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name=Doctor Who – Timelash| | |name=Doctor Who – Timelash | ||
image=Timelash novel.jpg| | |image=Timelash novel.jpg | ||
series=[[Target novelisation]]s | | |series=[[Target novelisation]]s | ||
number= 105 | | |number= 105 | ||
doctor=Sixth Doctor | | |doctor=Sixth Doctor | ||
companions= [[Peri Brown]] | | |companions= [[Peri Brown]] | ||
enemy= The [[Borad]]<br />[[Tekker]]| | |enemy= The [[Borad]]<br />[[Tekker]] | ||
year= [[Karfel]]<br />[[Scotland]], [[1885]] | | |year= [[Karfel]]<br />[[Scotland]], [[1885]] | ||
writer= [[Glen McCoy]] | | |writer= [[Glen McCoy]] | ||
publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]| | |publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]] | ||
release date= December [[1985]] (hardcover)<br />May [[1986]] (paperback)| | |release date= December [[1985]] (hardcover)<br />May [[1986]] (paperback) | ||
format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 124 Pages| | |format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 124 Pages | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20229-5| | |isbn= ISBN 0-426-20229-5 | ||
prev=The Two Doctors (novelisation) | |prev=The Two Doctors (novelisation) | ||
next=The Mysterious Planet (novelisation)|Doctor Who – The Mysterious Planet<br />(Revelation of the Daleks was not novelised) }} | next=The Mysterious Planet (novelisation)|Doctor Who – The Mysterious Planet<br />(Revelation of the Daleks was not novelised) }} | ||
== Novelisation == | == Novelisation == | ||
Revision as of 22:29, 1 June 2013
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Novelisation
- This novelisation is based on the original television serial (TV): Timelash , written by Glen McCoy and shown from 9 March 1985.
- The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It featured the artwork of David McAllister. (See below for information on editions with different covers).
Publisher's summary
The inhabitants of the planet Karfel are suffering under the tyrannical rule of their leader, the Borad, who has brought his world to the brink of interplanetary war.
Those who dare to oppose the will of the Borad are mercilessly sacrificed to the Timelash, a fate considered by many to be worse than death.
When the Sixth Doctor arrives on Karfel he soon discovers the Borad’s horrifying plan, a plan which will directly affect his young American assistant, Peri…
Illustrations
- None
Deviations from televised story
To be added
Writing and publishing notes
- Television writer Glen McCoy made the initial suggestion to then-editor Nigel Robinson to novelise his own screenplay.
- Dedicated "To my sister, Kathy"
Additional cover images
To be added
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)
