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name=Doctor Who – Trial of a Time Lord<br />The Ultimate Foe| | |name=Doctor Who – Trial of a Time Lord<br />The Ultimate Foe | ||
image= Ultimate Foe TOATL novel.jpg| | |image= Ultimate Foe TOATL novel.jpg | ||
series=[[Target novelisation]]s | | |series=[[Target novelisation]]s | ||
number= 131 | | |number= 131 | ||
doctor=Sixth Doctor | | |doctor=Sixth Doctor | ||
companions= [[Melanie Bush]] | | |companions= [[Melanie Bush]] | ||
enemy= [[The Valeyard]]<br />[[Darkel|Inquisitor Darkel]]<br />{{Ainley|c}}<br />[[Sabalom Glitz]]| | |enemy= [[The Valeyard]]<br />[[Darkel|Inquisitor Darkel]]<br />{{Ainley|c}}<br />[[Sabalom Glitz]] | ||
year= [[The Matrix]]<br />[[Time Lord Station]]| | |year= [[The Matrix]]<br />[[Time Lord Station]] | ||
writer= [[Pip and Jane Baker]]| | |writer= [[Pip and Jane Baker]] | ||
publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]| | |publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]] | ||
release date= April [[1988]] (hardcover)<br />September [[1988]] (paperback)| | |release date= April [[1988]] (hardcover)<br />September [[1988]] (paperback) | ||
format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 126 Pages| | |format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 126 Pages | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20329-1| | |isbn= ISBN 0-426-20329-1 | ||
prev=Terror of the Vervoids (novelisation) | |prev=Terror of the Vervoids (novelisation) | ||
next=Time and the Rani (novelisation) }} | next=Time and the Rani (novelisation) }} | ||
== Novelisation == | == Novelisation == | ||
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Novelisation
- This novelisation is based on the original television serial TV: The Ultimate Foe (part 4 of The Trial of a Time Lord) which was shown from 29 November 1986. This section was written by Robert Holmes and Pip and Jane Baker.
- The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It features the artwork of Alister Pearson. (See below for information on editions with different covers).
Publisher's summary
Snatched out of time and space and brought before the Time Lords on Gallifrey, the Sixth Doctor is on trial for his life.
While the Doctor asserts that the evidence of the Matrix, the repository of all Time Lord knowledge, has been tampered with, the mysterious and vengeful prosecuting council, the Valeyard, is confident that the Doctor will be sentenced to death.
In a dramatic intervention the Valeyard's true identity is revealed but he escapes from the courtroom into the Matrix, and it is into this nightmare world that the Doctor must follow – to face his ultimate foe …
Illustrations
- None
Deviations from televised story
To be added
Writing and publishing notes
- To be added
Additional cover images
To be added
British publication history
- Hardback (April 1988)
- W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491031068, copies priced £7.95)
- Paperback (September 1989)
- 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)
