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|companions = [[Jon Bowman|Space Major Jon Bowman]], [[Koral]] | |companions = [[Jon Bowman|Space Major Jon Bowman]], [[Koral]] | ||
|enemy = [[Dalek|The Daleks]], [[Dalek X]] | |enemy = [[Dalek|The Daleks]], [[Dalek X]] | ||
|setting = [[Kappa Galanga sector]] | |setting = [[Kappa Galanga sector]], [[Hurala]], [[Arkheon]], [[Auros]] | ||
|writer = [[Trevor Baxendale]] | |writer = [[Trevor Baxendale]] | ||
|publisher = BBC Books | |publisher = BBC Books | ||
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The Daleks are advancing, their empire constantly expanding into Earth's space. The Earth forces are resisting the Daleks in every way they can. But the battles rage on across countless solar systems. And now the future of our galaxy hangs in the balance... The Doctor finds himself stranded on board a starship near the front line with a group of ruthless bounty hunters. | The Daleks are advancing, their empire constantly expanding into Earth's space. The Earth forces are resisting the Daleks in every way they can. But the battles rage on across countless solar systems. And now the future of our galaxy hangs in the balance... The Doctor finds himself stranded on board a starship near the front line with a group of ruthless bounty hunters. | ||
Earth Command will pay them for every Dalek they kill, every eye stalk they bring back as proof. With the Doctor's help, the bounty hunters achieve the ultimate prize: a Dalek prisoner | Earth Command will pay them for every Dalek they kill, every eye stalk they bring back as proof. With the Doctor's help, the bounty hunters achieve the ultimate prize: a Dalek prisoner — intact, powerless, and ready for interrogation. But where the Daleks are involved, nothing is what it seems, and no one is safe. Before long the tables will be turned, and how will the Doctor survive when he becomes a prisoner of the Daleks? | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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Upon arriving at Auros the Doctor and the crew discover that the planet's population are abandoning the planet as the Daleks are about to invade. Using the Osterhagen Principle, they detonate a series of nuclear bombs and destroy the planet to prevent it falling to the Daleks. The Doctor and Bowman realise the Daleks will ambush the retreating convoy. They try to warn them but the Daleks arrive, forcing the convoy to surrender and destroying its flagship as a warning to the other ships. | Upon arriving at Auros the Doctor and the crew discover that the planet's population are abandoning the planet as the Daleks are about to invade. Using the Osterhagen Principle, they detonate a series of nuclear bombs and destroy the planet to prevent it falling to the Daleks. The Doctor and Bowman realise the Daleks will ambush the retreating convoy. They try to warn them but the Daleks arrive, forcing the convoy to surrender and destroying its flagship as a warning to the other ships. | ||
Furious at the loss of Stella and her homeworld, the crew of the ''Wayfarer'' decide to interrogate the captured Dalek. With the Doctor's reluctant help they disarm it. Koral uses its claws to open the casing. They remove the creature inside and torture it, despite the Doctor's protests. They give up when the Dalek tells them nothing. After they've left the cargo hold, however, the Doctor returns and reveals to the dying Dalek who he is. The Dalek, amongst its predictable ranting, lets slip that the Daleks plan to | Furious at the loss of Stella and her homeworld, the crew of the ''Wayfarer'' decide to interrogate the captured Dalek. With the Doctor's reluctant help they disarm it. Koral uses its claws to open the casing. They remove the creature inside and torture it, despite the Doctor's protests. They give up when the Dalek tells them nothing. After they've left the cargo hold, however, the Doctor returns and reveals to the dying Dalek who he is. The Dalek, amongst its predictable ranting, lets slip that the Daleks plan to "eliminate all humanity from its very beginnings!" Eventually the Dalek dies, and the Doctor works out what it meant. | ||
He reveals to the crew that the Daleks must be looking for the [[Arkheon Threshold]], a schism in time and space which, if opened, will give the Daleks access to the [[Time Vortex]]. Deciding that the Doctor is telling the truth, Bowman orders the crew to head for the remains of the planet [[Arkheon]], destroyed at the start of the war. | He reveals to the crew that the Daleks must be looking for the [[Arkheon Threshold]], a schism in time and space which, if opened, will give the Daleks access to the [[Time Vortex]]. Deciding that the Doctor is telling the truth, Bowman orders the crew to head for the remains of the planet [[Arkheon]], destroyed at the start of the war. | ||
