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|novel name = I am a Dalek | |novel name = I am a Dalek | ||
|series = [[BBC New Series Adventures|BBC Tenth Doctor Adventures]]<br>[[Quick Reads]] | |series = [[BBC New Series Adventures|BBC Tenth Doctor Adventures]]<br />[[Quick Reads]] | ||
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'''I am a Dalek''' by [[Gareth Roberts]] is the first ''Doctor Who''-related release in the [[BBC Books]] [[Quick Reads]] line of novellas. It uses the same cover format as the [[BBC Tenth Doctor Adventures]] line, except that it was published exclusively in paperback. | '''I am a Dalek''' by [[Gareth Roberts]] is the first ''Doctor Who''-related release in the [[BBC Books]] [[Quick Reads]] line of novellas. It uses the same cover format as the [[BBC Tenth Doctor Adventures]] line, except that it was published exclusively in paperback. | ||
==Publisher’s summary== | == Publisher’s summary == | ||
Equipped with space suits, golf clubs, and a flag, the Doctor and Rose are planning to live it up, Apollo mission-style, on [[the Moon]]. But the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] has other plans, landing them instead in a village on the south coast of [[England]]; a picture-postcard sort of place where nothing much happens. Until now... | Equipped with space suits, golf clubs, and a flag, the Doctor and Rose are planning to live it up, Apollo mission-style, on [[the Moon]]. But the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] has other plans, landing them instead in a village on the south coast of [[England]]; a picture-postcard sort of place where nothing much happens. Until now... | ||
An archaeological dig has turned up a [[Rome|Roman]] mosaic, circa [[70]] [[AD]], depicting mythical scenes, grapes - and a [[Dalek]]. A few days later a young woman, rushing for work, is knocked over and killed by a bus, then comes back to life. It's not long before all hell breaks loose, and the Doctor and Rose must use all their courage and cunning against an alien enemy - and a not-quite-human accomplice - who are intent on destroying humanity. | An archaeological dig has turned up a [[Rome|Roman]] mosaic, circa [[70]] [[AD]], depicting mythical scenes, grapes - and a [[Dalek]]. A few days later a young woman, rushing for work, is knocked over and killed by a bus, then comes back to life. It's not long before all hell breaks loose, and the Doctor and Rose must use all their courage and cunning against an alien enemy - and a not-quite-human accomplice - who are intent on destroying humanity. | ||
==Characters== | == Characters == | ||
*[[Tenth Doctor]] | * [[Tenth Doctor]] | ||
** Planning to confuse future explorers by planting a Women's Institute flag on the moon. | ** Planning to confuse future explorers by planting a Women's Institute flag on the moon. | ||
*[[Rose Tyler]] | * [[Rose Tyler]] | ||
** Planning to be the first woman to walk on the moon, but the TARDIS takes an unexpected detour. | ** Planning to be the first woman to walk on the moon, but the TARDIS takes an unexpected detour. | ||
*[[Kate Yates]] | * [[Kate Yates]] | ||
**Hit by a car but resurrected, her latent [[Dalek Factor]] activated | ** Hit by a car but resurrected, her latent [[Dalek Factor]] activated | ||
**Hair changes from red to blonde, gains enhanced strength and intelligence | ** Hair changes from red to blonde, gains enhanced strength and intelligence | ||
**Is possessed by a Dalek | ** Is possessed by a Dalek | ||
**Convinced by Rose and the Doctor to turn on the Dalek, goes back to normal | ** Convinced by Rose and the Doctor to turn on the Dalek, goes back to normal | ||
*[[Frank Openshaw]] | * [[Frank Openshaw]] | ||
**Befriends the Doctor | ** Befriends the Doctor | ||
**Is Exterminated | ** Is Exterminated | ||
**Though they cannot save his life, Rose and the Doctor meddle in history a bit so that Frank meets his wife Sandra years earlier than in the original timeline | ** Though they cannot save his life, Rose and the Doctor meddle in history a bit so that Frank meets his wife Sandra years earlier than in the original timeline | ||
*[[Serena (I am a Dalek)|Serena]] | * [[Serena (I am a Dalek)|Serena]] | ||
