The Dark Path (Doctor Who)

For the novel by Walter H. Hunt, see The Dark Path.

The Dark Path
Cover Art
Author	David A. McIntee
Series	Doctor Who book: Virgin Missing Adventures
Release number	32
Subject	Featuring: Second Doctor Jamie, Victoria, the Master
Genre	novel
Set in	Period between Twilight of the Gods and Fury from the Deep^[1]^[2]
Publisher	Virgin Books
Publication date	March 1997
Pages	295
ISBN	0-426-20503-0
Preceded by	A Device of Death
Followed by	The Well-Mannered War

The Dark Path is an original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The novel features the Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria and the Master (who is originally named Koschei), looking at the events that led to the Master's descent and subsequent transformation into villainy.

Plot

The Darkheart is a faded neutron star surrounded by dead worlds. Except one: the last enclave of the Earth Empire, and as the rest of the galaxy enjoys the fruits of the fledgling Federation, these isolated Imperials hide a horrifying secret.

The TARDIS crew arrive to find that the Federation has come to reintegrate this lost colony. But all is not well in the Federation camp: allegiances shift, the fierce Veltrochni have vengeful plans of their own, and another time traveller is manipulating the mission for his own mysterious reasons - a true master of his craft, and a face the Doctor has not forgotten.

Trivia

This novel takes place after the Missing Adventure Twilight of the Gods by Christopher Bulis.

In Slavic mythology, Koschei is an evil person of ugly senile appearance, menacing principally young women. Koschei is also known as Koschei the Immortal or Koschei the Deathless. Given the Master's obsession for further regenerations in The Keeper of Traken and The Five Doctors, the name is apt.

References

↑ The Doctor's Timeline at The Whoniverse
↑ Direct placement confirmed by cover blurb.

External links

Reviews

The Dark Path reviews at Outpost Gallifrey (Archived)
The Dark Path reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide

Virgin Missing Adventures

First Doctor	Venusian Lullaby The Sorcerer's Apprentice The Empire of Glass The Man in the Velvet Mask The Plotters

Second Doctor	The Menagerie Invasion of the Cat-People Twilight of the Gods The Dark Path

Third Doctor	The Ghosts of N-Space Dancing the Code The Eye of the Giant The Scales of Injustice Speed of Flight

Fourth Doctor	Evolution The Romance of Crime System Shock Managra The English Way of Death The Shadow of Weng-Chiang A Device of Death The Well-Mannered War

Fifth Doctor	Goth Opera The Crystal Bucephalus Lords of the Storm The Sands of Time Cold Fusion

Sixth Doctor	State of Change Time of Your Life Millennial Rites Killing Ground Burning Heart

Seventh Doctor	Cold Fusion

None	Downtime

The Master novels and short stories

Second Doctor	The Dark Path

Third Doctor	Who Killed Kennedy The Face of the Enemy "Freedom" Last of the Gaderene Verdigris "Hidden Talent" Deadly Reunion Harvest of Time

Fourth Doctor	"The Duke of Dominoes" Operation H.A.T.E.

Fifth Doctor	"A Town Called Eternity"

Sixth Doctor	The Quantum Archangel Time's Champion

Seventh Doctor	Timewyrm: Exodus First Frontier "Housewarming" Happy Endings "Stop the Pigeon" Prime Time

Eighth Doctor	The Eight Doctors Legacy of the Daleks The Adventuress of Henrietta Street Sometime Never... The Deadstone Memorial The Gallifrey Chronicles "Forgotten"

Tenth Doctor	The Story of Martha

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