Timelash (novelisation)

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Doctor Who – Timelash
Doctor:	[[doctor::Sixth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Peri Brown
Main enemy:	The Borad Tekker
Main setting:	Karfel Scotland, 1885
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co]]
Writer:	Glen McCoy
Release details
Release number:	105
Release date:	December 1985 (hardcover) May 1986 (paperback)
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions, 124 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20229-5
Target novelisations
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Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial (DW): Timelash , written by Glen McCoy and shown from 9 March 1985.
• The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel. It featured the artwork of David McAllister. (See below for information on editions with different covers).

Publisher's summary

The inhabitants of the planet Karfel are suffering under the tyrannical rule of their leader, the Borad, who has brought his world to the brink of interplanetary war.
Those who dare to oppose the will of the Borad are mercilessly sacrificed to the Timelash, a fate considered by many to be worse than death.
When the Sixth Doctor arrives on Karfel he soon discovers the Borad’s horrifying plan, a plan which will directly affect his young American assistant, Peri…

Illustrations

• None

Deviations from televised story

To be added

Writing and publishing notes

• Television writer Glen McCoy made the initial suggestion to then-editor Nigel Robinson to novelise his own screenplay.
• Dedicated "To my sister, Kathy"

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