Planet of Fire (novelisation)

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Doctor Who – Planet of Fire
Doctor:	[[doctor::Fifth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Vislor Turlough (departs) Kamelion (dies) Peri Brown (introduction, joins)
Main enemy:	The Master
Main setting:	Lanzarote, Earth, 1984 Sarn, 1984
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co]]
Writer:	Peter Grimwade
Release details
Release number:	93
Release date:	October 1984 (hardcover) January 1985 (paperback)
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions, 143 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-19940-5
Target novelisations
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Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial (DW): Planet of Fire, written by Peter Grimwade and shown from 23 February 1984.
• The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel. It featured the artwork of Andrew Skilleter. (See below for information on editions with different covers).

Publisher's summary

The Doctor is enjoying the sun on a holiday island – but things are soon hotter than he bargained for.
The young American Perpugilliam Brown brings to the TARDIS a mysterious object that her archaeologist step-father has found in a sunken wreck. Kamelion, the Doctor’s robot friend of a thousand disguises, reacts to the object totally unexpectedly, with bewildering consequences for the TARDIS crew.
For Kamelion sends the Doctor and his friends to Sarn, a terrifyingly beautiful planet of fire. This strange world provides the key to Turlough’s secret past – and once again the Doctor is pitted against the wily Master.

Illustrations

• None

Deviations from televised story

To be added

Writing and publishing notes

• This novelisation restructured the televised version.
• Although number #93 in the Doctor Who library, the book was actually the 92nd to be released; it was swapped in the publication order with the novelisation of The Caves of Androzani late in the day without the numbers being reassigned.

Additional cover images

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British publication history

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First Publication:

• Hardback

W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK

• Paperback

Target

Re-issues:

Editions published outside Britain

To be added

See also

• The Target Book by David J Howe (Telos Publishing 2007)

External links

• On Target a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal