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A Device of Death

Key crew

Publisher:

Virgin Publishing

Writer:

Christopher Bulis

Release details

Release number:

31

Release date:

20 February 1997

Format:

Paperback Book; 29 Chapters, 256 Pages

ISBN:

ISBN 0-426-20501-4

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A Device of Death was the thirty-first novel in the Virgin Missing Adventures series. It was written by Christopher Bulis. It featured the Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan. This novel is set rather uniquely between Genesis of the Daleks and Revenge of the Cybermen; it takes place during their time ring travels just after Genesis of the Daleks.

Publisher's summary

"As a member of an inferior race, you either work to serve the cause of Averon, or die."

Sarah Jane is marooned on a slave world where the only escape is death. Harry is caught in the middle of an interplanetary invasion, and has to combine medicine with a desperate mission. And the Fourth Doctor lands on a world so secret it does not even have a name.

Why have the TARDIS crew been scattered across the stars? What terrible accident could have wiped the Doctor's memory? And what could interest the Time Lords in this war-torn sector of space?

At the heart of a star-spanning conspiracy lies an ancient quest: people have been making weapons since the dawn of time — but perhaps someone has finally discovered the ultimate device of death.

Chapter Titles

Prologue -- Timequake

Trooper
Deepcity
Malf
Stranger
War Zone
Work or Die!
Guided Tour
Special Guest
Courage
Unorthodox Methods
Eccentric Behaviour
Encounters
Escape
The Guardians of Averon
Pentatholene
Max
Alarms and Excursions
Infiltration
Execution
Special Announcement
Death in the Valley
Out of Time
Doubt
Proof
The Mogul of Tralsammavar
'People of Deepcity...'
A Device of Death
Mission Accomplished

Plot

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Characters

References

The Doctor

The Time Lords give the Doctor another TARDIS, one with a functioning chameleon circuit, but he gives it back.
The Doctor mentions adventures with the Daleks, the Aztecs, Atlanteans, the London Underground, the Peladon and the Minoan labyrinth of Crete.

Time travel

After departing from Skaro, the Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry are scattered across the Adelphine Cluster due to temporal disruption interfering with the Time Ring.

Notes

According to the Time Lords, due to the Doctor's actions, a force of robots will arise that will contribute to the fall of the Daleks. It is implied that these robots are the Movellans.

Continuity

Sarah recalls Professor J.P. Kettlewell's robot when she interacts with Max. (TV: Robot)
When recovering his memories, Sarah mentions UNIT and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. (TV: The Time Warrior)
Harry compares the ship's medicines to those on the space station Nerva. (TV: The Ark in Space)

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 === The Doctor ===
 * The [[Time Lord]]s give the Doctor another [[TARDIS]], one with a functioning [[chameleon circuit]], but he gives it back.
-* The Doctor mentions adventures with the [[Dalek]]s, the [[Aztec]]s, [[Atlantean]]s, the [[London Underground]], the [[Peladon]] and the [[Minoan]] [[labyrinth]] of [[Crete]].
+* The Doctor mentions adventures with the [[Dalek]]s, the [[Aztec]]s, [[Atlantean]]s, the [[London Underground]], the [[Peladon]] and the [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] [[labyrinth]] of [[Crete]].
 === Time travel ===

Tardis