Legacy of the Daleks (novel)

Legacy of the Daleks
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eighth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Sam Jones
Main enemy:	The Master, Daleks
Main setting:	Earth, London, 2199 Tersurus Gallifrey
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Books]]
Writer:	John Peel
Release details
Release number:	10
Release date:	April, 1998
Format:	Paperback Book, 246 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-563-40574-0

Publisher’s Summary

England in the late 22nd century is slowly recovering from the devastation that followed the Daleks’ invasion. The Doctor’s very first travelling companion -- his granddaughter, Susan -- is where he left her, helping to rebuild Earth for the survivors. But danger still remains all around...

While searching for his lost companion, Sam, the Doctor finds himself in Domain London. But it seems that Susan is now missing too, and his efforts to find her lead to confrontation with the ambitious Lord Haldoran, who is poised to take control of southern England through all-out war. With the help of a sinister advisor, Haldoran’s plans are already well advanced. Power cables have been fed down a mineshaft, reactivating a mysterious old device of hideous power. But has the Dalek presence on Earth really been wiped out? Or are there still traps set for the unwary?

The Doctor learns to his cost once again that when dealing with the evil of the Daleks, nothing can be taken at face value...

Characters

• The Doctor
  • Is shot through the shoulder.
  • Travels to the Earth in search of Sam Jones.
• Susan Foreman Campbell
  • Still looks 18 after 30 years on Earth.
  • Can break Dalek logic codes.
  • Displays quite powerful telepathic powers.
• David Campbell
  • Now 54 years old.
• The Master
  • The Master goes under the name ‘Estro’.
  • Hypnotises people here and there.
• Donna
  • Is a knight of Domain London.
• Chancellor Goth
  • Travels to Tersurus investigating a TARDIS signal.
  • He encounters the Master.

References

• Being inside the Dalek artefact reminds Susan of Skaro and the Dalek's city.
• The Master uses the name 'Estro', which is Esperanto for 'Master'.
• England has been broken into a number of Domains, originally more than 100, now around 10 including London.
• Peace Officers are a group of people who investigate and make safe artefacts and remnants of the Dalek invasion.
• There are still slythers in the woods close to London.
• Susan uses the Master's TARDIS' telepathic circuits to attack him, the shockwave from that contacts the Doctor through his TARDIS' telepathic circuits.
• The Daleks from the Dalek Artefact begin creating robomen.
• The Master uses his Tissue Compression Eliminator on various people and a Dalek.
• David and Susan name their adoptive children Ian, Barbara and David junior (most likely after Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright).
• The Doctor considers altering the past (and goes back in time before Susan sent her message) to help her (this would be a temporal paradox had he succeeded).
• The Doctor tells Donna about fighting Daleks, Cybermen and Ice Warriors.
• The Master is using Draconian technology whilst on Earth.
• Susan (thinks) she kills the Master on the planet Tersurus.
• Rodan makes a brief appearance during a scene set on Gallifrey.
• The Master mentions the Dalek Prime.

Notes

• The 'version' of the Master featured in this story is as Roger Delgado portrayed him.
• The Doctor and the Master speak a couple of sentences each on page 138-139, though no translation is given.

Continuity

• This novel is set 30 years after DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
• The is set after DW: Frontier in Space and leads to DW: The Deadly Assassin for the Master.
• This is set directly after DW: Longest Day for the Doctor as he searches for Sam Jones.
• Susan left her key in the ruins of London, the Doctor retrieved it in NA: GodEngine.
• The Doctor recalls seeing Susan as part of 'Rassilon's Game', in DW: The Five Doctors.
• The factory within the Dalek Artefact bares a strong resemblance to the Dalek factory in DW: The Power of the Daleks.
• There's a passing reference to DW: Doctor Who: The TV Movie with regard to the Doctor and hospitals (and people trying to kill him in them).

External Links

• Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: Legacy of the Daleks