Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD
Obverse Books charity novel
Arriving in the middle of the 22nd century, Dr Who and his companions are shocked to find that the Earth has been invaded, its cities and continents destroyed and humanity brutally subjugated.
The Daleks are now the Masters of Earth.
Notes:
The Dalek spaceship crashing into the mine workings at the end of this second Dalek film is one of my first memories of Doctor Who. I could only have been six or seven when I saw it, but I remember it vividly to this day, almost fifty years later.
When I started writing the novelisations, what I really wanted to hang onto was that sense of innocence and fun and excitement that the films gave me when I was a kid. There were things I wanted to tweak - like taking out some of the slapstick which didn't really work for me on screen and certainly wouldn't work in print - and I'm sure that will offend some purists but I don't really care. I wanted these novelisations to be respectful of the source material but also to be able to stand on their own. That's why I worked hard on giving backgrounds to a lot of the characters like Dortmun and Wyler. I also tried to make Dr Who more pro-active, particularly in the first film. He was really a bit of reactive character and didn't really push things on. I made a few very minor tweaks, just in dialogue and in a few thoughts to show that he was really driving things forward more than it appeared. I think it worked fairly well.
The Dalek spaceship crashing into the mine workings at the end of this second Dalek film is one of my first memories of Doctor Who. I could only have been six or seven when I saw it, but I remember it vividly to this day, almost fifty years later.
When I started writing the novelisations, what I really wanted to hang onto was that sense of innocence and fun and excitement that the films gave me when I was a kid. There were things I wanted to tweak - like taking out some of the slapstick which didn't really work for me on screen and certainly wouldn't work in print - and I'm sure that will offend some purists but I don't really care. I wanted these novelisations to be respectful of the source material but also to be able to stand on their own. That's why I worked hard on giving backgrounds to a lot of the characters like Dortmun and Wyler. I also tried to make Dr Who more pro-active, particularly in the first film. He was really a bit of reactive character and didn't really push things on. I made a few very minor tweaks, just in dialogue and in a few thoughts to show that he was really driving things forward more than it appeared. I think it worked fairly well.