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{{Infobox Novel
|image= Mysterious Planet TOATL novel.jpg
|novel name=Doctor Who – Trial of a Time Lord<br />The Mysterious Planet
|series = [[Target novelisation]]s
|image= Mysterious_Planet_TOATL_novel.jpg
|number= 127
|series=[[Target novelisation]]s  
|doctor = Sixth Doctor
|number= 127  
|companions=[[Peri Brown|Peri]]
|doctor=[[Sixth Doctor]]
|enemy= [[The Valeyard]], [[L1|L1 Robot]], [[Sabalom Glitz]], [[Drathro]], [[Tribe of the Free]]
|companions= [[Peri Brown]]  
|setting= {{il|[[Space Station Zenobia|Time Lord Station]]|[[Earth|Ravolox]] / [[Earth]], [[2000000|2,000,000]]}}
|enemy= The [[The Valeyard|Valeyard]]<br />[[Darkel|Inquisitor Darkel]]<br />[[Sabalom Glitz]]<br />[[Drathro]]<br />The [[Tribe of the Free]]  
|writer= Terrance Dicks
|year= [[Time Lord Station]]<br />[[Ravolox]] / [[Earth]], [[Far future|2,000,000]]  
|read by = [[Lynda Bellingham]]
|writer= [[Terrance Dicks]]  
|publisher= Target Books
|publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]
|publisher2= W.H. Allen
|release date= November [[1987]] (hardcover)<br />April  [[1988]] (paperback)
|release date= 21 April 1988
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 127 Pages
|novelisation of = The Mysterious Planet (TV story)
|cover = [[Tony Masero]]
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 14 Chapters, 127 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20319-4
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20319-4
|previous story=[[Timelash (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Timelash]]<br />(''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' was not novelised) |next story=[[Mindwarp (novelisation)|Doctor Who – Mindwarp]]
|prev= The Time Meddler (novelisation)
|next= Time and the Rani (novelisation)
|series2 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]]
|prev2= Revelation of the Daleks (novelisation)
|next2= Mindwarp (novelisation)
}}
}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1986 television serial ''[[The Mysterious Planet (TV story)|The Mysterious Planet]]''.


== Novelisation ==
== Publisher's summary ==
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial [[DW]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'' (part 1 of ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]'') which was shown from [[6 September]] [[1986]]. This section was written by [[Robert Holmes]].
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] has been taken out of time and [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] has been brought before a court of his fellow [[Time Lord]]s. There the sinister [[Valeyard]] accuses the Doctor of breaking [[Gallifrey]]'s most important law and interfering in the affairs of other planets.
* 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 editions published with different covers).


== Publisher's summary ==
If the Valeyard can prove him guilty, the Doctor must sacrifice his remaining regenerations. To prove his case the Valeyard focuses on an adventure set in the Doctor's past.
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] has been taken out of time and the [[Sixth Doctor]] has been brought before a court of his fellow [[Time Lord]]s. There the sinister [[Valeyard]] accuses the Doctor of breaking [[Gallifrey]]'s most important law and interfering in the affairs of other planets. <br />
 
If the Valeyard can prove him guilty, the Doctor must sacrifice his remaining regenerations. To prove his case the Valeyard focuses on an adventure set in the Doctor's past. <br />
It is an adventure set on the planet [[Earth|Ravolox]], a seemingly primitive world but one which the Doctor and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] find strangely familiar...
It is an adventure set on the planet [[Ravolox]], a seemingly primitive world but one which the Doctor and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] find strangely familiar…


== Illustrations ==
== Chapter titles ==
* None
# The Trial Begins
# Underground
# Barbarian Queen
# The Stoning
# The Reprieve
# Meeting the Immortal
# Escape
# Captives of Queen Katryca
# The Attack of the Robot
# Hunt for the Doctor
# Secrets
# Tradesman's Entrance
# The Big Bang
# End and Beginning


== Deviations from televised story ==
== Deviations from televised story ==
''To be added''
* [[Valeyard]], like [[Inquisitor]], seems to be a Time Lord title, a Special Prosecutor assigned by the [[High Council]] in serious, often political, cases.
* The "lenient" sentencing during the Doctor's previous trial, as mentioned by the Valeyard, is explicitly linked to his five-year exile on the planet Earth.
* The Doctor informs Peri they are currently [[2000000|two million]] years or more after her time period, while in the televised version it is not explicitly clear whether the Doctor said "two '''m'''illion" or "two '''b'''illion."
* The [[Space Station Zenobia|Trial Station]] is said to be in a graveyard of spaceships.
* [[Balazar]] mentioning the Immortal and the Doctor being unfamiliar with the term is omitted.
* The [[L1]] is referred to simply as the Service Robot.
* [[Broken Tooth]] attacks Drathro and is killed after he has killed [[Katryca]], rather than after intervening to try and save her.


