The Edge of Destruction (novelisation)

The Edge (novelisation)

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Doctor Who - The Edge of Destruction
Doctor:	[[doctor::First Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton
Main enemy:	None
Main setting:	TARDIS
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co]]
Writer:	Nigel Robinson
Release details
Release number:	132
Release date:	May 1988 (hardcover) October 1988 (paperback)
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions, 120 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20327-5
Target novelisations
Next →	Marco Polo

Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial generally referred to as DW: The Edge of Destruction which included individual episode titles, written by David Whitaker and shown from 8 February 1964.
• The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel. It features the artwork of Alister Pearson. (See below for information on editions with different covers).

Publisher's summary

In a final bid to regain control of the TARDIS’s faulty control system the First Doctor is driven to experiment with a dangerous untried combination.
With a violent explosion the TARDIS blacks out and the crew find themselves trapped inside.
A simple technical fault? Sabotage? Or something even more sinister? Tension mounts as the Doctor and his companions begin to suspect one another.
What has happened to the TARDIS?
Slowly a terrifying suspicion dawns. Has the TARDIS become the prisoner of some powerful fifth intelligence which is even now haunting the time-machine’s dark and gloomy corridors?

Illustrations

None

Deviations from televised story

To be added

Writing and publishing notes

• This novelisation was originally offered to Stephen James Walker, but as a two-parter. It was declined and instead written by Nigel Robinson.
• The inside back cover includes colour Fantastic Doctor Who Poster Offers!-but instead of poster ordering details, the page details how to order Star books!

Additional cover images

To be added

British publication history

Hardback (May 1988)

• W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491031386, priced £7.95)

Paperback (October 1988)

• Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 23,000, priced £1.99 (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 Doctor Who - The Edge of Destruction