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==Author, Writing and Publishing Notes==
==Author, Writing and Publishing Notes==
* No photgraphic reference material was available at the time and cover artist [[XXXXXX]], instead took his inspiration from a picture of Peter Ustinov as [[Nero]] in the film [[Quo Vadis]].
* No photgraphic reference material was available at the time and cover artist [[Tony Masero]], instead took his inspiration from a picture of Peter Ustinov as [[Nero]] in the film [[Quo Vadis]].


==Associated Images==
==Associated Images==

Revision as of 16:18, 11 February 2008


Novelisation

  • This novelisation is based on the original television serial generally referred to as DW: The Romans which included individual episode titles and was shown from 16th January 1965 and written by Dennis Spooner.
  • The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of Tony Masero. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

Publishers Cover Blurb

The TARDIS crew members have taken a break from their adventures and are enjoying a well-deserved rest in a luxury villa on the outskirts of Imperial Rome.
But in the gory grandeur that is Rome, things don’t stay quiet for long. If the time-travellers can save themselves from being sold as slaves, assassinated by classical hit-men, poisoned by the evil Locusta, thrown to the lions, maimed in the arena and drowned in a shipwreck, they still have to face the diabolical might of the mad Emperor Nero.
As if that isn’t enough, they also discover that, although Rome wasn’t built in a day, it was burnt down in considerably less time…

Illustrations

None

Deviations from the Televised Story

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Author, Writing and Publishing Notes

  • No photgraphic reference material was available at the time and cover artist Tony Masero, instead took his inspiration from a picture of Peter Ustinov as Nero in the film Quo Vadis.

Associated Images

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Publishing History (UK)

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First Publication:

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

Re-issues:

None

International Editions

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External Sources