I Davros
1. Innocence
'I find it fascinating that a living creature would subject itself to such dangerous experimentation. Knowing that it would die..'
The Kaled and Thal races are at war. No one really remembers why, or when it started, but generations of people on both sides have lost so very much.
Born into an influential family is Davros. Now aged sixteen, he is being pulled in various directions his father wants him to follow tradition and go into the military. His sister has joined the Military Youth and his scheming, devoted mother wants him to pursue a life of science.
But no one seems terribly interested in what Davros himself wants. So he must begin to assert himself, begin to take control over his own life, begin to work towards his destiny.
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2. Purity
Terry Molloy comes back in Purity, to tell the story of young Davros' entry to the military elite and the continuation of the story of his calculating mother, Calcula. Lots of glorious references to canonical Skaro lore, including not just the Mutos from Genesis of the Daleks but also the Varga plants from Mission to the Unknown/The Daleks' Master Plan; and the political leader of teh Kaleds is the Kaled Supremo, a very nice touch. The plot is perhaps the least original of the four stories - Davros and friends sent on a mission which is fore-ordained to failure.
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3. Corruption
Corruption goes through the court politics around Davros's increasing hold over the Kaled Supremo, and of course what he finally does to his mother, a crucial bit of psychology, at the end of which he adopts her "children", the Kaled Youth movement, at the same time as preparing the inevitable future for the Kaleds' children as a whole.
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4. Guilt
Guilt is the only true prequel of the four stories, in that it deliberately takes us just up to the point before Genesis of the Daleks, with Davros overcoming disability and captivity to join forces with Nyder (Peter Miles brilliantly reprising the role) and develop the elements which are to be united in the form of the Daleks. Even though the trajectory is pretty much pre-set, it is again an excellent ride.
Davros - Terry Molloy
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Thanks Rick!
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