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Revision as of 11:16, 3 January 2019
Arc of Infinity was a novelisation based on the 1983 television serial Arc of Infinity.
Publisher's summary
1983 edition
When the Fifth Doctor returns to Gallifrey, he learns that his bio data extract has been stolen from the Time Lords' master computer known as the Matrix.
The bio data extract is a detailed description of the Doctor's molecular structure-and this information, in the wrong hands, could be exploited with disastrous effect.
The Gallifreyan high Council believe that anti-matter will be infiltrated into the universe as a result of the theft. In order to render the information useless, they decide the Doctor must die...
Chapter titles
- Deadly Meeting
- The Horror in the Crypt
- Recall
- Death Sentence
- The Prisoner
- Termination
- The Matrix
- The Traitor
- Unmasked
- Hunt for Omega
- Transference
- Omega's Freedom
Deviations from televised story
to be added
Writing and publishing notes
- Although known in the Target library as book number 80 (following the book numbering which started with number 79 Terminus), the book itself was not numbered. Number 81 (The Five Doctors) however was.
Additional cover images
to be added
British publication history
First publication:
- Hardback
- W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
- Paperback
- Target
