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{{Infobox Novel|
|image = Full Circle novel.jpg
novel name=Doctor Who – Full Circle|
|series=Publication Order
image=[[file:Full_Circle_novel.jpg|250px]]|
|number= 26 (given to later editions)  
series=[[Doctor Who]]-<br/>[[Target Novelisation]] |
|doctor = Fourth Doctor  
number= 26 (given to later editions) |
|companions= [[Romana II]], [[Adric]], [[K9 Mark II]]  
doctor=[[Fourth Doctor]] |
|enemy= [[Marshman|Marshmen]], [[Alzarian spider]]s
companions= [[Romana II]], [[K9]], [[Adric]] |
|setting= [[Alzarius]], [[E-Space]] Unknown  
enemy= [[Marshman|Marshmen]], [[Alzarian spider]]s|
|writer= Andrew Smith (writer){{!}}Andrew Smith
year= [[Alzarius]], [[E-Space]] Unknown |
|read by = [[Matthew Waterhouse]], [[John Leeson]]
writer= [[Andrew Smith]]|
|publisher= Target Books, W.H. Allen
publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]|
|novelisation of= Full Circle (TV story)
release date= September [[1982]]|
|cover= [[Andrew Skilleter]]
format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 123 Pages|
|release date= 16 September 1982
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20150-7|
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 13 Chapters, 123 Pages
previous story=[[Meglos (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Meglos]] |
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20150-7
next story=[[Doctor Who and the State of Decay]] }}
|prev= Doctor Who and the Visitation (novelisation)
|next= Logopolis (novelisation)
|series2 = [[Target novelisation]] numbering
|prev2= Doctor Who and the Face of Evil (novelisation)
|next2= Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (novelisation)
|series3 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]]
|prev3 = Meglos (novelisation)
|next3=Doctor Who and the State of Decay (novelisation)
|citation series= [[Target novelisation|Target novelisations]]
}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1980 television serial ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]''.


==Novelisation==
== Publisher's summary ==
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial ([[DW]]): '' [[Full Circle]] '' which was written by [[Andrew Smith]] and shown from 25th October 1980.
[[Romana II|Romana]] has been recalled to [[Gallifrey]] by the [[Time Lord]]s – a summons that cannot be ignored, despite her extreme reluctance to give up the freedom and excitement life as [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]]'s companion has brought.
* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel. It featured the artwork of [[Andrew Skilleter]]. (See below for information on other editions published with different covers).


==Publisher's summary==
The time traveller's course is set, the flight path is clear, estimated time of arrival on Gallifrey is in thirty-two minutes – then the unexpected happens...
[[Romana II|Romana]] has been recalled to [[Gallifrey]] by the [[Time Lord]]s – a summons that cannot be ignored, despite her extreme reluctance to give up the freedom and excitement life as [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]]’s companion has brought. <br>
The time traveller’s course is set, the flight path is clear, estimated time of arrival on Gallifrey is in thirty-two minutes – then the unexpected happens …<br>
The full significance of their temporary loss of control over the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is only gradually brought home to the Doctor. For it is not on Gallifrey that they land but on the terror planet [[Alzarius]], and at a time when the legendary [[Mistfall]] comes again – when the giant scaly creatures that inhabit the planet’s swamps leave the marshes and go on the rampage, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake …<br>


==Illustrations==
The full significance of their temporary loss of control over [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] is only gradually brought home to the Doctor. For it is not on Gallifrey that they land but on the terror planet [[Alzarius]], and at a time when the legendary [[Mistfall]] comes again – when the giant scaly creatures that inhabit the planet's swamps leave the marshes and go on the rampage, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake...
* None
 
== Chapter titles ==
* Prologue
# 'I Have Lost Control of the TARDIS'
# 'I'm an Elite'
# 'Master -- Alert'
# 'We're Taking Over Your Ship'
# 'We Don't Know What's Out There'
# 'You Will Answer the Questions, Doctor'
# 'A Little Patience Goes a Long Way'
# 'I am Beginning Surgery'
# 'One Secret Our Ancestors Kept For Themselves'
# 'We've Come Full Circle'
# 'We Cannot Return to Teradon'
# 'We're Trapped'


== Deviations from televised story ==
== Deviations from televised story ==
* In Chapter Five, [[Romana]] utters the mild expletive, "Damn", which assuredly does not happen in the original story, as such language was forbidden of the Doctor and his companions on television at the time.
* In Chapter Five, [[Romana II]] utters the mild expletive, "Damn", which assuredly does not happen in the original story. Such language was forbidden of the Doctor and his companions on television at the time.
* A prologue features the Starliner crashing and adds a poem about [[Mistfall]] expanding on a line from [[Keara]] in Part Two.
* The Marshmen dragging outlers under the water as a kind of planetary defence system.
* Nefred interfaces with the system files.
* The Doctor tries to save the marshchild after failing to save a "witch" from being burnt.
* An additional scene features a spider jumping from K9's headless body onto the Doctor's face.


