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{{Infobox Story | |novelisation of = The Sea Devils (TV story) | ||
| | |image = <gallery>Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils.jpg|1974 edition | ||
Sea Devils novel.jpg|1979 edition | |||
|series=[[Target novelisation]] | </gallery> | ||
|number= 54 (given to later editions) | |series = [[Target novelisation|Target novelisations]] | ||
|doctor=Third Doctor | |number = 54 (given to later editions) | ||
|companions= [[Jo Grant]] | |doctor = Third Doctor | ||
|enemy= | |companions= [[Jo Grant|Jo]] | ||
|setting= [[Earth]], | |enemy = [[Sea Devil]]s, {{Delgado}} | ||
|writer= [[ | |setting = [[Earth]], [[1979]] | ||
| | |writer = Malcolm Hulke | ||
|release date= | |read by = [[Geoffrey Beevers]] | ||
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 139 Pages | |cover = [[Chris Achilleos]] | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426- | |publisher = Target Books | ||
|prev=Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon | |publisher2 = W.H. Allen | ||
| | |release date= 17 October 1974 | ||
|format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 13 Chapters, 139 Pages | |||
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-10516-8 | |||
|prev = Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation) | |||
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|prev2 = Doctor Who and the Robots of Death (novelisation) | |||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1972 television serial ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]''. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
=== | === 1974 Target Books edition === | ||
Whilst visiting [[the Master]], who has been exiled to a luxurious castle prison on a small island, [[Third Doctor| | Whilst visiting [[the Master|the MASTER]], who has been exiled to a luxurious castle prison on a small island, [[Third Doctor|DOCTOR WHO]] and [[Jo Grant]] learn that a number of ships have vanished in the area. Whilst investigating these mysterious disappearances, Jo and the Doctor are attacked by a [[Sea Devil|SEA-DEVIL]], one of a submarine colony distantly related to the [[Silurian]]s. Soon they discover that the SEA-DEVILS plan to conquer the [[Earth]] and enslave [[human]]ity, aided and abetted by the MASTER. What can DOCTOR WHO do to stop them? | ||
=== 1981 Hardback edition === | |||
When the Doctor and Jo visit the Master in the island prison to which he has been sentenced for life, they learn that a number of ships have mysteriously disappeared at sea. | |||
While investigating they are attacked by a Sea-Devil, one of a submarine species related to the Silurians. | |||
The Doctor uncovers a plot to conquer the Earth and enslave the population. His attempts to prevent it's success are frustrated because the authorities refuse to believe that the Sea-Devils are not a figment of the Doctor's imagination or that the Master is not to be trusted... | |||
== Chapter | == Chapter titles == | ||
# 'Abandon Ship!' | # 'Abandon Ship!' | ||
# Visitors for the Master | # Visitors for the Master | ||
# The Vanished Ships | # The Vanished Ships | ||
# Stranded! | # Stranded! | ||
# Air-Sea Rescue | # Air-Sea Rescue | ||
# 'This Man Came to Kill Me!' | # 'This Man Came to Kill Me!' | ||
# Captain Hart Becomes | # Captain Hart Becomes Suspicious | ||
# The Submarine | # The Submarine | ||
# Visitors for Governor Trenchard | # Visitors for Governor Trenchard | ||
# The Diving Bell | # The Diving Bell | ||
# 'Depth Charges Away!' | # 'Depth Charges Away!' | ||
# Attack in Force | # Attack in Force | ||
# Escape | # Escape | ||
== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* The novelisation uses Sea-Devil rather than [[Sea Devil]]. | * The novelisation uses the term Sea-Devil (with a hyphen, as here), rather than [[Sea Devil]]. | ||
* We learn about media publicity surrounding [[the Master]]'s lengthy trial and the ethical debate as to whether to execute him and the ethical difficulty of putting an immortal being, a [[Time Lord]], in prison for life. During the trial, [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] gave testimony urging punishment other than the death penalty. | * We learn about media publicity surrounding [[the Master]]'s lengthy trial and the ethical debate as to whether to execute him and the ethical difficulty of putting an immortal being, a [[Time Lord]], in prison for life. During the trial, [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] gave testimony urging punishment other than the death penalty. | ||
* [[Third | * The [[Third Doctor]] frequently tells [[Jo Grant|Jo]] that the [[Sea Devil]]s are related to the [[Silurian]]s and that they are "just like those cave monsters we met in [[Derbyshire]]" — obviously referring to both himself and [[UNIT]], as Jo never met the Silurians on-screen. | ||
