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== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* Like [[The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)|''The Curse of Fenric'' novelisation]], this commission was given an unlimited word count and, in the light of the forthcoming range of ''New Adventures'' and the edicts of new editor [[Peter Darvill-Evans]], the writers were encouraged to take a more adult-orientated approach to the story. In particular, Aaronovitch's thematic exploration of [[racism|racial prejudice]], as well as the implication a young Gilmore and Jensen had sex, and more details about the period setting. | |||
* As is the norm for novelisations, many characters are given fleshed out backgrounds and names. These include Gilmore and Jensen having worked briefly together in the war, Jensen's childhood, and Ratcliffe having been a constant presence in Mike Smith's life. Mike is also aware of the Renegade Daleks being Ratcliffe's allies and so is lying when he later tells Ace he didn't know about them. | |||
* The novelisation expands on the [[Counter-Measures]] group, including naming them and giving them an origin, and gives a blossoming romance between Gilmore and Rachel. Generic soldiers are given names and scenes. | |||
* Several subtle hints are given towards Mike's eventual betrayal of the team in the form of various [[racist]], [[Sexism|sexist]] and [[antisemitic]] comments to and about others, including being relieved Ace isn't an alien as he wouldn't want to date a "foreigner". | |||
* Dalek dialogue to each other is often rewritten as network transmissions as part of a cyberpunk treatment. | |||
* There is a short prologue featuring the [[First Doctor]], portraying a scene from ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''. | * There is a short prologue featuring the [[First Doctor]], portraying a scene from ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''. | ||
* While summarising the Daleks' history to Ace, the Doctor recalls his own first encounter with them. In an interesting display of continuity, his recollection of Temmosus, begging for peace while the Daleks gunned him down, bears a striking resemblance to David Whitaker's depiction of events in ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]''. | * While summarising the Daleks' history to Ace, the Doctor recalls his own first encounter with them. In an interesting display of continuity, his recollection of Temmosus, begging for peace while the Daleks gunned him down, bears a striking resemblance to David Whitaker's depiction of events in ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]''. | ||
* The Dalek initially guarding the transmat receptacle in Coal Hill crashes through a brick wall before chasing the Doctor and Ace from the cellar. | * The Dalek initially guarding the transmat receptacle in Coal Hill crashes through a brick wall before chasing the Doctor and Ace from the cellar. | ||
* The Doctor's meeting with [[John (Remembrance of the Daleks)]] doesn't take place in the cafe set. Instead, John is running his own place: an outdoors establishment near the docks. | |||
* Gilmore refers to the government's "sensitive state" in the show is now explicitly referring to the {{w|Profumo affair}} in the book, after Allison jokes, "Thanks to {{w|Christine Keeler|Miss Keeler}}". | |||
* A reason is added for why the Daleks don't kill Ace at the end of episode 2 but are simply yelling "exterminate": they are directed to capture her and the screaming is an intimidation tactic. | |||
* The book contains far more detail on the [[Special Weapons Dalek]], known to its peers in the novelisation as the [[Abomination]]. In the book, its motives are explored in greater detail. From its inception and creation as the ultimate weapon to the surprising fact that the firing of its main weapon caused it to mutate and become self-aware. As a result, it is closely monitored and even "feared" by other Daleks. The patrol leader resists the urge to exterminate it for its impurity. Ace and the Doctor encounter the [[Special Weapons Dalek]] personally as it and the [[Imperial Dalek]]s attack the [[Renegade Dalek]]s in [[Ratcliffe's Yard]]. | * The book contains far more detail on the [[Special Weapons Dalek]], known to its peers in the novelisation as the [[Abomination]]. In the book, its motives are explored in greater detail. From its inception and creation as the ultimate weapon to the surprising fact that the firing of its main weapon caused it to mutate and become self-aware. As a result, it is closely monitored and even "feared" by other Daleks. The patrol leader resists the urge to exterminate it for its impurity. Ace and the Doctor encounter the [[Special Weapons Dalek]] personally as it and the [[Imperial Dalek]]s attack the [[Renegade Dalek]]s in [[Ratcliffe's Yard]]. | ||
* Various Dalek campaigns are mentioned such as the [[Spiridon campaign]] and the [[Movellan War]]. The Special Weapons Dalek is noted to have participated in three distinguished campaigns: [[Pa Jass-Gutrik]], the War of Vengeance against the [[Movellan]]s, [[Pa Jaski-Thal]], the Liquidation War against the [[Thal]]s, and [[Pas Jass-Vortan]], the Time Campaign — the War to End All Wars. | * Various Dalek campaigns are mentioned such as the [[Spiridon campaign]] and the [[Movellan War]]. The Special Weapons Dalek is noted to have participated in three distinguished campaigns: [[Pa Jass-Gutrik]], the War of Vengeance against the [[Movellan]]s, [[Pa Jaski-Thal]], the Liquidation War against the [[Thal]]s, and [[Pas Jass-Vortan]], the Time Campaign — the War to End All Wars. | ||
* There are two extracts from an in-universe book called ''[[The Children of Davros Volume XIX]]'', published in [[4065]]. It | * There are two extracts from an in-universe book series called ''The Children of Davros'', ''Volume XX'' and ''[[The Children of Davros Volume XIX|Volume XIX]]'', published in [[4065]]. (The subtitle for Volume XX is ''A Short History of the Dalek Race'') It is stated the [[Movellan virus]] killed 83% of the Daleks and cut off Skaro, cauisng the various surviving sector commands to become the factions "that characterize Dalek politics to this day". Davros' "subversion" of the "imperial Skarosian Daleks" is also part of a technological renaissance centred on Skaro. The Doctor expands on the Dalek civil war over racial purity, stating the factions normally wouldn't fight as they "bang databases" and one Daleks listens to the other, but the Imperials and Renegades don't recognise the other ''as'' Daleks. | ||
