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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
=== 1982 edition === | === 1982 edition === | ||
[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], the young air hostess who quite unintentionally became a member of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]’s crew, wants to return to her own time, but when the [[Fifth Doctor|Doctor]] tries to take her back to [[Heathrow Airport]] in the [[20th century|twentieth century]] the TARDIS lands instead on the outskirts of [[17th century|seventeenth-century]] [[London]]. | [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], the young air hostess who quite unintentionally became a member of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]’s crew, wants to return to her own time, but when the [[Fifth Doctor|Doctor]] tries to take her back to [[Heathrow Airport]] in the [[20th century|twentieth century]] the TARDIS lands instead on the outskirts of [[17th century|seventeenth-century]] [[London]]. | ||
=== 1992 edition === | === 1992 edition === | ||
"Call yourself a [[Time Lord]]?" [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] shouted. "A broken clock keeps better time than you!" | "Call yourself a [[Time Lord]]?" [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] shouted. "A broken clock keeps better time than you!" | ||
[[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] tries to return Tegan to the [[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]] she left in [[1981]], but instead [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lands just outside [[London]] in [[1666]] - the year of the Great Plague. | [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] tries to return Tegan to the [[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]] she left in [[1981]], but instead [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lands just outside [[London]] in [[1666]] - the year of the Great Plague. | ||
The Doctor and his companions receive a decidedly cool welcome - and it soon becomes clear that the sinister activities of other visitors from space and time have made the villagers extremely sensitive of outsiders. | The Doctor and his companions receive a decidedly cool welcome - and it soon becomes clear that the sinister activities of other visitors from space and time have made the villagers extremely sensitive of outsiders. | ||
And as a result of the aliens' evil schemes, the Doctor finds himself on the point of playing a key role in a gruesome historical event. | And as a result of the aliens' evil schemes, the Doctor finds himself on the point of playing a key role in a gruesome historical event. | ||
This is a novelization by [[Eric Saward]] of his own television story, first broadcast in [[1982 (releases)|1982]]. | This is a novelization by [[Eric Saward]] of his own television story, first broadcast in [[1982 (releases)|1982]]. | ||
== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
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== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
* The first book in the range to feature the use of a photographic cover. | * The first book in the range to feature the use of a photographic cover. | ||
* This was the first title to be referred to in the Target library as book number 74. The number appeared on the cover on a subsequent reprint. | * This was the first title to be referred to in the Target library as book number 74. The number appeared on the cover on a subsequent reprint. | ||
* Dedication: `For Paula, with fondest love’ | * Dedication: `For Paula, with fondest love’ | ||
* Cover Flash reads`A BBC TV PROGRAMME WITH PETER DAVISON AS THE DOCTOR’ | * Cover Flash reads `A BBC TV PROGRAMME WITH PETER DAVISON AS THE DOCTOR’ | ||
== Additional cover images == | == Additional cover images == | ||
''To be added'' | |||
== 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: | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Target novelisations]] | [[Category:Target novelisations]] | ||
[[Category:1982 novels]] | [[Category:1982 novels]] | ||