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|cover= [[David McAllister]]
|cover= [[David McAllister]]
|release date= [[15 May (releases)|15 May]] [[1986 (releases)|1986]]
|release date= [[15 May (releases)|15 May]] [[1986 (releases)|1986]]
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 124 Pages
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 12 Chapters, 124 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20229-5
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20229-5
|prev=The Two Doctors (novelisation)
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When the [[Sixth Doctor]] arrives on Karfel he soon discovers the Borad’s horrifying plan, a plan which will directly affect his young [[United States|American]] assistant, [[Peri Brown|Peri]]…
When the [[Sixth Doctor]] arrives on Karfel he soon discovers the Borad’s horrifying plan, a plan which will directly affect his young [[United States|American]] assistant, [[Peri Brown|Peri]]…
== Chapter Titles ==
# No Escape
# The Time Vortex
# Whirlpool
# Return of the Time Lord
# Negotiating the Timelash
# Stirring Embers
# Fight or Perish
# Battle Stations
# Regrouping
# Legacy of the Borad
# The Bandrils' Bomb
# Double Trouble


== Deviations from televised story ==
== Deviations from televised story ==
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[[Category:Target novelisations]]
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[[Category:1985 novels]]
[[Category:1985 novels]]
[[Category:Sixth Doctor novels]]

Revision as of 22:57, 26 October 2014

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Timelash was a novelisation based on the 1985 television serial Timelash.

Publisher's summary

The inhabitants of the planet Karfel are suffering under the tyrannical rule of their leader, the Borad, who has brought his world to the brink of interplanetary war.

Those who dare to oppose the will of the Borad are mercilessly sacrificed to the Timelash, a fate considered by many to be worse than death.

When the Sixth Doctor arrives on Karfel he soon discovers the Borad’s horrifying plan, a plan which will directly affect his young American assistant, Peri

Chapter Titles

  1. No Escape
  2. The Time Vortex
  3. Whirlpool
  4. Return of the Time Lord
  5. Negotiating the Timelash
  6. Stirring Embers
  7. Fight or Perish
  8. Battle Stations
  9. Regrouping
  10. Legacy of the Borad
  11. The Bandrils' Bomb
  12. Double Trouble

Deviations from televised story

To be added

Writing and publishing notes

  • Television writer Glen McCoy made the initial suggestion to then-editor Nigel Robinson to novelise his own screenplay.
  • Dedicated "To my sister, Kathy"

Additional cover images

To be added

British publication history

First publication:

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

External links