Purity

"I know I can find a way to destroy the Thals."

Writers: James Parsons & Andrew Stirling-Brown
Format: Audio
Released: October 2006
Series: I, Davros 02

Featuring: Davros

Synopis

"We are Kaleds. We are more than a match for weak, tattered, crippled relics of the war."

Now approaching his 30th year, Davros is trying to get out of the Kaled Military and into the Scientific Corps, determined to use his mind to create new ways to let the Kaled race survive the never-ending war with the Thals. But first, he must undertake a mission into Thal territory. A mission that will introduce him to technology and hardware he could only dream of. And it just might teach him a few life lessons too.

But however dangerous the Thal City might be, that is nothing compared to the scarred relics that inhabit the Wastelands... Wastelands he and his team have to cross twice.

Verdict

Purity was another brilliant story to continue along the I, Davros series! I really liked the jump in time with Davros now nearly 30 and he had established himself as one of the greatest and most revered Kaled scientists. He wasn't quite in the top echelons of their scientific circle but he was getting there. All he would need was to carry out one mission and he would be able to join. The idea of the Thals developing a weapon that they thought could end the war was good and I liked that the Kaleds would try and compromise it and destroy it. But that wasn't enough, they also wanted to take any information they could for themselves before carrying out their destruction. The relationship between Davros and Major Brint was fantastic throughout as despite the latter being the one in command, it was the intelligence of Davros that succeeded in keeping much of the mission alive. I really liked Davros in this adventure again and his fascination with the Varga plants was wonderful. Those being the inspiration for where Davros got his ideas about genetic manipulation was superb and I really loved his abhorrent reaction to Reston wanting to die when he was subjected to being attacked upon returning back to the Kaled borders. However, they had been wearing Thal uniforms to blend into their enemy surroundings and that had proven fatal. His refusal to grant Reston his honourable death in the field of battle, similar to how his father was refused in Innocence, was fantastic and he proudly stated how he would want to live despite the infections. Davros being reunited with Magrantine was an unexpected moment but the pleasure he took in seeing his old tutor still alive was delightful. He was purely fascinated how his desire for revenge on Davros after he was left as waste kept him going all of these years. Calcula had another tremendous story and her murdering spree continued as she drowned her own daughter after she had given a heads up to the Thals that Davros would be coming. Yarvell was scared of her brother's ideas and as she was now a peace activist, she wanted to end the war whilst she thought he only wanted to extend it with his experimentation. Davros not being too bothered by his sister's death after returning was quite interesting and I also liked how the Supremo had genuinely seen his potential. Overall, another excellently fascinating insight into the life of Davros and Skaro during the Kaled-Thal war!

Rating: 9/10