Dalek (novelisation)
Dalek was a novelisation based on the 2005 television episode Dalek. It was written by the original writer Robert Shearman and released by Target Books on 11 March 2021.
Publisher's summary
'The entire Dalek race, wiped out in one second. I watched it happen. I made it happen!'
The Doctor and Rose arrive in an underground vault in Utah in the near future. The vault is filled with alien artefacts. Its billionaire owner, Henry van Statten, even has possession of a living alien creature, a mechanical monster in chains that he has named a Metaltron.
Seeking to help the Metaltron, the Doctor is appalled to find it is in fact a Dalek – one that has survived the horrors of the Time War just as he has. And as the Dalek breaks loose, the Doctor is brought back to the brutality and desperation of his darkest hours spent fighting the creatures of Skaro… this time with the Earth as their battlefield.
Chapter titles
- Prologue
- 1
- 2
- 3
- The Torturer's Tale
- 4
- The Collector's Tale
- 5
- 6
- 7
- The Agent's Tale
- 8
- The Genius's Tale
- 9
- The Soldier's Tale
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Epilogue
Deviations from televised story
- The story features a prologue, an epilogue, and some parts from the POV of some of the characters.
- The scene in which the Doctor and Rose observe a Cyberman head is omitted.
- De Maggio is replaced by a new character called Klein.
- The Dalek is far more damaged initially than it was in the TV story, to the extent that its dome is malformed and its sucker is snapped.
- The Dalek instructs Rose to touch it to ensure that it will not die alone, whereas in the TV story it merely states that it will die alone which encourages Rose to touch it of her own accord.
- The Dalek regenerates the damage to its casing immediately after absorbing Rose's DNA, whereas in the TV story it regenerates its casing when draining power from the base.
- The Dalek does not have a shield, and is knocked over by the concentrated fire of the soldiers.
- The Doctor implies that the Dalek absorbed pornographic material from the internet, to which it bluntly replies that all data it considered irrelevant was immediately deleted.
- When contacting the Doctor demanding he reopen the bulkheads, the Dalek uses its sucker arm to clamp around Rose's face to prevent her from speaking to him.
- Diana Goddard's story is changed, and she is no longer responsible for wiping Van Statten's memory.
- The Dalek allows Van Statten to touch it one final time before leaving with Rose.
Writing and publishing notes
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Additional cover images
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Audiobook
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on 11 March 2021 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Nicholas Briggs.
Audiobook cover
External links
- Official Dalek page at Penguin Books
