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|novelisation of = An Unearthly Child (TV story) | |novelisation of = An Unearthly Child (TV story) | ||
|image = Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child.jpg | |image = <gallery> | ||
| | Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child.jpg|1981 edition | ||
Doctor Who An Unearthly Child novel 1990.jpg|1990 edition | |||
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|number = 68 (given to later editions) | |number = 68 (given to later editions) | ||
|doctor = First Doctor | |doctor = First Doctor | ||
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|enemy = [[Kal]] | |enemy = [[Kal]] | ||
|setting = [[Shoreditch]], [[1963]]<br />[[Earth]], [[BC#Prehistory|circa 100,000 BC]] | |setting = [[Shoreditch]], [[1963]]<br />[[Earth]], [[BC#Prehistory|circa 100,000 BC]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Terrance Dicks | ||
|cover = [[Andrew Skilleter]] | |cover = [[Andrew Skilleter]] | ||
|publisher = Target Books | |publisher = Target Books | ||
|publisher2 = W.H. Allen | |publisher2 = W.H. Allen | ||
|release date = | |release date = 15 October 1981 | ||
|format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 12 Chapters, 128 Pages | |format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 12 Chapters, 128 Pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20144-2 | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-20144-2 | ||
|prev = Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World (novelisation) | |prev = Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World (novelisation) | ||
|series = [[Target novelisation|Target novelisations]] | |||
|next = Doctor Who and the State of Decay (novelisation) | |next = Doctor Who and the State of Decay (novelisation) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the television serial ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''. This novelisation was written some eighteen years after the publication of the novelisation of | {{You may|Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child (in-universe)|n1=the novelisation as it exists within the DWU}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the television serial ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]''. This novelisation was written some eighteen years after the publication of the novelisation of ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', published as ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]''. The two books, if read chronologically, do not maintain continuity. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
=== 1981 Target Books edition === | === 1981 Target Books edition === | ||
FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE VERY FIRST [[Doctor Who|DOCTOR WHO]] STORY | FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE VERY FIRST [[Doctor Who (TV series)|DOCTOR WHO]] STORY | ||
[[Susan Foreman|A strange girl]] who knows far more than she should about the past – and the future... | [[Susan Foreman|A strange girl]] who knows far more than she should about the past – and the future... | ||
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== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* The policeman who appears at the start of the story has an expanded role. He stops by Totters Lane, sees the TARDIS and finds it curious that such a thing should be in a junkyard, reasoning to himself that the box was there because it had worn out and had been sold for scrap. He had heard a rumour that police boxes were eventually going to be phased out altogether in favour of every constable having a personal walkie-talkie radio, but personally didn't believe such a thing would ever happen. He returns to the junkyard the next night to find the TARDIS gone, thinking that he must have imagined it. | |||
* The Doctor specifically states that his name is not "Doctor Foreman" rather than just implying it. | * The Doctor specifically states that his name is not "Doctor Foreman" rather than just implying it. | ||
* The [[Old Mother]] is said to be the mother of [[Za]]. The father of Za is named Gor. | * The [[Old Mother]] is said to be the mother of [[Za]]. The father of Za is named Gor. | ||
* The novel ends by mentioning | * The novel ends by mentioning the war between the [[Kaled]]s and the [[Thal]]s, and the fact that the Doctor was about to meet the [[Dalek]]s for the first time. | ||
== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
* Suggested by producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] as a tie-in to the broadcast of the serial on TV as part of a series of repeats | * Suggested by producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] as a tie-in to the broadcast of the serial on TV as part of a series of repeats,<ref>[[The Five Faces of Doctor Who]]</ref> author [[Terrance Dicks]] was given only a fortnight to complete the book. There were delays incurred in securing the necessary permission to novelise the story, as the original author [[Anthony Coburn]] had passed away by 1981; the go-ahead was eventually given by Coburn's widow Joan Moon. | ||
* A guaranteed success because of the TV broadcast, this title had an increased cover price and the first edition featured a red foil logo. | * A guaranteed success because of the TV broadcast, this title had an increased cover price and the first edition featured a red foil logo. | ||
* Cover artist [[Andrew Skilleter]] starts an unbroken run of twenty-one covers of artwork with this title, whose artwork he completed over a weekend without being requested to provide any roughs, describing this cover as "a weekends work" in his book [[Blacklight]]. | * Cover artist [[Andrew Skilleter]] starts an unbroken run of twenty-one covers of artwork with this title, whose artwork he completed over a weekend without being requested to provide any roughs, describing this cover as "a weekends work" in his book [[Blacklight]]. | ||
* It was the first book published in the [[Target Books]] Doctor Who novelisation schedules after a six month gap caused by a Writer's Guild strike. | * It was the first book published in the [[Target Books]] Doctor Who novelisation schedules after a six month gap caused by a Writer's Guild strike. | ||
* It was also the first book to use the new 'neon logo' the TV series introduced for [[Season 18 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 18]]. | |||
== Additional cover images == | == Additional cover images == | ||
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== Editions published outside Britain == | == Editions published outside Britain == | ||
* Published in France by Editions Garanciere in 1987 as a paperback edition, translated by Jean-Daniel Breque and published as ''Docteur Who Entre en Scène'', it was one of eight French novelisations; each book is given the strapline ‘Igor et Grichka Bogdanoff presentent’ they presented a French science programme called Temps X, the broadcaster had bought and dubbed a selection of [[Fourth Doctor]] stories in 1986 but didn’t show them until 1989. The novelisation features an image of the [[First Doctor]] with the Fourth Doctor’s scarf. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wonderfulbook.co.uk/basedon/|title=Based on the Popular BBC Television Serial 3rd Edition}}</ref> | * Published in France by Editions Garanciere in 1987 as a paperback edition, translated by Jean-Daniel Breque and published as ''Docteur Who Entre en Scène'', it was one of eight French novelisations; each book is given the strapline ‘Igor et Grichka Bogdanoff presentent’ they presented a French science programme called Temps X, the broadcaster had bought and dubbed a selection of [[Fourth Doctor]] stories in 1986 but didn’t show them until 1989. The novelisation features an image of the [[First Doctor]] with the Fourth Doctor’s scarf.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wonderfulbook.co.uk/basedon/|title=Based on the Popular BBC Television Serial 3rd Edition}}</ref> | ||
* Published again in Germany by Goldmann Verlag in 1989 as a paperback edition, translator | * Published again in Germany by Goldmann Verlag in 1989 as a paperback edition, translator unknown and published as ''Dr. Who und der Kind von den Sternen'', it was one of six German novelisations published in the late 1980’s. Unusually the artwork was swapped with ''Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus''. | ||
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France An Unearthly Child cover.jpg|French edition.<br />Cover by Jean-François Pénichoux | France An Unearthly Child cover.jpg|French edition.<br />Cover by Jean-François Pénichoux | ||
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