Legacy, 1994, Gary Russell
All this time later I’m still disappointed that they didn’t title this The Legacy of Peladon.
So, remember a little while ago, when I said that No Future was a bit of a “Who Nerds Only” book? This book references both previous Peladon stories, Trial of a Time Lord, The Dalek’s Master Plan, and probably a half-dozen or so others I’m forgetting. And it doesn’t care, it’s just a joyous continuity-wank of a book, and I think that’s why I like it more. It’s not trying to be anything other than a big shout-out to Who fans.
It also introduced the hamster-like aliens, the Pakhar, which I irrationally love for their seeming silliness, and brings Alpha Centauri back, who is my favorite character to remind Who-fans that drone on about “gravitas” about.
Plus, Ice Warriors. Hard to go wrong with Ice Warriors.
I will not complain if they don’t get mentioned in Waters of Mars, I promise.
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Gary Russell can be counted on for fanwank. Big Finish did a series called Doctor Who Unbound, which is sort of a What If/Elseworlds look at Doctor Who, but were pretty Continuity Lite (a couple of them are alternative takes on the third Doctor’s exile: one with The Doctor becoming a woman to escape punishment, the other with David Warner getting sent to the wrong time period and meeting a disgraced Brig… with David Tennant as the current UNIT Brig), but Gary Russel’s goes deep in with a tale spinning out of The Trial Of The Time Lord and features the Valeyard winning the encounter.
For a second, I thought that was Cobra Commander, which would have been kinda awesome in a “X-Men/Star Trek: The Next Generation” crossover clusterfuck way.