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|companions = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] | |companions = [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] | ||
|featuring = [[Adam Mitchell|Adam]] | |featuring = [[Adam Mitchell|Adam]] | ||
|enemy = [[Metaltron | |enemy = "[[Metaltron]]", [[Henry van Statten]] | ||
|setting = [[The Vault (Dalek)|The Vault]], [[2012]] | |setting = [[The Vault (Dalek)|The Vault]], [[2012]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Robert Shearman | ||
|read by = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |read by = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|publisher = Target Books | |publisher = Target Books | ||
|cover = [[Anthony Dry]] | |cover = [[Anthony Dry]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 11 March 2021 | ||
|isbn = ISBN 9781785945038 | |isbn = ISBN 9781785945038 | ||
|series = [[Target novelisation]] | |series = [[Target novelisation|Target novelisations]] | ||
|prev = Twice Upon a Time (novelisation) | |prev = Twice Upon a Time (novelisation) | ||
|next = Resurrection of the Daleks (novelisation) | |next = Resurrection of the Daleks (novelisation) | ||
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'''''Dalek''''' was a novelisation based on the [[2005 (releases)|2005]] television episode ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''. It was written by the original writer [[Robert Shearman]] and released by [[Target Books]] on [[11 March (releases)|11 March]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]. | '''''Dalek''''' was a novelisation based on the [[2005 (releases)|2005]] television episode ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''. It was written by the original writer [[Robert Shearman]] and released by [[Target Books]] on [[11 March (releases)|11 March]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]. | ||
==Publisher's summary== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
'The entire [[Dalek]] race, wiped out in one second. I watched it happen. I made it happen!' | 'The entire [[Dalek]] race, wiped out in one second. I watched it happen. I made it happen!' | ||
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Seeking to help the [[Metaltron]], the Doctor is appalled to find it is in fact a Dalek – one that has survived the horrors of the [[Time War]] just as he has. And as the Dalek breaks loose, the Doctor is brought back to the brutality and desperation of his darkest hours spent fighting the creatures of [[Skaro]]… this time with the [[Earth]] as their battlefield. | Seeking to help the [[Metaltron]], the Doctor is appalled to find it is in fact a Dalek – one that has survived the horrors of the [[Time War]] just as he has. And as the Dalek breaks loose, the Doctor is brought back to the brutality and desperation of his darkest hours spent fighting the creatures of [[Skaro]]… this time with the [[Earth]] as their battlefield. | ||
==Chapter titles== | == Chapter titles == | ||
* Prologue | * Prologue | ||
* 1 | * 1 | ||
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* There is an opening scene with the Doctor and Rose in [[the TARDIS]] that is not present in the televised story. | * There is an opening scene with the Doctor and Rose in [[the TARDIS]] that is not present in the televised story. | ||
* The scene in which the Doctor and Rose observe a [[Cyberman]] head in Van Statten's museum is omitted. | * The scene in which the Doctor and Rose observe a [[Cyberman]] head in Van Statten's museum is omitted. | ||
* Van Statten had a painting of himself made by an [[Argentinian (Dalek)|Argentinian artist]]. | |||
* The Doctor and Rose are captured by guards after attempting to gain access to the Cage when they hear the Dalek screaming, as opposed to accidentally triggering an alarm as in the televised story. | * The Doctor and Rose are captured by guards after attempting to gain access to the Cage when they hear the Dalek screaming, as opposed to accidentally triggering an alarm as in the televised story. | ||
* Despite being referred to by name in the TV story, [[De Maggio]] is replaced by a new character called Maya Klein. | * Despite being referred to by name in the TV story, [[De Maggio]] is replaced by a new character called Maya Klein. | ||
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* The Dalek and Rose are implied to have more of a connection, with her being physically unable to run away from it on two occasions, closer to ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]''. | * The Dalek and Rose are implied to have more of a connection, with her being physically unable to run away from it on two occasions, closer to ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]''. | ||
* The Dalek does not have a shield, and is knocked over by the concentrated fire of the soldiers. | * The Dalek does not have a shield, and is knocked over by the concentrated fire of the soldiers. | ||
* Van Statten pulls a gun on the Doctor after the failed ambush, considering giving him to the Dalek. | * Van Statten pulls a gun on the Doctor after the failed ambush, considering giving him to the Dalek. | ||
* [[Diana Goddard]] is revealed as an undercover federal agent and she places Van Statten under arrest. | * [[Diana Goddard]] is revealed as an undercover federal agent and she places Van Statten under arrest. | ||
* The Doctor implies that the Dalek absorbed a huge amount of pornographic material from the internet and petitions to revive ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (franchise)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', to which it bluntly replies that all data it considered irrelevant was immediately deleted. | * The Doctor implies that the Dalek absorbed a huge amount of pornographic material from the internet and petitions to revive ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (franchise)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', to which it bluntly replies that all data it considered irrelevant was immediately deleted. | ||
