Release number 25 ISBN 0-426-20412-3 Followed by Theatre of War Publisher Virgin Books | Publication date April 1994 Originally published April 1994 Preceded by Tragedy Day Genre Speculative fiction | |
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Series Doctor Who book:
Virgin New Adventures Subject Featuring:
Seventh Doctor
Ace, Bernice Similar Gary Russell books, Virgin New Adventures books, Speculative fiction books | ||
Legacy is an original novel written by Gary Russell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace, Bernice, the Ice Warriors and Alpha Centauri and a return for the Doctor to Peladon. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Russell, appeared in Doctor Who Magazine #211.
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The Doctor is in pursuit of a galactic criminal and 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...