Deceit (novel)
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Publisher's summary
'Take Arcadia apart if you have to.'
The middle of the twenty-fifth century. The Dalek war is drawing to an untidy close. Earth’s Office of External Operation is trying to extend its influence over the corporations that have controlled human-occupied space since man first ventured to the stars.
Agent Isabelle Defries is leading one expedition. Among her barely-controllable squad is an explosives expert who calls herself Ace. Their destination: Arcadia.
A non-technological paradise? A living laboratory for a centuries-long experiment? Fuel for a super-being? Even when Ace and Benny discover the truth, the Doctor refuses to listen to them.
Nothing is what it seems to be.
Characters
- Bernice Summerfield
- Is haunted by the destruction of the Seven Planets.
- Ace
- She's 3 years older.
- Is Spacefleet trained in the Special Weapons Division.
- Thinks about shagging Daak.
- Abslom Daak
- Is a clone (a "not very good one" at that).
References
- My Dalek Lover is a Sex Machine a relatively popular song during the Dalek wars.
- Dalek Killers are almost mythical.
- International Mining Corporation makes an appearance.
- The TARDIS is cured of the infection from Tír na n-Óg.
Notes
- A prologue to this novel was published in DWM Issue 198.
- This was the first Doctor Who novel to exceed 300 pages in length.
- Author Peter Darvill-Evans was the range editor for the Virgin New Adventures line.
Continuity
- Abslom Daak died destroying the Dalek Death Wheel in DWM: Nemesis of the Daleks, and was later saved by time-travelers in DWM Emperor of the Daleks!
- The TARDIS was infected with protoplasm in NA: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark.
- A construct which is probably Pool turns up in BNA: Down.
Timeline
- This story takes place after VD: Continuity Errors
- This story takes place before NA: Lucifer Rising
