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K9 and the Time Trap by Dave Martin

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3.0

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The first of the books is the most interesting from a continuity point of view. K9, investigating some mysterious spaceship disappearances, allows himself to be caught by the eponymous Time Trap and is transported to "an immense museum of space exploration, with craft from every civilisation ever to have leapt the stars." The proprietor of this museum turns out to be a bloke in a funny helmet called Omegon, who says that he has met K9's Master, reveals that he was once a Time Lord but was betrayed, and indeed "He had been a great engineer. It was he who had created the system that gave the Time Lords time-travel. 'I harnessed the power of a thousand suns for them,' he said. 'They made me emperor - then plotted to destroy me, and marooned me here! They think I am trapped in this crimson bubble of time,' roared Omegon, 'but soon I shall have my revenge!'" K9 deals with him pretty rapidly after that, but it's obvious who Omegon is meant to be, especially considering who wrote The Three Doctors.
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