== Writing and publishing notes ==
== Writing and publishing notes ==
* ''To be added''
* ''to be added''


== Additional cover images ==
== Additional cover images ==
''To be added''
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
File:HardbackMysteriousPlanet.jpg|1987 Hardback edition
</gallery>


== British publication history ==
== British publication history ==
: '''Hardback''' (November 1987)
: Hardback (November 1987)
* W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491030967, copies priced £7.95 (UK))
* W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491030967, copies priced £7.95 (UK))
: '''Paperback''' (April 1988)
: Paperback (April 1988)
* Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 22,500, priced £1.99 (UK).
* Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 22,500, priced £1.99 (UK).
 
== Audiobook ==
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[5 September (releases)|5 September]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Lynda Bellingham]] as part of ''The Trial of a Time Lord Vol. 1''.
 
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]].
 
The audiobook was reissued on [[2 April (releases)|2 April]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] as part of ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord Collection]]''.


== Editions published outside Britain ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
''To be added''
The Mysterious Planet audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover
The Trial of a Time Lord Collection.jpg|The Trial of a Time Lord Collection
</gallery>


== See also ==
* '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007)
== 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]
* [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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The Mysterious Planet was a novelisation based on the 1986 television serial The Mysterious Planet.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The TARDIS has been taken out of time and the Doctor has been brought before a court of his fellow Time Lords. There the sinister Valeyard accuses the Doctor of breaking Gallifrey's most important law and interfering in the affairs of other planets.

If the Valeyard can prove him guilty, the Doctor must sacrifice his remaining regenerations. To prove his case the Valeyard focuses on an adventure set in the Doctor's past.

It is an adventure set on the planet Ravolox, a seemingly primitive world but one which the Doctor and Peri find strangely familiar...

Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. The Trial Begins
  2. Underground
  3. Barbarian Queen
  4. The Stoning
  5. The Reprieve
  6. Meeting the Immortal
  7. Escape
  8. Captives of Queen Katryca
  9. The Attack of the Robot
  10. Hunt for the Doctor
  11. Secrets
  12. Tradesman's Entrance
  13. The Big Bang
  14. End and Beginning

Deviations from televised story[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Valeyard, like Inquisitor, seems to be a Time Lord title, a Special Prosecutor assigned by the High Council in serious, often political, cases.
  • The "lenient" sentencing during the Doctor's previous trial, as mentioned by the Valeyard, is explicitly linked to his five-year exile on the planet Earth.
  • The Doctor informs Peri they are currently two million years or more after her time period, while in the televised version it is not explicitly clear whether the Doctor said "two million" or "two billion."
  • The Trial Station is said to be in a graveyard of spaceships.
  • Balazar mentioning the Immortal and the Doctor being unfamiliar with the term is omitted.
  • The L1 is referred to simply as the Service Robot.
  • Broken Tooth attacks Drathro and is killed after he has killed Katryca, rather than after intervening to try and save her.

Writing and publishing notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • to be added

Additional cover images[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 1987 Hardback edition

    1987 Hardback edition

British publication history[[edit] | [edit source]]

Hardback (November 1987)
  • W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491030967, copies priced £7.95 (UK))
Paperback (April 1988)
  • Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 22,500, priced £1.99 (UK).

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

This Target Book was released as an audiobook on 5 September 2013 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Lynda Bellingham as part of The Trial of a Time Lord Vol. 1.

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.

The audiobook was reissued on 2 April 2020 as part of The Trial of a Time Lord Collection.

  • Audiobook cover

    Audiobook cover

  • The Trial of a Time Lord Collection

    The Trial of a Time Lord Collection

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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