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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = The Five Doctors hardcover.jpg | |image = <gallery> | ||
| | The Five Doctors hardcover.jpg|1983 edition | ||
|number= 81 | 3FiveDoctors.jpg|1991 edition | ||
|doctor= Fifth Doctor | </gallery> | ||
|companions=[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] | |number = 81 | ||
|featuring= First Doctor | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
|featuring2= Second Doctor | |companions = [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] | ||
|featuring3= Third Doctor | |featuring = First Doctor | ||
|featuring4= Fourth Doctor | |featuring2 = Second Doctor | ||
|featuring5= Susan Foreman | |featuring3 = Third Doctor | ||
|featuring6= Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart | |featuring4 = Fourth Doctor | ||
|featuring7= Sarah Jane Smith | |featuring5 = Susan Foreman | ||
|enemy=[[Borusa]], [[Dalek]]s, [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], {{Ainley}} | |featuring6 = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart | ||
|setting= {{il|[[Eye of Orion]]|[[Gallifrey]]}} | |featuring7 = Sarah Jane Smith | ||
|writer= | |featuring8 = Romana II | ||
|read by= [[Jon Culshaw]], [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |enemy = [[Borusa]], [[Dalek]]s, [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], {{Ainley}} | ||
|publisher= Target Books | |setting = {{il|[[Eye of Orion]]|[[Gallifrey]]}} | ||
|publisher2= W.H. Allen | |writer = Terrance Dicks | ||
|novelisation of= The Five Doctors (TV story) | |read by = [[Jon Culshaw]], [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|cover = [[Andrew Skilleter]] | |||
|release date= | |publisher = Target Books | ||
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 12 Chapters, 128 Pages | |publisher2 = W.H. Allen | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-491-03052-5 (Hardcover edition); ISBN 0-426-19510-8 (Paperback edition) | |novelisation of = The Five Doctors (TV story) | ||
|prev= Arc of Infinity (novelisation) | |release date = 24 November 1983 | ||
|next= Mawdryn Undead (novelisation) | |format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 12 Chapters, 128 Pages | ||
|series2 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]] | |isbn = ISBN 0-491-03052-5 (Hardcover edition); ISBN 0-426-19510-8 (Paperback edition) | ||
|prev2 = The King's Demons (novelisation) | |series = [[Target novelisation]]s | ||
|next2=Warriors of the Deep (novelisation) | |prev = Arc of Infinity (novelisation) | ||
|next = Mawdryn Undead (novelisation) | |||
|series2 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]] | |||
|prev2 = The King's Demons (novelisation) | |||
|next2 = Warriors of the Deep (novelisation) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1983 television serial ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1983 television serial ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''. | ||
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== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* A number of deleted scenes from the televised version of ''The Five Doctors'' are restored for the novelisation. | * A number of deleted scenes from the televised version of ''The Five Doctors'' are restored for the novelisation. | ||
*Dicks adds a segment accounting for [[Susan Foreman]]'s abduction by the Timescoop, set in the era after ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''. She's on her way to the markets in New London. A smaller city than the original, it's populated by gleaming new buildings, motorised walkways and far more greenery. David Campbell is noted to be part of the provisional Reconstruction Government and both now have a family of three children. | * Dicks adds a segment accounting for [[Susan Foreman]]'s abduction by the Timescoop, set in the era after ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''. She's on her way to the markets in New London. A smaller city than the original, it's populated by gleaming new buildings, motorised walkways and far more greenery. David Campbell is noted to be part of the provisional Reconstruction Government and both now have a family of three children. | ||
* The [[First Doctor]] is stated to be nearing his first [[regeneration]], having come to the rose garden in semi-retirement to prepare himself for the process ahead. There, he prunes his roses and tends to his bees. He senses the time scoop as "something evil" before actually spotting it. | * The [[First Doctor]] is stated to be nearing his first [[regeneration]], having come to the rose garden in semi-retirement to prepare himself for the process ahead. There, he prunes his roses and tends to his bees. He senses the time scoop as "something evil" before actually spotting it. | ||
* The Second Doctor and the Brigadier are captured by the Timescoop in an architectural dead end, rather than UNIT H.Q.'s open grounds. | * The Second Doctor and the Brigadier are captured by the Timescoop in an architectural dead end, rather than UNIT H.Q.'s open grounds. | ||
