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series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[List of Virgin New Adventures Stories | Virgin New Adventures]] |
|image               = NA025 legacy.jpg
number= 25 |
|series               = ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]''
doctor=[[Seventh Doctor]] |
|adapted from        = Audio Visuals (fan work)#Season 5{{!}}Legacy
companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] |
|range                = Virgin New Adventures
enemy= [[the Diadem]] |
|number in range      = 25
writer= [[Gary Russell]] |
|number               = 25
publisher= [[Virgin Books]] |
|doctor               = Seventh Doctor
release date= |
|companions           = [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
format= Paperback Book, ? Pages |
|featuring            = [[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]], [[Socra]], [[Irving Braxiatel|Braxiatel]]
isbn= 0426204123 }}
|enemy               = [[The Diadem]], [[Nic Reece]]
|setting              = [[Io]], [[Pakha]] and [[Peladon]], [[3984]]
|writer              = Gary Russell
|cover                = [[Peter Elson]]
|publisher            = Virgin Books
|release date         = 21 April 1994
|format               = Paperback Book; 13 Chapters, 301 Pages
|isbn                = ISBN 0-426-20412-3
|prev                = Tragedy Day (novel)
|next                = Theatre of War (novel)
|series2              = [[Interweaving with the New Adventures|''DWM'' "New Adventures order"]]
|prev2                = Uninvited Guest (comic story)
|next2                = Theatre of War (novel)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twenty-fifth [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel. It features the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Bernice Summerfield]], [[Ace]] and the [[Ice Warrior]]s. This was the third story to feature the planet [[Peladon]].


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
''''So, that’s an Ice Warrior. Brings a whole new meaning to the concept of shell suits.''''
''"So, that's an [[Ice Warrior]]. Brings a whole new meaning to the concept of shell suits."''


[[The Doctor]] is pursuing a master criminal. The trail leads to [[Peladon]]: a desolate world once home to a barbaric, feudal society. Now the [[Galactic Federation]] is attempting to bring prosperity and civilization to the planet. But not all [[Pels]] support the changes, and when ancient relics are stolen from their Citadel, the representatives of the Federation are blamed. The Doctor suspects the [[Ice Warrior]] delegation, but before long the [[Time Lord]] himself is arrested for the crime -- and sentenced to death.  
[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] is pursuing a master criminal. The trail leads to [[Peladon]]: a desolate world once home to a barbaric, feudal society. Now the [[Galactic Federation]] is attempting to bring prosperity and civilisation to the planet. But not all [[Peladonian]]s support the changes, and when ancient relics are stolen from their [[Citadel of Peladon|Citadel]], the representatives of the Federation are blamed. The Doctor suspects the [[Ice Warrior]] delegation, but before long the [[Time Lord]] himself is arrested for the crime — and sentenced to death.


Elsewhere, interplanetary mercenaries are bringing one of the galaxy’s most evil artifacts to Peladon, apparently on the Doctor’s instruction. [[Ace]] is pursuing a dangerous mission on another world and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] is getting friendly -- perhaps too friendly -- with the Ice Warriors she has studied for so long.  
Elsewhere, interplanetary mercenaries are bringing one of the galaxy's most evil artefacts to Peladon, apparently on the Doctor's instruction. [[Ace]] is pursuing a dangerous mission on another world and [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] is getting friendly — perhaps too friendly — with the Ice Warriors she has studied for so long.


The players are making the final moves in a devious and lethal plan -- but for once it isn’t the Doctor’s.  
The players are making the final moves in a devious and lethal plan — but for once it isn't the Doctor's.


==Notes==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


== Characters ==
* [[Ace]]
* [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]]
* [[Andrew Lambert]]
* [[Atissa]]
* [[Irving Braxiatel]]
* [[Cooper (Legacy)|Cooper]]
* [[Neal Corry]]
* [[Seventh Doctor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Damajina]]
* [[Damakort]]
* [[Geban]]
* [[Jo Grant]]
* [[Hissel]]
* [[Hyn't'n]]
* [[Jav]]
* [[Keri]]
* [[Kitai]]
* [[Lianna (Legacy)|Lianna]]
* [[Rassbur]]
* [[Nic Reece]]
* [[Alec Roberts]]
* [[Siobhan Sadler]]
* [[Savaar]]
* [[Sharrod]]
* [[Sskeet]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[The Three (The Legacy of Gallifrey)|The Three]]
** [[Adelphi]]
** [[Goth]]
** [[Socra]]
* [[Torg]]
* [[Townsend (Legacy)|Townsend]]
* [[Vor'r'na]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
=== Culture ===
* There are [[wind chime]]s from [[Deva Loka]] aboard the ''[[Bruk]]''.
* The [[Sword of Tuburr]] is mentioned for the first time, a symbol of the Martian's warrior past. The Sword on display on the ''Bruk'' is a replica.
* [[Jupiter]]'s moon [[Io]] after it was [[terraform]]ed is one of the seven hundred [[Wonders of the Universe]].
 
