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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1983 television serial ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1983 television serial ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]''.
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Revision as of 13:06, 6 September 2019

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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

  1. Deadly Meeting
  2. The Horror in the Crypt
  3. Recall
  4. Death Sentence
  5. The Prisoner
  6. Termination
  7. The Matrix
  8. The Traitor
  9. Unmasked
  10. Hunt for Omega
  11. Transference
  12. 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

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