Revelation of the Daleks (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on the 1985 television serial Revelation of the Daleks. It was written by the original writer Eric Saward and released by BBC Books on 14 November 2019. The novelisation was published again by Target Books on 11 March 2021.

Publisher's summary
Beware the hands that heal.

The Doctor and Peri land on the planet Necros to visit the funerary home Tranquil Repose – where the dead are interred and the near-dead placed in suspended animation until such time as their conditions can be cured.

But the Great Healer of Tranquil Repose is far from benign. Under his command, Daleks guard the catacombs where sickening experiments are conducted on human bodies. The new life he offers the dying comes at a terrible cost – and the Doctor and Peri are being lured into a trap that will change them forever.

At last, the only classic-era Doctor Who adventure never to be novelised is here, and by the author of the original script, Eric Saward.

Plot
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Characters

 * Sixth Doctor
 * Peri Brown
 * Davros
 * Kara
 * Justin Vogel
 * Joshua Jobel
 * Tasambeker Brown
 * Lancelot Takis
 * August Lilt
 * Derek Johnson
 * Grigory
 * Natasha Stengos
 * Orcini
 * Bostock
 * Mutant
 * Alex Sagovski

Deviations from televised story

 * Every character except Orcini and Bostock are given full names.
 * Dialogue is switched around or altered in some places compared to how it was spoken on screen.
 * The Doctor and Peri are shown cooking and eating nut roast for breakfast, after Peri searches for something to wear. It is Wednesday morning in the TARDIS.
 * Peri is described as having a New York accent.
 * The TARDIS is on Necros an hour before the Doctor and Peri exit it.
 * Kara's food production plant is known as Kara's Kitchen.
 * Upon first glimpsing a Dalek, Peri remarks that it looks "cute."
 * The character of Alex Sagovski is freed and aids the Doctor is sabotaging the hydro-stabilization system, later taking over the DJ's position to incite rebellion.
 * Dalek Troopers accompany the Alpha and Beta Daleks that capture Davros.
 * Grigory and Natasha start an electrical fire to disrupt Tranquil Repose's systems.
 * Instead of being killed by a single levitating Dalek, Gigory and Natasha are attacked by three Daleks. Grigory is killed and Natasha destroys the Daleks, but worried about being converted herself, commits suicide with her last shot.
 * Davros levitates more than once.
 * It's implied Kara is marched to Davros on foot and is interrogated by Lilt, her dress ripped and an incisor missing.
 * The Doctor offers to let the survivors stay in the TARDIS for the night
 * A scene deleted from the televised version of Orcini and Bostock finding the body of the mutant is reinstated.
 * There are references to Terileptils not featured on screen.
 * It is made clear that the Daleks kill Tasambeker because she tried to warn Jobel.
 * It is explained that Kara gave Orcini the bomb in the hope the explosion would kill President Vargos, who was about to investigate her business.
 * Back stories are given for some characters such as Takis and Lilt being former army colleagues.
 * It is explained that Davros spread a false rumour of Stengos contracting an infection while helping him with his research, both to lure the Doctor to the planet and to cover turning him into a Dalek.

Continuity

 * References are made to the Doctor's "recent" regeneration (TV: The Twin Dilemma) and recent change to vegetarianism. (TV: The Two Doctors)
 * Lilt served a five year prison sentence in the Tinclavic mines on Raaga. (TV: The Visitation)
 * When he was 19, the DJ played music in clubs around the Third Zone. (TV: The Two Doctors)
 * Orcini's medal is inscribed with Terileptil writing. (TV: The Visitation)
 * Dalek Troopers arrive with the Supreme Dalek's forces. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
 * The Doctor makes a passing reference to Ooba-Doa. (PROSE: Resurrection of the Daleks)

Audiobook

 * This novel was released as an audiobook on 2 January 2020 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Terry Molloy, with Dalek voices by Nicholas Briggs.