* On page 83, the Master tells the Doctor that he plans to use the Sea Devils, just like he used the [[Ogron]]s. As the book was published a year after ''[[Frontier in Space]]'' was transmitted, Malcolm Hulke included the reference. In ''Frontier'' and its novelisation ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War]]'', the Master tells the Doctor he thought he'd come and see him in prison like he came to see him when he was locked up in ''Sea''. | * On page 83, the Master tells the Doctor that he plans to use the Sea Devils, just like he used the [[Ogron]]s. As the book was published a year after ''[[Frontier in Space]]'' was transmitted, Malcolm Hulke included the reference. In ''Frontier in Space'' and its novelisation ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War]]'', the Master tells the Doctor he thought he'd come and see him in prison like he came to see him when he was locked up in ''The'' ''Sea Devils''. | ||
* At the end of the book, the Master escapes in a [[helicopter]], rather than a [[hovercraft]] which he used in the televised version. | * At the end of the book, the Master escapes in a [[helicopter]], rather than a [[hovercraft]] which he used in the televised version. | ||
* The Doctor and Jo find a spooky engraving suggesting the locals know about the Sea Devils. | |||
* The Sea Devils live in a metal cave and only turn on the Master when the new Sea Devil leader needs to assert his dominance. | |||
* The Master tells the Doctor off for murdering the Sea Devils and then claiming the moral high ground. | |||
* Several characters are given first names: Thomas Robbins, Robert Walker, Robin Ridgeway and Tony Mitchell. | |||
* The ''[[SS Pevensey Castle]]''<nowiki/>'s First Officer is named Mason, and several other crew members are nicknamed: the Jamaican, the Scouse, and Jock. | |||
* The Master cites the extinctions of the [[dodo]], [[passenger pigeon]], [[bluebuck]], [[great auk]], and various [[Australia|Australian]] [[marsupial]]s as evidence while trying to convince the Sea Devils that humanity must be destroyed. | |||
* During the escape of the submarine crew from the Sea Devil base, Ridgeway expressed a little regret at having to shoot a Sea Devil in the back, considering it to be not 'very gentlemanly'. | |||
* At the end, [[Robert Walker]] congratulates the Doctor for destroying the Sea Devils, to which the Doctor frankly states he does not want the [[Parliamentary Secretary|Parliamentary Secretary's]] thanks. When the Master then escapes, an outraged Walker vows to capture the escaped [[Time Lord]] at all costs. | |||
== Continuity == | |||
* The Master compares his use of the Sea Devils to how he used the Ogrons, despite that story coming later. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') | |||
== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
* [[Jo Grant]] appears on the cover of the first Target edition, making her the first undisputed [[companion]] to appear on the cover of a Target novelisation ([[The Brigadier]] appeared on the cover of ''[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]'', however his status as a companion is disputed by some). | * [[Jo Grant]] appears on the cover of the first Target edition, making her the first undisputed [[companion]] to appear on the cover of a Target novelisation. ([[The Brigadier]] appeared on the cover of ''[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]'', however his status as a companion is disputed by some). | ||
* | * This novelisation was later released as part of ''[[The Master Collection]]''. | ||
== Additional cover images == | == Additional cover images == | ||
<gallery hideaddbutton="true" > | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | ||
File: | File:Sea Devils novel.jpg|1979 edition.<br />Cover by [[John Geary]] | ||
File:HardbackSea-Devils.jpg|1981 Hardback edition | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== British publication history == | == British publication history == | ||
First publication: | |||
* Hardback | |||
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK | |||
* Hardback | |||
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. | |||
* Paperback | * Paperback | ||
: Target | : Target | ||
Re-issues: | |||
: 60p (UK) | : 60p (UK) | ||
:1979 Target Books with a new cover by [[John Geary]] priced 60p (UK) | :1979 Target Books with a new cover by [[John Geary]] priced 60p (UK) | ||
== Editions published outside Britain == | == Editions published outside Britain == | ||
'' | * Published in Portugal by Editorial Presença in 1983 as a paperback edition, translated by Conceição Fardim and Lucio Nogueira and published as ''Doutor Who E Os Demónios Marinhos'', it was one of ten Portuguese novelisations. | ||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
File:PortugueseSea-Devils.jpg|Portuguese Edition.<br />Cover by Rui Ligeiro | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Audiobook == | |||
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[7 June (releases)|7 June]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Geoffrey Beevers]]. | |||
The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleeve notes by [[David J. Howe]]. Music and sound effects by [[Simon Power]]. | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
Sea Devils Audio.jpg|Audiobook cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Third Doctor novelisations]] | |||
[[Category:The Master (Terror of the Autons) novels]] | |||
[[Category:Silurian and Sea Devil novels]] | |||
[[Category:The Master Collection novels]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in the 20th century]] | |||
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