Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks


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Doctor Who and the Genesis of the DaleksDoctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks

Doctor Who and the Genesis of the DaleksGenesis of the Daleks



BOOK DETAILS

Pages 140
ISBN 0-426-11260-1
Publication Date 22 July 1976

SYNOPSIS

1976 Target Books edition

The place: Skaro

Time: The Birth of the Daleks

After a thousand years of futile war against the Thals, DAVROS has perfected the physical form that will carry his race into eternity – the dreaded DALEK. Without feeling, conscience or pity, the Dalek is programmed to EXTERMINATE. At the command of the Time Lords, DOCTOR WHO travels back through time in an effort to totally destroy this terrible menace of the future.

But even The Doctor cannot always win …

1991 Target Books edition

‘ALIEN.’ CHOAKED THE DALEK SUDDENLY. ‘EXTERMINATE!’ SLOWLY THE GUN STICK RAISED UNTIL IT WAS POINTING STRAIGHT AT THE DOCTOR…

Skaro, a scarred, ravaged planet, where the war between the Thals and the Kaleds is reaching its final stages. And Davros, the Kaleds’ greatest mind, has finally perfected the machine which will house the mutated creatures into which the Kaleds will finally evolve…

The Daleks are about to be born, and the Doctor is sent back through time in an attempt to destroy utterly this terrible threat to the future…

Doctor Who – Genesis of the Daleks was first broadcast in 1975 and was written by Terry Nation, the creatorof the Daleks. This novelisation is by Terrance Dicks, who was script editorof the series for five years, he is also the authorof Exodus, the second novel in the TYMEWYRM series of original Doctor Who fiction.

2016 BBC Books edition

‘Alien, ‘croaked the Dalek suddenly. ‘Exterminate…exterminate…exterminate!’ Slowly the gun stick raised until it was pointed straight at The Doctor.

The Time Lords have a mission for The Doctor. Together with Sarah and Harry, he finds himself stranded on Skaro where the conflict between the Thals and the Kaleds has been raging for a thousand years. Kaled scientist Davros has perfected a life support system and travel machine for the creature he knows his race will ultimately evolve into – the Dalek.

The Doctor must stop the creation of the Daleks, or perhaps affect their development so they evolve into less aggressive creatures. But with Davros’s plans to destroy the Thals and to wipe out any dissenters among his own ranks in progress, is The Doctor already too late?

THIS NOVEL IS BASED ON A DOCTOR WHO STORY WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY BROADCAST FROM 8 MARCH-12 APRIL 1975.

Featuring the Fourth Doctor as played by Tom Baker with his companions Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan.

NOTES

CHAPTER TITLES

  1. Secret Mission
  2. Prisoners of War
  3. The Secret Weapon
  4. Rocket of Doom
  5. Escape to Danger
  6. Betrayal
  7. Countdown to Destruction
  8. Captives of Davros
  9. Rebellion
  10. Decision for The Doctor
  11. Triumph of the Daleks
  12. A Kind of Victory

DEVIATIONS FROM THE TELEVISED STORY

  • The Time Lords‘ latest temporal projections foresee a time stream when the Daleks become dominant over all other life.
  • In the televised story, The Doctor and Harry are captured when the Kaleds gun down their Thal assailants. However, the novel has a lengthier hand-to-hand combat before this happens.
  • In the televised story, Nyder is ordered by Davros to shut off the production line. In the book, he decides to of his own accord.
  • In the book, the mutant that tried to kill Sarah tries to escape by climbing up a wall.
  • The book depicts the accident which crippled Davros.
  • The Thal and Kaled cities use normal doors as opposed to sliding ones.
  • Davros‘ office is covered in rejected Dalek designs.
  • Davros explodes when he is shot.
  • The Daleks decide to build a city. (The Daleks)
  • The Doctor explains their mission to Sarah and Harry while crossing the wasteland.
  • The Doctor knocks out the Kaleds communications officer in Ravon’s office instead of just handcuffing him.
  • Nyder uses a handheld communicator rather than a wall panel.
  • Gerrill is unnamed.
  • The Kaled Leader is killed by Thals firing on the group on the ground; on television, he is shot while trying to help Sarah climb the scaffolding.
  • Sevrin catches Sarah when she falls from the scaffolding rather than her simply landing on a lower level.
  • Gharman and Kavell are respectively described as tall and thin, and short and plump. On screen, Kavell is tall and thin while Gharman is of average build.
  • It is Gharman who kills the guard on the weapons locker, after he has shot one of the scientists with him.
  • The trap that electrocutes The Doctor in the rocket silo has been set automatically, rather than being triggered by the Thal guard.
  • The Doctor is strapped to a gurney while the rocket is launched.
  • The first meeting between Sevrin and Bettan is depicted.
  • One of the members of the Elite who sided with Davros objects to the executions and is thrown in with the other victims; he effectively takes on the dialogue of Kravos, who is only mentioned in passing as one of those Davros tries to get to change sides.

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