Warmonger (novel)

Warmonger
Doctor:	Fifth Doctor
Companion(s):	Peri
Main enemy:	Morbius, Solon
Key crew
Publisher:	BBC Books
Writer:	Terrance Dicks
Cover by:	Black Sheep
Release details
Release number:	53
Release date:	6 May 2002
Format:	Paperback Book; 40 Chapters, 286 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-563-53852-X
BBC Past Doctor Adventures
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Warmonger was the fifty-third BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel. It featured the Fifth Doctor and Peri Brown.

Publisher's summary

"This is High Treason, and for this you deserve death. However, in view of your past service, the sentence is commuted to exile. You leave Gallifrey this day, never to return."

A chain of events has been set in motion that will change the Fifth Doctor and Peri forever. A chain that involves old enemies as well as old friends.

How does Peri come to be the leader of a gang of rebel fighters on an outlying planet? Who is the mysterious "General" against whom they are rebelling so violently? Where does the so-called "Supremo", leader of the Alliance forces ranged against the General, come from, and why is he so interested in Peri?

The answers lie in the origins of a conflict that will affect the whole cosmos — a conflict that will find humans, Sontarans, Draconians and even Cybermen fighting together for the greater good and glory. For the Supremo.

It is a conflict that will test both the Doctor and Peri to the limit, and bring them face to face with the dark sides of their own personalities.

Plot

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Characters

• Fifth Doctor
• Peri
• Borusa
• Morbius
• Mehendri Solon
• Gina
• Kyrin
• Drago
• Commander Nadir
• Lieutenant Hakon
• Reverend Mother Maren
• Commander Aylmer Hawken
• Lord Delmar
• Ratisbon
• Vidal, Ensign of the Chancellery Guard
• Grimoire

Alliance Members

• Draconian High Commander Aril
• Sontaran Battle-Major Streg
• Emperor of Draconia
• Sontaran Battle-Marshal Skrug
• Makir President of Fangoria
• Taro

References

The Doctor

• The Doctor had a nightmare in which the Daleks offered their support for the alliance.

Individuals

• Mehendri Solon at that time lived in the Hospice on Karn.

Planets

• Amongst the planets conquered by Morbius are Darkeen, Fangoria, Freedonia, Martak, Romark, Sylvana, Tanith and Zandir.

Species

• The Draconians, Sontarans, Cybermen, Ogrons, Ice Warriors, Gaztaks and Vampires all appear.

Notes

• This story is both a sequel and a prequel to the television story The Brain of Morbius.
• Warmonger was originally a Sixth Doctor and Peri novel called Prelude. (REF: I, Who 3)

Continuity

• The Doctor has a dedicated edition of The Time Machine. He would later encounter H. G. Wells. (TV: Timelash)
• The Doctor recalls his previous encounter with Solon and the Sisterhood of Karn in his previous incarnation. (TV: The Brain of Morbius)

External links

• Warmonger at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Discontinuity Guide to: Warmonger at The Whoniverse
• The Cloister Library: Warmonger