Doctor Who - Remembrance of the Daleks by Ben Aaronovitch
This 4 part Doctor Who broadcast filled the opening weeks of Season 25 of the classic BBC Series in October 1988. In a variety of reader polls conducted by Doctor Who Magazine from 1998 onwards, Remembrance of the Daleks has consistently been voted as one of the greatest Doctor Who stories of all time.
A novelisation of this serial, written by screenwriter Ben Aaronovitch, was published by Target Books in June 1990. It contains much that is only hinted at in the TV series. One of the dialogues between Doctor and his companion Ace is my favourite Dr Who dialogue of all time.
They are discussing the Hand of Omega, the powerful Time Lord artefact that rival factions of Daleks are intent on capturing.
Ace: He talks to it as if it were ... It's alive?
The Doctor: In a matter of speaking. You don't mess around with the interior of stars unless you have some intelligence. It's less intelligent than the prototype though. That one was so smart that it went on strike for better conditions.
That sort of understatement could only come from the Doctor!
This 4 part Doctor Who broadcast filled the opening weeks of Season 25 of the classic BBC Series in October 1988. In a variety of reader polls conducted by Doctor Who Magazine from 1998 onwards, Remembrance of the Daleks has consistently been voted as one of the greatest Doctor Who stories of all time.
A novelisation of this serial, written by screenwriter Ben Aaronovitch, was published by Target Books in June 1990. It contains much that is only hinted at in the TV series. One of the dialogues between Doctor and his companion Ace is my favourite Dr Who dialogue of all time.
They are discussing the Hand of Omega, the powerful Time Lord artefact that rival factions of Daleks are intent on capturing.
Ace: He talks to it as if it were ... It's alive?
The Doctor: In a matter of speaking. You don't mess around with the interior of stars unless you have some intelligence. It's less intelligent than the prototype though. That one was so smart that it went on strike for better conditions.
That sort of understatement could only come from the Doctor!
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