The Edge of Destruction (novelisation)

The Edge of Destruction
Based on:	The Edge of Destruction
Doctor:	First Doctor
Companion(s):	Susan, Barbara, Ian
Main setting:	The TARDIS
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co]]
Writer:	Nigel Robinson
Release details
Release number:	132
Release date:	May 1988 (hardcover) October 1988 (paperback)
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions, 120 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20327-5
Target novelisations
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Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial generally referred to as TV: The Edge of Destruction which included individual episode titles, written by David Whitaker and shown from 8 February 1964.
• The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It features the artwork of Alister Pearson. (See below for a cover gallery.)

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

1. Aftershock
2. The Seeds of Suspicion
3. Inside the Machine
4. Trapped
5. 'Like a Person Possessed'
6. The End of Time
7. The Haunting
8. Accusations
9. The Brink of Disaster
10. 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

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  Hardcover edition; cover by Alister Pearson

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  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)

External links

• On Target - A comprehensive guide to Doctor Who - The Edge of Destruction