* The [[Imperial Dalek|Imperial faction]] employs [[scout Dalek]]s with "overpowered motor[s]" that navigate and attack using sensor signals from bulb housings on their torsos. They may bear an ancestral resemblance to the reconnaissance drone depicted in [[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]''. | * The [[Imperial Dalek|Imperial faction]] employs [[scout Dalek]]s with "overpowered motor[s]" that navigate and attack using sensor signals from bulb housings on their torsos. They may bear an ancestral resemblance to the reconnaissance drone depicted in [[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]''. | ||
* The [[Renegade Dalek]] faction employs electronic countermeasure pods, a form of in-built intrusion countermeasures electronics (ICE), in their defence. These devices allow them to infiltrate and confuse the targeting computer and life support systems of any [[Imperial Dalek]]s who come into range. During their first face-to-face encounter in London, the Renegades overwhelm their opposition by distorting their foes' aim and eventually drown them in their own nutrient tanks. | * The [[Renegade Dalek]] faction employs electronic countermeasure pods, a form of in-built intrusion countermeasures electronics (ICE), in their defence. These devices allow them to infiltrate and confuse the targeting computer and life support systems of any [[Imperial Dalek]]s who come into range. During their first face-to-face encounter in London, the Renegades overwhelm their opposition by distorting their foes' aim and eventually drown them in their own nutrient tanks. (Finding and destroying the ECM pods is an explanation for why the Daleks are sometimes firing at the tunnel walls in episode 4) | ||
* The Daleks know the Doctor by the titles of [[Ka Farq Gatri]], Enemy of the Daleks and the Bringer of Darkness. These were reused commonly in 1990s/2000s spin-off media, but most prominently for [[COMIC]]: ''[[Metamorphosis (comic story)|Metamorphosis]]'', ''[[Emperor of the Daleks! (comic story)|Emperor of the Daleks!]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'' and for the Second Doctor in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Bringer of Darkness (comic story)|Bringer of Darkness]]''. | * The Daleks know the Doctor by the titles of [[Ka Farq Gatri]], Enemy of the Daleks and the Bringer of Darkness. These were reused commonly in 1990s/2000s spin-off media, but most prominently for [[COMIC]]: ''[[Metamorphosis (comic story)|Metamorphosis]]'', ''[[Emperor of the Daleks! (comic story)|Emperor of the Daleks!]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'' and for the Second Doctor in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Bringer of Darkness (comic story)|Bringer of Darkness]]''. | ||
* The Doctor mentions the Movellan War to Ace, Rachel and Allison. The [[Movellan virus]] apparently fragmented the Daleks and left them in isolated factions. | * The Doctor mentions the Movellan War to Ace, Rachel and Allison. The [[Movellan virus]] apparently fragmented the Daleks and left them in isolated factions. | ||
* Skaro's destruction is depicted up close and in great detail. From its beetles and [[rock leopard]]s in the mountains to the Dalek city of [[Mensvat Esc-Dalek]] and the one-thousand-million Daleks that dwell within it. The mountains and seas boil, the sky turns white and the atmosphere is blown out into space by the supernova triggered by the Hand of Omega. | * Skaro's destruction is depicted up close and in great detail. From its beetles and [[rock leopard]]s in the mountains to the Dalek city of [[Mensvat Esc-Dalek]] and the one-thousand-million Daleks that dwell within it. The mountains and seas boil, the sky turns white and the atmosphere is blown out into space by the supernova triggered by the Hand of Omega. | ||
* The novelisation expands on Davros's origin, depicting the bombardment that led to him becoming crippled and chief scientist of the Kaled scientific division. The Kaled High Command attempted to persuade him to suicide after he was lamed. Citing his genetic impurity. Davros instead came to the realisation that they were too weak to abide by their principles. They couldn't kill him or even exile him and that weakness was incorporated into the Dalek design. This rejection and the bombardment were depicted in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Davros (audio story)|Davros]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Corruption (audio story)|Corruption]]'', respectively. | * The novelisation expands on Davros's origin, depicting the bombardment that led to him becoming crippled and chief scientist of the Kaled scientific division. The Kaled High Command attempted to persuade him to suicide after he was lamed. Citing his genetic impurity. Davros instead came to the realisation that they were too weak to abide by their principles. They couldn't kill him or even exile him and that weakness was incorporated into the Dalek design. This rejection and the bombardment were depicted in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Davros (audio story)|Davros]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Corruption (audio story)|Corruption]]'', respectively. | ||
* The novelisation is notable for providing many points of reference for lore in the [[Virgin New Adventures]]. [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart (Remembrance of the Daleks)|Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]], an ancestor of [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart|the character]] who later appears in ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'', is introduced as the author of the oft-quoted ''The Children of Davros''. Flashbacks to ancient [[Gallifrey]] introduce "[[the Other]]", a prominent figure with links to the Doctor and the mysterious third member of the founding [[Triumvirate]] with [[Rassilon]] and [[Omega]]. | * The novelisation is notable for providing many points of reference for lore in the [[Virgin New Adventures]]. [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart (Remembrance of the Daleks)|Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]], an ancestor of [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart|the character]] who later appears in ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'', is introduced as the author of the oft-quoted ''The Children of Davros''. Flashbacks to ancient [[Gallifrey]] introduce "[[the Other]]", a prominent figure with links to the Doctor and the mysterious third member of the founding [[Triumvirate]] with [[Rassilon]] and [[Omega]]. | ||
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The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by [[David J. Howe]]. Music and sound effects by [[Simon Power]]. | The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by [[David J. Howe]]. Music and sound effects by [[Simon Power]]. | ||
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