Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils (novelisation): Difference between revisions

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|novelisation of = The Sea Devils (TV story)

|image = <gallery>Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils.jpg|1974 edition

|series = [[Target novelisation]]s

|number = 54 (given to later editions)  

|doctor = Third Doctor  

|enemy = [[Sea Devil]]s, {{Delgado}}

|setting = [[Earth]], [[1979]]

|writer = Malcolm Hulke

|read by = [[Geoffrey Beevers]]

|cover = [[Chris Achilleos]]

|publisher = Target Books

|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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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 [[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 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''.

* The Master tells the Doctor off for murdering the Sea Devils and then claiming the moral high ground.

* The ''[[SS Pevensey Castle]]''<nowiki/>'s First Officer is named Mason, and several other crew members are nicknamed: the Jamaican, the Scouse, and Jock.

* 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.

* [[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).

* 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.

== 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]].

[[Category:Third Doctor novelisations]]

[[Category:The Master (Terror of the Autons) novels]]