Revelation of the Daleks
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| Title: | Revelation of the Daleks |
| Publisher: | TSV New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club |
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| Author(s): | John Preddle |
| Cover Artist(s): | Alistair Hughes |
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| Date(s): | see below |
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| Fandom: | Doctor Who |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | novel online |
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Revelation of the Daleks is a gen novel by David Bishop. Cover artwork by Alistair Hughes.
Published by the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club, 2007. Print editions: Doctor Who - Revelation of the Daleks by Jon Preddle (first edition) TSV Books, August 1992; Doctor Who - Revelation of the Daleks by Jon Preddle (second edition) TSV Books, September 2000.
From the publisher, "Tranquil Repose on the planet Necros is a mortuary with a different - for it is here that the galaxy's rich and famous cheat death by being placed in suspended animation. But the bodies are going missing...
The Doctor and Peri arrive on Necros to pay their last respects to the Doctor's old friend Arthur Stengos, but the Time Lord suspects that something is not quite right. His doubts are shared by Stengos' daughter, Natasha, who soon discovers the awful truth behind her father's fate.
As the Doctor investigates, he not only discovers that the head of Tranquil Repose is none other than his old enemy Davros - who has genetically engineered a new breed of Daleks - but also uncovers a far more shocking and sinister revelation..."
CONTENTS
- Tranquil Repose
- The Body Snatchers
- Horror in the Catacombs
- The Garden of Fond Memories
- Come into My Parlour...
- Death of a Chief Embalmer
- Walking into a Trap
- Judgement of the Daleks
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Foreword
- Novelising Revelation of the Daleks
- Covers Gallery
Other related novels:
- Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet
- Doctor Who and the City of Death
- Doctor Who and Shada
- Resurrection of the Daleks
- Revelation of the Daleks
Background Info
"In 1988, Paul Scoones and Jon Preddle decided to 'fill the gaps' in the Target range of novelisations by writing and publishing adaptations of the un-novelised television stories. Early plans to include the two Troughton Dalek stories in this schedule were abandoned when it became clear that Virgin Books would be publishing these. The first book in the series was a novelisation of Shada by Paul Scoones from Jon Preddle's transcript off a video recording. The pair were credited as co-authors on the first edition, published in March 1989. Later, the full rehearsal scripts for Shada were obtained, from which an entirely new novelisation was written by Paul Scoones and published in October 1991. The second book was The Pirate Planet by David Bishop (later the author of Who Killed Kennedy for Virgin Books). David's book was first published in September 1990 and reprinted in a retyped format in January 1991. July 1992 saw the publication of Revelation of the Daleks by Jon Preddle and City of Death by David Lawrence was published in November of the same year. Over seven years later, a fifth book, Resurrection of the Daleks, by Paul Scoones, was published in January 2000, completing the last of the 'gaps' in the Target novelisations.
These were unofficial publications only available to fans, and not for resale. No profit was made from the sale of these books." [1]