Heliotrope Bouquet (short story)

Heliotrope Bouquet

Main character(s):

Daleks, CyberNeomorphs

Main setting:

Soarpath Junction and nearby space, the 26th century

Key crew

Writer:

Dan Abnett

Illustrator:

Lee Sullivan

Release details

Number of parts:

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Heliotrope Bouquet was a short story published in DWM 181 and 182. It did not feature the Doctor at all.

Summary

In the 26th century, the three crew members of the space yacht Heliotrope Bouquet II depart Soarpath Junction, only to become caught in the middle of a space battle between Daleks and Cybermen. They escape, but the ship is badly damaged. While making their way to a safe harbour, a Cyber-Leader forces them to return to the battle so he can destroy the Dalek ship. They succeed in tricking the Cyberman, destroy him, and resume course away from the battle.

Characters

Worldbuilding

Dalek — Cyber War poster included with the story.

Planets, colonies and other astronomical locations mentioned include Looking-glass, Soarpath Junction, the Partition Sector, Nyvann, the Davian Systems, the Plaides, Sark and Sadizar.
Spacecraft mentioned include the Downline Express, the Heliotrope Bouquet II, the Cybership K'voon and the Dalek flagship Urun-hutsaiki Rak.
The Daleks pilot what appear to be hoverbouts in the poster, but they are called "space maneouvre cradles" in the text.
Goff had served with Space Tactical and Central Intelligence.

Notes

A poster depicting the Dalek — Cyber War was included with the story.
"Plaides" is presumably a misspelling of "Pleiades".

Continuity

At this point in time, the last contact with the Daleks and Cybermen was so long ago that some people no longer believe in them. In TV: The Space Museum, Vicki (who is from 2493) didn't know what a Dalek looked like until she saw one, and in TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen (set in the previous century) the Cybermen are believed to have died out centuries ago.
Misha had worked three years as an interpreter in the Draconian Disputes. (TV: Frontier in Space)

Dalek prose stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Dalek prose story" is one in which one living, authentic Dalek plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.

Dalek annuals

The Dalek Book	Red for Danger • The Secret of the Mountain • The Small Defender • Break-through!

The Dalek World	The Secret Struggle • The Five-Leaf Clover • The Dalekreed • The Log of the "Gypsy Joe" • What To Do If A Dalek Attacks You! • Manhunt

The Dalek Outer Space Book	Dalek Saturn Probe • The Outlaw Planet • The Living Death • Diamond Dust • The Great Mercury Plot

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976	Terror Task Force • Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! • Nightmare • Timechase

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977	The Doomsday Machine • Report from an Unknown Planet • The Fugitive

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1978	The Castaway • The Seeds of Destruction • Assassination Squad

Doctor Who Magazine

Heliotrope Bouquet

Doctor Who
Poster Magazine

Davros • Special Daleks • Background • The Shoreditch Incident

Virgin New Adventures

GodEngine

BBC Eighth
Doctor Adventures

War of the Daleks • Legacy of the Daleks

Telos Doctor Who
novellas

The Dalek Factor

Quick Reads

I Am a Dalek

Doctor Who Files

Mission to Galacton • Birth of a Legend

Short Trips

Natalie's Diary • Alby • The Best Joke I Ever Told • Hide and Seek • The Eighth Wonder of the World • Mutually Assured Survival • Museum Peace

BBC New
Series Adventures

Prisoner of the Daleks • The Dalek Generation • Engines of War

Puffin eshort

The Ripple Effect

NSA anthologies

A Prologue • Master Faustus • The Stranger • The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes • The Jeopardy of Solar Proximity • The Monster in the Woods • The Third Wise Man • Father of the Daleks

The Brilliant Book 2011

The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill • The New Dalek Paradigm • The History of the Stone Totems

Dr. Men

Dr. Fourth

Now We Are Six Hundred

Dalek • Harriet Jones, PM

Dalek: The Astounding
Untold History of the
Greatest Enemies
of the Universe

The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe • The Dalek Invasion of Toyshops • Infection of the Daleks • Lost Patrol • War and Peace

Time Lord Victorious

The Guide to the Dark Times • The Restoration Empire • The Last Message • Mission to the Known • All Flesh is Grass

Others

Doctor Who and the Daleks • Daleks Invade Zaos • Doctor Who and the Time War

Because of the ubiquity of this race, no attempt will be made here to list every appearance in every medium. Instead, we focus on prose appearances here, and invite you to explore a complete list of appearances elsewhere.

