Silver Nemesis (novelisation)

Doctor Who – Silver Nemesis
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Companion(s):	Ace
Main enemy:	De Flores and his Neo-Nazis The Cybermen Lady Peinforte
Main setting:	Windsor, England, 1638 and 1988
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co]]
Writer:	Kevin Clarke
Release details
Release number:	143
Release date:	November 1989
Format:	Paperback Book, 138 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-"ISBN 0-426-" was classified as invalid by the "ISBN" regular expression.
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Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial (TV: Silver Nemesis) written by Kevin Clarke and shown from 23 November to 7 December 1988.
• The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It features the artwork of Alister Pearson. (See below for information on editions with different covers).
• This adaptation of the twenty-fifth anniversary Doctor Who story has the distinction of being the final novelisation to be published during the run of the original 1963-89 TV series.

Publisher's summary

1989 edition

Launched into space 350 years ago, a meteor is returning to Earth – and inside it waits Nemesis, a silver statue made of the living metal validium, the most dangerous substance in the Universe.
Evil powers await the statue’s return: the neo-nazis de Flores and his stormtroopers; Lady Peinforte, who saw Nemesis exiled in 1638 and has propelled herself forward in time; and the advance party of a Cyberman invasion force.
And in the garden of a Windsor pub, the Doctor and Ace are enjoying the timeless sounds of a jazz quartet …
This story celebrates 25 years of Doctor Who on television.

Illustrations

• None

Deviations from televised story

• The crash of the Nemesis comet and the battle between the Cybermen and De Flores's men occurs on a housing estate construction site rather than wasteground.
• Mrs. Remington is called Lavinia P. Hackensack and is said to be from Connecticut instead of Virginia.

Writing and publishing notes

• The swastika symbol was far more visable in Alister Pearson's original cover design before being scalled down and given less prominance in the final cover.
• Dedication: “For D H F Somerset with all my gratitude”

Additional cover images

• 2SilverNemesis.jpg

  1993 edition; Cover by Alister Pearson

British publication history

First Publication: Paperback (November 1989)

• Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, (estimated print run: 22,000) priced £1.99 (UK.

Re-issues: (September 1993)

• Target / Virgin Publishing. One single paperback edition, priced £3.50 (UK)featuring a new cover by Alistair Pearson.

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