The Pescatons (novelisation): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story SMW

|image= XPescatons.jpg  

|novelisation of = Doctor Who and the Pescatons (audio story)

|series=[[Target novelisation]]s  

|number= 153

|doctor = Fourth Doctor  

|companions=[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]]

|enemy= [[Pescaton]]s

|setting=

|writer= Victor Pemberton

|cover= [[Pete Wallbank]]

|publisher= Target Books

|publisher2= W.H. Allen

|release date= 15 September 1991

|format= Paperback Book; 10 Chapters, 124 Pages  

|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20353-4

|prev = Battlefield (novelisation)

|next=The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)

|series2 = Audio order

|next2 = Slipback (novelisation)

'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1976 audio story ''[[Doctor Who and the Pescatons (audio story)|Doctor Who and the Pescatons]]''. It has the distinction of being the final release by [[Target Books]] in the shorter paperback format that had been used since the book series was launched in 1973.

It was not, however, the last Target novelisation as additional releases would occur in the larger format of the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line. Three more books were published under the Target Books series line, however, this was the last to feature the Target Books logo, and a book number, on its cover (later volumes would include this only on the inside title pages).

 

Although Target (and later Virgin) would publish novelisations based upon ''Doctor Who'' radio plays, this remains the only official novelisation of a ''Doctor Who'' audio play, as none of the later productions by [[Big Finish Productions]] have, to date, been adapted in this way. While retaining the overall plot, some significant changes from the original audio play were made in the form of adding many new characters and plot elements.

 

This was the first novelisation to feature the [[Fourth Doctor]] since the publication of ''[[Meglos (novelisation)|Meglos]]'' in [[1983]] – a gap of 8 years between publications.

An invasion of [[meteorite]]s and an environmental crisis!

 

 

 

The Pescatons, starring [[Tom Baker]] as the Doctor and [[Elisabeth Sladen]] as Sarah Jane Smith, was released as an LP record in [[1976 (releases)|1976]], and re-released in [[1985 (releases)|1985]]. [[Victor Pemberton]], who wrote the original script for the LP, has been variously [[writer|scriptwriter]], [[script editor]] and novelizer of several Doctor Who television stories.

''to be added''

* [[Fourth Doctor]]

* [[Zor]]

# The Darkest Night

# Into the Depths

# While the City Sleeps

# Creatures of the Night

* This was published as one single paperback edition, priced £2.50 (UK).

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