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name= The Scales of Injustice|
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|series       = [[Virgin Missing Adventures]]
doctor=[[Third Doctor]] |
|range        = Virgin Missing Adventures
companions= [[Liz Shaw|Liz]]|
|number in range = 24
featuring=[[UNIT]] |
|number      = 24
enemy= The [[Pale Man]]<br />The [[Irish Twins]]<br />The [[Silurian]]s |
|doctor       = Third Doctor
year= [[London]], [[1970s]] |
|companions   = [[The Brigadier]], [[Liz Shaw|Liz]], [[John Benton|Benton]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]]
writer= [[Gary Russell]] |
|featuring    = Tom Osgood
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|featuring2  = Patricia Haggard
release date= [[July]] [[1996]] |
|featuring3  = Carol Bell{{!}}Bell
format= Paperback Book, 262 Pages |
|featuring4  = Maisie Hawke{{!}}Hawke
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20477-8|
|featuring5  = Robert Lines{{!}}Lines
prev=Killing Ground (novel)|
|enemy       = [[Auggi D'jo]], [[Pale Man|The Pale Man]], [[C19]], [[Tobias Vaughn]]
next= The Shadow of Weng-Chiang (novel) }}
|setting      = {{il|[[London]], [[1970s]]|[[Cheviot Hills]], [[1970s]]|[[Smallmarshes]], 1970s|[[L'Ithe]], 1970s}}
'''''The Scales of Injustice''''' was the twenty-fourth novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series.  
|writer      = Gary Russell
|read by      = [[Dan Starkey]]
|cover        = [[Andrew Skilleter]]
|publisher    = Virgin Books
|release date = 18 July 1996
|format       = Paperback Book; 8 Chapters, 262 Pages
|isbn         = ISBN 0-426-20477-8
|prev         = Killing Ground (novel)
|next         = The Shadow of Weng-Chiang (novel)
|soundcloudclip = https://soundcloud.com/penguin-books/doctor-who-scales-of-injustice-clip
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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.
 
== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
:"And what exactly, Doctor [[Liz Shaw|Shaw]], do you think [[C19]] does with the dead bodies of [[Auton|plastic dummies]], [[Silurian|reptile men]], primordial throwbacks and all their human victims?"
=== 1996 Virgin Books edition ===
:"And what exactly, [[Liz Shaw|Doctor Shaw]], do you think [[C19]] does with the dead bodies of [[Auton|plastic dummies]], [[Silurian|reptile men]], [[Primord|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.
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 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.
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]].
 
