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|name= War of the Daleks | |name= War of the Daleks | ||
|adapted from = War of the Daleks (TV story) | |||
|image=war of the daleks cover.jpg | |image=war of the daleks cover.jpg | ||
|series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | |series=[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | ||
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* Counting the Interludes, every single Dalek story is referenced in some way (except ''[[Death to the Daleks]]''). | * Counting the Interludes, every single Dalek story is referenced in some way (except ''[[Death to the Daleks]]''). | ||
* The Dalek Prime looks like the Dalek Emperor from ''[[The Dalek Chronicles]]''. | * The Dalek Prime looks like the Dalek Emperor from ''[[The Dalek Chronicles]]''. | ||
* The Dalek Prime previous appeared in John Peels' Dalek [[Target novelisation|novelisations]] [[The Chase (novelisation)|''The Chase'']], [[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|''The Mutation of Time'']], [[The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)|''The Evil of the Daleks'']] (as the [[Dalek Emperor]]) and was mentioned in ''[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Mission to the Unknown]]''. This is the Dalek Prime's first role in an original story. | * The Dalek Prime previous appeared in John Peels' Dalek [[Target novelisation|novelisations]] [[The Chase (novelisation)|''The Chase'']], [[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|''The Mutation of Time'']], [[The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)|''The Evil of the Daleks'']] (as the [[Dalek Emperor]]) and was mentioned in ''[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Mission to the Unknown]]''. This is the Dalek Prime's first role in an original story. The second and only other would be [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Four Doctors (audio story)|The Four Doctors]]'', it's only role outside of a novel. | ||
* ''War of the Daleks'' began life as a four-part TV story, but when the series was cancelled it was shelved, then was put forward by John Peel as a possible [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It was rejected, before finally becoming an Eighth Doctor Adventure. Peel noted in an interview, "Another reason for the story was to bring back Skaro. I feel that its destruction in [[Remembrance of the Daleks|''Remembrance'' <nowiki>[of the Daleks]</nowiki>]] - was a bad move, as did [[Terry Nation]]. When I sought his permission for ''War'', he asked me to try and rectify the destruction, which I think I've done very sneakily."<ref>[http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/issue11/interview11h.html Interview with John Peel, which appeared in ''Broadsword'' issue 11]</ref> | * ''War of the Daleks'' began life as a four-part TV story, but when the series was cancelled it was shelved, then was put forward by John Peel as a possible [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It was rejected, before finally becoming an Eighth Doctor Adventure. Peel noted in an interview, "Another reason for the story was to bring back Skaro. I feel that its destruction in [[Remembrance of the Daleks|''Remembrance'' <nowiki>[of the Daleks]</nowiki>]] - was a bad move, as did [[Terry Nation]]. When I sought his permission for ''War'', he asked me to try and rectify the destruction, which I think I've done very sneakily."<ref>[http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/issue11/interview11h.html Interview with John Peel, which appeared in ''Broadsword'' issue 11]</ref> | ||
* This is the only ''Doctor Who'' novel to feature Davros as a character. | * This is the only ''Doctor Who'' novel to feature Davros as a character. | ||
* The novel was released the same day as the [[Past Doctor Adventures|Past Doctor Adventure]] novel ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'', another [[Illegal Alien (TV story)|proposed TV story]] that was scrapped due to the show's cancellation and featured another popular recurring enemy. | |||
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