Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)

Doctor Who – Remembrance of the Daleks
Doctor:	[[doctor::Seventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Ace
Main enemy:	The Renegade Daleks The Imperial Daleks Davros
Main setting:	Shoreditch, London, England, Earth, UK, 29 and 30 November 1963
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co]]
Writer:	Ben Aaronovitch
Release details
Release number:	148
Release date:	June 1990
Format:	Paperback Book, 160 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20337-2
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Publisher's summary

Shoreditch, London, 1963. Two teachers follow an unnervingly knowledgeable schoolgirl to her home - a blue police telephone box in the middle of a 76 Totter's Lane. The old man whom the girl calls 'grandfather' is annoyed at the intrusion: there is something he has to do, and he has a premonition that he will be delayed for some time...
Six regenerations later the Doctor returns; and Ace, his travelling companion, sees London as it was before the Sixties started swinging - and long before she was born.
But a Grey Dalek is lurking in Foreman's Yard; Imperial Daleks are appearing in the basement of Coal Hill School; and both factions want the Hand of Omega, the remote stellar manipulator that the Doctor has left behind. Has the Doctor arrived in time to deprive the Daleks of the secret of time travel?

Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on Remembrance of the Daleks.
• The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target publication. It featured the artwork of Alister Pearson. (See below for information on editions with different covers).

Illustrations

• None

Book Chapters

There are no individually titled chapters for this book. It is simply broken up into twenty-three chapters, each numbered sequentially.

Deviations from televised story

• The book contains far more detail on the Special Weapons Dalek, also known (in the novelisation) as "the Abomination". In the book, its motives are explored in detail, from its inception and creation as the ultimate weapon, to the surprising fact that the firing of the weapon caused it to mutate, and become self-aware. As a result, it is closely monitored and even 'feared' by other Daleks.
• The Imperial Daleks use "scout Daleks" not seen (so far) on television or in other media.
• Remembrance of the Daleks is considered to be a significant novelisation by many fans, and the precursor to the Virgin New Adventures. It introduced a character called Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart, an ancestor of the character who later appears in the Virgin novels. It also includes flashbacks to ancient Gallifrey which introduce "the other", the mysterious third member of the Triumvirate with Rassilon and Omega. The Virgin novels would later change "the other" into "the Other" and hint at his connection to the Doctor.

Writing and publishing notes

• Like The Curse of Fenric novelisation, this commision was given an unlimited wordcount, and in the light of the forthcoming range of New Adventures and new editor Peter Darvill-Evans, the writers were encouraged to take a more "grown up" approach to the story, and in particular its underlying theme of racism.
• Dedication: "To Andrew who opened the door, and Anna who pushed me through it". (Andrew presumably refers to Doctor Who Script Editor Andrew Cartmel.)

Additional cover images

To be added

British publication history

One single paperback edition, priced £2.50 (UK), estimated print run: 25,000 copies.

Editions published outside Britain

To be added

See also

• The Target Book by David J Howe (Telos Publishing 2007)

External links

• On Target a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal