Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation): Misc

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Doctor Who – Remembrance of the Daleks
Series:	Doctor Who- Target Novelisation
Release Number:	148
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Companions:	Ace
Enemy:	Renegade Daleks Imperial Daleks Davros
Setting:	Earth, England, London, Shoreditch, 1963
Author:	Ben Aaronovitch
Publisher:	Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co
Publication:	June 1990
Format:	Paperback Book, 160 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20337-2
Previous Story:	Doctor Who - Dragonfire
Following Story:	Doctor Who – The Happiness Patrol

Shoreditch, London, 1963. Two teachers follow an unnervingly knowledgeable schoolgirl to her home - a blue police telephone box in the middle of a scrapyard. The old man whom the girl calls 'grandfather' is annoyed at the intrusion: there is something he has to do, and he has a premonition that he will be delayed for some time...
Six regenerations later the Doctor returns; and Ace, his travelling companion, sees London as it was before the Sixties started swinging - and long before she was born.
But a Grey Dalek is lurking in Foreman's Yard; Imperial Daleks are appearing in the basement of Coal Hill School; and both factions want the Hand of Omega, the remote stellar manipulator that the Doctor has left behind. Has the Doctor arrived in time to deprive the Daleks of the secret of time travel?

This novelisation is based on Remembrance of the Daleks.
The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target publication and featured the artwork of Alister Pearson. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

There are no individually titled chapters for this book. It is simply broken up into twenty-three chapters, each numbered sequentially.

The book contains far more detail on the Special Weapons Dalek, also known (in the novelisation) as "the Abomination". In the book, its motives are explored in detail, from its inception and creation as the ultimate weapon, to the surprising fact that the firing of the weapon caused it to mutate, and become self-aware. As a result, it is closely monitored and even 'feared' by other Daleks.
The Imperial Daleks use "scout Daleks" not seen (so far) on television or in other media.
The novelisation introduced the Other to the Doctor Who Universe and contains a flashback to the days of Rassilon, Omega and the Other just prior to the use of the Hand of Omega to cause a supernova.

Like The Curse of Fenric novelisation, this commision was given an unlimited wordcount, and in the light of the forthcoming range of New Adventures, new editor Peter Darvill-Evans, the writers were encouraged to take a more "grown up" approach to the story, and in particular its underlying theme of racism.
Dedication: "To Andrew who opened the door, and Anna who pushed me through it". (Andrew presumably refers to Doctor Who Script Editor Andrew Cartmel.)

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One single paperback edition, priced £2.50 (UK), estimated print run: 25,000 copies.

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