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|companions= [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | |companions= [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] | ||
|enemy= [[The Valeyard]] | |enemy= {{il|[[The Valeyard]]|[[Darkel|Inquisitor Darkel]]|{{Ainley|c}}|[[Sabalom Glitz]]}} | ||
|setting= [[The Matrix]] | |setting= {{il|[[The Matrix]]|[[Time Lord Station]]}} | ||
|writer= [[Pip and Jane Baker]] | |writer= [[Pip and Jane Baker]] | ||
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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Snatched out of time and space and brought before the [[Time Lord]]s on [[Gallifrey]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] is on trial for his life. | Snatched out of time and space and brought before the [[Time Lord]]s 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. | |||
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 … | 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 … | ||
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== British publication history == | == British publication history == | ||
: | : Hardback (April 1988) | ||
* W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491031068, copies priced £7.95) | * 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). | * Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 23,000, priced £1.99 (UK). | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 8 March 2014
The Ultimate Foe was a novelisation based on the 1986 television story The Ultimate Foe.
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 …
Deviations from televised story
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Writing and publishing notes
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Additional cover images
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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).
