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doctor=[[First Doctor]] | | doctor=[[First Doctor]] | | ||
companions= [[Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor]] [[Katarina]] | | companions= [[Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor]] [[Katarina]] | | ||
enemy= [[Greek]]s, [[ | enemy= [[Greek]]s, [[Trojan]]s | | ||
year= [[Troy]], | | year= [[Troy]], | | ||
writer= [[Donald Cotton]] | | writer= [[Donald Cotton]] | | ||
publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]] | | publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]] | | ||
release date= [[September]] | release date= [[September]] [[1985]] | | ||
format= Paperback Book, --- Pages | | format= Paperback Book, --- Pages | | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20125-6| | isbn= ISBN 0-426-20125-6| | ||
previous story=[[Galaxy Four (novelisation) | Doctor Who – Galaxy Four ]] | | previous story=[[Galaxy Four (novelisation) | Doctor Who – Galaxy Four ]] | | ||
next story=[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Doctor Who The | next story=[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Doctor Who The Daleks' Master Plan Part 1: Mission to the Unknown]] }} | ||
==Novelisation== | ==Novelisation== | ||
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial generally referred to as [[DW]]: '' [[The Myth Makers]] '' which included individual episode titles and was shown from 16th October 1965 and written by [[Donald Cotton]]. | * This novelisation is based on the original television serial generally referred to as [[DW]]: ''[[The Myth Makers]]'' which included individual episode titles and was shown from 16th October 1965 and written by [[Donald Cotton]]. | ||
* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of [[Andrew Skilleter]]. (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 the artwork of [[Andrew Skilleter]]. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover). | ||
==Publisher's Cover Blurb== | ==Publisher's Cover Blurb== | ||
Long, long ago on the great plains of Asia Minor, two mighty armies faced each other in mortal combat. The armies were the [[Greek]]s and the [[Trojan]]s and the prize they were fighting for was [[Helen]], the most beautiful woman in the world.<br> | Long, long ago on the great plains of Asia Minor, two mighty armies faced each other in mortal combat. The armies were the [[Greek]]s and the [[Trojan]]s and the prize they were fighting for was [[Helen]], the most beautiful woman in the world.<br> | ||
To the Greeks it seemed that the city of [[Troy]] was impregnable and only a miracle could bring them success.<br> | To the Greeks it seemed that the city of [[Troy]] was impregnable and only a miracle could bring them success.<br> | ||
And then help comes to them in a most unexpected way as a strange blue box materialises close to their camp, bringing with it the Doctor, Steven and Vicki, who soon find themselves caught up in the irreversible tide of history and | And then help comes to them in a most unexpected way as a strange blue box materialises close to their camp, bringing with it the Doctor, Steven and Vicki, who soon find themselves caught up in the irreversible tide of history and legend... | ||
==Illustrations== | ==Illustrations== | ||
None | None | ||
== Deviations from the Televised Story == | ==Deviations from the Televised Story== | ||
''To be added'' | ''To be added'' | ||
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'''First Publication:''' | '''First Publication:''' | ||
* Hardback | * Hardback | ||
: W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. | : W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK | ||
* Paperback | * Paperback | ||
: Target | : Target | ||
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==External Sources== | ==External Sources== | ||
* '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007) | * '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007) | ||
* | * [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/general/main.htm a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal] | ||
[[Category:Target Novelisations|Myth]] | [[Category:Target Novelisations|Myth]] | ||