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* This novelisation is based on the original television serial generally referred to as [[DW]]: '' [[The Savages]] '' which included individual episode titles and was shown from 28th May 1966 and written by [[Ian Stuart Black]].
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial generally referred to as [[DW]]: '' [[The Savages]] '' which included individual episode titles and was shown from 28th May 1966 and written by [[Ian Stuart Black]].
* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of [[David McAllister ]]. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).
* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of [[David McAllister ]]. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).
* The First Doctor appears on the cover of the original edition. This was unusual as at the time Target was generally no longer including the image of the Doctor on its novelisation covers; the last time was with ''[[Englightenment (novelisation)|Enlightenment]]'' in 1984. It wouldn't happen again until a year later with ''[[The Ambassador's of Death (novelisation)|The Ambassadors of Death]]''.
* The First Doctor appears on the cover of the original edition. This was unusual as at the time Target was generally no longer including the image of the Doctor on its novelisation covers; the last time was with ''[[Enlightenment (novelisation)|Enlightenment]]'' in 1984. It wouldn't happen again until a year later with ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|The Ambassadors of Death]]''.


==Publisher's Cover Blurb==
==Publisher's Cover Blurb==

Revision as of 03:21, 8 November 2008


Novelisation

  • This novelisation is based on the original television serial generally referred to as DW: The Savages which included individual episode titles and was shown from 28th May 1966 and written by Ian Stuart Black.
  • The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of David McAllister . (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).
  • The First Doctor appears on the cover of the original edition. This was unusual as at the time Target was generally no longer including the image of the Doctor on its novelisation covers; the last time was with Enlightenment in 1984. It wouldn't happen again until a year later with The Ambassadors of Death.

Publisher's Cover Blurb

1986 edition

Landing on a distant planet, the Doctor confidently announces to his companions that the TARDIS has brought them to an age of great advancement, peace and prosperity.
The Doctor’s calculations seem to be confirmed when the travellers are greeted by Jano and the Elders who take them on a tour of their city - a haven of beauty, harmony and friendship, set in a wilderness inhabited by tribes of savages.
But the security of the city is founded on one deadly and appalling secret. Soon the Doctor and his friends discover that it is not only outside the city walls that savages dwell…

Illustrations

None

Deviations from the Televised Story

To be added

Author, Writing and Publishing Notes

  • Doctor Who Poster Offer features at back without the colour pictures!

Associated Images

Publishing History (UK)

To be added

First Publication:

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

Re-issues:

Paperback: Target / Virgin Publishing Ltd. UK November 1992 Cover by Alistair Pearson (£2.50 UK)

International Editions

To be added

External Sources

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