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|image= Time-Flight novel.jpg | |image= Time-Flight novel.jpg | ||
|series=[[Target novelisation]] | |series = [[Target novelisation|Target novelisations]] | ||
|number= 74 (given to later editions) | |number= 74 (given to later editions) | ||
|doctor=Fifth Doctor | |doctor = Fifth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Nyssa]] | |companions=[[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] | ||
|enemy= {{Ainley|c}} | |enemy= {{Ainley|c}} | ||
| | |setting= [[Heathrow Airport]], [[1982]]<br />[[Earth]], [[Jurassic]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Peter Grimwade | ||
|publisher= | |publisher= Target Books | ||
|release date= | |publisher2= W.H. Allen | ||
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 128 Pages | |novelisation of= Time-Flight (TV story) | ||
|release date= 15 April 1983 | |||
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 10 Chapters, 128 Pages | |||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-19297-4 | |isbn= ISBN 0-426-19297-4 | ||
|prev=Earthshock (novelisation) | |prev= Doctor Who and the Sunmakers (novelisation) | ||
|next= Meglos (novelisation) | |||
== | |series2 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]] | ||
|prev2 = Earthshock (novelisation) | |||
|next2=Arc of Infinity (novelisation) | |||
|featuring = [[Adric]]|read by=[[Peter Davison]] | |||
}}{{you may|Doctor Who's Time Flight (in-universe)|n1=the novelisation as it exists within the DWU}} | |||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1982 television serial ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]''. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] and his companions arrive on [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]'s [[Earth|home planet]] at a moment of crisis: a [[Concorde]] aeroplane has inexplicably vanished while in flight. | |||
The Doctor, Tegan and [[Nyssa]], together with | The Doctor, Tegan and [[Nyssa]], together with [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], join the crew of a second Concorde that sets out to simulate the fateful journey of the missing supersonic jet... | ||
Coming back to Earth is not the return to normality that the rescue team might reasonably have expected. Seeing is believing, people say. The Doctor and his friends begin to realise that it just isn't as simple as that... | Coming back to Earth is not the return to normality that the rescue team might reasonably have expected. Seeing is believing, people say. The Doctor and his friends begin to realise that it just isn't as simple as that... | ||
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# On a Wing and a prayer | # On a Wing and a prayer | ||
# In Transit | # In Transit | ||
== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
' | * Several lines of dialogue are omitted or paraphrased, making scenes seem very streamlined. | ||
* [[Dave Culshaw]] is specified as [[Concorde]] [[Golf Victor Foxtrot|Speedbird Flight 192]]'s first officer. | |||
* [[The Master]] holding some of the Concorde passengers hostage until he gets the [[temporal limiter]] is omitted. | |||
== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
* '' | * Plans were underway for [[AudioGO]] to produce an audiobook of this novelisation narrated by [[Matthew Waterhouse]]. Waterhouse agreed to do it, but the demise of AudioGO put an end to the project. ([[DOC]]: [[THWR 97|''Toby Hadoke's Who's Round'' 97]]) | ||
*The audiobook was eventually released on [[1 April (releases)|1 April]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]], with [[Peter Davison]] on narrating duties. | |||
== Additional cover images == | == Additional cover images == | ||
'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== British publication history == | == British publication history == | ||
First Publication: | |||
* Hardback | |||
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK | |||
* Paperback | |||
: Target | |||
== Audiobook == | |||
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[1 April (releases)|1 April]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Peter Davison]]. | |||
The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by [[David J. Howe]]. Music and sound effects by [[Simon Power]]. | |||
== | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | ||
Time-Flight audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* | * [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/general/main.htm ''On Target'' a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal] | ||
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[[Category:1983 novels]] | [[Category:1983 novels]] | ||
[[Category:Fifth Doctor novelisations]] | |||
[[Category:Terileptil novels]] | |||
[[Category:Tremas Master novels]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:25, 2 January 2024
- You may be looking for the novelisation as it exists within the DWU.
Time-Flight was a novelisation based on the 1982 television serial Time-Flight.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor and his companions arrive on Tegan's home planet at a moment of crisis: a Concorde aeroplane has inexplicably vanished while in flight.
The Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa, together with the TARDIS, join the crew of a second Concorde that sets out to simulate the fateful journey of the missing supersonic jet...
Coming back to Earth is not the return to normality that the rescue team might reasonably have expected. Seeing is believing, people say. The Doctor and his friends begin to realise that it just isn't as simple as that...
Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Flight to Infinity
- An Unauthorised Police Box
- The Doctor Goes Supersonic
- The Coming of the Plasmatons
- The Magic of Kalid
- The Doctor and the Magician
- The Enemy Unmasked
- The Power in the Sanctum
- On a Wing and a prayer
- In Transit
Deviations from televised story[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Several lines of dialogue are omitted or paraphrased, making scenes seem very streamlined.
- Dave Culshaw is specified as Concorde Speedbird Flight 192's first officer.
- The Master holding some of the Concorde passengers hostage until he gets the temporal limiter is omitted.
Writing and publishing notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Plans were underway for AudioGO to produce an audiobook of this novelisation narrated by Matthew Waterhouse. Waterhouse agreed to do it, but the demise of AudioGO put an end to the project. (DOC: Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 97)
- The audiobook was eventually released on 1 April 2021, with Peter Davison on narrating duties.
Additional cover images[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
British publication history[[edit] | [edit source]]
First Publication:
- Hardback
- W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
- Paperback
- Target
Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on 1 April 2021 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Peter Davison.
The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by David J. Howe. Music and sound effects by Simon Power.
Audiobook cover
