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series= | |image = Invisible Enemy novel.jpg | ||
number= | |series = [[Target novelisation]]s | ||
doctor= | |number = 36 (given to later editions) | ||
companions= [[Leela]], [[ | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
enemy= [[Swarm]]| | |companions = [[Leela]], [[K9 Mark I]] | ||
|enemy= The [[The Swarm (The Invisible Enemy)|Swarm]] | |||
writer= [[ | |setting = [[Titan Base]] and the [[Bi-Al Foundation]], [[5000]] | ||
publisher= | |novelisation of = The Invisible Enemy (TV story) | ||
release date= March | |writer = Terrance Dicks | ||
format= | |read by = [[John Leeson]] | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20054-3| | |publisher = Target Books | ||
|publisher2 = W.H. Allen | |||
|cover = [[Roy Knipe]] | |||
|release date= 29 March 1979 | |||
|format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 12 Chapters, 110 Pages | |||
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20054-3 | |||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1977 television serial ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]''. | |||
== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
A mysterious cloud drifts menacingly through space... | |||
A sudden energy flash and [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] is infected with the Nucleus of a malignant Virus that threatens to destroy his mind. | |||
A sudden energy flash and the Doctor is infected with the Nucleus of a malignant Virus that threatens to destroy his mind. | |||
Meanwhile, on [[Titan]], human slaves prepare the Hive from which the Virus will swarm out and infect the universe. | |||
In search of a cure, [[Leela]] takes the Doctor to the Foundation where they make an incredible journey into the Doctor's brain in an attempt to destroy the Nucleus. | |||
But can the Doctor free himself from the Nucleus in time to reach Titan and destroy the Hive? Luckily he has help – in the strangely dog-like shape of a mobile computer called [[K9]] ... | |||
== | == Chapter titles == | ||
# Contact | |||
# The Host | |||
# Death Sentence | |||
# Foundation | |||
# Counter-Attack | |||
# The Clones | |||
# Mind Hunt | |||
# Interface | |||
# Nucleus | |||
# The Antidote | |||
# The Hive | |||
# Inferno | |||
== | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
' | * What happens to the antibodies is expanded upon. | ||
* Leela can fly the TARDIS despite not having seen the white console room before. | |||
* A deleted scene where the Nucleus tries to reinfect the Doctor to no avail is reinstated. | |||
* Leela's knife hits [[Meeker]] in the chest rather than the back. | |||
* The Doctor feigns unconsciousness before trying to shoot Leela instead of hiding around the corner. | |||
* There are scenes onboard the [[Bi-Al Foundation]] supply shuttle, showing the crew being infected before crashing into the asteroid. | |||
* In the budget-free constraints of the novelisation, [[Lowe (The Invisible Enemy)|Lowe]] infects more of the hospital personnel than is seen on-screen and has a small army during his second assault on the isolation room, rather than simply himself and three others as in the televised version. | |||
* The nurses are described as wearing robes, rather than the tight-fitting trouser suits seen on-screen. | |||
* It is mentioned that Professor Marius taught at [[New Heidelberg University]]. | |||
'''First | == Additional cover images == | ||
* Hardback | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | ||
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. | File:HardbackInvisibleEnemy.jpg|1979 Hardback cover | ||
</gallery> | |||
== Writing and publishing notes == | |||
This was originally to be reprinted in spring 1994, along with ''[[Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock]]''. The cover art would have been by [[Alister Pearson]]. | |||
== British publication history == | |||
First publication: | |||
* Hardback | |||
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK | |||
* Paperback | * Paperback | ||
: Target | : Target | ||
Re-issues: | |||
: Scheduled for a new edition in July [[1994]], but the release was cancelled. | |||
== Audiobook == | |||
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[2 August (releases)|2 August]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read 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]]. | |||
== | <gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | ||
File:Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
==External | == 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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