==Writing and publishing notes==
== Writing and publishing notes ==
* Producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] instructed that an epilogue written by [[Andrew Smith]] be deleted from the novelisation.
* Producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] instructed that an epilogue written by [[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]] be deleted from the novelisation.
* Dedication: ”To the cast, crew and production team of the television production Full Circle. Thank you.”
* Dedication: ”To the cast, crew and production team of the television production Full Circle. Thank you.”


==Additional cover images==
== Additional cover images ==
''To be added''
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
File:HardbackFullCircle.jpg|1982 Hardback cover
</gallery>
 
== British publication history ==
First publication:
* Hardback
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
* Paperback
: Target
 
== Audiobook ==
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[29 January (releases)|29 January]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Matthew Waterhouse]] with K9's voice by [[John Leeson]].


==British publication history==
The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by [[David J. Howe]]. Music and sound effects by [[Simon Power]].
''To be added''


'''First Publication:'''
The audiobook version was reissued as part of ''[[The Second Monsters Collection]]'' on [[28 January (releases)|28 January]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]].
* Hardback
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd.  UK
* Paperback
: Target
'''Re-issues:'''


==Editions published outside Britain==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="150">
''To be added''
Full-circle-cd.jpg|Audiobook cover
The Second Monsters Collection.jpg|''The Second Monsters Collection''
</gallery>


==See also==
== External links ==
* '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007)
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/general/main.htm ''On Target'' a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal]
==External links==
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/general/main.htm ''On Target'' a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal]
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Full Circle was a novelisation based on the 1980 television serial Full Circle.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Romana has been recalled to Gallifrey by the Time Lords – a summons that cannot be ignored, despite her extreme reluctance to give up the freedom and excitement life as the Doctor's companion has brought.

The time traveller's course is set, the flight path is clear, estimated time of arrival on Gallifrey is in thirty-two minutes – then the unexpected happens...

The full significance of their temporary loss of control over the TARDIS is only gradually brought home to the Doctor. For it is not on Gallifrey that they land but on the terror planet Alzarius, and at a time when the legendary Mistfall comes again – when the giant scaly creatures that inhabit the planet's swamps leave the marshes and go on the rampage, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake...

Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Prologue
  1. 'I Have Lost Control of the TARDIS'
  2. 'I'm an Elite'
  3. 'Master -- Alert'
  4. 'We're Taking Over Your Ship'
  5. 'We Don't Know What's Out There'
  6. 'You Will Answer the Questions, Doctor'
  7. 'A Little Patience Goes a Long Way'
  8. 'I am Beginning Surgery'
  9. 'One Secret Our Ancestors Kept For Themselves'
  10. 'We've Come Full Circle'
  11. 'We Cannot Return to Teradon'
  12. 'We're Trapped'

Deviations from televised story[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In Chapter Five, Romana II utters the mild expletive, "Damn", which assuredly does not happen in the original story. Such language was forbidden of the Doctor and his companions on television at the time.
  • A prologue features the Starliner crashing and adds a poem about Mistfall expanding on a line from Keara in Part Two.
  • The Marshmen dragging outlers under the water as a kind of planetary defence system.
  • Nefred interfaces with the system files.
  • The Doctor tries to save the marshchild after failing to save a "witch" from being burnt.
  • An additional scene features a spider jumping from K9's headless body onto the Doctor's face.

Writing and publishing notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Producer John Nathan-Turner instructed that an epilogue written by Andrew Smith be deleted from the novelisation.
  • Dedication: ”To the cast, crew and production team of the television production Full Circle. Thank you.”

Additional cover images[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 1982 Hardback cover

    1982 Hardback cover

British publication history[[edit] | [edit source]]

First publication:

  • Hardback
W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
  • Paperback
Target

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

This Target Book was released as an audiobook on 29 January 2015 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Matthew Waterhouse with K9's voice by John Leeson.

The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by David J. Howe. Music and sound effects by Simon Power.

The audiobook version was reissued as part of The Second Monsters Collection on 28 January 2021.

  • Audiobook cover

    Audiobook cover

  • The Second Monsters Collection

    The Second Monsters Collection

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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