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== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* The Doctor realises who the Terileptils are because they left their tag on their escape capsule; this was not explained in the televised story. | * The Doctor realises who the Terileptils are because they left their tag on their escape capsule; this was not explained in the televised story. | ||
* [[ | * [[John (The Visitation)|The Squire]] is named Sir John. | ||
* [[Elizabeth (The Visitation)|Elizabeth]] is in her room when she spots the Terileptil spacecraft crashing. | * [[Elizabeth (The Visitation)|Elizabeth]] is in her room when she spots the Terileptil spacecraft crashing, rather than playing chess with her father as in the televised version. | ||
* Tegan's references to the events of ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'' while in her room are removed. | * Sir John and his family are described as being killed by the [[Terileptil android]], whereas in the televised version their deaths are only implied. | ||
* Tegan's references to the events of ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'' while talking with [[Nyssa]] in her room are removed. | |||
* The Doctor telling off [[Adric]] for his recklessness with the [[Total Survival Suit|T.S.S. machine]] on [[Deva Loka]] has been excised. | |||
== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
* This was the first book in the range to feature the use of a photographic cover. A jacket painting was commissioned and | * This was the first book in the range to feature the use of a photographic cover. A jacket painting was commissioned and created by David McAllister, but due to objections from Peter Davison's agent about artwork depictions of his client at the time, this was never used; Target switched to using a photograph of Davison for the cover. (The only first edition Fifth Doctor Target books to feature artwork rather than photos of Davison's Doctor were ''[[Castrovalva (novelisation)|Castrovalva]]'' and ''[[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|The Five Doctors]]''.)<ref>Howe, D.J., Stammers, M. and Walker, S.J., Doctor Who- The Eighties, p160. ISBN 978-0-75-35012-83.</ref> | ||
* This was the first title to be referred to in the Target library as book number 74. The number appeared on the cover on a subsequent reprint. | * This was the first title to be referred to in the Target library as book number 74. The number appeared on the cover on a subsequent reprint. | ||
* Dedication: `For Paula, with fondest love' | * Dedication: `For Paula, with fondest love' | ||
* | * The book has a cover flash reading <small>A BBC TV PROGRAMME WITH PETER DAVISON AS THE DOCTOR</small>. | ||
* This novelisation was later released as part of ''[[The History Collection (audio anthology)|The History Collection]]''. | * This novelisation was later released as part of ''[[The History Collection (audio anthology)|The History Collection]]''. | ||