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The Doctor and the crew are taken into the base where they are scanned for 'suitability'. Scrum is found to be of marginal use. Cuttin' Edge and Koral are sentenced to work in the mines. When Bowman is scanned it is discovered he is in fact 'Space Major Jon Bowman', the designer of Earth's defence system and high on the Dalek's list of wanted people. The commander is alerted. Upon being told by the [[Command Dalek]] that Bowman will be taken for brain excoriation, which will kill him, Koral, who is secretly in love with Bowman, lashes out at the nearest Dalek. In retaliation the Daleks kill Scrum, the weakest member of the group. As the Daleks prepare to take Bowman away, the Doctor stops them and whispers something to the Command Dalek. The Command Dalek, suddenly terrified, orders two of its minions to scan the Doctor. They immediately identity him and prepare to exterminate him. The Doctor persuades them to interrogate him first. News of the Doctor's capture is sent to the Supreme Dalek on Skaro, who sends the Primary Intelligence Unit, led by the Dalek Inquisitor General, to interrogate the Doctor. | The Doctor and the crew are taken into the base where they are scanned for 'suitability'. Scrum is found to be of marginal use. Cuttin' Edge and Koral are sentenced to work in the mines. When Bowman is scanned it is discovered he is in fact 'Space Major Jon Bowman', the designer of Earth's defence system and high on the Dalek's list of wanted people. The commander is alerted. Upon being told by the [[Command Dalek]] that Bowman will be taken for brain excoriation, which will kill him, Koral, who is secretly in love with Bowman, lashes out at the nearest Dalek. In retaliation the Daleks kill Scrum, the weakest member of the group. As the Daleks prepare to take Bowman away, the Doctor stops them and whispers something to the Command Dalek. The Command Dalek, suddenly terrified, orders two of its minions to scan the Doctor. They immediately identity him and prepare to exterminate him. The Doctor persuades them to interrogate him first. News of the Doctor's capture is sent to the Supreme Dalek on Skaro, who sends the Primary Intelligence Unit, led by the Dalek Inquisitor General, to interrogate the Doctor. | ||
Cuttin' Edge and Koral are sent to work in the mines. The Doctor is placed in the same cell as Bowman, who reveals to him that the Dalek Inquisitor General, called | Cuttin' Edge and Koral are sent to work in the mines. The Doctor is placed in the same cell as Bowman, who reveals to him that the Dalek Inquisitor General, called "[[Dalek X]]" by the Earth authorities, is second in command to the Supreme Dalek and is described as being "the Devil in Dalek form". Dalek X arrives at Arkheon aboard the ''[[Exterminator]]'', the [[Dalek Empire]]'s most advanced ship, containing five hundred Daleks and accompanied by a small fleet of [[Dalek flying saucer|Dalek saucers]]. Dalek X takes over command of the base, and exterminates one of the its mining Daleks for failing to meet its target. He orders that every hour the weakest group of workers will be exterminated. Soon after, the Doctor is brought to the interrogation room. Dalek X measures the Doctor's capacity for physical pain with a [[mind probe]], simply out of curiosity. After an unknown length of time in pain, the Doctor is released from the mind probe and shown around the base by Dalek X. Meanwhile the ''Wayfarer'' is destroyed by an [[Aggressor class|''Aggressor''-class starship]], and Bowman is taken to have his brain removed. | ||
Dalek X reveals to the Doctor that once the planetary core has been extracted, the Daleks will locate the Threshold with a [[Large Chronon Collider]]. They will open it, access the time vortex and defeat the [[Time Lord]]s. There is a chance that the collider won't work properly, however. To ensure success the Daleks need a control element; the Doctor's TARDIS. The Doctor refuse to co-operate, but the Daleks threaten to exterminate a woman and her daughter from Cuttin' Edge's and Koral's work force if he doesn't comply Finally, the Doctor agrees to help, but on the condition that Cuttin' Edge, Koral and Bowman come with them to help him operate the TARDIS. The Daleks agree and Bowman is released, just before he is about to be killed. | Dalek X reveals to the Doctor that once the planetary core has been extracted, the Daleks will locate the Threshold with a [[Large Chronon Collider]]. They will open it, access the time vortex and defeat the [[Time Lord]]s. There is a chance that the collider won't work properly, however. To ensure success the Daleks need a control element; the Doctor's TARDIS. The Doctor refuse to co-operate, but the Daleks threaten to exterminate a woman and her daughter from Cuttin' Edge's and Koral's work force if he doesn't comply Finally, the Doctor agrees to help, but on the condition that Cuttin' Edge, Koral and Bowman come with them to help him operate the TARDIS. The Daleks agree and Bowman is released, just before he is about to be killed. | ||
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Back on Earth Bowman and Koral report to the Earth authorities. They learn the Dalek fleet is in complete disarray thanks to them, and a task force is preparing to attack the Dalek base on Arkheon and release the prisoners. The Doctor leaves as Bowman and Koral prepare to go and meet Bowman's parents. | Back on Earth Bowman and Koral report to the Earth authorities. They learn the Dalek fleet is in complete disarray thanks to them, and a task force is preparing to attack the Dalek base on Arkheon and release the prisoners. The Doctor leaves as Bowman and Koral prepare to go and meet Bowman's parents. | ||
