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novel name= Doctor Who – Fury from the Deep|
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image= [[Image:Fury_From_The Deep_novel.jpg|250px]]| 
{{Infobox Story SMW
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Target Novelisation]] |
|image= Fury From The Deep novel.jpg
number= 110 |
|series = [[Target novelisation]]s
doctor=[[Second Doctor]] |
|number= 110  
companions=[[Jamie McCrimmon]], [[Victoria Waterfield]] |
|novelisation of= Fury from the Deep (TV story)
enemy= |
|doctor = Second Doctor
year=  |
|companions=[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]]
writer= [[Victor Pemberton]] |
|enemy= [[Weed creature]]
publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W. H. Allen]] and Co. Ltd. UK |
|setting= [[England]], circa [[1968]]
release date= May [[1986]] (hardcover)<br>October [[1986]] (paperback) |
|writer= Victor Pemberton
format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 189 Pages |
|read by = [[David Troughton]]
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20259-7|
|cover = [[David McAllister]]
previous story=[[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]] |
|publisher= Target Books
next story=[[The Wheel in Space (novelisation) | The Wheel in Space]] }}
|publisher2= W.H. Allen & Co
|release date= 16 October 1986
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 12 Chapters, 189 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20259-7
|prev= The Savages (novelisation)
|next= The Celestial Toymaker (novelisation)
|series2 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]]
|prev2= Doctor Who and the Web of Fear (novelisation)
|next2= The Wheel in Space (novelisation)
}}{{prose stub}}
{{you may|Fury from the Deep (Oh Mummy!)|n1=the episode of Doctor Who that exists within the DWU}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1968 television serial ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]''.


==Novelisation==
== Publisher's summary ==
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial [[DW]]: '' [[Fury from the Deep]] '' which was shown from 16th March 1968 and written by [[Victor Pemberton]]
In the dark uncharted depths of the [[North Sea]] it has lurked, growing in strength, growing in size, and striking terror into the hearts of mariners down the untold centuries.
* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of [[David McAlistair]]. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).


==Publisher's Cover Blurb==
Landing near a North Sea gas refinery off the east coast of [[England]], [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] crew are immediately accused of sabotage. Several rig crews have mysteriously vanished, strange pressure build-ups have been detected, and in the refinery's pipelines [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] can hear the steady, rhythmic beat of - what?
In the dark uncharted depths of the North Sea it has lurked, growing in strength, growing in size, and striking terror into the hearts of mariners down the untold centuries.<br>
Landing near a [[North Sea]] gas refinery off the east coast of [[England]], the [[Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] crew are immediately accused of sabotage. Several rig crews have mysteriously vanished, strange pressure build-ups have been detected, and in the refinery’s pipelines [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] can hear the steady, rhythmic beat of-what?<br>
Soon the Doctor, [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] will find themselves at the unrelenting mercy of the deadliest and most terrifying foe they have ever encountered…


==Illustrations==
Soon the Doctor, [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] will find themselves at the unrelenting mercy of the deadliest and most terrifying foe they have ever encountered...
* Contains no illustrated pages


== Deviations from the Televised Story ==
== Chapter titles ==
''To be added''
# The Deadly Sound
# Something in the Pipeline
# A Pair of White Gloves
# Mr Oak and Mr Quill
# Waiting in the Dark
# The Specimen
# The Figure on the Beach
# The Impeller Shaft
# The Battle of the Giants
# The Spy Whithin
# The Nerve Centre
# 'Scream, Victoria! Scream!'


==Author, Writing and Publishing Notes==
== Deviations from televised story ==
* It was felt that [[Victor Pemberton]]’s adaptation of his televised story as a novelisation, even though it had a much higher word count, should not be cut down, and was ultimately released as a bumper volume with an increased cover price of £1.95 (UK).
* Some scenes are omitted, such as [[Frank Harris|Harris]] asking [[John Robson|Robson]] for permission to check on [[Maggie Harris|Maggie]] and Robson's last visit to the compound, and some lines of dialogue are reassigned.
* More is made of Jamie and Victoria's reaction to the Doctor being shot.
* First names not present in the televised versions are included: [[Frank Harris]], [[Carney|Mick Carney]], [[van Lutyens|Pieter van Lutyens]], [[Price (Fury from the Deep)|David Price]] and [[Perkins (Fury from the Deep)|Ronald Perkins]].
* Robson's name badge gives his initial as S, even though in both the novelisation and televised version he is referred to as John.
* The Weed Creature's gas gives Jamie sneezing fits.
* Robson's wife, [[Angie Robson|Angie]], is said to have died in a car crash when he was driving twenty-two years previous.
* [[Oak]] and [[Quill (Fury from the Deep)|Quill]] are present when the Doctor tells the refinery staff about the weed and the [[Chief Engineer (Fury from the Deep)|Chief Engineer]] is present when the Doctor and Jamie climb down the impeller shaft.
* [[Van Lutyens]] is referred to as speaking English without an accent and is described as a little dumpy balding man: On television he has a strong accent and is of average height and not particularly bald.
* Jamie has to break into the room where the unconscious Victoria is left after Oak and Quill capture her.
* The Doctor's party see a controlled Maggie and Van Lutyens on the control rig, and the communication after the Weed's destruction shows several other freed people including Van Lutyens and [[Baxter (Fury from the Deep)|Baxter]].
* The [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] does not appear.
* The Doctor explains that the Weed Creature transported Maggie to the control rig by encasing her in its foam.
 
