Silver Nemesis (novelisation)
Silver Nemesis was a novelisation based on the 1988 television serial Silver Nemesis.
This adaptation of the twenty-fifth anniversary Doctor Who story has the distinction of being the final novelisation to be published during the run of the original 1963-89 TV series.
Publisher's summary
1989 edition
Launched into space 350 years ago, a meteor is returning to Earth – and inside it waits Nemesis, a silver statue made of the living metal validium, the most dangerous substance in the Universe.
Evil powers await the statue’s return: the neo-nazis de Flores and his stormtroopers; Lady Peinforte, who saw Nemesis exiled in 1638 and has propelled herself forward in time; and the advance party of a Cyberman invasion force.
And in the garden of a Windsor pub, the Doctor and Ace are enjoying the timeless sounds of a jazz quartet …
This story celebrates 25 years of Doctor Who on television.
Deviations from televised story
- The crash of the Nemesis comet and the battle between the Cybermen and De Flores's men occurs on a housing estate construction site rather than wasteground.
- Mrs. Remington is called Lavinia P. Hackensack and is said to be from Connecticut instead of Virginia.
Writing and publishing notes
- The swastika symbol was far more visable in Alister Pearson's original cover design before being scalled down and given less prominance in the final cover.
- Dedication: “For D H F Somerset with all my gratitude”
Additional cover images
- 2SilverNemesis.jpg
1993 edition; Cover by Alister Pearson
British publication history
First Publication: Paperback (November 1989)
- Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, (estimated print run: 22,000) priced £1.99 (UK.
Re-issues: (September 1993)
- Target / Virgin Publishing. One single paperback edition, priced £3.50 (UK)featuring a new cover by Alistair Pearson.
