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|image= Ultimate Foe TOATL novel.jpg | |image= Ultimate Foe TOATL novel.jpg | ||
|series=[[Target novelisation]]s | |series = [[Target novelisation]]s | ||
|number= 131 | |number= 131 | ||
|doctor=Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | |companions= [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | ||
|enemy= | |enemy= [[The Valeyard]], [[Popplewick]], {{Ainley}} | ||
|setting= {{il|[[The Matrix]]|[[Time Lord Station]]}} | |featuring= [[Sabalom Glitz]] | ||
|writer= | |setting= {{il|[[The Matrix]]|[[Space Station Zenobia|Time Lord Station]]}} | ||
|read by=[[Michael Jayston]] | |writer= Pip and Jane Baker | ||
|read by = [[Michael Jayston]] | |||
|publisher= Target Books | |publisher= Target Books | ||
|publisher2= W.H. Allen | |publisher2= W.H. Allen | ||
|novelisation of= The Ultimate Foe (TV story) | |novelisation of= The Ultimate Foe (TV story) | ||
|cover= [[Alister Pearson]] | |cover= [[Alister Pearson]] | ||
|release date= | |release date= 15 September 1988 | ||
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 25 Chapters, 126 Pages | |format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 25 Chapters, 126 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20329-1 | |isbn= ISBN 0-426-20329-1 | ||
|prev=Terror of the Vervoids (novelisation) | |prev= The Wheel in Space (novelisation) | ||
| | |next= The Edge of Destruction (novelisation) | ||
|series2 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]] | |||
|prev2 = Terror of the Vervoids (novelisation) | |||
|next2=Time and the Rani (novelisation) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1986 television story ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1986 television story ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Snatched out of time and | Snatched out of time and space and brought before the [[Time Lord]]s on [[Gallifrey]], [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] is on trial for his life. | ||
While the Doctor asserts that the evidence of [[the Matrix]], the repository of all Time Lord knowledge, has been tampered with, the mysterious and vengeful prosecuting council, [[the Valeyard]], is confident that the Doctor will be sentenced to death. | While the Doctor asserts that the evidence of [[the Matrix]], the repository of all Time Lord knowledge, has been tampered with, the mysterious and vengeful prosecuting council, [[the Valeyard]], is confident that the Doctor will be sentenced to death. | ||
In a dramatic intervention the Valeyard's true identity is revealed but he escapes from the courtroom into the Matrix, and it is into this nightmare world that the Doctor must follow – to face his ultimate foe ... | In a dramatic intervention the Valeyard's true identity is revealed but he escapes from the courtroom into the Matrix, and it is into this nightmare world that the Doctor must follow – to face his ultimate foe... | ||
== Chapter titles == | == Chapter titles == | ||
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# The Price of Vanity | # The Price of Vanity | ||
# The Keeper Vanishes | # The Keeper Vanishes | ||
# | # Carrot Juice | ||
* Epilogue | * Epilogue | ||
== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
The Master states "The Valeyard, Doctor, is your ''penultimate | * The Master states that: "The Valeyard, Doctor, is your ''penultimate re[[incarnation]]''... Somewhere between your [[The End of Time (TV story)|twelfth]] and [[The Time of the Doctor|thirteenth]] ''[[regeneration]]''". In the televised show, the line is: "The Valeyard is an amalgamation of the darker sides of your nature, somewhere between your [[Eleventh Doctor|twelfth]] and [[Twelfth Doctor|final]] ''incarnation''." Since, in the novel, the Valeyard is an actual Doctor incarnation (like the [[Sixth Doctor]]), and not a "dark side" of the Doctor (like the [[Dream Lord]] or the actual Valeyard), it's unclear as to what he could possibly gain from killing the Doctor and taking all his regenerations without causing a paradox. | ||
* Glitz initially mistakes the Valeyard for the Doctor's brother, noting that they possess similar facial features. | |||
* The Inqusitor's place at the trial is noted to be part of her ambitious career. To preside over such an important inquiry would earn her a seat on the High Council, but the unusual nature of the Master's interference has jeopardised those prospects. | |||
* The Court is permitted to watch the Doctor's first entry to the Matrix unfurl as they had with the events on [[Ravolox]], [[Thoros Beta]] and aboard the ''[[Hyperion III]]''. | |||
* Maintenance of the Matrix is delegated to the Elzevirs, inhabitants of Leptonica in the constellation of Daedalus. Specialists in delicate micro-technology, the supervisor of the supercomputer repair team, Nilex, was hypnotised by the Master who used the opportunity to make a duplicate Key of Rassilon. | |||
* The novelisation features an epilogue aboard the TARDIS between the Doctor and Mel. Despite her eagerness to travel with him, he points out to her that she must be returned to where she was abducted in order to maintain the continuity of time. Mel departs to the surface of Oxyveguramosa, where she reunites with her Sixth Doctor. The story goes on to state that the Doctor would experience a series of adventures that would culminate in a confrontation with the Rani. | |||
== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
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File:Ultimate_unused.JPG|Unused jacket painting by [[Alister Pearson]], [[1988]] | File:Ultimate_unused.JPG|Unused jacket painting by [[Alister Pearson]], [[1988]] | ||
File:HardbackUltimate_Foe.jpg|1988 Hardback edition | |||