== Writing and publishing notes ==
* It was felt that [[Victor Pemberton]]'s adaptation of his televised story as a novelisation, even though it had a much higher word count, should not be cut down. It was released as a bumper volume with an increased cover price of £1.95 (UK).
* Front Cover Flash: A classic adventure of the second Doctor Now a bumper volume!
* Front Cover Flash: A classic adventure of the second Doctor Now a bumper volume!
* This publication had a higher word and page count than the usual releases and commanded a higher cover price.
* Dedication: To Letty and Oliver with love.
* Dedication: To Letty and Oliver with love.
* Inside back cover features colour details of Fantastic Doctor Who Poster Offers!
* Inside back cover features colour details of Fantastic Doctor Who Poster Offers!
* The cover of the original [[Target Books]] edition featured the artwork of [[David McAllister]].
* This novelisation was later released as part of ''[[The Earth Adventures Collection]]''.
== Additional cover images ==
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
File:HardbackFuryFromTheDeep.jpg|1986 Hardback edition
</gallery>
== British publication history ==
First publication:
* Hardback
: W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
* Paperback
: Target


==Associated Images==
== Audiobook ==
''To be added''
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[7 July (releases)|7 July]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] (brought forward from the originally scheduled release date - [[4 August (releases)|4 August]] 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319010005/http://www.eyeofhorus.org.uk/content/merchandise/bbc-audio/2011-audio.html|title=2011 AUDIOGO reviews and news|publisher=Eye of Horus|accessdate=19 March 2021}}</ref>) complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[David Troughton]].


==Publishing History (UK)==
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]].
''To be added''


'''First Publication:'''
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
* Hardback
Fury from the Deep Audio.jpg|Audiobook cover
: W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
</gallery>
* Paperback
 
: Target
== Footnotes ==
'''Re-issues:'''
{{reflist}}
: None


==International Editions==
== External links ==
''To be added''
''to be added''


==External Sources==
{{DWN}}
* '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007)
{{TitleSort}}
*  [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:Target Novelisations]]
[[Category:1986 novels]]
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[[Category:Second Doctor novelisations]]
[[Category:Stories set in England]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1968]]
[[Category:The Earth Adventures Collection novels]]

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Fury from the Deep was a novelisation based on the 1968 television serial Fury from the Deep.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the dark uncharted depths of the North Sea it has lurked, growing in strength, growing in size, and striking terror into the hearts of mariners down the untold centuries.

Landing near a North Sea gas refinery off the east coast of England, the TARDIS crew are immediately accused of sabotage. Several rig crews have mysteriously vanished, strange pressure build-ups have been detected, and in the refinery's pipelines the Doctor can hear the steady, rhythmic beat of - what?

Soon the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria will find themselves at the unrelenting mercy of the deadliest and most terrifying foe they have ever encountered...

Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. The Deadly Sound
  2. Something in the Pipeline
  3. A Pair of White Gloves
  4. Mr Oak and Mr Quill
  5. Waiting in the Dark
  6. The Specimen
  7. The Figure on the Beach
  8. The Impeller Shaft
  9. The Battle of the Giants
  10. The Spy Whithin
  11. The Nerve Centre
  12. 'Scream, Victoria! Scream!'

Deviations from televised story[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Some scenes are omitted, such as Harris asking Robson for permission to check on Maggie and Robson's last visit to the compound, and some lines of dialogue are reassigned.
  • More is made of Jamie and Victoria's reaction to the Doctor being shot.
  • First names not present in the televised versions are included: Frank Harris, Mick Carney, Pieter van Lutyens, David Price and Ronald Perkins.
  • Robson's name badge gives his initial as S, even though in both the novelisation and televised version he is referred to as John.
  • The Weed Creature's gas gives Jamie sneezing fits.
  • Robson's wife, Angie, is said to have died in a car crash when he was driving twenty-two years previous.
  • Oak and Quill are present when the Doctor tells the refinery staff about the weed and the Chief Engineer is present when the Doctor and Jamie climb down the impeller shaft.
  • Van Lutyens is referred to as speaking English without an accent and is described as a little dumpy balding man: On television he has a strong accent and is of average height and not particularly bald.
  • Jamie has to break into the room where the unconscious Victoria is left after Oak and Quill capture her.
  • The Doctor's party see a controlled Maggie and Van Lutyens on the control rig, and the communication after the Weed's destruction shows several other freed people including Van Lutyens and Baxter.
  • The sonic screwdriver does not appear.
  • The Doctor explains that the Weed Creature transported Maggie to the control rig by encasing her in its foam.

Writing and publishing notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • It was felt that Victor Pemberton's adaptation of his televised story as a novelisation, even though it had a much higher word count, should not be cut down. It was released as a bumper volume with an increased cover price of £1.95 (UK).
  • Front Cover Flash: A classic adventure of the second Doctor Now a bumper volume!
  • Dedication: To Letty and Oliver with love.
  • Inside back cover features colour details of Fantastic Doctor Who Poster Offers!
  • The cover of the original Target Books edition featured the artwork of David McAllister.
  • This novelisation was later released as part of The Earth Adventures Collection.

Additional cover images[[edit] | [edit source]]

British publication history[[edit] | [edit source]]

First publication:

  • Hardback
W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
  • Paperback
Target

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

This Target Book was released as an audiobook on 7 July 2011 (brought forward from the originally scheduled release date - 4 August 2011[1]) complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by David Troughton.

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.

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. 2011 AUDIOGO reviews and news. Eye of Horus. Retrieved on 19 March 2021.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added