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* Susan's line of "Grandfather" is returned to its script version, "Doctor". During shooting of the original episode, [[Carole Ann Ford]] had refused to say the line, as in her era she would never have called him "Doctor". An explanation is given that Susan was thinking of how others called him "Doctor" except for her. | * Susan's line of "Grandfather" is returned to its script version, "Doctor". During shooting of the original episode, [[Carole Ann Ford]] had refused to say the line, as in her era she would never have called him "Doctor". An explanation is given that Susan was thinking of how others called him "Doctor" except for her. | ||
* The chessboard's defence mechanism, rather than some kind of oscillating green laser (as in the Televised Version), is a series of thunderbolts that targets intruders directly. The Cybermen end up killing each other in friendly fire as much as by the death-trap. The Master survives the encounter by diving for the fallen Cyber-Lieutenant's Cyber-gun and blasting away at the Cyber Leader. He keeps firing until he's driven the Cyberman onto the chessboard, row after row, blast after blast, until the Leader is cut down by the board's defence mechanisms. | * The chessboard's defence mechanism, rather than some kind of oscillating green laser (as in the Televised Version), is a series of thunderbolts that targets intruders directly. The Cybermen end up killing each other in friendly fire as much as by the death-trap. The Master survives the encounter by diving for the fallen Cyber-Lieutenant's Cyber-gun and blasting away at the Cyber Leader. He keeps firing until he's driven the Cyberman onto the chessboard, row after row, blast after blast, until the Leader is cut down by the board's defence mechanisms. | ||
* The [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier]]'s punch only stuns [[Tremas Master|the Master]] who is poised to use his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] on his assailant, whereas in the televised version he is subdued with a single blow simultaneously as the [[Third Doctor]] kicks the weapon from his grasp. In this novelisation, the Doctor is still able to do so, and the Master | * The [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier]]'s punch only stuns [[Tremas Master|the Master]] who is poised to use his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] on his assailant, whereas in the televised version he is subdued with a single blow simultaneously as the [[Third Doctor]] kicks the weapon from his grasp. In this novelisation, the Doctor is still able to do so, and the Master is ultimately subdued when the Doctors pile atop him. | ||
* The ghosts that take the appearance of Liz and Mike are white and waxen with fanatically burning eyes. Their voices raise to an unearthly screech when the Third Doctor defies them. | * The ghosts that take the appearance of Liz and Mike are white and waxen with fanatically burning eyes. Their voices raise to an unearthly screech when the Third Doctor defies them. | ||
* The chamber to access the Timescoop and the Game Table is identified as Game Control. | * The chamber to access the Timescoop and the Game Table is identified as Game Control. | ||
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* The First Doctor discusses with the Fifth Doctor the possibility of the Dark Tower as the ultimate death-trap for those who sought immortality. The dangerous madmen who would seek out Rassilon's gift to become tyrants. It was his way to detect, lure and ultimately imprison them in the Tower. | * The First Doctor discusses with the Fifth Doctor the possibility of the Dark Tower as the ultimate death-trap for those who sought immortality. The dangerous madmen who would seek out Rassilon's gift to become tyrants. It was his way to detect, lure and ultimately imprison them in the Tower. | ||
* The abrupt nature of Sarah Jane's departure from the TARDIS is said to have left her "more than a little resentful," and considers K9 as something of a consolation prize from the Doctor. Upon their reunion, the Third Doctor notes, fondly, that she never accepted the role of the damsel in distress in their travels together. | * The abrupt nature of Sarah Jane's departure from the TARDIS is said to have left her "more than a little resentful," and considers K9 as something of a consolation prize from the Doctor. Upon their reunion, the Third Doctor notes, fondly, that she never accepted the role of the damsel in distress in their travels together. | ||
* At one point the [[Cyber-Lieutenant (The Five Doctors)|Cyber-Lieutenant]] is referred to as "Cyberleader" while in the presence of the [[Cyber-Leader (The Five Doctors)|Cyber-Leader]], although a separate party of Cybermen is also stated as having a "Cyberleader" and "Cyberlieutenant" implying assigned ranks. | |||
== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
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== Additional cover images == | == Additional cover images == | ||
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | <gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | ||
HardbackFiveDoctors.jpg|1983 Hardback edition | |||
3FiveDoctors.jpg|1991 edition.<br />Cover by [[Alister Pearson]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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{{Cyberman stories}} | {{Cyberman stories}} | ||
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[[Category:Target novelisations]] | [[Category:Target novelisations]] | ||
[[Category:1983 novels]] | [[Category:1983 novels]] | ||