Novelisation
- This novelisation is based on the original television serial TV: 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 on the right are for the original Target edition. It features the artwork of Alister Pearson. (See below for information on editions 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 …
Deviations from televised story
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Writing and publishing notes
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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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External links
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