**Annoying boss of Kate, nearly strangled by Dalek-hybrid Kate | ** Annoying boss of Kate, nearly strangled by Dalek-hybrid Kate | ||
*[[Sandra Openshaw]] | * [[Sandra Openshaw]] | ||
**Wife of Frank Openshaw | ** Wife of Frank Openshaw | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
==Notes== | == Notes == | ||
*This short novel (or novella) was the first release under a subsidiary banner of BBC Books, [[Quick Reads]], an initiative to promote literacy. Quick Reads novellas are considerably shorter than the usual releases in the [[BBC Tenth Doctor Adventures]] line, roughly equivalent in word count to some of the shorter [[Target Books]] novelisations. ''I am a Dalek'' was released exclusively in paperback format, the first New Series Adventure to not be published in hard cover. | * This short novel (or novella) was the first release under a subsidiary banner of BBC Books, [[Quick Reads]], an initiative to promote literacy. Quick Reads novellas are considerably shorter than the usual releases in the [[BBC Tenth Doctor Adventures]] line, roughly equivalent in word count to some of the shorter [[Target Books]] novelisations. ''I am a Dalek'' was released exclusively in paperback format, the first New Series Adventure to not be published in hard cover. | ||
==Continuity== | == Continuity == | ||
*Only a single Dalek appears in the novella. A lone Daleks plays a part in [[DW]]: [[Dalek (TV story)|''Dalek'']] as well. One Dalek also features during the race's cameo appearance in [[DW]]: [[The Five Doctors|''The Five Doctors'']]. | * Only a single Dalek appears in the novella. A lone Daleks plays a part in [[DW]]: [[Dalek (TV story)|''Dalek'']] as well. One Dalek also features during the race's cameo appearance in [[DW]]: [[The Five Doctors|''The Five Doctors'']]. | ||
*This is the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s first encounter with the Daleks. He would later encounter them in [[DW]]: [[Army of Ghosts|''Army of Ghosts'']]/[[Doomsday|''Doomsday'']], [[Daleks in Manhattan|''Daleks in Manhattan'']]/[[Evolution of the Daleks|''Evolution of the Daleks'']], [[The Stolen Earth|''The Stolen Earth'']]/[[Journey's End|''Journey's End'']], [[DWBIT]]: [[Carnage Zoo|''Carnage Zoo'']]/[[Flight and Fury|''Flight and Fury'']]/[[The Living Ghosts|''The Living Ghosts'']]/[[Extermination of the Daleks|''Extermination of the Daleks'']], and [[NSA]]: [[Prisoner of the Daleks|''Prisoner of the Daleks'']]. | * This is the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s first encounter with the Daleks. He would later encounter them in [[DW]]: [[Army of Ghosts|''Army of Ghosts'']]/[[Doomsday|''Doomsday'']], [[Daleks in Manhattan|''Daleks in Manhattan'']]/[[Evolution of the Daleks|''Evolution of the Daleks'']], [[The Stolen Earth|''The Stolen Earth'']]/[[Journey's End|''Journey's End'']], [[DWBIT]]: [[Carnage Zoo|''Carnage Zoo'']]/[[Flight and Fury|''Flight and Fury'']]/[[The Living Ghosts|''The Living Ghosts'']]/[[Extermination of the Daleks|''Extermination of the Daleks'']], and [[NSA]]: [[Prisoner of the Daleks|''Prisoner of the Daleks'']]. | ||
==[[Tenth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]]== | == [[Tenth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] == | ||
*This story occurs after [[NSA]]: ''[[The Resurrection Casket]]'' | * This story occurs after [[NSA]]: ''[[The Resurrection Casket]]'' | ||
*This story occurs before [[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]'' | * This story occurs before [[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]'' | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
* {{dwrefguide|whobbcqr1.htm|I am a Dalek}} | * {{dwrefguide|whobbcqr1.htm|I am a Dalek}} | ||
* {{whoniverse|NS10.php|I am a Dalek}} | * {{whoniverse|NS10.php|I am a Dalek}} | ||
