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|number= 64 (given to later editions) | |number= 64 (given to later editions) | ||
|doctor=Third Doctor | |doctor=Third Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Jo Grant]] | |companions= {{il|[[Jo Grant|Jo]]|[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]]|[[John Benton|Sgt Benton]]}} | ||
|enemy= | |enemy= [[Omega]], the [[Gell guard]]s | ||
|featuring= [[First Doctor]] | |featuring= [[First Doctor]], [[Second Doctor]] | ||
|setting= [[Earth]], circa [[1970s]] | |setting= [[Earth]], circa [[1970s]] | ||
|writer= [[Terrance Dicks]] | |writer= [[Terrance Dicks]] | ||
|cover= [[Chris Achilleos]] | |||
|publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]] | |publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]] | ||
|release date= [[20 November (releases)|20 November]] [[1975]] | |release date= [[20 November (releases)|20 November]] [[1975]] | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the [[1972 (releases)|1972]] television serial ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]''. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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DOCTOR WHO scripts — awarded the 1974 [[Writers' Guild Award]] for the best British children's original drama script. | DOCTOR WHO scripts — awarded the 1974 [[Writers' Guild Award]] for the best British children's original drama script. | ||
== Chapter titles == | |||
== Chapter | |||
# Lightning from Space | # Lightning from Space | ||
# Attack from the Unknown | # Attack from the Unknown | ||
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== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
* Title page includes: “THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCTOR WHO: The cover illustration portrays the first, second and third Doctors” | * Title page includes: “THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCTOR WHO: The cover illustration portrays the first, second and third Doctors” | ||
'' | * This was the first novelisation to be published without using the form "Doctor Who and ..." | ||
* A few years after this book was published, Target Books began numbering its ''Doctor Who'' novelisations. Rather than number the stories in order of broadcast, or original publication, Target initially numbered the books alphabetically. Coincidentally, however, ''The Three Doctors'', numbered as No. 64 in the Target series, was also the sixty-fourth story to be broadcast (if one does not consider the single-episode [[TV]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown]]'' as a standalone story). | |||
== Additional cover images == | == Additional cover images == | ||
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== British publication history == | == British publication history == | ||
First publication: | |||
* Hardback | * Hardback | ||
:W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK | :W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK | ||
* Paperback | * Paperback | ||
:Target | :Target | ||
Re-issues: | |||
:60p (UK) | :60p (UK) | ||
:1976 reissue with new cover by [[Jeff Cummins]] | :1976 reissue with new cover by [[Jeff Cummins]] | ||
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== Editions published outside Britain == | == Editions published outside Britain == | ||
''To be added'' | ''To be added'' | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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{{DWN}} | {{DWN}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:Target novelisations]] | [[Category:Target novelisations]] | ||
[[Category:1975 novels]] | [[Category:1975 novels]] | ||
Revision as of 21:23, 8 November 2013
The Three Doctors was a novelisation based on the 1972 television serial The Three Doctors.
Publisher's summary
1975 edition
Jo glanced up at the Doctor. 'Things must be pretty serious then.' 'They are, Jo. Very serious indeed. The whole of the Universe is in danger!'
The most amazing DOCTOR WHO adventure, in which Doctors One, Two and Three cross time and space and come together to fight a ruthlessly dangerous enemy – OMEGA. Once a Time Lord himself, now exiled to a black hole in space, Omega is seeking a bitter and deadly revenge against the whole Universe...
DOCTOR WHO scripts — awarded the 1974 Writers' Guild Award for the best British children's original drama script.
Chapter titles
- Lightning from Space
- Attack from the Unknown
- The Menace of the Black Hole
- Beyond the Unknown
- A Shock for the Brigadier
- In the Hands of the Enemy
- Door to Freedom
- Escape from Omega
- 'All things shall be destroyed'
- Return through the Flame
- Three Doctors Minus Two
Deviations from televised story
To be added
Writing and publishing notes
- Title page includes: “THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCTOR WHO: The cover illustration portrays the first, second and third Doctors”
- This was the first novelisation to be published without using the form "Doctor Who and ..."
- A few years after this book was published, Target Books began numbering its Doctor Who novelisations. Rather than number the stories in order of broadcast, or original publication, Target initially numbered the books alphabetically. Coincidentally, however, The Three Doctors, numbered as No. 64 in the Target series, was also the sixty-fourth story to be broadcast (if one does not consider the single-episode TV: Mission to the Unknown as a standalone story).
Additional cover images
1976 edition; Cover by Jeff Cummins
1991 edition; Cover by Alister Pearson
2012 edition
British publication history
First publication:
- Hardback
- W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
- Paperback
- Target
Re-issues:
- 60p (UK)
- 1976 reissue with new cover by Jeff Cummins
- 1991 Virgin Publishing with a new cover by Alister Pearson priced £2.50 (UK)
Editions published outside Britain
To be added
