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John Peel states in the Author's Notes that he decided to novelise [[Terry Nation]]'s original scripts rather than simply recreate the televised story. His reasoning for doing so was that ''The Chase'' existed in full in the BBC archives, so novelising the original scripts would give readers something different. Despite this, the novel reads largely similar to the televised version with a number of the details expanded: | John Peel states in the Author's Notes that he decided to novelise [[Terry Nation]]'s original scripts rather than simply recreate the televised story. His reasoning for doing so was that ''The Chase'' existed in full in the BBC archives, so novelising the original scripts would give readers something different. Despite this, the novel reads largely similar to the televised version with a number of the details expanded: | ||
* The appearance of the Daleks at the beginning is expanded upon, with the [[Supreme Dalek|Black Dalek]] seeing the squad of executioners leave in the [[Dalek time machine|time machine]]. At this point in their history, the Daleks are also aware of the Doctor's [[Regeneration|ability to change his appearance]] even though they encounter his first incarnation. | * The appearance of the Daleks at the beginning is expanded upon, with the [[Supreme Dalek|Black Dalek]] seeing the squad of executioners leave in the [[Dalek time machine|time machine]]. At this point in their history, the Daleks are also aware of the Doctor's [[Regeneration|ability to change his appearance]] even though they encounter his first incarnation. | ||
* The [[Dalek Prime]] from John Peel's later novel ''[[War of the Daleks (novel)|War of the Daleks]]'' makes its first appearance here, and would later do so again in the | * The [[Dalek Prime]] from John Peel's later novel ''[[War of the Daleks (novel)|War of the Daleks]]'' makes its first appearance here, and would later do so again in the novelisation ''[[The Mutation of Time]]'' and as the [[Dalek Emperor]] in ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''. Its originally intended first appearance was the ''War of the Daleks'' TV story which was never produced due to the show's cancellation in 1989, although the idea was later used by Peel in all of his Dalek novels and novelisations, save for ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'', and it is only mentioned in ''[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Mission to the Unknown]]'' and ''[[Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks]]''. | ||
* The Daleks make use of [[Hoverbout]]s, referred to as "flying disks", to obtain a better view of the [[Aridius|Aridian]] [[desert]]. | * The Daleks make use of [[Hoverbout]]s, referred to as "flying disks", to obtain a better view of the [[Aridius|Aridian]] [[desert]]. | ||
* The [[Aridian]] Elders are confronted by the Daleks and forced to cooperate with them, something which happened off-screen in the televised version. | * The [[Aridian]] Elders are confronted by the Daleks and forced to cooperate with them, something which happened off-screen in the televised version. | ||
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* Steven lists the [[Human-Draconian War|conflict]] fought against the [[Draconian Empire]] and the [[Third Dalek War]] as factors which put an end to [[Earth Empire|Earth's]] expansionist phase. The [[Draconian]]s were not introduced on TV until ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'' during the [[Third Doctor]]'s era. A conflict known as the [[Second Dalek War]] would play a large role in future stories such as ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]'', ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]'', ''[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)|Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]'' and ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]''; a Third Dalek War would only be referenced in a [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Dalek Wars|Dalek Wars]] source from [[DWBIT 55|Issue 55]] of ''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]'' magazine. | * Steven lists the [[Human-Draconian War|conflict]] fought against the [[Draconian Empire]] and the [[Third Dalek War]] as factors which put an end to [[Earth Empire|Earth's]] expansionist phase. The [[Draconian]]s were not introduced on TV until ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'' during the [[Third Doctor]]'s era. A conflict known as the [[Second Dalek War]] would play a large role in future stories such as ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]'', ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]'', ''[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)|Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]'' and ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]''; a Third Dalek War would only be referenced in a [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Dalek Wars|Dalek Wars]] source from [[DWBIT 55|Issue 55]] of ''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]'' magazine. | ||
* The Dalek Leader slips away from the battle with the Mechonoids after realising that the assassination squad has no chance of winning. As the last surviving Dalek and in an act of self-sacrifice, it hacks into the [[Mechanoid City|city]]'s computer systems and sets the whole place to self-destruct, hoping to kill the Doctor and his companions in the blast. In the TV story, the Daleks and the Mechonoids are evenly matched and the battle brings the city down around them. | * The Dalek Leader slips away from the battle with the Mechonoids after realising that the assassination squad has no chance of winning. As the last surviving Dalek and in an act of self-sacrifice, it hacks into the [[Mechanoid City|city]]'s computer systems and sets the whole place to self-destruct, hoping to kill the Doctor and his companions in the blast. In the TV story, the Daleks and the Mechonoids are evenly matched and the battle brings the city down around them. | ||
== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||