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== Novelisation == | == Novelisation == | ||
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial [[DW]]: ''[[The Space Pirates]]'', written by [[Robert Holmes]] and shown from [[8 March]] [[1969]]. | * This novelisation is based on the original television serial [[DW]]: ''[[The Space Pirates]]'', written by [[Robert Holmes]] and shown from [[8 March]] [[1969]]. | ||
* The cover and information on the right are for the | * The cover and information on the right are for the only Target edition. It featured the artwork of [[Tony Clark]]. | ||
* The first edition cover was the last Target Books edition to not feature an image of the Doctor. | * The first edition cover was the last Target Books edition to not feature an image of the Doctor. | ||
* This was the last Target novelisation to be published under the ownership of W.H. Allen; henceforth Virgin Publishing would publish the range. | * This was the last Target novelisation to be published under the ownership of W.H. Allen; henceforth Virgin Publishing would publish the range. | ||
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General [[Hermack]] of the [[Space Corps]] diverts his [[V-ship]] to investigate - and arrives in the [[Pliny]] system in time to witness the destruction of another beacon. Determined to trap the pirates, he leaves a squad of guards on beacon [[Alpha Four]] - and shortly afterwards, in the beacon’s computer bay, the incongruous shape of a [[the Doctor's TARDIS|blue police box]] materialises.<br /> | General [[Hermack]] of the [[Space Corps]] diverts his [[V-ship]] to investigate - and arrives in the [[Pliny]] system in time to witness the destruction of another beacon. Determined to trap the pirates, he leaves a squad of guards on beacon [[Alpha Four]] - and shortly afterwards, in the beacon’s computer bay, the incongruous shape of a [[the Doctor's TARDIS|blue police box]] materialises.<br /> | ||
Suspected by the Space Corps of being pirates, and then pursued as spies by the pirates themselves, [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] risk asphyxiation in the [[vacuum]] of space, execution and explosion in their attempts to unmask the mastermind behind the thefts of argonite. | Suspected by the Space Corps of being pirates, and then pursued as spies by the pirates themselves, [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] risk asphyxiation in the [[vacuum]] of space, execution and explosion in their attempts to unmask the mastermind behind the thefts of argonite. | ||
== Chapter Titles == | |||
1. Spacejack<br /> | |||
2. The Intruders<br /> | |||
3. Trapped<br /> | |||
4. The Renegade<br /> | |||
5. The Survivors<br /> | |||
6. Pursuit<br /> | |||
7. Missile Attack<br /> | |||
8. The Fugitives<br /> | |||
9. The Prisoners<br /> | |||
10. Escape<br /> | |||
11. Betrayed<br /> | |||
12. Rocket Blast<br /> | |||
13. A Coffin in Space<br /> | |||
14. Countdown to Doom | |||
== Illustrations == | == Illustrations == | ||
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== Additional cover images == | == Additional cover images == | ||
None. | |||
== British publication history == | == British publication history == | ||
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== Editions published outside Britain == | == Editions published outside Britain == | ||
None. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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[[Category:Target novelisations|Space Pirates]] | [[Category:Target novelisations|Space Pirates]] | ||
[[Category:1990 novels|Space]] | [[Category:1990 novels|Space]] | ||
