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*Some [[Draconian]]s make an appearance (also during an interlude), they die. | *Some [[Draconian]]s make an appearance (also during an interlude), they die. | ||
*[[Varga plant]]s are mentioned briefly as the crew of the [[Quetzel]] consider what could be within the pod. | *[[Varga plant]]s are mentioned briefly as the crew of the [[Quetzel]] consider what could be within the pod. | ||
*At Davros's (or the Dalek Race's | *At Davros's (or the Dalek Race's, depending on how you see it) trial the Daleks play a recording of Professor [[Rachel Jensen]] concerning [[Coal Hill School]] and [[Shoreditch Incident|the battle]] that took place there. | ||
==Story Notes== | ==Story Notes== | ||
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*The Dalek Prime looks like the Dalek Emperor from [[The Dalek Chronicles]]. | *The Dalek Prime looks like the Dalek Emperor from [[The Dalek Chronicles]]. | ||
*War of the Daleks begun life as a four part TV story, but when the series was cancelled it held off, then it was put forward by John Peel as a possible [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel, but was rejected before finally becoming a 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 (of the Daleks)]] - 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 begun life as a four part TV story, but when the series was cancelled it held off, then it was put forward by John Peel as a possible [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel, but was rejected before finally becoming a 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 (of the Daleks)]] - 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> | ||
===Retcon=== | |||
''War of the Daleks'' is controversial for its retconning of every Dalek story from ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' to ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', although it is not really a true retcon. The retcon also makes reference to other Dalek stories. | |||
*During the invasion defeated in ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' (set in the 22nd century), the Daleks discovered records showing that Davros had destroyed Skaro in 1963 (''Remembrance of the Daleks''). | |||
*The Daleks then used their nascent time travel abilities to try to prevent the failure of the invasion. This attempt created a parallel timeline (''[[Day of the Daleks]]''). When this failed, the Daleks realised that they could not save Skaro by changing history. | |||
*The Dalek Prime came up with a new plan. The planet Antalin was terraformed to resemble Skaro. Davros was excavated from the Kaled bunker and moved to Antalin. The Daleks also created the [[Movellan]]s and faked a war with them to give them a plausible reason for reviving Davros. The Daleks ensured that Davros would be captured and taken for trial (''Destiny of the Daleks''). | |||
*It was then arranged that Davros was sprung from his imprisonment and given access to the time travel technology he needed to return to 1963, acquire the Hand of Omega, and destroy Antalin (''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]''). | |||
*At this point, the plan seemed to go a bit wrong, as Davros instead began to create a new race of Daleks (''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]''). | |||
*When Davros was finally able to travel back to 1963 with his Imperial Faction, the Renegade faction - ultimately loyal to the Dalek Prime - ensured that he acquired the Hand of Omega and destroyed what appeared to be Skaro to fulfil the historical record (''Remembrance of the Daleks''). | |||
===Discontinuity and Errors=== | ===Discontinuity and Errors=== | ||
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{{BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[Genocide]] | after = [[Alien Bodies]]}} | {{BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures Series Box | before = [[Genocide]] | after = [[Alien Bodies]]}} | ||
[[Category:Dalek novels]] | [[Category:Dalek novels]] | ||
[[Category:BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | [[Category:BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] | ||
