Legacy (novel)

Legacy
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Companion(s):	Ace, Benny
Main enemy:	The Diadem
Main setting:	Io, Pakha and Peladon, c.3985
Key crew
Publisher:	Virgin Books
Writer:	Gary Russell
Release details
Release number:	25
Release date:	21 April 1994
Format:	Paperback Book; 12 Chapters, 301 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20412-3
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Legacy is 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

"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.

Chapter Titles

Part One - The Past

• 1: My Shadow in Vain
• Interlude 1

Part Two - Contemporary

• 1: Unknown and Hostile
• 2: In a Glasshouse
• 3: Machine and Soul
• 4: Strange Charm
• Interlude 2
• 5: A Game Called Echo
• 6: Are Friends Electric?
• 7: Soul Protection
• Interlude 3
• 8: I Die: You Die

Part Three - The Future?

• 1: Dark Mountain

Plot

to be added

Characters

• Seventh Doctor
• Ace
• Bernice Summerfield
• Nic Reece
• Lianna
• Savaar
• Keri
• Kitai
• Alpha Centauri
• Atissa
• Damajina
• Geban
• Hissel
• Hyn't'n
• Jav
• Jina
• Damakort
• Lambert
• Neal Corry
• Rassburr
• Sadler
• Sharrod
• Sskeet
• Vor'r'na
• Third Doctor (flashback)
• Jo Grant (flashback)

References

Culture

• There are wind chimes from Deva Loka aboard the Bruk.
• The Sword of Tuburr in mentioned for the first time, a symbol of the Ice Warriors / Martian's warrior past. The Sword on display on the Bruk is a replica.

The Doctor

• The Doctor's eyes are either brown or black.

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 is still alive. Reproduction comes naturally with the right mental urges.
• Savaar enjoys his kiss with Bernice.
• Nic Reece considers himself a pretty suave PR guy.
• Lianna gets speared (and dies) by Nic Reece.

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 to withdraw from the Galactic Federation, thereby sparing it from the Daleks.

Species

• Ace was hamster monitor in Miss Marshall's class.

Time Lords

• Chancellor Goth convinced the Celestial Intervention Agency to send the Third Doctor to Peladon.

Notes

• DWM 221 had a prelude across two pages for this novel with accompanying illustrations.
• This was originally intended to be an audio drama for the Audio Visuals range, a series of unlicensed audio dramas produced by fans. Most of them went on to produce licenced Doctor Who based works as part of Big Finish Productions, BBV Productions or in Britain's television industry.
• 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
  • 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")
  • Mavic Chen becomes the Guardian of the Solar System (so 3950)
  • It is thirty years before a Dalek war, presumably meaning the events of TV: The Daleks' Master Plan (therefore 3970)
  • The Doctor says it is six hundred years after TV: The Ice Warriors (therefore 3600, as the year 3000 was often given for the dating of that story). PROSE: The Dark Path gives some leeway in that Ice Warriors could occur sometime in the 31st century.
  • PROSE: Placebo Effect gives the date as 3984. Bernice plans to leave the Doctor for three months, and returns in PROSE: Theatre of War which is dated 3985, so it's possible the year changed.
• The description of Space Station Zenobia in a graveyard of wrecked spaceships was Robert Holmes's original idea for the opening of TV: 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.

Continuity

• The Doctor states he visited Peladon twice. (TV: The Curse of Peladon, The Monster of Peladon) It's possible he erased the memory of AUDIO: The Prisoner of Peladon and The Bride of Peladon in PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys.
• Additionally, Ace's memories were affected in Genesys, since this is the first time she sees an Ice Warrior, despite previously meeting them in AUDIO: Thin Ice, implying that story takes place before the Virgin New Adventures.
• The Doctor visits Peladon every 50 years.
  • TV: Curse - Third Doctor, 3885.
  • TV: Monster - Third Doctor, 3935.
  • AUDIO: Bride - Fifth Doctor, 4035.
  • Legacy - Seventh Doctor, 3985.
• The novel features a prologue to the events of TV: The Curse of Peladon, where Goth, the President, 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.
• In the prologue, the Time Lords mention the recent development of time rings. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)
• Queen Thalira died in a shuttle crash a few years after the events of TV: The Monster of Peladon.
• The Horus ruins were discovered a few years ago. (TV: Pyramids of Mars)
• TV: The Daleks' Master Plan first featured Guardians of the Solar system.
• At the end of this novel Benny leaves to go on a dig with Rhukk. She returns in PROSE: Theatre of War.
• PROSE: Happy Endings features some characters Benny meets for the first time in this novel.
• Benny has never been on Mars, but has Fred's memory of being on Mars, although she doesn't know who Fred is. (PROSE: Transit)
• The real Sword of Tuburr is seen in PROSE: GodEngine.
• It is implied that the Diadem is similar to the mind parasite in TV: The Mind of Evil.
• Aliens in the Federation include Ogri, (TV: The Stones of Blood) Lurmans, (TV: Carnival of Monsters) and Cantryans.
• A Felinetta appears in a flashback. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)

This actually marks their first appearance.

• There are Deva Lokan wind chimes on board the Bruk. (TV: Kinda)
• The Doctor previously met Alpha Centauri on Peladon and every time he visits after. (TV: The Curse of Peladon AUDIO: The Prisoner of Peladon, TV: The Monster of Peladon, (AUDIO: The Bride of Peladon)
• When hearing the events of TV: The Ice Warriors, Bernice asks the Doctor if he told the Warriors about New Mars, implying he could've sent them there.
• An alternative version of the Doctor was beheaded by the Ice Warrior on Peladon. (PROSE: So Vile a Sin)

External links

• Prelude to Legacy as published in DWM #211
• Legacy at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Discontinuity Guide to: Legacy at The Whoniverse
• The Cloister Library: Legacy