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|image= ParadiseDeathBook.jpg | |||
|novelisation of = The Paradise of Death (audio story) | |||
|series=[[Target novelisation]]s | |||
series= | |number = 156 | ||
number= 156 | | |doctor=Third Doctor | ||
doctor= | |companions=[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], [[Jeremy Fitzoliver|Jeremy]] | ||
companions=[[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[ | |featuring= [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]] | ||
enemy= | | |enemy= [[Freeth]] | ||
|setting= | |||
|writer= Barry Letts | |||
publisher= | |cover = [[Alister Pearson]] | ||
release date= | |publisher = Target Books | ||
format= Paperback Book, 252 Pages | | |publisher2=Virgin Publishing | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20413-1| | |release date=21 April 1994 | ||
|format = Paperback Book; 33 Chapters, 252 Pages | |||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20413-1 | |||
|prev = The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation) | |||
|next = City of Death (novelisation) | |||
|series2 = [[BBC Radio]] order | |||
|prev2 = Slipback (novelisation) | |||
|next2 = The Ghosts of N-Space (novelisation) | |||
}}{{prose stub}} | |||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1993 radio drama ''[[The Paradise of Death (audio story)|The Paradise of Death]]''. | |||
It was the 156th and final release under the [[Target Books]] banner until ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'', which was released 24 years later. The radio play that followed, ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'', would also be [[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|novelised]], but would be published as part of the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line. | |||
==Publisher's summary== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
"Apparently the thigh bone had been bitten clean through - with one snap of the teeth." "There isn't a creature on [[Earth]] capable of doing that!" | "Apparently the thigh bone had been bitten clean through - with one snap of the teeth." "There isn't a creature on [[Earth]] capable of doing that!" | ||
After a skirmish with an alien warrior in the [[13th century|Middle Ages]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s life as a journalist in [[Croydon]] seems rather tame. She decides to track down the enigmatic character who took her back in time; with [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]], a good story is never far away. Her intuition pays off. The Doctor and [[UNIT]] are called to investigate a grisly murder at [[Space World]], a futuristic new theme park. Tagging along, Sarah and her new colleague Jeremy soon find themselves facing huge crab-like creatures, mind-controlling devices and vicious flesh-eating beetles. And those are just the attractions... | After [[The Time Warrior (TV story)|a skirmish]] with [[Jingo Linx|an alien warrior]] in the [[13th century|Middle Ages]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s life as a journalist in [[Croydon]] seems rather tame. She decides to track down the enigmatic character who took her back in time; with [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]], a good story is never far away. Her intuition pays off. The Doctor and [[UNIT]] are called to investigate a grisly murder at [[Space World]], a futuristic new theme park. Tagging along, Sarah and her new colleague Jeremy soon find themselves facing huge crab-like creatures, mind-controlling devices and vicious flesh-eating beetles. And those are just the attractions... | ||
This is an adaptation by [[Barry Letts]] of his own radio play, in which [[Jon Pertwee]], [[Elisabeth Sladen]] and [[Nicholas Courtney]] reprised their roles as the Doctor, Sarah and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. Barry Letts is the writer of several of the scripts for the TV series, and was producer of the show from [[1970]] to [[1974]]. | This is an adaptation by [[Barry Letts]] of his own radio play, in which [[Jon Pertwee]], [[Elisabeth Sladen]] and [[Nicholas Courtney]] reprised their roles as the Doctor, Sarah and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. Barry Letts is the writer of several of the scripts for the TV series, and was producer of the show from [[1970]] to [[1974]]. | ||
== Deviations from audio story == | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
* | * This was published as one single paperback edition, priced £4.99 (UK). | ||
== | == External links == | ||
'' | {{dwrefguide|paradise.htm|The Paradise of Death}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/paradise.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Paradise of Death'''] | |||
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