Sunday, May 11, 2014

Coming Soon... MOVELLAN NETWORK!

Well, Charley's long-awaited spin off has been released joining the ranks of Dalek Empire, Gallifrey, Jago & Litefoot, UNIT, Cybermen, Graceless, Vienna and all the other stuff that gets put to the back of the pile. I think I speak for most that we've definitely missed out on the Lucie-and-the-Monk boxset, but I wonder what will BF turn their hand to now that six of those ranges have ended (along with the Companion Chronicles, Lost Stories and those freebie CD mags they used to give out).

And then the answer struck me like a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick...


The year is 4499. Davros has been captured by the Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire and is on trial for crimes against all sentient creation. But Davros seems to be more than capable of defending himself - is he really responsible for the creation of the Daleks, or just one step amongst many in the road to their genesis? More to the point, there are plenty of supporters who want Davros alive for their own reasons...

Meanwhile, the Movellans remain locked in perpetual stasis with the Dalek battlefleet - but a second expedition has been made to Skaro and uncovered the remains of Commander Sharrel. Restored to full function once more, Sharrel has the key that will break the stalemate.

After centuries of peace, the end of the impasse is finally in sight...




As the fate of Davros is decided, one key witness realizes the danger to the human race is only just begun - the Movellans will turn on the rest of the galaxy once they are finished with the Daleks. As Sharrel prepares the super-weapon to wipe out the Daleks, Tyssan joins an elite taskforce to penetrate the Movellan network accompanied by the reprogrammed Lan and Agella. But can they really be trusted?

And will Davros' final fate prove the death nell for humanity as he claims?




4500: The civilizations of the cosmos from Sureen to Kantria are celebrating as the Movellan virus decimates the Dalek race, leaving their armies slaughtered and their technology ripe for salvage. The Movellan Network are hailed as heroes and rescuers, and it seems that straightforward conquest of humanity is unnecessary - they're welcoming the Movellans with open arms.

But as time goes on it becomes clear the Movellans have their own agenda - one rooted in their own origin. For as Tyssan is about to discover, this is not the first time the beautiful androids have encountered the human race.

There are answers to questions best left unasked.

And they lie in Orion...




4508: The truth about the Movellans has been discovered. The known worlds are up in arms - but Commander Sharrel has them hostage with a bevvy of artificial viruses that they have already infected the galaxy. Unless total surrender is given, the pathogens will be allowed to do their deadly work across known space. The Movellans win either way.

Tyssan and the Torchwood Archive intend to strike back using technology looted from Sharrel's old battlecruiser, but how can they possibly enter Movellan space without being wiped out by the diseases now running rampant through the cosmos?

Salvation appears to come at hand from a pair of mysterious travellers in time and space who are determined to help save everyone - but are the Monk and Lucie Miller as trustworthy as the Doctor and Romana were? Can Tyssan afford to take the chance as the death toll mounts?

Because the threat is no longer Davros, the Daleks or even the Movellans.

The current state of emergency has drawn the attention of Viyrans themselves...


I know, right? Freaking awesome. And the covers are good too. I've always thought the Destiny-Resurrection gap was ripe for exploration - mind you, I've always thought that Time and the Rani is as awesome as Chuck Norris... anyway, just proving that my paralytic sure ain't bitterness.

Happy Mother's Day, one and all.

6 comments:

Jared "No Nickname" Hansen said...

I thought this was a joke at first... but the idea is actually brilliant. The gap between Destiny and Resurrection is actually a significantly more interesting prospect than either story is in its own right...

It's really odd the Movellans haven't been used again given their importance in Dalek backstory...

Youth of Australia said...

It's really odd the Movellans haven't been used again given their importance in Dalek backstory...
Isn't it, though?

Maybe it's because Terry Nation created them and there'd need to be another payment?

Of course, after their appearance in War of the Daleks, it's probably cursed them for life...

Jared "No Nickname" Hansen said...

War of the Daleks? Is that the "It's called DRAMA!!!" story?

Youth of Australia said...

Heh.

No, War of the Daleks is the Eighth Doctor novel by John Peel - a rejected New Adventure released in 1997. Apparently Terry Nation didn't like Skaro being blown up on TV, so John Peel vowed to resurrect it in what is one of the most-reviled BBC Books ever.

It's revealed that the Daleks built the Movellans as pretend enemies to trick Davros into thinking they were at war. In fact, every TV Dalek story from Genesis onwards was faked to fool the Doctor and Davros that the Daleks were crap and not their mid-1970s awesomeness.

It's... really quite crap as a book goes, and basically a novelization of John Peel's fan history of the Daleks, even down to Davros being repeatedly humiliated by the Dalek Prime (what he calls the Emperor, for some reason) and then being killed for real in a giant space blender.

Jared "No Nickname" Hansen said...

Oh, yeah, I remember now.

It sounds terrible. Will not read.

(Is that also the one that brings back Susan so he can kill her off?)

Youth of Australia said...

That's his sequel Legacy of the Daleks (which BF really bent over backwards to retcon with an entire story arc). Susan isn't killed off, her husband is, the Master gets conveniently turned into a skeleton, and the whole thing is a waste of time.

Probably the wierdest thing is the Doctor gets a companion called Donna for the story...