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|name= | |name=The Ultimate Foe | ||
|image= Ultimate Foe TOATL novel.jpg | |image= Ultimate Foe TOATL novel.jpg | ||
|series=[[Target novelisation]]s | |series=[[Target novelisation]]s | ||
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|writer= [[Pip and Jane Baker]] | |writer= [[Pip and Jane Baker]] | ||
|publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]] | |publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]] | ||
|novelisation of= The Ultimate Foe | |novelisation of= The Ultimate Foe (TV story) | ||
|cover= [[Alister Pearson]] | |cover= [[Alister Pearson]] | ||
|release date= [[15 September (releases)|15 September]] [[1988]] | |release date= [[15 September (releases)|15 September]] [[1988]] | ||
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|next=Time and the Rani (novelisation) | |next=Time and the Rani (novelisation) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the [[1986 (releases)|1986]] ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the [[1986 (releases)|1986]] television story ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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While the Doctor asserts that the evidence of [[the Matrix]], the repository of all Time Lord knowledge, has been tampered with, the mysterious and vengeful prosecuting council, [[the Valeyard]], is confident that the Doctor will be sentenced to death. <br /> | While the Doctor asserts that the evidence of [[the Matrix]], the repository of all Time Lord knowledge, has been tampered with, the mysterious and vengeful prosecuting council, [[the Valeyard]], is confident that the Doctor will be sentenced to death. <br /> | ||
In a dramatic intervention the Valeyard's true identity is revealed but he escapes from the courtroom into the Matrix, and it is into this nightmare world that the Doctor must follow – to face his ultimate foe … | In a dramatic intervention the Valeyard's true identity is revealed but he escapes from the courtroom into the Matrix, and it is into this nightmare world that the Doctor must follow – to face his ultimate foe … | ||
== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
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== British publication history == | == British publication history == | ||
: '''Hardback''' (April 1988) | : '''Hardback''' (April 1988) | ||
* W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491031068, copies priced £7.95) | * W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491031068, copies priced £7.95) | ||
: '''Paperback''' (September 1989) | : '''Paperback''' (September 1989) | ||
* Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 23,000, priced £1.99 (UK). | * Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 23,000, priced £1.99 (UK). | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 22:33, 28 December 2013
The Ultimate Foe was a novelisation based on the 1986 television story The Ultimate Foe.
Publisher's summary
Snatched out of time and space and brought before the Time Lords on Gallifrey, the Sixth Doctor is on trial for his life.
While the Doctor asserts that the evidence of the Matrix, the repository of all Time Lord knowledge, has been tampered with, the mysterious and vengeful prosecuting council, the Valeyard, is confident that the Doctor will be sentenced to death.
In a dramatic intervention the Valeyard's true identity is revealed but he escapes from the courtroom into the Matrix, and it is into this nightmare world that the Doctor must follow – to face his ultimate foe …
Deviations from televised story
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Writing and publishing notes
- To be added
Additional cover images
To be added
British publication history
- Hardback (April 1988)
- W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491031068, copies priced £7.95)
- Paperback (September 1989)
- Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 23,000, priced £1.99 (UK).
External links
Warning: Display title "<i>The Ultimate Foe</i>" overrides earlier display title "<i>The Ultimate Foe </i> (novelisation)".
