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original novel written by

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based on the long-running British

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series ''

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''. It features the

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Liz Shaw Elizabeth "Liz" Shaw is a fictional character played by Caroline John in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs. A civilian member of UNIT, an international organisation that defends Earth fro ...

and

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Plot

The Doctor suspects

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are afoot when a child goes missing in a seaside community, a policewoman begins drawing cave paintings, and the employees at the mysterious ''Glasshouse'' project are desperate to hide something. Meanwhile, his assistant Liz Shaw teams up with a journalist to search for people who don't exist, and Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart copes with personal and UNIT crises. And how does all this link back to the very heart of the British Government?

Continuity

This novel begins a trilogy concerning the Pale Man and the Irish Twins which continues in Russell's two

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'' and ''

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''. This novel provides the departure scene for the companion Liz Shaw. In the television series her final appearance was in the last episode of ''

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'', but she is not seen to leave the Doctor. In the ''

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'' her departure was announced by the Brigadier. The novel is also designed as a prequel to the events of the television serial ''

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''. Specifically, this story explains how the Doctor knows Icthar and how he knows of the Triad and the Myrka.

References

External links

The Cloister Library - ''The Scales of Injustice''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scales of Injustice 1996 British novels 1996 science fiction novels Third Doctor novels Virgin Missing Adventures Novels by Gary Russell