little boy]] goes missing; a [[Barbara Redworth|policewoman]] begins drawing [[cave painting]]s; and the employees at the mysterious [[Glasshouse]] are desperate to keep everyone away — [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] suspects it's all down to a group of [[Silurian|homo reptilia]]. His assistant, Liz Shaw, has ideas of her own and has teamed up with a [[journalist]] to search for people who don't exist.


While [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] has to cope with [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] funding, the breakdown of his [[marriage]] and [[Geneva]]'s threats to replace him, the Doctor must find the reptiles alone.
While [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] has to cope with [[UNIT]] funding, the breakdown of his [[marriage]] and [[Geneva]]'s threats to replace him, the Doctor must find the reptiles alone.


And behind it all lies a [[conspiracy]] to exploit UNIT's achievements — a conspiracy reaching deep into the heart of the [[British government]].
And behind it all lies a [[conspiracy]] to exploit UNIT's achievements — a conspiracy reaching deep into the heart of the [[British government]].
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* [[Harry Attrill|PC Harry Attrill]]
* [[Harry Attrill|PC Harry Attrill]]
* [[Andrew Montrose]]
* [[Andrew Montrose]]
* [[Tobias Vaughn]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* The Pale Man was modified with [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]] technology. The Pale Man was originally an employee of [[International Electromatics]] before the Cybermen experimented on the human form.
* The Pale Man was modified with [[Cyberman]] technology. The Pale Man was originally an employee of [[International Electromatics]] before the Cybermen experimented on the human form.
* The Irish Twins were modified with [[Auton]] technology.
* The Irish Twins were modified with [[Auton]] technology.
* The [[Stalker]] was created by injecting a [[Doberman]] with [[Stahlman's ooze]].
* The [[Stalker]] was created by injecting a [[Doberman]] with [[Stahlman's ooze]].
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* This story [[Retroactive continuity|retroactively fixes]] some of the apparent inconsistencies of the television story ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]''. Specifically, this story explains how the Doctor knows Icthar and how he knows of the Triad and the Myrka.
* This story [[Retroactive continuity|retroactively fixes]] some of the apparent inconsistencies of the television story ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]''. Specifically, this story explains how the Doctor knows Icthar and how he knows of the Triad and the Myrka.
* As in ''Warriors of the Deep'', Sea Devils are called that by the Silurians. This novel makes it clear that their full name is Sea Devil Warriors and they are a caste as much as a sub-species.
* As in ''Warriors of the Deep'', Sea Devils are called that by the Silurians. This novel makes it clear that their full name is Sea Devil Warriors and they are a caste as much as a sub-species.
* C19 and Sir John Sudbury are mentioned on-screen only in the television story ''[[Time-Flight]]''. C19 was also explored more fully in the novel ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]''.
* C19 and Sir John Sudbury are mentioned on-screen only in the television story ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]''. C19 was also explored more fully in the novel ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]''.
* The Myrka, which first appeared on screen in the television story ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]'', is used by the Silurians in this story.
* The Myrka, which first appeared on screen in the television story ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]'', is used by the Silurians in this story.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The "Older Silurian", "Younger Silurian", and "Silurian Scientist" of [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' are here named respectively [[Okdel L'da]], [[Morka]] and [[Bokka K'to]].
* The "Older Silurian", "Younger Silurian", and "Silurian Scientist" of [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' are here named respectively [[Okdel L'da]], [[Morka]] and [[Bokka K'to]].
* Sir John Sudbury mentions [[James Quinlan|Sir James Quinlan]]'s death. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')
* Sir John Sudbury mentions [[James Quinlan|Sir James Quinlan]]'s death. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')
* The Doctor mentions using [[steady state micro welding]] to repair the TARDIS' dematerialisation circuit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
* The Doctor mentions using [[steady state micro welding]] to repair the TARDIS' dematerialisation circuit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
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* Corporal Maisie Hawke mentions that she has sent a [[Nestene]] energy unit to the [[National Space Museum]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
* Corporal Maisie Hawke mentions that she has sent a [[Nestene]] energy unit to the [[National Space Museum]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
* The pale young man tells the Doctor that the Vault contains two [[Cyber-gun]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') Nestene energy units ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') and phials of the [[Silurian virus|Silurian plague]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') It also contains [[Mars Probe 6]], which Sir Marmaduke recognises. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')
* The pale young man tells the Doctor that the Vault contains two [[Cyber-gun]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') Nestene energy units ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') and phials of the [[Silurian virus|Silurian plague]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'') It also contains [[Mars Probe 6]], which Sir Marmaduke recognises. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')
* The Doctor does not recognise what the pale young man describes as one of the Vault's first trophies: "the lower half of a [[Imperial Dalek|cream-coloured]] [[Dalek]], stained with [[Kaled mutant|green]] and pitted with bullet holes." The Doctor notes that he has never seen a Dalek of that configuration before, least of all on [[20th century]] [[Earth]]. It was obtained by the ICMG in the aftermath of the [[Shoreditch Incident]] in [[November]] [[1963]]. Later in his personal timeline, the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] would be present for that event. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor does not recognise what the pale young man describes as one of the Vault's first trophies: "the lower half of a [[Imperial Dalek|cream-coloured]] [[Dalek]], stained with [[Dalek mutant|green]] and pitted with bullet holes." The Doctor notes that he has never seen a Dalek of that configuration before, least of all on [[20th century]] [[Earth]]. It was obtained by the ICMG in the aftermath of the [[Shoreditch Incident]] in [[November]] [[1963]]. Later in his personal timeline, the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] would be present for that event. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
* [[Tobias Vaughn]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') secretly still alive, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') is ultimately behind the conspiracy within C19.


