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Book Review: Doctor Who And The Daleks

Written by David Whitaker Based on the TV story The Daleks by Terry Nation The mysterious Doctor and his granddaughter Susan are joined by unwilling adventurers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright in an epic struggle for survival on an alien planet. In a vast metal city they discover the survivors of a terrible nuclear war - the Daleks. Held captive in the deepest levels of the city, can the Doctor and his new companions stop the Daleks' plan to totally exterminate their mortal enemies, the peace-loving Thals? More importantly, even if they can escape from the Daleks, will Ian and Barbara ever see their home planet Earth again? Doctor Who literature has as diverse and interesting an history as the television programme itself. Many novels (such as Time And Relative, Goth Opera, The Nightmare Fair, Timewrym: Genesys or The Auton Invasion) have claim to many prestigious first. Others (like Love And War and The Ancestor Cell) have had a resonating effect upon the Who...