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A Device of Death was the thirty-first novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series.
Publisher's summary
- "As a member of an inferior race, you either work to serve the cause of Averon, or die."
Sarah Jane 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 seven hundred forty-eight.
- The Time Lords give the Doctor another TARDIS, one with a functioning chameleon circuit, but he gives it back.
Governments
Locations
Science
Spacecraft
Species
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