* While scolding Van Statten and blaming him for the deaths caused by the Dalek, he knocks things from the desk. | |||
* When contacting the Doctor demanding he reopen the bulkheads, the Dalek uses its sucker arm to clamp around Rose's face to prevent her from speaking to him. | * When contacting the Doctor demanding he reopen the bulkheads, the Dalek uses its sucker arm to clamp around Rose's face to prevent her from speaking to him. | ||
* [[Bywater]] is revealed to have a first name. It's Owen. The book also reveals that he and [[Diana Goddard]] were in a relationship and that he was her superior in the undercover operation. | * [[Bywater]] is revealed to have a first name. It's Owen. The book also reveals that he and [[Diana Goddard]] were in a relationship and that he was her superior in the undercover operation. | ||
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* Van Statten erases his memory himself, rather than Goddard ordering it. This is prompted by the Dalek giving him a nightmarish vision of him repeatedly killing everyone he has harmed. | * Van Statten erases his memory himself, rather than Goddard ordering it. This is prompted by the Dalek giving him a nightmarish vision of him repeatedly killing everyone he has harmed. | ||
* The Dalek's backstory is depicted, including the [[Fall of Arcadia]] during which it encounters the [[War Doctor]] before being flung back through time. | * The Dalek's backstory is depicted, including the [[Fall of Arcadia]] during which it encounters the [[War Doctor]] before being flung back through time. | ||
* Instead of the Doctor saying he can't help Rose when he's closing the bulkheads, he says he won't help her. | |||
* The Doctor does not berate Adam for leaving Rose behind, instead making a similar comment to Rose before they leave in the TARDIS, replacing their brief chat about Adam's looks. | * The Doctor does not berate Adam for leaving Rose behind, instead making a similar comment to Rose before they leave in the TARDIS, replacing their brief chat about Adam's looks. | ||
* Van Statten asking Goddard's opinion on the next president and making her his second-in-command is moved to her back story rather than occuring just after the Doctor and Rose's arrival, with [[Polkowski]] not appearing at all. | * Van Statten asking Goddard's opinion on the next president and making her his second-in-command is moved to her back story rather than occuring just after the Doctor and Rose's arrival, with [[Polkowski]] not appearing at all. | ||
* The scene of the Doctor and Adam searching through the alien | * The scene of the Doctor and Adam searching through the alien artefacts for a weapon is omitted. | ||
* The Dalek asks Rose "Who is the [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf]]?", replacing the use of the term as [[Bad Wolf One|a helicopter callsign]] in the televised version. | * The Dalek asks Rose "Who is the [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf]]?", replacing the use of the term as [[Bad Wolf One|a helicopter callsign]] in the televised version. | ||
* Several references to the original source material [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jubilee (audio story)|Jubilee]]'' are incorporated into the plot, such as the Dalek's line "No, you judged me correctly. I am a Dalek, and I die to safeguard the purity of the Dalek race." (a line taken from ''Jubilee''), and a flashback scene depicted the Dalek having some of its limbs chopped off in order to fit into its casing (which [[Nigel Rochester]] did to his dwarves in ''Jubilee''). | * Several references to the original source material [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jubilee (audio story)|Jubilee]]'' are incorporated into the plot, such as the Dalek's line "No, you judged me correctly. I am a Dalek, and I die to safeguard the purity of the Dalek race." (a line taken from ''Jubilee''), and a flashback scene depicted the Dalek having some of its limbs chopped off in order to fit into its casing (which [[Nigel Rochester]] did to his dwarves in ''Jubilee''). | ||
==Writing and publishing notes== | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==Additional cover images== | == Additional cover images == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== Audiobook== | == Audiobook == | ||
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[11 March (releases)|11 March]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Nicholas Briggs]]. | This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[11 March (releases)|11 March]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Nicholas Briggs]]. | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
* {{Penguin|1119519/doctor-who--dalek--target-collection-}} | |||
{{DWN}} | |||
[[Category:Target novelisations]] | [[Category:Target novelisations]] | ||
[[Category:Dalek | [[Category:Dalek novels]] | ||
[[Category:Ninth Doctor novels]] | [[Category:Ninth Doctor novels]] | ||
[[Category:2021 novels]] | [[Category:2021 novels]] | ||
Revision as of 01:00, 26 July 2024
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Dalek (disambiguation)for other, similarly-named pages.
Dalek was a novelisation based on the 2005 television episode Dalek. It was written by the original writer Robert Shearman and released by Target Books on 11 March 2021.
Publisher's summary
'The entire Dalek race, wiped out in one second. I watched it happen. I made it happen!'
The Doctor and Rose arrive in an underground vault in Utah in the near future. The vault is filled with alien artefacts. Its billionaire owner, Henry van Statten, even has possession of a living alien creature, a mechanical monster in chains that he has named a Metaltron.