=== 2014 BBC Books edition ===
When a boy goes missing and a [[police officer|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 [[Silurian]]s 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 ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Liz Shaw]]
* [[Liz Shaw]]
* The [[Pale Man]]
* The [[Pale Man]]
* The [[Irish Twins]]
* [[Ciara]]
* [[Cellian]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Mike Yates]]
* [[Mike Yates]]
* Sergeant [[John Benton]]
* [[John Benton|Sergeant John Benton]]
* Sir [[John Sudbury]]
* [[John Sudbury|Sir John Sudbury]]
* Sir [[Marmaduke Harrington-Smythe]]
* [[Marmaduke Harrington-Smythe|Sir Marmaduke Harrington-Smythe]]
* Doctor [[Peter Morley]]
* [[Peter Morley|Dr Peter Morley]]
* Major General [[Scobie]]
* [[Scobie|Major General Scobie]]
* [[Carol Bell|Corporal Carol Bell]]
* [[Icthar]]
* [[Icthar]]
* [[Marc Marshall]]
* [[Marc Marshall]]
* [[Barbara Redworth]]
* [[Barbara Redworth]]
* [[Robert Lines]]
* [[Bob Lines|Robert Lines]]
* [[Fiona Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Fiona Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Kate Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Chukk]]
* [[Chukk]]
* [[Auggi]]
* [[Auggi D'jo]]
* [[Baal]]
* [[Baal D'jo]]
* [[Tahni]]
* [[Tahni]]
* [[Jana Kristan (imposter)|Jana Kristan]]
* [[Sula]]
* [[Maisie Hawke]]
* [[Boyle (The Scales of Injustice)|Private Boyle]]
* [[Campbell (The Scales of Injustice)|Mr Campbell]]
* [[Justin Grayson]]
* [[Grant Traynor]]
* [[Jim Griffin]]
* [[Dick Atkinson]]
* [[Cathryn Wildeman]]
* [[Patricia Haggard|WPC Patricia Haggard]]
* [[Receptionist (The Scales of Injustice)|Receptionist]]
* [[Scibus]]
* [[Tarpok]]
* [[Krugga]]
* [[Clive Fortescue]]
* [[Alan Morton]]
* [[Michael Wagstaffe]]
* [[Corbett Woodall]]
* [[Eve (The Scales of Injustice)|Eve]]
* [[Alan Marshall]]
* [[Sarah Marshall]]
* [[Maya der Voort]]
* [[Hoevern|Inspector]]
* [[Moere|Dr Moore]]
* [[Tom Osgood|Corporal Tom Osgood]]
* [[Bailey (The Scales of Injustice)|Bailey]]
* [[Jack Tracy|Corporal Jack Tracy]]
* [[Steve Champion|Corporal Steve Champion]]
* [[Farley (The Scales of Injustice)|Private Farley]]
* [[Shipman (The Scales of Injustice)|Private Shipman]]
* [[Lawson (The Scales of Injustice)|Lawson]]
* [[Naalix]]
* [[Millar (The Scales of Injustice)|Millar]]
* [[Beaton (The Scales of Injustice)|Beaton]]
* [[Salt (The Scales of Injustice)|Salt]]
* [[Ashton (The Scales of Injustice)|Ashton]]
* [[Mitchell (The Scales of Injustice)|Mitchell]]
* [[Harry Attrill|PC Harry Attrill]]
* [[Andrew Montrose]]
* [[Tobias Vaughn]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Pale Man was modified with [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]] technology, while the Irish Twins were modified with [[Auton]] technology. The [[Stalker]] was created by injecting a [[wikipedia:Doberman|Doberman]] with [[Stahlman's ooze]].
=== Individuals ===
* The [[C19]] [[The Vault (C19)|Vault]] contains [[WOTAN]], the lower half of an [[Imperial Dalek]], [[Auton|Nestene]] energy units, the [[Silurian]] virus and [[Cyberman|Cyber]] weapons, as well as the frozen bodies of [[Melvin Krimpton]], [[Stephen Weams]], [[George Ratcliffe]], [[George Hibbert]] and [[Mark Gregory]]. ''(However, it is unclear as to how Hibbert's body came to be stored in the Vault, bearing in mind that he was vaporised by an Auton.)''
* 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 [[Stalker]] was created by injecting a [[Doberman]] with [[Stahlman's ooze]].
* Sir John Sudbury and C19 control UNIT's budget in [[Britain]].
* The Brigadier and his wife [[Fiona Lethbridge-Stewart|Fiona]] married eight years ago. Their daughter, [[Kate Stewart|Kate]], is five years old. He and his wife are nearing [[divorce]].
* Liz joined UNIT the previous [[October]].
* Liz's landlady is [[Longhurst|Mrs Longhurst]].
* [[Thomas Reynold]] was killed by the Silurians. His body was found by [[Stuart Halton|PC Stuart Halton]].
* [[Tommy Taftitti]] is a janitor at [[Hastings General Hospital]].
* [[John Lawson|John]] and [[Sheila Lawson]] are the owners of the [[Bayview Guest House]].
* The Doctor, Sir John Sudbury and [[Rowlands|Lord Rowlands]] play [[bridge (game)|bridge]] at the [[Pemburton club]].
* Morley knew [[John Quinn]] and calls him "old Scotty".
 
=== Locations ===
* The [[C19]] [[The Vault (The Scales of Injustice)|Vault]] contains [[WOTAN]], the lower half of an [[Imperial Dalek]], [[Nestene]] [[energy unit]]s, the [[Silurian]] [[Silurian virus|virus]] and [[Cyberman|Cyber]] weapons, as well as the frozen bodies of [[Melvin Krimpton]], [[Stephen Weams]], [[George Ratcliffe]], [[George Hibbert]] and [[Mark Gregory]].
* There is a nuclear power station located in [[Dungeness]].
* The Doctor stays at the [[Sandybeach Hotel]].
* Sir John Sudbury is the [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Woodhaven]].
 
=== Species ===
* A [[Myrka]] is used by the Silurians.
* A [[Myrka]] is used by the Silurians.
* The [[Silurian]]s are in a type of [[Wikipedia:Cline (population genetics)|cline]], with the [[Sea Devil]]s and the [[Silurian]]s being the most extreme forms. Hybrids between the two are generally unhealthy and sterile.
 
* Sir John Sudbury and C19 control UNIT's budget in [[Britain]].
=== Planets ===
* The Brigadier's daughter, [[Kate Lethbridge-Stewart|Kate]], is five years old at this time.
* The Doctor tells Liz they could travel to [[Florana]] or [[Majus Seventeen]] in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS.]]
 