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== British publication history == | == British publication history == | ||
: Hardback (April 1988) | : Hardback ([[April (releases)|April]] [[1988 (releases)|1988]]) | ||
* W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491031068, copies priced £7.95) | * W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491031068, copies priced £7.95) | ||
: Paperback (September 1989) | : Paperback (September 1989) | ||
* Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. | * Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 23,000, priced £1.99 (UK). | ||
== | == Audiobook == | ||
This Target Book was released complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Michael Jayston]]. | This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[3 October (releases)|3 October]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Michael Jayston]] as part of ''The Trial of a Time Lord Vol. 2''. | ||
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]]. | |||
The audiobook was reissued on [[2 April (releases)|2 April]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] as part of ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord Collection]]''. | |||
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The Ultimate Foe.jpg | The Ultimate Foe.jpg|Audiobook cover | ||
The Trial of a Time Lord Collection.jpg|The Trial of a Time Lord Collection | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* | * [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/general/main.htm ''On Target'' a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal] | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in the Rassilon Era]] | [[Category:Stories set in the Rassilon Era]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:15, 23 May 2024
The Ultimate Foe was a novelisation based on the 1986 television story The Ultimate Foe.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Snatched out of time and space and brought before the Time Lords on Gallifrey, the Doctor is on trial for his life.
While the Doctor asserts that the evidence of the Matrix, the repository of all Time Lord knowledge, has been tampered with, the mysterious and vengeful prosecuting council, the Valeyard, is confident that the Doctor will be sentenced to death.
In a dramatic intervention the Valeyard's true identity is revealed but he escapes from the courtroom into the Matrix, and it is into this nightmare world that the Doctor must follow – to face his ultimate foe...
Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Prologue
- The Key of Rassilon
- An Unwelcome Intruder
- Evil Intent
- Twelve-and-a-half
- Treason
- A World Apart
- A Lethal Greeting
- Mr Popplewick
- A Sticky End
- To Be Or Not To Be
- Out of the Frying Pan
- The Baiter Bitten
- False Witness
- Off With His Head
- Mesmeric Riches
- Point and Counterpoint
- About-face
- Two-faced
- Double-faced
- Particles of Death
- The Price of Vanity
- The Keeper Vanishes
- Carrot Juice
- Epilogue
Deviations from televised story[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Master states that: "The Valeyard, Doctor, is your penultimate reincarnation... Somewhere between your twelfth and thirteenth regeneration". In the televised show, the line is: "The Valeyard is an amalgamation of the darker sides of your nature, somewhere between your twelfth and final incarnation." Since, in the novel, the Valeyard is an actual Doctor incarnation (like the Sixth Doctor), and not a "dark side" of the Doctor (like the Dream Lord or the actual Valeyard), it's unclear as to what he could possibly gain from killing the Doctor and taking all his regenerations without causing a paradox.
- Glitz initially mistakes the Valeyard for the Doctor's brother, noting that they possess similar facial features.
- The Inqusitor's place at the trial is noted to be part of her ambitious career. To preside over such an important inquiry would earn her a seat on the High Council, but the unusual nature of the Master's interference has jeopardised those prospects.
- The Court is permitted to watch the Doctor's first entry to the Matrix unfurl as they had with the events on Ravolox, Thoros Beta and aboard the Hyperion III.
- Maintenance of the Matrix is delegated to the Elzevirs, inhabitants of Leptonica in the constellation of Daedalus. Specialists in delicate micro-technology, the supervisor of the supercomputer repair team, Nilex, was hypnotised by the Master who used the opportunity to make a duplicate Key of Rassilon.
- The novelisation features an epilogue aboard the TARDIS between the Doctor and Mel. Despite her eagerness to travel with him, he points out to her that she must be returned to where she was abducted in order to maintain the continuity of time. Mel departs to the surface of Oxyveguramosa, where she reunites with her Sixth Doctor. The story goes on to state that the Doctor would experience a series of adventures that would culminate in a confrontation with the Rani.
Writing and publishing notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- to be added
Additional cover images[[edit] | [edit source]]
Unused jacket painting by Alister Pearson, 1988
1988 Hardback edition
British publication history[[edit] | [edit source]]
- W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491031068, copies priced £7.95)
- Paperback (September 1989)
- Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 23,000, priced £1.99 (UK).
Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on 3 October 2013 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Michael Jayston as part of The Trial of a Time Lord Vol. 2.
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.
The audiobook was reissued on 2 April 2020 as part of The Trial of a Time Lord Collection.
Audiobook cover
The Trial of a Time Lord Collection
