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
Published: 14 Nov 2019
ISBN: 1785944355
Length: 192 pages
BBC Books is to publish novelisations of the only two classic Doctor Who stories never to have been released.
The fifth Doctor story Resurrection of the Daleks and the sixth Doctor story Revelation of the Daleks will both be released later this year priced £12.99.
The release comes after the success of the new-era Target novelisations in 2018, which included books by Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat.
The two Doctor Who adventure will be novelised by the original scriptwriter Eric Saward, one of the series longest-serving script editors. These novels are the only two classic-era Doctor Who adventures yet to be novelised, and their publication more than three decades after their first TV transmission will fill a long-held gap in fans’ collections the world over.
Albert DePetrillo, Publishing Director at BBC Books, acquired world rights in both titles from the author directly. Each book will be published as a £12.99 hardback in 2019, with paperback editions, as part of the Target range, to follow in 2020.
of the two novelisations, Eric Saward says “’Resurrecting’ these tales may turn out to be a greater ‘Revelation’ than you’d expect!”
Eric Saward has written for both radio and television, script editor Doctor Who for five years and also written four original stories for the show. During this time he also novelised four scripts and wrote the first ever Doctor Who radio serial. Recently he has completed a graphic novel based around the adventures of Lytton.
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks will publish on 18 July 2019 in hardback priced £12.99
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks will publish on 14 November 2019 in hardback priced £12.99
Deviations from televised story
Every character except Kara, Orcini, Bostock, and Grigory are given full names – Justin Vogel, Joshua Jobel, Tasembeker Brown, Lancelot Takis and August Lilt.
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-stabilisation 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 is implied that 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, in which Orcini and Bostock find 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.
Davros’ Daleks are ultimately destroyed by a combination of Orcini’s bomb and the Doctor’s sabotage of the hydro-stabilisation system. In the televised version, only the bomb was used.
