Divided Loyalties (novel)

Divided Loyalties (novel)

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Divided Loyalties
Doctor:	[[doctor::Fifth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Adric, Nyssa, and Tegan
Main enemy:	The Celestial Toymaker
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Books]]
Writer:	Gary Russell
Release details
Release number:	26
Release date:	October 1999
Format:	Paperback Book, 252 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-563-55578-5

Publisher's summary

There are some evils in the universe that need to be fought. And others that need redeeming...

Many years ago the First Doctor, a student at the Academy on Gallifrey, lost a friend to the mysterious and malevolent force known as the Celestial Toymaker. Now, in his fifth incarnation, the Doctor receives a telepathic call from his long-lost classmate, begging for help.

As he sets out to rescue his friend and exact revenge, the Doctor's companions become increasingly involved. Adric, determined to justify his place aboard the TARDIS, opts to face the Toymaker's game challenges while Nyssa, angered by the Doctor's actions, finds herself excluded by the people she thought were her friends. And what is the connection between the Toymaker and the planet Dymok, whose comatose inhabitants find a new saviour in the shape of Tegan Jovanka?

Characters

• The Doctor

• Adric

• Doesn't know what pizza is.

• Tegan Jovanka

• Left Earth (the first time) on the 28th February 1981.

• Nyssa

References

• The Celestial Toymaker reappears.
• The Doctor while at the Academy on Gallifrey was part of the Deca, an elite group that included: Koschei, Ushas, Drax, Mortimus and Magnus.
• In a flashback Vansell, Azmael and Borusa are also seen.
• Also in the flashback scene, the Doctor and Rallon meet up with Badger.
• Rassilon gave the Great Old Ones names these included; Hastur, Yog-Sothoth, Shub-Niggurath, Cthulhu, Melefescent, Tor-Gasukk, Lloigor, Gog and Magog, Nyarlathotep, Dagon and Raag, Nah, and Rok.
• While attempting to turn Adric against the Doctor, the Toymaker creates a hallucination of a childhood friend of Adric, who reminds him about some of the things he's run into with the Doctor, including: Great Vampires, Tharils, The Master, the Ferutu, and Terileptils.

Notes

• Lawrence Miles criticised Gary Russell, targeting this work in particular. He stated that it was the lowest rated Doctor Who novel of all time.

Continuity

• The Celestial Toymaker last appeared in DW: The Celestial Toymaker.

Timeline

Placement is stated on back cover of novel

• Divided Loyalties occurs after: DW: The Visitation
• Divided Loyalties occurs before: DWA: The Key of Vaga

For the First Doctor (Flashback):

• This story occurs before DWM: Flashback (flashback)

External links

• Divided Loyalties at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Discontinuity Guide to: Divided Loyalties at The Whoniverse