Logopolis (novelisation)

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Doctor Who - Logopolis
Doctor:	[[doctor::Fourth Doctor Fifth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Adric Nyssa Tegan Jovanka (introduction, joins)
Main enemy:	The Master
Main setting:	Pharos Project, Cambridge, 1981, Logopolis
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co]]
Writer:	Christopher H. Bidmead
Release details
Release number:	41 (given to later editions)
Release date:	October 1982
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions, 127 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20149-3
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Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial DW: Logopolis, written by Christopher H. Bidmead and shown from 28 February 1981.
• The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and features the artwork of Andrew Skilleter. (See below for information on editions with different covers).

Publisher's summary

1982 edition

In theory the TARDIS should be able to change its appearance to blend in unobtrusively wherever it happens to materialise. In practice, however, because of a fault in the chameleon circuit, it always looks like a police box – a minor inconvenience the Fourth Doctor now hopes to correct.
Fixing the mechanism involves a visit to Earth and a trip to the planet Logopolis – normally a quiet little place that keeps itself to itself.
But on this occasion the meddling presence of the Doctor’s archenemy, the Master, ensure the disruption of normality. And even the Master is horrified by the threat of total chaos he unintentionally precipitates – until he finds a way to turn the imminent destruction of the universe to his own advantage …

Illustrations

• None

Deviations from televised story

• When going through the infinite regression of Police Boxes, Adric picks the locks with a coat hanger.
• Instead of pretending to have had a bike accident, Adric climbs on top of the TARDIS and throws the bicycle at the police car.
• The TARDIS Cloisters, seen as a dark, gothic setting onscreen,is described as open and airy with a simulated sky.
• The Doctor receives a message from Traken about Tremas while Adric is occupied reading the poetry of Milton.
• When the Doctor attempts to sink the TARDIS in the Thames, it lands on an abandoned wooden pontoon, instead of a ship.
• The Master's TARDIS disguises itself as a cherry laurel tree instead of the architectural column in the Cloisters. It assumes the column shape after arriving in Logopolis.
• After regenerating, the Fifth Doctor says a few words, in fact paraphrasing the Monty Python catchphrase, "and now for something completely different."

Writing and publishing notes

• To be added

Additional cover images

• 

  1991 edition; Cover by Alister Pearson

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)

External links

• On Target a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal