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|image = Race against time UK.jpg | |||
|image=Race against time UK.jpg | |series=''[[Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who]]'' | ||
|series=[[Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who | |number = 6 | ||
|number=6 | |||
|doctor=Sixth Doctor | |doctor=Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | |companions= [[Peri Brown|Peri]] | ||
|enemy= | |enemy= {{O'Mara|c}} | ||
|setting= | |setting= | ||
|writer= [[Pip and Jane Baker| | |writer= [[Pip and Jane Baker]] | ||
|illustrator = [[Gail Bennett]] | |||
|cover = [[Gail Bennett]] {{sm|(UK)}}, [[Romas Kukalis]] {{sm|(US)}} | |||
|publisher= Severn House | |publisher= Severn House | ||
|release date= [[ | |release date= [[12 November (releases)|12 November]] [[1986 (releases)|1986]] | ||
|format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | |format= Paperback Book, ? Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-7278-2116-4 (UK edition)<br />ISBN 0-345-33228-8 (US Edition) | |isbn= ISBN 0-7278-2116-4 (UK edition)<br />ISBN 0-345-33228-8 (US Edition) | ||
|prev=Invasion of the Ormazoids (novel) | |prev = Invasion of the Ormazoids (novel) | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | |||
'''''Race Against Time''''' is the sixth and last in a series of "choose-your-own-adventure" style [[gamebook]]s, titled [[Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who]] in the UK and released in the US in [[Ballantine|Ballantine Books']] ''Find Your Fate'' line. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
=== UK edition === | === UK edition === | ||
Have you ever longed to climb aboard | Have you ever longed to climb aboard [[the TARDIS]] and enter another dimension? Meet the Doctor and join him in outwitting his enemies? Well, now's your chance! All you need is a pair of dice, a pencil, a little bit of luck and all your wits about you. Ready? | ||
Somewhere deep in the Universe [[the Rani]] is planning an evil experiment to plunge the [[Earth]] back into primeval slime. Only the Doctor — and you — can locate her fiendish Time Destabilizer and save the world! Now open the covers and join the Doctor in an adventure through [[Time]] and [[Space]]... | Somewhere deep in the Universe [[the Rani]] is planning an evil experiment to plunge the [[Earth]] back into primeval slime. Only the Doctor — and you — can locate her fiendish Time Destabilizer and save the world! Now open the covers and join the Doctor in an adventure through [[Time]] and [[Space]]... | ||
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YOU and the Doctor must join forces to find and destroy the most awesome device ever created in a ''RACE AGAINST TIME''. | YOU and the Doctor must join forces to find and destroy the most awesome device ever created in a ''RACE AGAINST TIME''. | ||
Doctor Who is the world's greatest [[Time Lord]], but an awful calamity has befallen him. Along with YOU and his companion [[Peri]], the Doctor is caught in Time Limbo — the worst possible place for a Time Lord to be! | Doctor Who is the world's greatest [[Time Lord]], but an awful calamity has befallen him. Along with YOU and his companion [[Peri Brown|Peri]], the Doctor is caught in Time Limbo — the worst possible place for a Time Lord to be! | ||
Your goal is to help the Doctor reach and defuse the Time Destabilizer, an invention that threatens not just the [[Solar System]], not just the Galaxy, but the entire Universe! If you fail, you will be suspended for all eternity in a vacuum with no light, no dark, no beginning, no end. | Your goal is to help the Doctor reach and defuse the Time Destabilizer, an invention that threatens not just the [[Solar System]], not just the Galaxy, but the entire Universe! If you fail, you will be suspended for all eternity in a vacuum with no light, no dark, no beginning, no end. | ||
This is the biggest challenge you've ever faced. The decisions you make will shape the destiny of all life in the galaxy, so do your best to FIND YOUR FATE. | This is the biggest challenge you've ever faced. The decisions you make will shape the destiny of all life in the galaxy, so do your best to FIND YOUR FATE. | ||
== Plot == | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Sixth Doctor]] | * [[Sixth Doctor]] | ||
* [[Peri Brown]] | * [[Peri Brown]] | ||
* [[ | * {{O'Mara|c}} | ||
* [[Human (Race Against Time)|Human]] | |||
* [[Delivery-boy (Race Against Time)|Delivery-boy]] | |||
== Associated images == | == Associated images == | ||
This book was illustrated throughout by [[Gail Bennett]], who also drew the cover for the UK edition. The full page illustrations are shown below: | This book was illustrated throughout by [[Gail Bennett]], who also drew the cover for the UK edition. The full page illustrations are shown below: | ||
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | <gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | ||
Race Against Time 1.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time 2.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time extra 2.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time 3.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time 4.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time 5.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time 6.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time extra 3.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time 7.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time 8.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time extra.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time 9.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time 10.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time 11.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time 12.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race Against Time 13.jpg|internal illustration<br />by Gail Bennett | |||
Race against time US.jpg|US cover by [[Romas Kukalis]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The Bakers also wrote several teleplays for the [[Sixth Doctor | * The Bakers also wrote several teleplays for the [[Sixth Doctor]], and for the [[Seventh Doctor]]. The stories they wrote that were produced were ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'', ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]'' and ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''. | ||
{{Make Your Own Adventure Books}} | |||
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[[Category:Find your fate novels]] | [[Category:Find your fate novels]] | ||
[[Category:1986 novels]] | |||
Latest revision as of 22:45, 25 March 2024
Race Against Time is the sixth and last in a series of "choose-your-own-adventure" style gamebooks, titled Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who in the UK and released in the US in Ballantine Books' Find Your Fate line.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
UK edition[[edit] | [edit source]]
Have you ever longed to climb aboard the TARDIS and enter another dimension? Meet the Doctor and join him in outwitting his enemies? Well, now's your chance! All you need is a pair of dice, a pencil, a little bit of luck and all your wits about you. Ready?
Somewhere deep in the Universe the Rani is planning an evil experiment to plunge the Earth back into primeval slime. Only the Doctor — and you — can locate her fiendish Time Destabilizer and save the world! Now open the covers and join the Doctor in an adventure through Time and Space...
US edition[[edit] | [edit source]]
YOU and the Doctor must join forces to find and destroy the most awesome device ever created in a RACE AGAINST TIME.
Doctor Who is the world's greatest Time Lord, but an awful calamity has befallen him. Along with YOU and his companion Peri, the Doctor is caught in Time Limbo — the worst possible place for a Time Lord to be!
Your goal is to help the Doctor reach and defuse the Time Destabilizer, an invention that threatens not just the Solar System, not just the Galaxy, but the entire Universe! If you fail, you will be suspended for all eternity in a vacuum with no light, no dark, no beginning, no end.
This is the biggest challenge you've ever faced. The decisions you make will shape the destiny of all life in the galaxy, so do your best to FIND YOUR FATE.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Associated images[[edit] | [edit source]]
This book was illustrated throughout by Gail Bennett, who also drew the cover for the UK edition. The full page illustrations are shown below:
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
internal illustration
by Gail Bennett
US cover by Romas Kukalis
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Bakers also wrote several teleplays for the Sixth Doctor, and for the Seventh Doctor. The stories they wrote that were produced were The Mark of the Rani, Terror of the Vervoids and Time and the Rani.
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