=== Foods and beverages ===
* Bernice (and others) drink some [[wine]] during a meal on Peladon.
 
=== Individuals ===
* Queen [[Thalira]] died in a shuttle crash a few years after the Third Doctor's second visit to Peladon.
* [[Keri]] is a [[Pakhar]].
* [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]] is still alive. Reproduction comes naturally with the right mental urges.
* [[Nic Reece]] considers himself a pretty suave [[PR]] guy.
 
=== Languages ===
* "[[Shsurr]]" is Martian for the equivalent of "m'lady".
 
=== Politics ===
* [[Mavic Chen]] succeeded Madam [[Amazonia]] as [[Guardian of the Solar System]].
* The Doctor convinces King [[Peladon of Peladon|Peladon]] to withdraw from the [[Galactic Federation]], thereby sparing it from the [[Dalek]]s.
 
=== Species ===
* The [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and [[Vogan (Revenge of the Cybermen)|Vogans]] have been declared extinct.


=== Time Lords ===
* [[Goth]] convinced the [[Celestial Intervention Agency]] to send the [[Third Doctor]] to [[Peladon]].


==Characters==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* [[DWM 211]] had a [[Prelude Legacy (short story)|prelude]] across two pages for this novel with accompanying illustrations.
* This was originally intended to be an audio drama for the ''[[Audio Visuals (fan work)|Audio Visuals]]'' range of unlicensed audio dramas. Several other ''Audio Visuals'' stories are referenced: [[Keri]] mentions the [[Nematodian Border]] from ''The Secret of Nematoda'', the [[Orion android]]s from ''[[Sword of Orion (audio story)|Sword of Orion]]'', and the [[Rigellon]]s from ''Connection 13''.
* This was the first ''Doctor Who'' novel by [[Gary Russell]], who later worked for [[Big Finish Productions]], became script editor for the 2005 series revival, wrote novelisations for ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' and also wrote for [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''Doctor Who'' graphic novels in 2008.
* A number of contradictory clues are given regarding the dating of this story:
** References are made to several books published in [[3948]], implying the novel takes place in or after that year.
** On three occasions it is stated to be around the mid-[[39th century]] (probably a mistake if the story is really set in the "[[3900s]]" which is the [[40th century]])
** [[Mavic Chen]] becomes the Guardian of the Solar System (which the [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'' later dated to [[3950]])
** It is thirty years before a Dalek war, presumably meaning the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' (therefore [[3970]])
** The Doctor says it is six hundred years after ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'' (therefore 3600, as the year 3000 was often given for the dating of that story). ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]'' gives some leeway in that ''Ice Warriors'' could occur sometime in the [[31st century]].
** ''[[Placebo Effect (novel)|Placebo Effect]]'' ultimately dated the novel to [[3984]], since Bernice leaves the Doctor for three months and returns in ''[[Theatre of War (novel)|Theatre of War]]'' which is dated [[3985]], indicating the year change.
* The description of [[Space Station Zenobia]] in a graveyard of wrecked spaceships was [[Robert Holmes]]'s original idea for the opening of ''[[The Mysterious Planet (TV story)|The Mysterious Planet]]'', as it was scripted. However, it couldn't be filmed.
* Russell places [[Kaldor City]] on [[Saturn]]'s [[moon]] [[Japetus]], whereas all other stories and materials place Kaldor City on the planet [[Kaldor]]. This was however before ''[[Corpse Marker (novel)|Corpse Marker]]'', the [[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]] audios, and [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish]]'s audios were written and specified Kaldor as a planet where the city was based.


