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|series = [[Virgin Missing Adventures]]
  
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|number in range = 31
 
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|doctor = Fourth Doctor
  
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|companions = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], [[Harry Sullivan|Harry]]
  
|companions = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], [[Harry Sullivan|Harry]]
 
|enemy = [[Kambril]]
  
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|setting = [[Adelphine Cluster]], [[Gallifrey]], [[Deepcity]], The [[Oranos]]
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|setting = [[Adelphine Cluster]], [[Gallifrey]], [[Deepcity]], [[Oranos]]
 
|writer = [[Christopher Bulis]]
  
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|cover= [[Alister Pearson]]
 
|publisher = Virgin Publishing
  
|publisher = Virgin Publishing
 
|release date = [[20 February (releases)|20 February]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]]
  
|release date = [[20 February (releases)|20 February]] [[1997 (releases)|1997]]
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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 (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]''; it takes place during their [[time ring]] travels just after ''Genesis of the Daleks''. Since the Doctor remains separated from [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] from the beginning of former [[serial]] to the end of the latter serial, this story sees him borrowing another one temporarily.
  
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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]] and featured the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Harry Sullivan]].
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This novel is set rather uniquely between ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]''; it takes place during their [[Time Ring]] travels just after ''Genesis of the Daleks''. Since the Doctor remains separated from [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] from the beginning of former [[serial]] to the end of the latter serial, this story sees him borrowing another one temporarily.
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It was not the only story to take place between the two serials. The ''[[Short Trips: How the Doctor Changed My Life|Short Trips]]'' entry ''[[The Last Thing You Ever See (short story)|The Last Thing You Ever See]]'' also saw the Doctor, Sarah and Harry travelling by time ring while trying to return to [[Nerva Beacon]]. Logically, that story chronologically follows this one.
   
 
== Publisher's summary ==
  
== Publisher's summary ==
 
:"As a member of an inferior race, you either work to serve the cause of [[Averon]], or die."
  
:"As a member of an inferior race, you either work to serve the cause of [[Averon]], or die."
   
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[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] is marooned on a [[slave]] world where the only escape is death. [[Harry Sullivan|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.
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[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] is marooned on a [[slave]] [[world]] where the only escape is [[death]]. [[Harry Sullivan|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.
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Why have [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] crew been scattered across the stars? What terrible accident could have wiped the Doctor's memory? And what could interest the [[Time Lord]]s in this war-torn sector of space?
  
   
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Why have [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] crew been scattered across the [[star]]s? What terrible accident could have wiped the Doctor's [[memory]]? And what could interest the [[Time Lord]]s in this [[war]]-torn sector of [[space]]?
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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.
  
   
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At the heart of a star-spanning [[conspiracy]] lies an ancient quest: people have been making [[weapon]]s since the dawn of [[time]] — but perhaps someone has finally discovered the ultimate device of death.
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== Chapter Titles ==
  
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* Prologue -- Timequake
  
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# Trooper
  
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# Deepcity
  
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# Malf
  
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# Stranger
  
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# War Zone
  
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# Work or Die!
  
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# Guided Tour
  
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# Special Guest
  
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# Courage
  
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# Unorthodox Methods
  
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# Eccentric Behaviour
  
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# Encounters
  
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# Escape
  
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# The Guardians of Averon
  
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# Pentatholene
  
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# Max
  
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# Alarms and Excursions
  
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# Infiltration
  
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# Execution
  
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# Special Announcement
  
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# Death in the Valley
  
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# Out of Time
  
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# Doubt
  
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# Proof
  
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# The Mogul of Tralsammavar
  
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# 'People of Deepcity...'
  
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# A Device of Death
  
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# Mission Accomplished
  
   
 
== Plot ==
  
== Plot ==
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* [[Elyze Brant]]
  
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* [[Brastall]]
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* [[Callon'mal]]
  
* [[Callon'mal]]
 
* [[Chell'lak]]
  
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* [[Kambril|Barris Kambril]]
  
* [[Kambril|Barris Kambril]]
 
* [[Lassiter (A Device of Death)|Lassiter]]
  
* [[Lassiter (A Device of Death)|Lassiter]]
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* [[Oliver Malf]] (aka Admiral Zeff Dorling)
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* [[Oliver Malf]]
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* [[Angelyn Marcavos]] (aka 829)
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* [[Angelyn Marcavos]]
 
* [[Max (A Device of Death)|Max]]
  
* [[Max (A Device of Death)|Max]]
 
* [[Morven]]
  
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* The [[Time Lord]]s give the Doctor another [[TARDIS (A Device of Death)|TARDIS]], one with a functioning [[chameleon circuit]], but he gives it back.
  
* The [[Time Lord]]s give the Doctor another [[TARDIS (A Device of Death)|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 civilization|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]].
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* The Time Lords give the Doctor a second [[Fourth Doctor's Time Ring (A Device of Death)|Time Ring]], and this takes the Doctor, Harry and Sarah Jane to [[Nerva Beacon]].
   
 
=== Time travel ===
  
=== Time travel ===
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* 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]].
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* After departing from [[Skaro]], the Doctor, Sarah and Harry are scattered across the Adelphine Cluster due to temporal disruption interfering with the [[Time Ring]].
   
 
== Notes ==
  
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
  
== Continuity ==
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* The Time Lords observe the fallout from the Doctor's mission to [[Skaro]] after he and his [[companion]]s depart via the [[Time Ring]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'')
 
* Sarah recalls [[J.P. Kettlewell|Professor J.P. Kettlewell]]'s [[K1]] robot when she interacts with Max. (''[[TV]]: [[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')
  
* Sarah recalls [[J.P. Kettlewell|Professor J.P. Kettlewell]]'s [[K1]] robot when she interacts with Max. (''[[TV]]: [[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')
 
* When recovering her memories, Sarah mentions [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'')
  
* When recovering her memories, Sarah mentions [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'')
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* The Doctor recalls [[running]] up and down [[corridor]]s from [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' et al) the [[Aztec]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') and [[Atlantean]]s ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Lost Ones (short story)|The Lost Ones]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'', ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]''), as well as around the [[London Underground]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'') and [[Peladon]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'', ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]'')
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* Harry compares the ship's medicines to those on the [[Nerva Beacon|space station Nerva]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'')
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* Harry compares the ship's [[medicine]]s to those on the [[Nerva Beacon|space station Nerva]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'')
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* The Doctor tells Harry that if he came into physical contact with another version of himself, the result would be "Bang!" ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'')
   
 
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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 and 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. Since the Doctor remains separated from his TARDIS from the beginning of former serial to the end of the latter serial, this story sees him borrowing another one temporarily.

It was not the only story to take place between the two serials. The Short Trips entry The Last Thing You Ever See also saw the Doctor, Sarah and Harry travelling by time ring while trying to return to Nerva Beacon. Logically, that story chronologically follows this one.

Publisher's summary

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

Sarah 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.

Plot

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Characters

References

The Doctor

Time travel

  • After departing from Skaro, the Doctor, Sarah 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

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