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|novelisation of=Survival (TV story) | |novelisation of = Survival (TV story) | ||
|image=Survival novel.jpg | |image=Survival novel.jpg | ||
|number= 150 | |number= 150 | ||
|doctor=Seventh Doctor | |doctor = Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Ace]] | |companions= [[Ace]] | ||
|enemy= {{Ainley|c}}, [[Cheetah Person|Cheetah People]] | |enemy= {{Ainley|c}}, [[Cheetah Person|Cheetah People]] | ||
|setting= [[Perivale]], [[1989]] | |setting= [[Perivale]], [[1989]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Rona Munro | ||
|read by= [[Lisa Bowerman]] | |read by= [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
|publisher= Target Books | |publisher= Target Books | ||
|publisher2= W.H. Allen | |publisher2= W.H. Allen | ||
|cover= [[Alister Pearson]] | |cover= [[Alister Pearson]] | ||
|release date= | |release date= 18 October 1990 | ||
|format= Paperback Book; 8 Chapters, 136 Pages | |format= Paperback Book; 8 Chapters, 136 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20352-6 | |isbn= ISBN 0-426-20352-6 | ||
|prev= The Curse of Fenric (novelisation) | |series = [[Target novelisation]]s | ||
|prev= Ghost Light (novelisation) | |||
|next= The Curse of Fenric (novelisation) | |||
|series2 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]] | |||
|prev2= The Curse of Fenric (novelisation) | |||
|next2 = The TV Movie (novelisation) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1989 television serial ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1989 television serial ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
"So what's so terrible about [[Perivale]]?" [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] asked as he caught up with her. | === 1990 Target Books edition === | ||
"So what's so terrible about [[Perivale]]?" [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] asked as he caught up with her. [[Ace]] sighed again. "Nothing ever happens here." | |||
[[Ace]] sighed again. "Nothing ever happens here." | |||
Ace had wanted her homecoming to be spectacular. She had imagined the amazed greetings of her old friends, the gasps of surprise as she recounted her time-travelling adventures. | Ace had wanted her homecoming to be spectacular. She had imagined the amazed greetings of her old friends, the gasps of surprise as she recounted her time-travelling adventures. | ||
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The Doctor has other things on his mind. What is killing the domestic pets of Perivale? Who are the horsemen whose hoofprints scar the recreation ground? Where have the missing persons been taken? Is the Doctor stepping into a well-prepared trap? And if so, can it be the work of the Doctor's old adversary [[the Master]]? | The Doctor has other things on his mind. What is killing the domestic pets of Perivale? Who are the horsemen whose hoofprints scar the recreation ground? Where have the missing persons been taken? Is the Doctor stepping into a well-prepared trap? And if so, can it be the work of the Doctor's old adversary [[the Master]]? | ||
As [[Harvey (Survival)|Harvey]] the grocer said to his partner [[Len (Survival)|Len]]: "I'm telling you, you put a catflap in and you get just anything coming into your house." | As [[Harvey (Survival)|Harvey]] the grocer said to his partner [[Len (Survival)|Len]]: "I'm telling you, you put a catflap in and you get just ''anything'' coming into your house." | ||
[[Survival (TV story)|SURVIVAL]] was the last of the four adventures broadcast in the 1989 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' season on [[ | [[Survival (TV story)|SURVIVAL]] was the last of the four adventures broadcast in the 1989 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' season on [[BBC television]]. | ||
=== 2017 BBC Audio edition === | |||
The Doctor brings Ace home - but on a summer Sunday it seems the least lively place in the universe. All the members of Ace's old gang have gone away — all disappeared. What is killing the domestic pets of Perivale? | |||
Who are the horsemen whose hoofprints scar the recreation ground? Where have the missing persons been taken? Is the Doctor stepping into a well-prepared trap? And if so, can it be the work of the Doctor's old adversary, the Master? | |||
== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* The Doctor's concluding monologue from the final episode is not included. | * The Doctor's concluding monologue from the final episode is not included. Instead, it is replaced by Ace's ruminations on the events on [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)|The Curse of Fenric]]''. | ||
* [[Paterson (Survival)|Paterson]] is a police sergeant as opposed to being a Territorial Army sergeant. | * [[Paterson (Survival)|Paterson]] is a police sergeant as opposed to being a Territorial Army sergeant. | ||
* [[Derek (Survival)|Derek]] is killed by [[Midge]] under [[Cheetah Person]] control after he gets off the [[Cheetah World]]. | * [[Derek (Survival)|Derek]] is killed by [[Midge (Survival)|Midge]] under [[Cheetah Person]] control after he gets off the [[Cheetah World]]. | ||
* [[Harvey (Survival)|Harvey]] and [[Len (Survival)|Len]] are taken to the Cheetah World by {{Ainley}}. | * [[Harvey (Survival)|Harvey]] and [[Len (Survival)|Len]] are taken to the Cheetah World by {{Ainley}}. | ||
* Ace burns [[Karra]]'s body on a [[funeral]] pyre made up of the two wrecked [[motorbike]]s, instead of a [[Cheetah Person]] on [[horse]]back appearing and taking the body away as in the televised version. | |||
== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
* [[Alister Pearson]]'s original cover | * [[Alister Pearson]]'s original cover art featured the Master's face in the Kitling design, but this was dropped from the final cover design. | ||
* The claw-marks on the cover design are not painted elements: Alister Pearson actually slashed the canvas to achieve the effect. | * The claw-marks on the cover design are not painted elements: Alister Pearson actually slashed the canvas to achieve the effect. | ||
* Included at the back is a full page advert for subscription to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. | * Included at the back is a full page advert for subscription to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. | ||
