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|image= Space Pirates novel.jpg | |image= Space Pirates novel.jpg | ||
|series=[[Target novelisation]]s | |series = [[Target novelisation]]s | ||
|number= 147 | |number= 147 | ||
|novelisation of= The Space Pirates (TV story) | |novelisation of= The Space Pirates (TV story) | ||
|doctor=Second Doctor | |doctor = Second Doctor | ||
|companions=[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] | |companions=[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] | ||
|enemy= [[Caven]] | |enemy= [[Maurice Caven]] | ||
|setting= {{il|[[Space Beacon Alpha 4]]|[[V Ship]]|[[LIZ 79]]|[[Ta]]}} | |setting= {{il|[[Space Beacon Alpha 4]]|[[V Ship]]|[[LIZ 79]]|[[Ta]]}} | ||
|writer= [[ | |writer= Terrance Dicks | ||
| | |read by= [[Terry Molloy]] | ||
|release date= | |cover = [[Tony Clark]] | ||
|format= Paperback Book, 132 Pages | |publisher= Target Books | ||
|publisher2= W.H. Allen & Co | |||
|release date= 15 March 1990 | |||
|format= Paperback Book; 14 Chapters, 132 Pages | |||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20346-1 | |isbn= ISBN 0-426-20346-1 | ||
|prev=The Seeds of Death (novelisation) | |prev= The Happiness Patrol (novelisation) | ||
| | |next= Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation) | ||
|series2 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]] | |||
|prev2 = The Seeds of Death (novelisation) | |||
|next2=Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation) | |||
|soundcloudclip = https://soundcloud.com/penguin-books/doctor-who-the-space-pirates-bbc-audio-audiobook-extract | |||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1969 television story ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]''. This was the last [[Target Books|Target]] novelisation to be published under the ownership of [[W.H. Allen]]; henceforth, [[Virgin Publishing]] published the range. It was also the last novelisation to be written by [[Terrance Dicks]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | |||
The charges detonate in a series of silent explosions, and space beacon [[Space Beacon Alpha One|Alpha One]] disintegrates into lumps of metal. The [[space pirate]]s have discovered a new source of precious [[argonite]]... | |||
General [[Nikolai Hermack|Hermack]] of the [[Space Corps]] diverts his [[V-ship]] to investigate - and arrives in the [[Pliny]] system in time to witness the destruction of another beacon. Determined to trap the pirates, he leaves a squad of guards on beacon [[Space Beacon Alpha 4|Alpha Four]] - and shortly afterwards, in the beacon's computer bay, the incongruous shape of a [[the Doctor's TARDIS|blue police box]] materialises. | |||
Suspected by the Space Corps of being pirates, and then pursued as spies by the pirates themselves, [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] risk asphyxiation in the [[vacuum]] of space, execution and explosion in their attempts to unmask the mastermind behind the thefts of argonite. | Suspected by the Space Corps of being pirates, and then pursued as spies by the pirates themselves, [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] risk asphyxiation in the [[vacuum]] of space, execution and explosion in their attempts to unmask the mastermind behind the thefts of argonite. | ||
== Chapter | == Chapter titles == | ||
# Spacejack | # Spacejack | ||
# The Intruders | # The Intruders | ||
| Line 45: | Line 49: | ||
# A Coffin in Space | # A Coffin in Space | ||
# Countdown to Doom | # Countdown to Doom | ||
== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* The closing chapter features [[Milo Clancey]] giving an obscene answering machine message to Hermack. | |||
== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
* Cover artist [[Tony Clark]] first knew that he was expected to do the cover | * Cover artist [[Tony Clark]] first knew that he was expected to do the cover artwork while he was attending a U.S. convention. Clark's first submission was rejected as it featured the likeness of the Second Doctor. [[Jamie McCrimmon]]'s likeness was not considered a well enough known face to be used on the cover. Clark then produced another cover featuring [[Maurice Caven|Caven]], which was initially accepted but later dropped after actor [[Dudley Foster]]'s widow refused permission for her late husband's likeness to be used. As a result, the final cover featured an unidentifiable pirate, whose upper face is obscured by a dark-tinted visor. The pose used by the pirate was inspired by the 1984 film ''Runaway''. | ||
* This was [[Terrance Dicks]] last Doctor Who novelisation for the Target range | * This was [[Terrance Dicks]]'s last ''Doctor Who'' novelisation for the Target range. He would later adapt the independent film ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'' as the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel, ''[[Shakedown (novelisation)|Shakedown]]''. His next TV adaptation would not be published until 2007 when he adapted ''[[Invasion of the Bane (novelisation)|Invasion of the Bane]]'', the first episode of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. | ||
* Back pages include; full page advert for ''Doctor Who Magazine'' and | * Back pages include; full page advert for ''Doctor Who Magazine'' and | ||
Target Books advert for Doctor Who 1963-1989 THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES-IN PRINT! | Target Books advert for Doctor Who 1963-1989 THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES-IN PRINT! | ||
* The first edition cover was the last Target Books edition to not feature an image of the Doctor. | |||
== British publication history == | == British publication history == | ||
One single paperback edition, priced £2.50 (UK), estimated print run: 24,000 copies. | One single paperback edition, priced £2.50 (UK), estimated print run: 24,000 copies. | ||
== | == Audiobook == | ||
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Physical Audio]] and read by [[Terry Molloy]]. | |||
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]]. | |||
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The_Space_Pirates_CD.jpg|Audiobook cover | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Target novelisations]] | [[Category:Target novelisations]] | ||
[[Category:1990 novels]] | [[Category:1990 novels]] | ||
[[Category:Second Doctor novelisations]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in the 22nd century]] | |||
[[Category:Target novelisations with audiobook readings]] | |||