Dragonfire (novelisation)

Dragonfire (novelisation)

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Dragonfire
Doctor:	[[doctor::Seventh Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Mel, Ace
Main enemy:	Kane, Dragon, Sabalom Glitz
Main setting:	Iceworld, Svartos
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co]]
Writer:	Ian Briggs
Release details
Release number:	137
Release date:	March 1989
Format:	Paperback Book, 144 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20322-4

Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial (DW): Dragonfire which was shown from 23rd November 1987. It was written by Ian Briggs.
• The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel. It featured the artwork of Alister Pearson. (See below for information on other editions published with different covers).

Publisher's summary

1989 edition

When the Doctor and Mel arrive in the Space Trading Colony, Iceworld, the Doctor can feel that there is mischief afoot. And he and Mel don’t have to wait long before they discover the culprit, for there in the Refreshment Bar they meet up with that old intergalactic rogue, Sabalon Glitz.
Glitz is hot on the trail of hidden treasure and the Doctor, keen to do some scientific research, decides to join him. Down in the Ice Passages they go – through the Ice Garden, past the Singing Trees, beyond the Lake of Oblivion – in search of the Dragon’s Treasure.
But the Doctor and his companions don’t know the true worth of this mythical hoard. Only Kane, the most feared man in Iceworld, knows the secret of the Dragonfire …

Illustrations

• None

Deviations from televised story

To be added

Writing and publishing notes

• Dedication: “With grateful thanks to John Nathan-Turner for his helpful comments and suggestions on the original scripts, and particularly to Andrew Cartmell, il miglior fabbro. Thanks also to the children and teenagers in Ealing who inspired it – particularly Annamarie, Joanne and Juno.”

Additional cover images

• 2Dragonfire.jpg

  1991 edition; Cover by Alister Pearson

British publication history

First Publication: Paperback (March 1989)

• Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 21,000, priced £1.99 (UK).

Re-issues: (October 1991)

• Target / Virgin Publishing, estimated print run: 9,000, priced £2.99 (UK).

Editions published outside Britain

To be added

See also

• The Target Book by David J Howe (Telos Publishing 2007)

External links

• On Target a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal