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doctor=[[Sixth Doctor]] | | doctor=[[Sixth Doctor]] | | ||
companions= [[Melanie Bush]] | | companions= [[Melanie Bush]] | | ||
enemy= The [[The Valeyard|Valeyard]]<br>[[Darkel|Inquisitor Darkel]]<br />The [[the Master (Tremas)|Master]]<br>[[Sabalom Glitz]]| | enemy= The [[The Valeyard|Valeyard]]<br />[[Darkel|Inquisitor Darkel]]<br />The [[the Master (Tremas)|Master]]<br />[[Sabalom Glitz]]| | ||
year= [[The Matrix]]<br>[[Time Lord Station]]| | year= [[The Matrix]]<br />[[Time Lord Station]]| | ||
writer= [[Pip and Jane Baker]]| | writer= [[Pip and Jane Baker]]| | ||
publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]| | publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]| | ||
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Revision as of 16:10, 29 January 2012
Novelisation
- This novelisation is based on the original television serial DW: The Ultimate Foe (part 4 of The Trial of a Time Lord) which was shown from 29 November 1986. This section was written by Robert Holmes and Pip and Jane Baker.
- The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel. It features the artwork of Alister Pearson. (See below for information on other editions published with different covers).
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 …
Illustrations
- None
Deviations from televised story
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Writing and publishing notes
- To be added
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).
Editions published outside Britain
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See also
- The Target Book by David J Howe (Telos Publishing 2007)
