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== Novelisation ==
== Novelisation ==
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial [[DW]]: ''[[The Space Pirates]]'', written by [[Robert Holmes]] and shown from [[8 March]] [[1969]].
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial [[DW]]: ''[[The Space Pirates]]'', written by [[Robert Holmes]] and shown from [[8 March]] [[1969]].
* The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It featured the artwork of [[Tony Clark]]. (See below for information on editions with different covers).
* The cover and information on the right are for the only Target edition. It featured the artwork of [[Tony Clark]].
* The first edition cover was the last Target Books edition to not feature an image of the Doctor.
* The first edition cover was the last Target Books edition to not feature an image of the Doctor.
* This was the last Target novelisation to be published under the ownership of W.H. Allen; henceforth Virgin Publishing would publish the range.
* This was the last Target novelisation to be published under the ownership of W.H. Allen; henceforth Virgin Publishing would publish the range.
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General [[Hermack]] of the [[Space Corps]] diverts his [[V-ship]] to investigate - and arrives in the [[Pliny]] system in time to witness the destruction of another beacon. Determined to trap the pirates, he leaves a squad of guards on beacon [[Alpha Four]] - and shortly afterwards, in the beacon’s computer bay, the incongruous shape of a [[the Doctor's TARDIS|blue police box]] materialises.<br />
General [[Hermack]] of the [[Space Corps]] diverts his [[V-ship]] to investigate - and arrives in the [[Pliny]] system in time to witness the destruction of another beacon. Determined to trap the pirates, he leaves a squad of guards on beacon [[Alpha Four]] - and shortly afterwards, in the beacon’s computer bay, the incongruous shape of a [[the Doctor's TARDIS|blue police box]] materialises.<br />
Suspected by the Space Corps of being pirates, and then pursued as spies by the pirates themselves, [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] risk asphyxiation in the [[vacuum]] of space, execution and explosion in their attempts to unmask the mastermind behind the thefts of argonite.
Suspected by the Space Corps of being pirates, and then pursued as spies by the pirates themselves, [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] risk asphyxiation in the [[vacuum]] of space, execution and explosion in their attempts to unmask the mastermind behind the thefts of argonite.
== Chapter Titles ==
1. Spacejack<br />
2. The Intruders<br />
3. Trapped<br />
4. The Renegade<br />
5. The Survivors<br />
6. Pursuit<br />
7. Missile Attack<br />
8. The Fugitives<br />
9. The Prisoners<br />
10. Escape<br />
11. Betrayed<br />
12. Rocket Blast<br />
13. A Coffin in Space<br />
14. Countdown to Doom


== Illustrations ==
== Illustrations ==
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== Additional cover images ==
== Additional cover images ==
''To be added''
None.


== British publication history ==
== British publication history ==
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== Editions published outside Britain ==
== Editions published outside Britain ==
''To be added''
None.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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Revision as of 16:49, 11 June 2012

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Novelisation

  • This novelisation is based on the original television serial DW: The Space Pirates, written by Robert Holmes and shown from 8 March 1969.
  • The cover and information on the right are for the only Target edition. It featured the artwork of Tony Clark.
  • The first edition cover was the last Target Books edition to not feature an image of the Doctor.
  • This was the last Target novelisation to be published under the ownership of W.H. Allen; henceforth Virgin Publishing would publish the range.

Publisher's summary

The charges detonate in a series of silent explosions, and space beacon Alpha One disintegrates into lumps of metal. The space pirates have discovered a new source of precious argonite
General Hermack of the Space Corps diverts his V-ship to investigate - and arrives in the Pliny system in time to witness the destruction of another beacon. Determined to trap the pirates, he leaves a squad of guards on beacon Alpha Four - and shortly afterwards, in the beacon’s computer bay, the incongruous shape of a blue police box materialises.
Suspected by the Space Corps of being pirates, and then pursued as spies by the pirates themselves, the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie risk asphyxiation in the vacuum of space, execution and explosion in their attempts to unmask the mastermind behind the thefts of argonite.

Chapter Titles

1. Spacejack
2. The Intruders
3. Trapped
4. The Renegade
5. The Survivors
6. Pursuit
7. Missile Attack
8. The Fugitives
9. The Prisoners
10. Escape
11. Betrayed
12. Rocket Blast
13. A Coffin in Space
14. Countdown to Doom

Illustrations

  • Contains no illustrated pages

Deviations from televised story

To be added

Writing and publishing notes

Target Books advert for Doctor Who 1963-1989 THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES-IN PRINT!

Additional cover images

None.

British publication history

One single paperback edition, priced £2.50 (UK), estimated print run: 24,000 copies.

Editions published outside Britain

None.

See also

External links

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