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Legacy is a novel written by Gary Russell. Released in 1994, it is the twenty fifth novel in Virgin's Doctor Who New Adventures series and features the Doctor chasing after the mythical Diadem on Peladon as a murderer stalks the planet.
Characters[]
- Seventh Doctor
- Bernice Summerfield
- Ace
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Publisher's summary[]
"So, that's an Ice Warrior. Brings a whole new meaning to the concept of shell suits."
The Doctor is pursuing a master criminal. The trail leads to Peladon: a desolate world once home to a barbaric, feudal society. Now the Galactic Federation is attempting to bring prosperity and civilisation to the planet. But not all Peladonians support the changes, and when ancient relics are stolen from their Citadel, the representatives of the Federation are blamed. The Doctor suspects the Ice Warrior delegation, but before long the Time Lord himself is arrested for the crime — and sentenced to death.
Elsewhere, interplanetary mercenaries are bringing one of the galaxy's most evil artefacts to Peladon, apparently on the Doctor's instruction. Ace is pursuing a dangerous mission on another world and Bernice is getting friendly — perhaps too friendly — with the Ice Warriors she has studied for so long.
The players are making the final moves in a devious and lethal plan — but for once it isn't the Doctor's.
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Part One: The Past[]
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In-universe continuity[]
- Ace says that she has never met an Ice Warrior before, contradicting the events of Marc Platt's audio play Thin Ice.
- Events from this story directly tie into the next novel.
- This story features a sort of prelude to The Curse of Peladon set on Space Station Zenobia (the station the Doctor was tried on in The Trial of a Time Lord).
- Time rings are mentioned.
- Queen Thalira is said to have died in a shuttle crash.
- "Horus ruins" (presumably Sutekh's pyramid from Pyramid of Mars) are said to have been discovered recently.
- The Guardians of the Solar System from The Daleks' Master Plan are mentioned.
- Benny has no memories of being on Mars. She visited the planet in Ben Aaronovitch's novel Transit but her body was being used by an extradimensional creature at the time.
- The Sword of Tuburr is shown in Craig Hinton's novel GodEngine.
- The Diadem is said to be similar to the parasite from The Mind of Evil.
- Members of the Galactic Federation include the Ogri, the Lurmans, the Martians, and the Cantryans (mentioned in Destiny of the Daleks).
- Felinettas reappear in Russell's novel Invasion of the Cat-People.
- Deva Lokan windchimes are mentioned.
- In another timeline (shown in Kate Orman and Ben Aaronovitch's novel So Vile a Sin) the Doctor was actually beheaded.
See Also[]
- Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon by Brian Hayles
- Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon by Terrance Dicks
Sources[]
The New Adventures | ||
1991 and 1992 |