The novel “Engines of War” by George Mann was published for the first time in 2014.

The War Doctor is involved in a Time Lords attack on a Dalek stronghold but the target is revealed to be an ambush. The consequence is that the Battle Tardis fleet is destroyed by superior enemy forces while the Doctor’s Tardis is damaged and crashes on the planet Moldox.

There is still a human population on the planet and the Doctor knows this means that the Daleks need slaves to work for them or to use for some experiment. The encounter with Cinder, a girl who lives on the planet, leads him to discover a terrible new Dalek weapon. Warning the Time Lords of the new danger is crucial, but when Rassilon decides measures that will have an enormous cost in terms of lives, the Doctor must turn against his people.