Engines of War

Engines of War

Author	George Mann
Series	Doctor Who book: New Series Adventures
Release number	S4
Subject	Featuring: War Doctor
Publisher	BBC Books
Publication date	31 July 2014
Pages	320
ISBN	978-1-84990-848-1
Preceded by	Shroud of Sorrow
Followed by	The Blood Cell

Engines of War is a BBC Books original novel written by George Mann and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the War Doctor.[1]

Synopsis

During the Great Time War, the War Doctor and a Time Lord battle fleet attack Dalek Saucers above the planet Moldox. The fleet is destroyed and the TARDIS crashes to the planet below, where the Doctor meets human resistance fighter Cinder, a young woman whose family were killed by the Daleks when she was a child. The Doctor learns that the Eternity Circle, a group of Daleks created by the Dalek Emperor, have produced temporal weapons which they plan to use against the Time Lords, removing them from History. Travelling to Gallifrey to warn the Time Lords, he finds them preparing to counter-attack using a weapon that will cause the death of billions, Dalek and non-Dalek alike. Vowing to stop both the Time Lords and the Daleks, the Doctor must avoid being killed by a Time Lord assassin and confront the Eternity Circle as he seeks to bring the war to an end and prevent his people from becoming as evil as the Daleks themselves.

Continuity

• The Doctor recalls that he had the chance to prevent the creation of the Daleks, referencing the television serial Genesis of the Daleks (1975).[2]
• The Skaro Degradations, referred to by the Tenth Doctor in "The End of Time" (2009/2010), feature in the story.[3]
• The Daleks refer to the Doctor as "the Predator", first heard in "Asylum of the Daleks" (2012).[4]
• The Time Lord High Council refer to their having a weapon called "The Moment", which appeared in the television episode "The Day of the Doctor" (2013).[5]

Audiobook

Engines of War

Author	George Mann
Audio read by	Nicholas Briggs
Series	Doctor Who
Subject	Featuring: War Doctor
Publisher	BBC Audio
Publication date	18 December 2014 (2014-12-18)
Media type	Audiobook Audio CD (7 Hours 57 Mins)
ISBN	978-1-910281-82-6

An unabridged audiobook version of Engines of War, read by Nicholas Briggs, was released on 18 December 2014.

See also

• Whoniverse

References

1. Varnham, Scott (13 May 2015). "Book Review: DOCTOR WHO – ENGINES OF WAR". Starburst. Starburst Magazine Ltd. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
2. Terry Nation (writer), David Maloney (director), Philip Hinchcliffe (producer) (8 March – 12 April 1975). Genesis of the Daleks. Doctor Who. BBC. BBC1.
3. Russell T Davies (writer), Euros Lyn (director), Tracie Simpson (producer) (25 December 2009 – 1 January 2010). The End of Time. Doctor Who. BBC. BBC One.
4. Steven Moffat (writer), Nick Hurran (director), Marcus Wilson (producer) (1 September 2012). "Asylum of the Daleks". Doctor Who. BBC. BBC One.
5. Steven Moffat (writer), Nick Hurran (director), Marcus Wilson (producer) (23 November 2013). "The Day of the Doctor". Doctor Who. BBC. BBC One.

External links

• Engines of War on Tardis Wiki, the Doctor Who Wiki

Reviews

• Engines of War reviewed at Slice of Scifi
• Engines of War reviewed at Cultbox