Doctor Who: War of the Daleks (Eighth Doctor Adventures, #5)

The Doctor is repairing the TARDIS systems once again when it is swept up by a garbage ship roving through space, the Quetzel. When another ship approaches and takes the Quetzel by force, the Doctor discovers that he and Sam are not the only unwitting travellers on board - there is a strangely familiar survival pod in the hold. Delani, the captain of the second ship, orders the pod to be opened. The Doctor is powerless to intervene as Davros is awakened once again. But this is no out-and-out rescue of Davros. Delani and his crew are Thals, the sworn enemies of the Daleks. They intend to use Davros as a means to wipe out the Daleks, finally ridding the universe of the most aggressive, deadly race ever to exist. But the Doctor is still worried. For there is a signal beacon inside the pod, and even now a Dalek ship is closing in... "The Doctor is repairing the TARDIS systems once again when it is swept up by a garbage ship roving through space, the Quetzal. When another ship approaches and takes the Quetzal by force, the Doctor discovers that he and Sam are not the only unwitting travelers on board -- there is a strangely familiar survival pod in the hold. Delani, the captain of the second ship, orders the pod to be opened. The Doctor is powerless to intervene as Davros is awakened once again. But this is no out-and-out rescue of Davros. Delani and his crew are Thals, the sworn enemies of the Daleks. They intend to use Davros as a means to wipe out the Daleks, finally ridding the universe of the most aggressive, deadly race ever to exist. But the Doctor is still worried. For there is a signal beacon inside the pod, and even now a Dalek ship is closing in."--Page 4 of cover The seers of Gelsandor foretell the coming of many visitors to their planet, all in search of the lost treasure of the fabulously wealthy Rovan Cartovall, who vanished 5000 years ago... An innocent shopping jaunt for the Doctor and Peri ends in violence and incarceration as they become caught up in a mysterious transaction involving the sale of co-ordinates leading to Rovan's hoard - the ultimate treasure. The Doctor and Peri join the quest, but the Time Lord remains sceptical. What will they find - and why has it remained undiscovered for so long? The resourcefulness of the travellers is tested to the limits as they each race to be the first to the treasure. And among a seemingly endless array of tricks, tests and traps lurk some deadly surprises. Contents 4 PROLOGUE: THAL SPACE 6 PART 1 WAR ZONE 14 CHAPTER 1 BUSINESS AS USUAL 15 CHAPTER 2 A PILE OF JUNK 22 CHAPTER 3 REVELATIONS 31 INTERLUDE HUMAN SPACE 38 PART 2 PRISONERS OF WHO 42 CHAPTER 4 MADMEN ALL 43 CHAPTER 5 COUNTERSTRIKE 49 CHAPTER 6 SIGNAL 56 INTERLUDE DRACONIAN SPACE 66 PART 3 CIVIL WAR 70 CHAPTER 7 EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED 71 CHAPTER 8 PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS 78 CHAPTER 9 TRIAL AND ERRORS 84 INTERLUDE HESPERUS 91 PART 4 TOTAL WAR 94 CHAPTER 10 ESCAPE 95 CHAPTER 11 THE ODYSSEUS STRATAGEM 102 CHAPTER 12 CHECKMATE 110 EPILOGUE: SKARO 118 Doctor Who is repairing the Tardis systems when it is swept up by the Quetzel, a garbage ship roving space. When another ship takes the Quetzel by force, the Doctor discovers that he and Sam are not the only unwitting travellers abroad—

there is a strangely familiar survival pod in the hold.

Further adventures of the time-travelling Doctor Who.