The Doctor travels to Hurala, which has been sealed off for five thousand years due the radiation fallout. There he finds Dalek X, badly damaged but still alive. The Doctor informs it that Arkheon has been taken by the Earth forces, the Daleks are in full retreat on all fronts and that he has sealed off the Threshold. Regardless of the Doctor's revelations, Dalek X rants that the Daleks are never defeated. The Doctor replies that the Daleks are always defeated, because they can never accept that every other form of life in the Universe is better than they. To prove this the Doctor points out that there is no form of life in the Universe that would volunteer to be a Dalek. As the Doctor prepares to leave, Dalek X vows to hunt him down. The Doctor responds by | The Doctor travels to Hurala, which has been sealed off for five thousand years due the radiation fallout. There he finds Dalek X, badly damaged but still alive. The Doctor informs it that Arkheon has been taken by the Earth forces, the Daleks are in full retreat on all fronts and that he has sealed off the Threshold. Regardless of the Doctor's revelations, Dalek X rants that the Daleks are never defeated. The Doctor replies that the Daleks are always defeated, because they can never accept that every other form of life in the Universe is better than they. To prove this the Doctor points out that there is no form of life in the Universe that would volunteer to be a Dalek. As the Doctor prepares to leave, Dalek X vows to hunt him down. The Doctor responds by stating that he'll be waiting. The Doctor finally departs Hurala, leaving Dalek X trapped on the planet, alone. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* The planet [[Auros]] is blown up by [[Osterhagen Project|Osterhagen]] technology. | * The planet [[Auros]] is blown up by [[Osterhagen Project|Osterhagen]] technology. | ||
* The Daleks in this book are pre-[[Last Great Time War|Time War]] due to the Doctor crossing the Dalek timeline. It specifically takes place during the [[Second Dalek War]] of the [[26th century]], though a specific year isn't given. | * The Daleks in this book are pre-[[Last Great Time War|Time War]] due to the Doctor crossing the Dalek timeline. It specifically takes place during the [[Second Dalek War]] of the [[26th century]], though a specific year isn't given. | ||
* [[Skaro]] is still in existence due to being pre-Time War and end of [[Dalek Civil War]], and mention of a [[Supreme Dalek]]. | * [[Skaro]] is still in existence due to being pre-Time War and end of [[Dalek Civil War]], and mention of a [[Supreme Dalek]]. | ||
* The Daleks' speech is printed using a similar font to that used in [[The Dalek Chronicles]] and other comic strips. | * The Daleks' speech is printed using a similar font to that used in [[The Dalek Chronicles]] and other comic strips. | ||
* The [[Shadow Proclamation]] is mentioned. | * The [[Shadow Proclamation]] is mentioned. | ||
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* [[Koogah Beast]]s are native to [[Red Sky Lost]]. | * [[Koogah Beast]]s are native to [[Red Sky Lost]]. | ||
* [[Temporal Research Team]] was a team of Dalek scientists | * [[Temporal Research Team]] was a team of Dalek scientists | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The Daleks have visual records of all the Doctor's pre-Time War incarnations. | * The Daleks have visual records of all the Doctor's pre-Time War incarnations. | ||
* The Doctor was able to prevent himself growing a beard during his five-day incarceration through sheer concentration. | * The Doctor was able to prevent himself growing a beard during his five-day incarceration through sheer concentration. | ||
* ''Prisoner of the Daleks'' was also released as a paperback novel in a collection pack, which also included paperback versions of | * ''Prisoner of the Daleks'' was also released as a paperback novel in a collection pack, which also included paperback versions of the novels ''[[The Many Hands (novel)|The Many Hands]]'' and ''[[Shining Darkness (novel)|Shining Darkness]]''. | ||
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store. | * This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store. | ||
* This novel was reprinted and rereleased as an ebook by [[BBC Books]] on [[6 March (releases)|6 March]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]] as ''The Monster Collection Edition''. | * This novel was reprinted and rereleased as an ebook by [[BBC Books]] on [[6 March (releases)|6 March]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]] as ''The Monster Collection Edition''. | ||
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* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/prisonerdaleks.htm The Cloister Library: '''Prisoner of the Daleks'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/prisonerdaleks.htm The Cloister Library: '''Prisoner of the Daleks'''] | ||
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