== Illustrations ==
== Illustrations ==
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== Alternative covers ==
== Alternative cover images ==
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File:The Scales of Injustice ebook cover.jpg|The alternate cover for the ebook publication
File:The Scales of Injustice ebook cover.jpg|The alternate cover for the ebook publication
File:Dw scales of injustice.jpg|''The Monster Collection'' cover
File:Dw scales of injustice.jpg|2013 edition. Cover by [[Two Associates]].
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== Editions published outside Britain ==
* Published in Germany by Bastei Lübbe in 2021 as a paperback edition.
 
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GermanScalesOfInjustice.jpg|German edition
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== Audiobook ==
* This novel was released as an audiobook on [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Dan Starkey]].
 
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The Scales of Injustice audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/scal.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Scales of Injustice''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/scal.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Scales of Injustice''']
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20021010075140/www.gary.dircon.co.uk/StrangeScales.html Gary Russell's Strange Matter: '''The Scales of Injustice''', notes on the novel by the author] via [http://www.archive.org/web/web.php Internet Archive: Wayback Machine]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20021010075140/www.gary.dircon.co.uk/StrangeScales.html Gary Russell's Strange Matter: '''The Scales of Injustice''', notes on the novel by the author] via [http://www.archive.org/web/web.php Internet Archive: Wayback Machine]
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv51/garyrussell.html Gary Russell: From Peladon to Placebos by Jon Preddle, Paul Scoones (Interview) - TSV 51]
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv51/garyrussell.html Gary Russell: From Peladon to Placebos by Jon Preddle, Paul Scoones (Interview) - TSV 51]
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The Scales of Injustice, later reprinted as Scales of Injustice, was the twenty-fourth novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series. It was written by Gary Russell and featured the Third Doctor, Liz Shaw and Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. This novel features Liz's departure from UNIT and the arrival of Mike Yates, reporting for duty. Yates saw his promotion to captain following the events of this story. Further developments in other Doctor Who media would contradict the events of this story.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

1996 Virgin Books edition[[edit] | [edit source]]

"And what exactly, Doctor Shaw, do you think C19 does with the dead bodies of plastic dummies, reptile men, primordial throwbacks and all their human victims?"

A little boy goes missing; a policewoman begins drawing cave paintings; and the employees at the mysterious Glasshouse are desperate to keep everyone away — the Doctor suspects it's all down to a group of homo reptilia. His assistant, Liz Shaw, has ideas of her own and has teamed up with a journalist to search for people who don't exist.

While the Brigadier has to cope with UNIT funding, the breakdown of his marriage and Geneva's threats to replace him, the Doctor must find the reptiles alone.

And behind it all lies a conspiracy to exploit UNIT's achievements — a conspiracy reaching deep into the heart of the British government.

2014 BBC Books edition[[edit] | [edit source]]

When a boy goes missing and a policewoman starts drawing cave paintings, the Doctor suspects the Silurians are back. With the Brigadier distracted by questions about UNIT funding and problems at home, the Doctor swears his assistant Liz Shaw to secrecy and investigates alone.

But Liz has enquiries of her own, teaming up with a journalist to track down people who don't exist. What is the mysterious Glasshouse, and why is it so secret?

As the Silurians wake from their ancient slumber, the Doctor, Liz and the Brigadier are caught up in a conspiracy to exploit UNIT's achievements — a conspiracy that reaches deep into the heart of the British Government.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • A Myrka is used by the Silurians.

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

Pets[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Two guinea pigs, John-Paul and Ringo-George, were given to Liz by a friend at Cambridge when she moved to London.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The chapters are referred to as "Episodes".
  • This story was released as an ebook on the BBC website in 2006, with the book remaining on the BBC's site until 2009.
  • This novel was reprinted and released as an ebook on Kindle by BBC Books on 6 March 2014 as The Monster Collection Edition.
  • This story retroactively fixes some of the apparent inconsistencies of the television story Warriors of the Deep. Specifically, this story explains how the Doctor knows Icthar and how he knows of the Triad and the Myrka.
  • As in Warriors of the Deep, Sea Devils are called that by the Silurians. This novel makes it clear that their full name is Sea Devil Warriors and they are a caste as much as a sub-species.
  • C19 and Sir John Sudbury are mentioned on-screen only in the television story Time-Flight. C19 was also explored more fully in the novel Who Killed Kennedy.
  • The Myrka, which first appeared on screen in the television story Warriors of the Deep, is used by the Silurians in this story.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Illustrations[[edit] | [edit source]]

The e-book version published by the BBC on their website included several illustrations by Daryl Joyce. Titles of illustrations are as they were on BBC's site.

  • Multiple illustration some with variations

    Multiple illustration some with variations

  • Image one different to image in compilation

    Image one different to image in compilation

  • Image two

    Image two

  • Image three

    Image three

  • Image four

    Image four

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    Image five

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    Image six

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    Image seven

Alternative cover images[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The alternate cover for the ebook publication

    The alternate cover for the ebook publication

  • 2013 edition. Cover by Two Associates.

    2013 edition. Cover by Two Associates.

Editions published outside Britain[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Published in Germany by Bastei Lübbe in 2021 as a paperback edition.
  • German edition

    German edition

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Audiobook cover

    Audiobook cover

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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