War of the Daleks (novel): Difference between revisions

image=[[File:war_of_the_daleks_cover.jpg|250px]] |

series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br />[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] |

enemy= [[Dalek|The Daleks]]<br />[[Davros]] |

year= Border of [[Thal]] and [[Dalek]] Space<br />[[Skaro]]<br />[[Antalin (ocean world)|Antalin]] (interlude)<br />[[Hesperus]] (interlude)|

== Characters ==

* [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]

* [[Samantha Jones|Sam Jones]]

:* Is vegetarian.

:* Cries out "I'm too young to die!" before breaking into hysterical giggles that turn into odd laughter.

:* Has been in the TARDIS for around 6 months.

* [[Davros]]

* [[Dalek Prime]]

:* Is one of the original Daleks.

:* Is leader of all the Daleks.

* [[Dalek|The Daleks]]

* [[Ayaka]]

* [[Chayn]]

* [[Cathbad]]

* [[Delani]]

* [[Harmon]]

== References ==

* Skaro means 'home' in the original Kaled language.

* It is suggested that the [[Seventh Doctor]] destroyed a planet called [[Antalin]] rather than Skaro.

* The Doctor has another [[sonic screwdriver]] which he uses to kill the Daleks with high frequency shock waves.

* The Doctor says the Daleks ''"have no interest in anything but conquest and war. Art, decoration, poetry, music - it's all irrelevant to them."'' (page 170), he's forgetting ''"[[The Lament of the Non-Operational]]"''.

* A [[Slyther]] makes a brief appearance (during an interlude).

* 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.

* 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.

* The Doctor's jacket came from a costume shop in [[San Francisco]].

== Story notes ==

* 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]].

* 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 <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.

=== Retcon ===

== Continuity ==

* The Doctor basically retells the events of: [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'', ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' to Sam, Chayn and the others.

* In conversation with the Dalek Prime the events of (in addition to the above stories) [[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' are discussed in varying details. However, as mentioned in "Story notes" above, everything from ''Destiny of the Daleks'' onwards is retconned in some way.

* This is set ''after'' [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]''.

* The Dalek factory ship is suggested to be the factory ship in [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]''.

* In [[PDA]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'' it's established that the Mechanoids were sent out in early stages of space exploration...so how do they recognise the Movellans (who were from a much later period).

* In [[NA]]: ''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]'' it is shown that the Daleks were hollowing out Earth's core to make an Osiran device work, here it's so they can pilot planets.

* Sam complains about the lack of a kitchen in the TARDIS; there is one in [[NA]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors]]'', [[EDA]]: ''[[Autumn Mist]]'' and ''[[Escape Velocity]]''.

* The Doctor says the Daleks ''"have no interest in anything but conquest and war. Art, decoration, poetry, music - it's all irrelevant to them."'' (page 170), he's forgetting ''"The Lament of the Non-operational"'', mentioned in [[NA]]: ''[[The Also People]]''.

* In the 'Human Space' Interlude [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' is briefly visited upon.

* In the 'Draconian Space' Interlude, well, Draconians first appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]''.

* In the 'Hesperus' Interlude Mechanoids appear, they first appeared in [[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]''.

* The Doctor says he took a trip to Skaro for the Master's trial. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')

* On page 187 the Doctor comments ''"I was starting to get worried that you'd discovered religion."'', which actually happens in [[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]''.

* In [[DW]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'', one of the [[Cult of Skaro]] states that its homeworld was 'destroyed in a great war', presumably the [[Last Great Time War]]. If this world is Skaro (its name is not mentioned) then this would support the idea that Antalin was destroyed in [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''. It is also possible of course that this homeworld was not Skaro or that the Dalek's statement is a hyperbole, as the planet is visited post-Time War in [[VG]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]''.

== [[Eighth Doctor - Timeline|Timeline]] ==

* This story takes place after [[ST]]: ''[[Dead Time]]''

* This story takes place before [[EDA]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]''

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* [http://tinyurl.com/32stdz The Cloister Library - '''War of the Daleks''']

== Footnotes ==