A Device of Death (novel)

A Device of Death
Doctor:	[[doctor::Fourth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Sarah Jane Smith Harry Sullivan
Main enemy:	Kambril The Oranos
Main setting:	Adelphine Cluster Gallifrey, the Rassilon Era Deepcity
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Virgin Publishing]]
Writer:	Christopher Bulis
Release details
Release number:	31
Release date:	February 1997
Format:	Paperback Book, 256 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20501-4

Publisher's summary

'As a member of an inferior race, you either work to serve the cause of Averon, or die.'

Sarah is marooned on a slave world where the only escape is death. Harry is caught in the middle of an interplanetary invasion, and has to combine medicine with a desperate mission. And the Fourth Doctor lands on a world so secret it does not even have a name.

Why have the TARDIS crew been scattered across the stars? What terrible accident could have wiped the Doctor's memory? And what could interest the Time Lords in this war-torn sector of space?

At the heart of a star-spanning conspiracy lies an ancient quest: people have been making weapons since the dawn of time — but perhaps someone has finally discovered the ultimate device of death.

Characters

• The Doctor
• Sarah Jane Smith
• Harry Sullivan
• Andez
• Arken'rek
• Backley
• Elyze Brant
• Brastall
• Callon'mal
• Chell'lak
• Crietz
• Martyn Daw
• Emberley
• Farris
• Baal Garikth-tal
• Gillsen
• Hensall
• Barris Kambril
• Lassiter
• Olivor Malf (aka Admiral Zeff Dorling)
• Angelyn Marcavos (aka 829)
• Max
• Morven
• Nacroth'ves
• Naversen
• Oban
• Orsang'tor
• Pascal
• Neels Prander
• Scout
• Cara Tarron
• Mattew Tarron
• Taxos
• Thurval
• Tramour'des
• Vane
• Brin Vender

References

The Doctor

• The Doctor gives his age as 748.
• The Time Lords give the Doctor another TARDIS, one with a functioning chameleon circuit, but he gives it back.

Governments

• Averon Union
• Landoran Alliance

Locations

• Adelphine Cluster
• Averon
• Calfon colony
• Deepcity
• Heliotrix
• Jand
  • Tesh'gar
  • Tomar'yat
• Landor
• Oceanus
• Tralsammavar

Science

• MICA
• neutronium
• penatholene
• synthoid

Spacecraft

• Oranos
• Rossberg

Species

• Averonian
• Garvantine
• Glarrock
• Jand
• Maarcheen
• Nethrass
• Tarracosian
• Tralsammavarian

Notes

• According to the Time Lords, due to the Doctor's actions, a force of robots will arise that will contribute to the fall of the Daleks. It is implied that these robots are the Movellans.

Continuity

• After departing from Skaro, the Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry are scattered across the Adelphine Cluster due to temporal disruption interfering with the Time Ring.
• The Doctor mentions adventures with the Daleks, the Aztecs, Atlanteans, the London Underground, Peladon and the Minoan labyrinth of Crete.

Timeline

• A Device of Death occurs after: DW: Genesis of the Daleks
• A Device of Death occurs before: DW: Revenge of the Cybermen

External links

• A Device of Death at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• The Discontinuity Guide to: A Device of Death at The Whoniverse