The Two Doctors (novelisation)

The Two Doctors (novelisation)

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The Two Doctors
Doctor:	[[doctor:: Sixth Doctor Second Doctor ]]
Companion(s):	Peri Jamie McCrimmon
Main enemy:	Joinson Dastari Chessene Shockeye Stike Varl
Main setting:	Seville, 1980s Space Station Chimera, 1980s
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co]]
Writer:	Robert Holmes
Release details
Release number:	100
Release date:	August 1985 (hardcover) December 1985 (paperback)
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions, 159 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20201-5

Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial (DW): The Two Doctors which was written by Robert Holmes and shown from 16th February 1985.
• The cover and information shown is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of Andrew Skilleter. (See below for information on other editions published with different covers).
• This was the first novelistion of a Sixth Doctor story to be published.

Publisher's summary

Disturbed by the time travel experiments of the evil Dastari and Chessene, the Time Lords second the second Doctor and Jamie to investigate. Arriving on a station in deep space, they are attacked by a shock force of Sontarans and the Doctor is left for dead.
Across the gulfs of time and space, the sixth Doctor discovers that his former incarnation is very much alive. Together with Peri and Jamie he must rescue his other self before the plans of Dastari and Chessene reach their deadly and shocking conclusion…

Illustrations

• None

Deviations from televised story

To be added

Writing and publishing notes

• The publishing issue regarding making payment for using the likeness of actors in the covers of the novelisation was very much a complicated (and costly) issue at the time. It was an issue that meant this cover did not feature the either of the Doctor’s face’s.
• The cover price for this special (collectible) novelization (with gold foil logo), rose from £1.50 to £1.75, before dropping down to the increased price of £1.60).
• There is a suggestion that this title had a first print run of 100,000 copies (beating the previous high of 65,000 copies of The Myth Makers and Marco Polo), but the recorded figures show a first print run of only 60,000). The fact that most of these copies were sent to the USA meant that a rapid reprint was needed. The combination of the two first very-close print runs may explain the discrepancy.
• Cover Flash: The 100th DOCTOR WHO NOVEL!
• Cover Flash: INTRODUCTION BY JOHN NATHAN-TURNER
• Back page includes Fantastic Doctor Who Poster Offers without the colour images.

Additional cover images



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British publication history

To be added

First Publication:

• Hardback

W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK

• Paperback

Target

Re-issues:

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