The Evil of the Daleks (BBC Books novelisation)
The Evil of the Daleks was a novelisation based on the 1967 television serial The Evil of the Daleks. It was written by Frazer Hines and released by BBC Books on 26 October 2023. It was the second such official novelisation following the original and justified itself as, in essence, a novelisation of the 1968 televised repeat of the original TV serial, making use of the framing device of Zoe Heriot being shown the events of the earlier adventure on a mind projector shortly after joining the Doctor's TARDIS.
Publisher's summary
Young astrophysicist Zoe wishes to join Jamie and the Doctor on their travels. To give her fair warning of the dangers she may face, the Doctor uses a mind projector to share one of their most harrowing adventures...
And so, Jamie is forced to relive his struggle against the evil Daleks at their most powerful and calculating. In a complex plot that drags him from modern-day London to Victorian times and finally to the Dalek world of Skaro, he endures ordeals that test his courage, strength - and his friendship with the Doctor - to the limit...
Chapter titles
- Chapter One: To Set a Trap
- First Interlude
- Chapter Two: The Net Tightens
- Second Interlude
- Chapter Three: A Trial of Strength
- Third Interlude
- Chapter Four: A Test of Skill
- Fourth Interlude
- Chapter Five: The Human Factor
- Fifth Interlude
- Chapter Six: Escape to Danger
- Sixth Interlude
- Chapter Seven: The End of the Daleks
- Coda
Plot
to be added
Characters
- Second Doctor
- Jamie McCrimmon
- Victoria Waterfield
- Edward Waterfield
- Theodore Maxtible
- Ruth Maxtible
- Arthur Terrall
- Toby
- Mollie Dawson
- Dalek Emperor
- Zoe Heriot
to be added
Worldbuilding
to be added
Deviations from televised story
- Kennedy is given the first name Frank.
Notes
- The chapter titles for all bar "Chapter Six: Escape to Danger" are the original working titles for the televised episodes,[1] even though individual episode titles were by this time no longer being used; Season 3's four-part story The Gunfighters being the last to feature them. No working title is given on existing BBC paperwork for The Evil of the Daleks episode six.
Continuity
to be added
Audiobook
- This novel was released as an audiobook on 26 October 2023 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Frazer Hines, with Dalek voices by Nicholas Briggs.
Audiobook cover
References
External links
- Official The Evil of the Daleks - novel page at Penguin Books
- Official The Evil of the Daleks - audio page at Penguin Books
