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-{{title|''{{#sub:{{PAGENAME}}|(|-14}}'' (novelisation)}}
+{{Infobox Story SMW
-{{Infobox Novel
+|image= Mysterious Planet TOATL novel.jpg
-|novel name=Doctor Who – Trial of a Time Lord<br>The Mysterious Planet
+|series = [[Target novelisation]]s
-|image=[[file: Mysterious_Planet_TOATL_novel.jpg|250px]]
+|number= 127
-|series=[[Doctor Who]]-<br/>[[Target Novelisation]]
+|doctor = Sixth Doctor
-|number= 127
+|companions=[[Peri Brown|Peri]]
-|doctor=[[Sixth Doctor]]
+|enemy= [[The Valeyard]], [[L1|L1 Robot]], [[Sabalom Glitz]], [[Drathro]], [[Tribe of the Free]]
-|companions= [[Peri Brown|Peri]]
+|setting= {{il|[[Space Station Zenobia|Time Lord Station]]|[[Earth|Ravolox]] / [[Earth]], [[2000000|2,000,000]]}}
-|enemy= [[Valeyard]], [[Inquisitor]]<br>[[Sabalom Glitz]], [[Drathro]], [[Tribe of the Free]]
+|writer= Terrance Dicks
-|year= [[Time Lord Station]], [[Ravalox]] / [[Earth]], 2,000,000 Future
+|read by = [[Lynda Bellingham]]
-|writer= [[Terrance Dicks ]]
+|publisher= Target Books
-|publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]
+|publisher2= W.H. Allen
-|release date= November [[1987]] (hardcover)<br>April  [[1988]] (paperback)
+|release date= 21 April 1988
-|format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 127 Pages
+|novelisation of = The Mysterious Planet (TV story)
+|cover = [[Tony Masero]]
+|format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 14 Chapters, 127 Pages
 |isbn= ISBN 0-426-20319-4
-|previous story=[[Timelash (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Timelash]]<br>(''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' was not novelised) |next story=[[Mindwarp (novelisation)|Doctor Who – Mindwarp]]
+|prev= The Time Meddler (novelisation)
+|next= Time and the Rani (novelisation)
+|series2 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]]
+|prev2= Revelation of the Daleks (novelisation)
+|next2= Mindwarp (novelisation)
 }}
+'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1986 television serial ''[[The Mysterious Planet (TV story)|The Mysterious Planet]]''.
-==Novelisation==
+== Publisher's summary ==
-* This novelisation is based on the original television serial [[DW]]: '' [[The Mysterious Planet]] '' (part 1 of '' [[Trial of a Time Lord]] '') which was shown from 6th September 1986. This section was written by [[Robert Holmes]].
+[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] has been taken out of time and [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] has been brought before a court of his fellow [[Time Lord]]s. There the sinister [[Valeyard]] accuses the Doctor of breaking [[Gallifrey]]'s most important law and interfering in the affairs of other planets.
-* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of [[Tony Masero]]. (See below for information on other editions  published with different covers).
-==Publisher's summary==
+If the Valeyard can prove him guilty, the Doctor must sacrifice his remaining regenerations. To prove his case the Valeyard focuses on an adventure set in the Doctor's past.
-[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] has been taken out of time and [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] has been brought before a court of his fellow [[Time Lord]]s. There the sinister [[Valeyard]] accuses the Doctor of breaking [[Gallifrey]]'s most important law and interfering in the affairs of other planets. <br>
-If the Valeyard can prove him guilty, the Doctor must sacrifice his remaining regenerations. To prove his case the Valeyard focuses on an adventure set in the Doctor's past. <br>
-It is an adventure set on the planet [[Ravolox]], a seemingly primitive world but one which the Doctor and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] find strangely familiar…
-==Illustrations==
+It is an adventure set on the planet [[Earth|Ravolox]], a seemingly primitive world but one which the Doctor and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] find strangely familiar...
-* None
+== Chapter titles ==
+# The Trial Begins
+# Underground
+# Barbarian Queen
+# The Stoning
+# The Reprieve
+# Meeting the Immortal
+# Escape
+# Captives of Queen Katryca
+# The Attack of the Robot
+# Hunt for the Doctor
+# Secrets
+# Tradesman's Entrance
+# The Big Bang
+# End and Beginning
 == Deviations from televised story ==
-''To be added''
+* [[Valeyard]], like [[Inquisitor]], seems to be a Time Lord title, a Special Prosecutor assigned by the [[High Council]] in serious, often political, cases.
+* The "lenient" sentencing during the Doctor's previous trial, as mentioned by the Valeyard, is explicitly linked to his five-year exile on the planet Earth.
+* The Doctor informs Peri they are currently [[2000000|two million]] years or more after her time period, while in the televised version it is not explicitly clear whether the Doctor said "two '''m'''illion" or "two '''b'''illion."
+* The [[Space Station Zenobia|Trial Station]] is said to be in a graveyard of spaceships.
+* [[Balazar]] mentioning the Immortal and the Doctor being unfamiliar with the term is omitted.
+* The [[L1]] is referred to simply as the Service Robot.
+* [[Broken Tooth]] attacks Drathro and is killed after he has killed [[Katryca]], rather than after intervening to try and save her.
-==Writing and publishing notes==
+== Writing and publishing notes ==
-* ''To be added''
+* ''to be added''
-==Additional cover images==
+== Additional cover images ==
-''To be added''
+<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
+File:HardbackMysteriousPlanet.jpg|1987 Hardback edition
+</gallery>
-==British publication history==
+== British publication history ==
-: '''Hardback''' (November 1987)
+: Hardback (November 1987)
 * W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491030967, copies priced £7.95 (UK))
-: '''Paperback''' (April 1988)
+: Paperback (April 1988)
-* Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd.  One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 22,500,  priced £1.99 (UK).
+* Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 22,500, priced £1.99 (UK).
+== Audiobook ==
+This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[5 September (releases)|5 September]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Lynda Bellingham]] as part of ''The Trial of a Time Lord Vol. 1''.
+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 was reissued on [[2 April (releases)|2 April]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] as part of ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord Collection]]''.
-==Editions published outside Britain==
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
-''To be added''
+The Mysterious Planet audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover
+The Trial of a Time Lord Collection.jpg|The Trial of a Time Lord 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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