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==Author, Writing and Publishing Notes==
==Author, Writing and Publishing Notes==
* Cover artist [[Tony Clark]] first realised that he was expected to do the cover at a convention in the USA. His first submission was rejected as it featured the likeness of the Second Doctor, [[Jamie McCrimmon]] was not considered a well-known enough face to be used on the cover. The pose used by the pirate is inspired by the 1984 film [[Runaway]]
* Cover artist [[Tony Clark]] first realised that he was expected to do the cover at a convention in the USA. His first submission was rejected as it featured the likeness of the Second Doctor, [[Jamie McCrimmon]] was not considered a well-known enough face to be used on the cover. The pose used by the pirate is inspired by the 1984 film [[Runaway]]
* This was [[Terrance Dicks]] last Doctor Who novelisation for the Target range of Doctor Who noovelisations.
* This was [[Terrance Dicks]] last Doctor Who novelisation for the Target range of Doctor Who noovelisations. He would later adapt the independent film ''[[Shakedown: The Return of the Sontarans]]'' as the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel, ''[[Shakedown]]''. His next TV adaptation would not be published until 2007 when he adapted ''[[Invasion of the Bane (novelisation)|Invasion of the Bane]]'', the first episode of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.
* Back pages include; full page advert for Doctor Who Magazine and  
* Back pages include; full page advert for Doctor Who Magazine and  
Target Books advert for Doctor Who 1963-1989 THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES-IN PRINT!
Target Books advert for Doctor Who 1963-1989 THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES-IN PRINT!

Revision as of 23:54, 7 July 2008


Novelisation

  • This novelisation is based on the original television serial generally referred to as DW: The Space Pirates which was shown from 8th March 1969 and written by Robert Holmes
  • The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of Tony Clark. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

Publisher's Cover Blurb

The charges detonate in a series of silent explosions, and space beacon Alpha One disintegrates into lumps of metal. The space pirates have discovered a new source of precious aragonite…
General Hermack of the Space Corps diverts his V-ship to investigate-and arrives in the Pliny system in time to witness the destruction of another beacon. Determined to trap the pirates, he leaves a squad of guards on beacon Alpha Four-and shortly afterwards, in the beacon’s computer bay, the incongruous shape of a blue police box materializes.
Suspected by the Space Corps of being pirates, and then pursued as spies by the pirates themselves, the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie risk asphyxiation in the vacuum of space, execution and explosion in their attempts to unmask the mastermind behind the thefts of aragonite.

Illustrations

  • Contains no illustrated pages

Deviations from the Televised Story

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Author, Writing and Publishing Notes

Target Books advert for Doctor Who 1963-1989 THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES-IN PRINT!

Associated Images

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Publishing History (UK)

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First Publication:

  • Hardback
W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
  • Paperback
Target

Re-issues:

None

International Editions

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External Sources

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