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#Strangers in Space | * Prologue | ||
#War of Nerves | # Strangers in Space | ||
#The Dreams of Avarice | # War of Nerves | ||
#The Unwilling Warriors | # The Dreams of Avarice | ||
#The Quest for Freedom | # The Unwilling Warriors | ||
#Hidden Danger | # The Quest for Freedom | ||
#A Race Against Death | # Hidden Danger | ||
#Into the Darkness | # A Race Against Death | ||
#Surrounded by Enemies | # Into the Darkness | ||
#A Conspiracy of Lies | # Surrounded by Enemies | ||
#The Secret of the Caves | # A Conspiracy of Lies | ||
#A Desperate Venture | # The Secret of the Caves | ||
# A Desperate Venture | |||
* Epilogue | |||
== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
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Revision as of 15:18, 27 October 2014
The Sensorites was a novelisation based on the 1964 television serial The Sensorites.
Publisher's summary
The TARDIS materialises on board a dark and silent spaceship. As the First Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara penetrate the craft’s eerie gloom they come across what appear to be the bodies of two dead astronauts.
But the astronauts are far from dead, and are living in mortal fear of the Sensorites, a race of telepathic creatures from the Sense Sphere.
When the lock of the TARDIS is stolen the Doctor is forced into an uneasy alliance with the aliens. And when he arrives on the Sensorites’ planet he discovers that it is not only the humans who have cause to be afraid…
Chapter titles
- Prologue
- Strangers in Space
- War of Nerves
- The Dreams of Avarice
- The Unwilling Warriors
- The Quest for Freedom
- Hidden Danger
- A Race Against Death
- Into the Darkness
- Surrounded by Enemies
- A Conspiracy of Lies
- The Secret of the Caves
- A Desperate Venture
- Epilogue
Deviations from televised story
To be added
Story notes
- The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It featured the artwork of Nick Spender. (See below for information on editions with different covers).
Writing and publishing notes
- Nigel Robinson was wary about commissioning himself to write this novelisation while still the editor of the range, but was reassured by comments on how long it took for him to suggest the idea.
- This is the first of four novelisations Robinson would write. He is one of only three authors to write for Target with no previous connection to either the scriptwriting or production of the original series. The others were Alison Bingeman and John Peel.
- Inside back cover features Fantastic Doctor Who Poster Offer (in colour).
Additional cover images
To be added
British publication history
- Hardback (February 1987)
- W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491034555, copies priced £7.50 (UK))
- Paperback (July 1987)
- Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. Single paperback edition, estimated print run: 32,500, priced £1.95 (UK).