=== Pets ===
* Two guinea pigs, [[John-Paul]] and [[Ringo-George]], were given to Liz by a friend at Cambridge when she moved to London.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:The_Scales_of_Injustice_ebook_cover.png|thumb|right|The alternate 'cover' for the [[E-Book]] publication]]
* The chapters are referred to as "Episodes".
* The chapters are referred to as "Episodes".
* This story was released as an E-Book on the BBC website.
* 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 (releases)|6 March]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]] as ''The Monster Collection Edition''.
* 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.
* 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.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* This story retroactively fixes some of the apparent inconsistencies of [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep]]''; specifically, this story explains how the Doctor knows Icthar, and how he knows of the Triad and the Myrka.
* 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]].
* The "Older Silurian", "Younger Silurian", and "Silurian Scientist" of [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' are here named respectively as [[Okdel]], [[Morka]], and [[K'to]].
* Sir John Sudbury mentions [[James Quinlan|Sir James Quinlan]]'s death. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')
* As in [[DW]]: ''[[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 that they are a caste as much as a sub-species.
* The Doctor mentions using [[steady state micro welding]] to repair the TARDIS's dematerialisation circuit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
* The Myrka, which first appeared on screen in [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep]]'', is used by the Silurians in this story.
* Sir Marmaduke shows Morley a UNIT file containing information on [[Norman Baker|Major Norman Baker]], [[Charles Lawrence|Dr Charles Lawrence]], [[Doris Squire]], [[Edward Masters]] and [[Phyllis Dawson]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'')
* [[Judson|Dr. Judson]] and the [[ULTIMA]] machine, seen in [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'', are mentioned.
* [[James Munro|Captain James Munro]] has left UNIT to go back to the regular army. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')
* C19 and Sir John Sudbury are mentioned on-screen only in [[DW]]: ''[[Time-Flight]]''. C19 was also explored more fully in ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]''.
* [[Jimmy Turner|Captain Jimmy Turner]] has married [[Isobel Watkins]] and been promoted to Major. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'')
* [[Nutting|Corporal Nutting]] once interrupted one of the Doctor's experiments involving non-moving air molecules. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'')
* Captain [[Walters (The Invasion)|Walters]] is in charge of the UNIT hangar which was the temporary UNIT HQ during the Cyberman invasion. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'')
* It was [[Ian Gilmore|Air Commodore Ian Gilmore]] who suggested Lethbridge-Stewart, then a colonel, for the commander of the British branch of UNIT. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') Lethbridge-Stewart reflects on how his life changed after meeting with him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dogs of War (LS short story)|The Dogs of War]]'')
* The Doctor has told Liz about the Daleks, the Cybermen, the [[Zarbi]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'') and the [[Drahvin]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'') He has also mentioned [[Magnus Greel]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'')
* [[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]] suggested recruiting her [[University of Cambridge]] protégés [[Allison Williams]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') [[Ruth Ingram]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') and [[Anne Travers]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') to the [[Intrusion Counter-Measures Group]].
* Rachel mentions [[Judson|Dr Judson]] and the [[ULTIMA]] machine, which was stored at a [[British Army]] base in [[Maiden's Point]] in [[1943]]. Later in his personal timeline, specifically during his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]], the Doctor and his companion [[Ace]] would visit Maiden's Point that year and defeat the ancient sentient force [[Fenric]], who had taken possession of Judson's body. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')
* 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 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.


== Timeline ==
== Illustrations ==
* ''The Scales of Injustice'' occurs after [[CC]]: ''[[Binary (audio story)|Binary]]''
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.
* ''The Scales of Injustice'' occurs before [[PDA]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]''
 
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File:scales_different_images.jpg|Multiple illustration some with variations
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== Alternative cover images ==
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File:The Scales of Injustice ebook cover.jpg|The alternate cover for the ebook publication
File:Dw scales of injustice.jpg|2013 edition. Cover by [[Two Associates]].
</gallery>
 
== Editions published outside Britain ==
* Published in Germany by Bastei Lübbe in 2021 as a paperback edition.
 
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
GermanScalesOfInjustice.jpg|German edition
</gallery>
 
== 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]].
 
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
The Scales of Injustice audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover
</gallery>


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20100910005636/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/ebooks/scalesofinjustice/index.shtml The E-book version of Scales of Injustice] via [http://www.archive.org/web/web.php Internet Archive: Wayback Machine]
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* [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]
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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]]

to be added

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

  • Image five

    Image five

  • Image six

    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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Dodo
Second Doctor
Ben, Polly
Jamie, Victoria
Jamie, Zoe
Third Doctor
Liz, UNIT
Jo, UNIT
Jo, Yates
Sarah, Jeremy,
The Brig
Fourth Doctor
Sarah, Harry
Sarah
Romana I, K9
Romana II, K9
Fifth Doctor
Adric, Nyssa, Tegan
Nyssa, Tegan
Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion
Turlough
Sixth Doctor
Peri
Grant
Mel
Seventh Doctor
Chris, Roz
Other
Victoria, Sarah, The Brig
Second, Third, Seventh Doctors
with Dodo and UNIT
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Homo Reptilia stories
For the purposes of this list, a "Homo Reptilian story" is one in which one living, authentic Silurian or Sea Devil plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. Stories like Frontier in Space, The Pandorica Opens and The Wedding of River Song are also not included due to Homo Reptilians' cameos being of little consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Madam Vastra of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.
Silurians
Television
Prose
Comics
Video games
Audio
Complete list of appearances
Sea Devils
Television
Webcasts
Comics
Prose
Video games
Audio
Complete list of appearances
Mondasian Silurians
and Sea Devils
Comics
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