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* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured a photographic cover. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).   
* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured a photographic cover. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).   


==Publishers Cover Blurb==
==Publisher's Cover Blurb==
Tegan, the young air hostess who quite unintentionally became a member of the TARDIS’s crew, wants to return to her own time, but when the Doctor tries to take her back to Heathrow Airport in the twentieth century the TARDIS lands instead on the outskirts of seventeenth-century London. <br>
Tegan, the young air hostess who quite unintentionally became a member of the TARDIS’s crew, wants to return to her own time, but when the Doctor tries to take her back to Heathrow Airport in the twentieth century the TARDIS lands instead on the outskirts of seventeenth-century London. <br>
==Illustrations==
==Illustrations==
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==Author, Writing and Publishing Notes==
==Author, Writing and Publishing Notes==
* The first book in the range to feature the use of a photographic cover.
* There are two rumours around the reason for this; Firstly that [[Peter Davison]]’s agent rejected the proposed artwork by ([[David McAllister]]) on the grounds of it showing a poor likeness to his client, and secondly, that in an attempt to tie the range of novelisations more closely with a new season and a new Doctor on television, photographs were a way of revamping the range. The latter seems more likely, as a deliberate change of policy, bearing in mind that the decision to use photographs was extended to subsequent releases for a short time.
* Publishing wise, 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’
* The cover was initially intended to show a painting commissioned from [[David McAllister]].  [[Peter Davison]], however, was not pleased with McAllister's likeness of him, and a publicity photograph of Davison as [[the Doctor]] posing in front of the [[TARDIS]] was used instead.


==Associated Images==
==Associated Images==
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==External Sources==
==External Sources==
''To be added''
* '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007)
*  [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/general/main.htm ''On Target'' a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal]
 
 


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[[Category:Target Novelisations]]
[[Category:Target Novelisations]]

Revision as of 21:26, 17 February 2008


Novelisation

  • This novelisation is based on the original television serial (DW): The Visitation which was shown from 15th February 1982 and written by Eric Saward
  • The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured a photographic cover. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

Publisher's Cover Blurb

Tegan, the young air hostess who quite unintentionally became a member of the TARDIS’s crew, wants to return to her own time, but when the Doctor tries to take her back to Heathrow Airport in the twentieth century the TARDIS lands instead on the outskirts of seventeenth-century London.

Illustrations

  • None

Deviations from the Televised Story

  • To be added

Author, Writing and Publishing Notes

  • The first book in the range to feature the use of a photographic cover.
  • There are two rumours around the reason for this; Firstly that Peter Davison’s agent rejected the proposed artwork by (David McAllister) on the grounds of it showing a poor likeness to his client, and secondly, that in an attempt to tie the range of novelisations more closely with a new season and a new Doctor on television, photographs were a way of revamping the range. The latter seems more likely, as a deliberate change of policy, bearing in mind that the decision to use photographs was extended to subsequent releases for a short time.
  • Publishing wise, 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’
  • Cover Flash reads`A BBC TV PROGRAMME WITH PETER DAVISON AS THE DOCTOR’

Associated Images

Publishing History (UK)

To be added

First Publication:

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

Re-issues:

International Editions

To be added

External Sources


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