* A postscript by [[Peter Darvill-Evans]], Editor of W H Allen's ''Doctor Who'' books, states that for the first time the BBC have not announced the production plans for further seasons of ''Doctor Who''. From the second half of 1991, however, new, completely original ''Doctor Who'' novels will be published with the adventures continuing from the end of ''Survival''. He also writes that, at that time, three additional Target novelisations were in preparation (presumably referring to the remaining Season 26 stories that had yet to be adapted). | * A postscript by [[Peter Darvill-Evans]], Editor of W H Allen's ''Doctor Who'' books, states that for the first time the BBC have not announced the production plans for further seasons of ''Doctor Who''. From the second half of 1991, however, new, completely original ''Doctor Who'' novels will be published with the adventures continuing from the end of ''Survival''. He also writes that, at that time, three additional Target novelisations were in preparation (presumably referring to the remaining Season 26 stories that had yet to be adapted). | ||
* This | * This was only the second ''Doctor Who'' novelisation to be written by a solo female writer, after [[Barbara Clegg]]'s ''[[Enlightenment (novelisation)|Enlightenment]]'' (other women, particularly [[Pip and Jane Baker|Jane Baker]], had been involved in other books, but always in a co-writing capacity). The next would not be for another 28 years, when [[Jenny T. Colgan]] would write [[The Christmas Invasion (novelisation)|''The Christmas Invasion'']]. | ||
== British publication history == | == British publication history == | ||
One single paperback edition, priced £2.50 (UK), estimated print run: 25,000 copies. | One single paperback edition, priced £2.50 (UK), estimated print run: 25,000 copies. | ||
== | == Audiobook == | ||
This | This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[7 September (releases)|7 September]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Lisa Bowerman]]. | ||
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]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:53, 3 November 2024
Survival was a novelisation based on the 1989 television serial Survival.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
1990 Target Books edition[[edit] | [edit source]]
"So what's so terrible about Perivale?" the Doctor asked as he caught up with her. Ace sighed again. "Nothing ever happens here."
Ace had wanted her homecoming to be spectacular. She had imagined the amazed greetings of her old friends, the gasps of surprise as she recounted her time-travelling adventures.
But Perivale on a summer Sunday seems the least lively place in the universe. The members of Ace's old gang have gone away — disappeared.
The Doctor has other things on his mind. What is killing the domestic pets of Perivale? Who are the horsemen whose hoofprints scar the recreation ground? Where have the missing persons been taken? Is the Doctor stepping into a well-prepared trap? And if so, can it be the work of the Doctor's old adversary the Master?
As Harvey the grocer said to his partner Len: "I'm telling you, you put a catflap in and you get just anything coming into your house."
SURVIVAL was the last of the four adventures broadcast in the 1989 Doctor Who season on BBC television.
2017 BBC Audio edition[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor brings Ace home - but on a summer Sunday it seems the least lively place in the universe. All the members of Ace's old gang have gone away — all disappeared. What is killing the domestic pets of Perivale?
Who are the horsemen whose hoofprints scar the recreation ground? Where have the missing persons been taken? Is the Doctor stepping into a well-prepared trap? And if so, can it be the work of the Doctor's old adversary, the Master?
Deviations from televised story[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor's concluding monologue from the final episode is not included. Instead, it is replaced by Ace's ruminations on the events on PROSE: The Curse of Fenric.
- Paterson is a police sergeant as opposed to being a Territorial Army sergeant.
- Derek is killed by Midge under Cheetah Person control after he gets off the Cheetah World.
- Harvey and Len are taken to the Cheetah World by the Tremas Master.
- Ace burns Karra's body on a funeral pyre made up of the two wrecked motorbikes, instead of a Cheetah Person on horseback appearing and taking the body away as in the televised version.
Writing and publishing notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Alister Pearson's original cover art featured the Master's face in the Kitling design, but this was dropped from the final cover design.
- The claw-marks on the cover design are not painted elements: Alister Pearson actually slashed the canvas to achieve the effect.
- Included at the back is a full page advert for subscription to Doctor Who Magazine.
- A postscript by Peter Darvill-Evans, Editor of W H Allen's Doctor Who books, states that for the first time the BBC have not announced the production plans for further seasons of Doctor Who. From the second half of 1991, however, new, completely original Doctor Who novels will be published with the adventures continuing from the end of Survival. He also writes that, at that time, three additional Target novelisations were in preparation (presumably referring to the remaining Season 26 stories that had yet to be adapted).
- This was only the second Doctor Who novelisation to be written by a solo female writer, after Barbara Clegg's Enlightenment (other women, particularly Jane Baker, had been involved in other books, but always in a co-writing capacity). The next would not be for another 28 years, when Jenny T. Colgan would write The Christmas Invasion.
British publication history[[edit] | [edit source]]
One single paperback edition, priced £2.50 (UK), estimated print run: 25,000 copies.
Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on 7 September 2017 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Lisa Bowerman.
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
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