Seeking to help the Metaltron, the Doctor is appalled to find it is in fact a Dalek – one that has survived the horrors of the Time War just as he has. And as the Dalek breaks loose, the Doctor is brought back to the brutality and desperation of his darkest hours spent fighting the creatures of Skaro… this time with the Earth as their battlefield.
Chapter titles
- Prologue
- 1
- 2
- 3
- The Torturer's Tale
- 4
- The Collector's Tale
- 5
- 6
- 7
- The Agent's Tale
- 8
- The Genius's Tale
- 9
- The Soldier's Tale
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Epilogue
Deviations from televised story
- The story features a prologue, an epilogue, and some parts from the POV of some of the characters.
- Dialogue is switched around or altered in some places compared to how it was spoken on screen.
- There is an opening scene with the Doctor and Rose in the TARDIS that is not present in the televised story.
- The scene in which the Doctor and Rose observe a Cyberman head in Van Statten's museum is omitted.
- Van Statten had a painting of himself made by an Argentinian artist.
- The Doctor and Rose are captured by guards after attempting to gain access to the Cage when they hear the Dalek screaming, as opposed to accidentally triggering an alarm as in the televised story.
- Despite being referred to by name in the TV story, De Maggio is replaced by a new character called Maya Klein.
- The Metaltron is purchased from a Hiram Duchesne.
- Simmons is revealed to have been given a new identity, with his original name being Aaron Denton.
- The Dalek is far more damaged initially than it was in the TV story, to the extent that its dome is malformed and its sucker is snapped.
- The book identifies the last person to touch the Dalek who "burst into flames" as Dr Yevgeny Kandinsky.
- The Dalek instructs Rose to touch it to ensure that it will not die alone, whereas in the TV story it merely states that it will die alone which encourages Rose to touch it of her own accord.
- The Dalek regenerates the damage to its casing immediately after absorbing Rose's DNA, whereas in the TV story it regenerates its casing when draining power from the base. This process is explicitly pointed out to be the Daleks' approximation of the Time Lords' own regeneration.
- The Dalek and Rose are implied to have more of a connection, with her being physically unable to run away from it on two occasions, closer to They Keep Killing Suzie.
- The Dalek does not have a shield, and is knocked over by the concentrated fire of the soldiers.
- Van Statten pulls a gun on the Doctor after the failed ambush, considering giving him to the Dalek.
- Diana Goddard is revealed as an undercover federal agent and she places Van Statten under arrest.
- The Doctor implies that the Dalek absorbed a huge amount of pornographic material from the internet and petitions to revive Buffy the Vampire Slayer, to which it bluntly replies that all data it considered irrelevant was immediately deleted.
- While scolding Van Statten and blaming him for the deaths caused by the Dalek, he knocks things from the desk.
- When contacting the Doctor demanding he reopen the bulkheads, the Dalek uses its sucker arm to clamp around Rose's face to prevent her from speaking to him.
- Bywater is revealed to have a first name. It's Owen. The book also reveals that he and Diana Goddard were in a relationship and that he was her superior in the undercover operation.
- Adam’s recruitment is depicted, including his original roommate Sven and being taken before the Dalek by Simmons.
- The Dalek allows Van Statten to touch it one final time before leaving with Rose.
- Van Statten erases his memory himself, rather than Goddard ordering it. This is prompted by the Dalek giving him a nightmarish vision of him repeatedly killing everyone he has harmed.
- The Dalek's backstory is depicted, including the Fall of Arcadia during which it encounters the War Doctor before being flung back through time.
- Instead of the Doctor saying he can't help Rose when he's closing the bulkheads, he says he won't help her.
- The Doctor does not berate Adam for leaving Rose behind, instead making a similar comment to Rose before they leave in the TARDIS, replacing their brief chat about Adam's looks.
- Van Statten asking Goddard's opinion on the next president and making her his second-in-command is moved to her back story rather than occuring just after the Doctor and Rose's arrival, with Polkowski not appearing at all.
- The scene of the Doctor and Adam searching through the alien artefacts for a weapon is omitted.
- The Dalek asks Rose "Who is the Bad Wolf?", replacing the use of the term as a helicopter callsign in the televised version.
- Several references to the original source material AUDIO: Jubilee are incorporated into the plot, such as the Dalek's line "No, you judged me correctly. I am a Dalek, and I die to safeguard the purity of the Dalek race." (a line taken from Jubilee), and a flashback scene depicted the Dalek having some of its limbs chopped off in order to fit into its casing (which Nigel Rochester did to his dwarves in Jubilee).
Writing and publishing notes
to be added
Additional cover images
to be added
Audiobook
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on 11 March 2021 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Nicholas Briggs.
Audiobook cover
External links
- Official Dalek page at Penguin Books
