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|image = <gallery> | |||
Visitation novel.jpg|1982 edition | |||
PearsonVisitation.jpg|1992 edition | |||
AchilleosVisitation.jpg|2016 edition | |||
</gallery> | |||
|number = 69 (given to later editions) | |||
|doctor = Fifth Doctor | |||
|companions = [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] | |||
|enemy = [[Terileptil]]s | |||
|setting = [[London]], late [[August]] to [[2 September]] [[1666]] | |||
|writer = Eric Saward | |||
|read by = [[Matthew Waterhouse]] | |||
|publisher = Target Books | |||
|publisher2 = W.H. Allen | |||
|novelisation of = The Visitation (TV story) | |||
|release date = 19 August 1982 | |||
|format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 11 Chapters, 121 Pages | |||
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20135-3 | |||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1982 television serial ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]''. This was the first [[Fifth Doctor]] novelisation to be published. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | |||
=== 1982 Target Books edition === | |||
[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], the young air hostess who quite unintentionally became a member of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]'s crew, wants to return to her own time, but when the [[Fifth Doctor|Doctor]] tries to take her back to [[Heathrow Airport]] in the [[20th century|twentieth century]] the TARDIS lands instead on the outskirts of [[17th century|seventeenth-century]] [[London]]. | |||
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The Doctor and his companions receive a decidedly unfriendly welcome - but it soon becomes clear that the sinister activities of other visitors from time and space have made the villagers extremely suspicious of outsiders. | |||
[[ | As a result of the aliens' evil schemes, the Doctor finds himself on the point of playing a key role in a [[Great Fire of London|gruesome historical event]]... | ||
[[ | === 1992 Target Books edition === | ||
"CALL YOURSELF A [[Time Lord|TIME LORD]]?" TEGAN SHOUTED. "A BROKEN CLOCK KEEPS BETTER TIME THAN YOU!" | |||
[[ | The Doctor tries to return Tegan to the Heathrow she left in [[1981]], but instead the TARDIS lands just outside London in [[1666]] - the year of the Great Plague. | ||
The Doctor and his companions receive a decidedly cool welcome - and it soon becomes clear that the sinister activities of other visitors from space and time have made the villagers extremely sensitive of outsiders. | |||
And as a result of the aliens' evil schemes, the Doctor finds himself on the point of playing a key role in a gruesome historical event. | |||
This is a novelization by [[Eric Saward]] of his own television story, first broadcast in [[1982 (releases)|1982]]. | |||
=== 2016 BBC Books edition === | |||
Trying to get Tegan back to Heathrow in 1981, the Doctor brings the TARDIS to the right place, but over 300 years early - to 1666. They are not the only visitors as [[Terileptil android|Death]] stalks the local woods, complete with cloak, scythe and a skull like face. | |||
In fact, 'Death' is and android bought by a group of alien [[Terileptil]]s whose spaceship has crashed. Criminals and fugitives from their own race, they now plan to take over [[Earth]]. With [[Adric]] and Tegan captured, the Doctor and [[Nyssa]] try to deal with the deadly android, and a group of local villagers under the control of the Terileptils. | |||
But even if they succeed, can they prevent the Terileptils from unleashing an even more deadly form of the [[Bubonic plague|Black Death]]? | |||
== Chapter titles == | |||
Chapter One<br /> | |||
Chapter Two<br /> | |||
Chapter Three<br /> | |||
Chapter Four<br /> | |||
Chapter Five<br /> | |||
Chapter Six<br /> | |||
Chapter Seven<br /> | |||
Chapter Eight<br /> | |||
Chapter Nine<br /> | |||
Chapter Ten<br /> | |||
Chapter Eleven | |||
== Deviations from televised story == | |||
* The Doctor realises who the Terileptils are because they left their tag on their escape capsule; this was not explained in the televised story. | |||
* [[John (The Visitation)|The Squire]] is named Sir John. | |||
* [[Elizabeth (The Visitation)|Elizabeth]] is in her room when she spots the Terileptil spacecraft crashing, rather than playing chess with her father as in the televised version. | |||
* Sir John and his family are described as being killed by the [[Terileptil android]], whereas in the televised version their deaths are only implied. | |||
* Tegan's references to the events of ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'' while talking with [[Nyssa]] in her room are removed. | |||
* The Doctor telling off [[Adric]] for his recklessness with the [[Total Survival Suit|T.S.S. machine]] on [[Deva Loka]] has been excised. | |||
== | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
* This was the first book in the range to feature the use of a photographic cover. A jacket painting was commissioned and created by David McAllister, but due to objections from Peter Davison's agent about artwork depictions of his client at the time, this was never used; Target switched to using a photograph of Davison for the cover. (The only first edition Fifth Doctor Target books to feature artwork rather than photos of Davison's Doctor were ''[[Castrovalva (novelisation)|Castrovalva]]'' and ''[[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|The Five Doctors]]''.)<ref>Howe, D.J., Stammers, M. and Walker, S.J., Doctor Who- The Eighties, p160. ISBN 978-0-75-35012-83.</ref> | |||
* This was the first title to be referred to in the Target library as book number 74. The number appeared on the cover on a subsequent reprint. | |||
* Dedication: `For Paula, with fondest love' | |||
* The book has a cover flash reading <small>A BBC TV PROGRAMME WITH PETER DAVISON AS THE DOCTOR</small>. | |||
* This novelisation was later released as part of ''[[The History Collection (audio anthology)|The History Collection]]''. | |||
== Additional cover images == | |||
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | |||
Visitation_unused.JPG|Unused jacket painting by [[David McAllister]], [[1982]] | |||
PearsonVisitation.jpg|1992 edition.<br />Cover by [[Alister Pearson]] | |||
AchilleosVisitation.jpg|2016 BBC Books Edition.<br />Cover by [[Chris Achilleos]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
== British publication history == | |||
First publication: | |||
* Hardback | |||
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK | |||
* Paperback | |||
: Target | |||
Re-issues: | |||
== | == Audiobook == | ||
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[4 October (releases)|4 October]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Matthew Waterhouse]]. | |||
The cover | 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]]. | ||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
The Visitation Audio.jpg|Audiobook cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Target | == External links == | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140716005123/http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/general/main.htm ''On Target'' a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal] | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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[[Category:Target novelisations]] | |||
[[Category:1982 novels]] | |||
[[Category:Fifth Doctor novelisations]] | |||
[[Category:The History Collection novels]] | |||
[[Category:Terileptil novels]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in London]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in 1666]] | |||