== Continuity ==
* The Doctor states that he has visited [[Peladon]] twice before. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'', ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]'')
* [[Ace]] implies that this is the first time she has seen an [[Ice Warrior]], despite previously meeting them in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thin Ice (audio story)|Thin Ice]]''. Her memories were accidentally erased by the Doctor in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewrym: Genesys]]'' so she might not have recovered the memories of that adventure.
* The Doctor completes a run of visits to Peladon which occur every fifty years over a period of two hundred years:
** [[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|Curse]]'' - [[Third Doctor]], [[3885]].
** [[TV]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|Monster]]'' - Third Doctor, [[3935]].
** [[PROSE]]: ''Legacy'' - Seventh Doctor, [[3985]].
** [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bride of Peladon (audio story)|Bride]]'' - [[Fifth Doctor]], [[4035]].
* The novel features a prologue to the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'', where [[Goth]], the [[Socra|Chancellor]], and a dark [[Time Lord]] meet on [[Space Station Zenobia]]. At the conclusion of this story the Doctor receives "payment" from the Time Lords in the form of a [[chess]] set.
* The Time Lords mention the recent development of [[time ring]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'')
* [[Queen]] [[Thalira]] died in a shuttle crash a few years after the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]''.
* The [[Horus]] ruins were discovered a few years ago. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'')
* [[Guardian of the Solar System|Guardians of the Solar System]] were first featured in [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]''.
* [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] leaves to go on a dig with [[Rhukk]]. She returns in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Theatre of War (novel)|Theatre of War]]''.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'' features some characters Benny meets for the first time in this novel.
* Benny has never been on [[Mars]], but has [[Fred (Transit)|Fred]]'s memory of being on Mars, although she doesn't know who Fred is. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'')
* The real [[Sword of Tuburr]] is later seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]''.
* It is implied that [[the Diadem]] is similar to the [[Keller Machine|mind parasite]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]''.
* Aliens in the Federation include [[Ogri]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'') [[Lurman]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'') and [[Cantryan]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'')
* A [[Cat-Person|Felinetta]] appears in a flashback. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)|Invasion of the Cat-People]]'') ''This actually marks their first appearance.''
* The [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] are apparently extinct. They colonised another planet, which they named New Mondas as they intended do in [[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'' but both New Mondas and Telos have since been destroyed. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Telos (audio story)|Telos]]'') The [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] survive into the future and have legions across space. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'')
* There are [[Deva Loka]]n wind chimes on board the ''[[Bruk]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'')
* The Doctor previously met [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]] on Peladon during the reign of [[Peladon of Peladon]], and continued to encounter it every time he visited since. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'', ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bride of Peladon (audio story)|The Bride of Peladon]]'', ''[[The Prisoner of Peladon (audio story)|The Prisoner of Peladon]]'')
* When hearing the events of [[TV]]: ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'', Bernice asks the Doctor if he told the Warriors about [[New Mars]], implying he could've sent them there.
* An [[Alternate timeline|alternative version]] of the Doctor was beheaded by the Ice Warrior on Peladon. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'')


==External Links==
== Cover gallery ==
* [http://drwhoguide.com/who_na25.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Legacy''']
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{{Virgin New Adventure Series Box | before = [[Tragedy Day]] | after = [[Theatre of War]]}}
== External links ==
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona25p.htm Prelude to '''Legacy''' as published in DWM #211]
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* {{whoniverse|na25|Legacy}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/lega.htm The Cloister Library: '''Legacy''']
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv37/garyrussell.html Gary Russell by Jon Preddle (Interview) - TSV 37]
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Legacy was the twenty-fifth New Adventures novel. It features the Seventh Doctor, Bernice Summerfield, Ace and the Ice Warriors. This was the third story to feature the planet Peladon.

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

"So, that's an Ice Warrior. Brings a whole new meaning to the concept of shell suits."

The Doctor is pursuing a master criminal. The trail leads to Peladon: a desolate world once home to a barbaric, feudal society. Now the Galactic Federation is attempting to bring prosperity and civilisation to the planet. But not all Peladonians support the changes, and when ancient relics are stolen from their Citadel, the representatives of the Federation are blamed. The Doctor suspects the Ice Warrior delegation, but before long the Time Lord himself is arrested for the crime — and sentenced to death.

Elsewhere, interplanetary mercenaries are bringing one of the galaxy's most evil artefacts to Peladon, apparently on the Doctor's instruction. Ace is pursuing a dangerous mission on another world and Bernice is getting friendly — perhaps too friendly — with the Ice Warriors she has studied for so long.

The players are making the final moves in a devious and lethal plan — but for once it isn't the Doctor's.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Bernice (and others) drink some wine during a meal on Peladon.

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Queen Thalira died in a shuttle crash a few years after the Third Doctor's second visit to Peladon.
  • Keri is a Pakhar.
  • Alpha Centauri is still alive. Reproduction comes naturally with the right mental urges.
  • Nic Reece considers himself a pretty suave PR guy.

Languages[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • "Shsurr" is Martian for the equivalent of "m'lady".

Politics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time Lords[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Original cover

    Original cover

  • Textless cover

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

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