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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
=== 1984 edition === | === 1984 Target Books edition === | ||
[[Second Doctor|The Doctor]] remembers [[Dulkis]] from a previous visit as a civilised and peaceful place. But times have changed, and his second trip is not quite the holiday he was expecting. | [[Second Doctor|The Doctor]] remembers [[Dulkis]] from a previous visit as a civilised and peaceful place. But times have changed, and his second trip is not quite the holiday he was expecting. | ||
The [[Dulcian]]s themselves are more reluctant than ever before to engage in acts of violence. The so-called [[Island of Death]], once used as an atomic test site, has served as a dire warning of the horrifying consequences of warfare. But an alien race prepares to take advantage of their pacifism... | The [[Dulcian]]s themselves are more reluctant than ever before to engage in acts of violence. The so-called [[Island of Death]], once used as an atomic test site, has served as a dire warning to generations of Dulcians of the horrifying consequences of warfare. But an alien race prepares to take advantage of their pacifism... | ||
The whole planet and its passive inhabitants are threatened with complete annihilation - and no one it seems, is going to lift a finger to stop the evil [[Dominator]]s and their unquestioning robot slaves. | The whole planet and its passive inhabitants are threatened with complete annihilation - and no one it seems, is going to lift a finger to stop the evil [[Dominator]]s and their unquestioning [[Quark|robot slaves]]. | ||
=== 1991 edition === | === 1991 Target Books edition === | ||
THE DOCTOR HESITATED. 'WELL...IT KILLS PEOPLE...' 'FIRE IT!' [[Rago|RAGO]] COMMANDED. | |||
Dulkis. A planet where war has been outlawed and where the Island of Death, once used as an atomic test site, has served as a dire warning to generations of Dulcians of the horrifying consequences of war. | |||
But an alien race prepares to take advantage of their pacifism; the whole planet is threatened with annihilation by the Dominators and their robot slaves... | |||
Doctor Who - The Dominators is available on [[BBC Video]] and has recently been broadcast on BSB television. | The five episodes of ''The Dominators'', first broadcast in [[1968 (releases)|1968]] and featuring [[Patrick Troughton]] in the role of the Doctor, were written by [[Mervyn Haisman]] and [[Henry Lincoln]] under the shared pseudonym "[[Norman Ashby]]". This book, originally published in [[1984 (releases)|1984]], is by the late [[Ian Marter]], who novelized several Doctor Who stories and who played the role of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] traveller [[Harry Sullivan]] from [[1974 (releases)|1974]] to [[1975 (releases)|1975]]. | ||
Doctor Who - ''The Dominators'' is available on [[BBC Video]] and has recently been broadcast on BSB television. | |||
== Chapter titles == | == Chapter titles == |
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