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|writer= [[Nigel Robinson]] | |writer= [[Nigel Robinson]] | ||
|publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]] | |publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]] | ||
|release date= [[ | |release date= [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] [[1988]] | ||
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 120 Pages | |format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 120 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20327-5 | |isbn= ISBN 0-426-20327-5 | ||
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Revision as of 03:51, 5 July 2013
The Edge of Destruction was based on the 1964 television serial The Edge of Destruction.
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?
Chapter Titles
- Aftershock
- The Seeds of Suspicion
- Inside the Machine
- Trapped
- 'Like a Person Possessed'
- The End of Time
- The Haunting
- Accusations
- The Brink of Disaster
- A Race Against Time
Illustrations
None
Deviations from televised story
- Barbara hallucinates that Ian had too much to drink at the Cricketers.
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!
Cover Gallery
Hardcover edition; cover by Alister Pearson
Target Books edition; cover by Alister Pearson
British publication history
Hardback (May 1988)
- W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491031386, estimated print run: 1,000, 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
None
See also
- The Target Book by David J Howe (Telos Publishing 2007)