Cyberman stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Cyberman story" is one in which one living, authentic Cyberman plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as Dalek are absent due to only featuring deceased Cybermen on display. Stories like Carnival of Monsters, A Good Man Goes to War and The Vanquishers are also not included due to the Cybermen's appearance being of little consequence to the plot of the story.

Television

The Tenth Planet • The Moonbase • The Tomb of the Cybermen • The Wheel in Space • The Invasion • Revenge of the Cybermen • Earthshock • The Five Doctors • Attack of the Cybermen • Silver Nemesis • Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel • Army of Ghosts / Doomsday • Cyberwoman • The Next Doctor • The Pandorica Opens • Closing Time • Nightmare in Silver • The Time of the Doctor • Dark Water / Death in Heaven • World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls • The Haunting of Villa Diodati • Ascension of the Cybermen / The Timeless Children • Flux: Once, Upon Time • The Power of the Doctor

Webcast

TARDIS Cam No.1 - The Moonscape • Real Time • Tardisode 6 • Tardisode 13 • Monster File: Cybermen • What if robots replaced teachers?

Audio

Sword of Orion • Spare Parts • Real Time • The Harvest • Silver Lining • Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus • The Reaping • The Gathering • The Blue Tooth • Human Resources • The Girl Who Never Was • The Ultimate Adventure • Kingdom of Silver • Legend of the Cybermen • The Silver Turk • Last of the Cybermen • Return to Telos • The Isos Network • The Tyrants of Logic • Code Silver / Master of Worlds • Hour of the Cybermen • Conversion • Return of the Cybermen • The Gates of Hell • Scourge of the Cybermen • Altered Status • Monsters in Metropolis • Secrets of Telos • Way of the Burryman / The Forth Generation • Bad Day in Tinseltown • Willkommen • Wulf • Übermensch • Auf Wiedersehen • The Great Cyber-War • Sins of the Flesh

Cyberman

Scorpius • Fear • Conversion • Telos • Outsiders • Terror • Machines • Extinction

Prose

Novels	Iceberg • Killing Ground • Illegal Alien • Warmonger • Loving the Alien • Made of Steel • Plague of the Cybermen • Dr. First • Scratchman • The Self-Made Man

Short stories	Birth of a Renegade • Heliotrope Bouquet • Scientific Adviser • Vrs • Going Off the Rails • Cybermen: Status Update • The Piper • The Mondas Touch • The Patchwork Pierrot • Consultation Exercise • Alit in Underland • Ghost in the Machine • The Heist • A Girl Called Doubt

Features	Cybermen

Comics

The Coming of the Cybermen • Flower Power • Cyber-Mole • The Cyber Empire • Eskimo Joe • Masquerade • The Time Museum • Test Flight • Junk-Yard Demon • Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman • Deathworld • Black Legacy • Revelation! • Genesis! • The World Shapers • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • The Good Soldier • Dreadnought • The Flood • The Power of the Cybermen / Drones of Doom / Enemy Mine / Time of the Cybermen • Assimilation² • Doctor Who and the Last Stand • The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who • Conversion • Untitled • Cyber Crisis • Supremacy of the Cybermen • The Bidding War • The Lost Dimension • High Noon in Hollywood

The Cybermen	The Dead Heart • The Flesh Unbound • The Black Sky • The Hungry Sea • The Dark Flame • The Future Perfect • The Ugly Underneath • The Prodigal Returns

Supremacy of the Cybermen prologues	The First Doctor • The Second Doctor • The Third Doctor • The Fourth Doctor • The Fifth Doctor • The Sixth Doctor • The Seventh Doctor • The Eighth Doctor • The War Doctor

Video
games

Destiny of the Doctors • Airships • Cyber Assault • Ghostwatch • Eye of the TARDIS • Return to Earth • The Mazes of Time • Blood of the Cybermen • Dalek Supremacy • The Eternity Clock • The Doctor and the Dalek • Lost in Time • Hidden Mysteries

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