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series= | |image= Galaxy Four novel.jpg | ||
number= 104 | | |series = [[Target novelisation]]s | ||
doctor= | |number= 104 | ||
companions= [[Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor]] | | |novelisation of = Galaxy 4 (TV story) | ||
enemy= [[ | |doctor=First Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], [[Steven Taylor|Steven]] | |||
|enemy= [[Maaga]] | |||
publisher= | |setting= [[planet (Galaxy 4)|Unnamed planet]] | ||
release date= | |writer= William Emms | ||
format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 141 Pages | | |read by= [[Maureen O'Brien]] | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20202-3| | |cover = [[Andrew Skilleter]] | ||
|publisher= Target Books | |||
|publisher2= W.H. Allen | |||
|release date= 10 April 1986 | |||
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 4 Chapters, 141 Pages | |||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20202-3 | |||
|prev= The Twin Dilemma (novelisation) | |||
|next= Timelash (novelisation) | |||
|series2 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]] | |||
|prev2= The Time Meddler (novelisation) | |||
|next2= The Myth Makers (novelisation) | |||
}} | |||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1965 television serial ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]''. | |||
== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Following a skirmish in deep space, two alien spacecraft have crash landed on a barren planet in [[Galaxy 4|Galaxy Four]]. | |||
The [[Drahvin]]s are a race of beautiful females, led by the imperious [[Maaga]]. The [[Rill]]s are hideous tusked monstrosities, accompanied by their robotic servants, the [[Chumblies]]. | |||
The [[Drahvin]]s are a race of beautiful females, led by the imperious [[Maaga]]. The [[Rill]]s are hideous tusked monstrosities, accompanied by their robotic servants, the [[ | |||
When [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] arrives, he discovers that the planet will explode in two days' time. The Drahvins desperately ask for his help in escaping the planet and the belligerent Rills. | |||
But things are not always as they seem... | |||
== | == Chapter titles == | ||
# Four Hundred Dawns | |||
# Trap of Steel | |||
# Airlock | |||
# The Exploding Planet | |||
== Deviations from televised story == | |||
* On their way back the Drahvin spaceship, the Doctor and Steven fall into a pit and only escape by pulling a Chumbley along with them. By standing on it, they manage to climb out. | |||
* The Doctor hints that he is not in his first incarnation by stating that "[...] it is hard to find a good body." This contradicts later televised stories and novelisations which explicitly identify this incarnation as his first, however it is equally possible that this discrepancy can be explained away as a general adage held among his people. | |||
* He also mentions his second heart, something else not introduced until [[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]''. In the story [[TV]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction (TV story)|The Edge of Destruction]]'', [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] checks the First Doctor's pulse and doesn't notice a second heart, implying he has only one. Also, in [[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'', the Doctor mentions he was struck under his heart (singular). Other stories would suggest that the Doctor grew his second heart after regenerating for the first time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Man in the Velvet Mask]]'') However, other novels do imply the presence of a second heart during his first body. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]''){{facts}} | |||
* The lead-in to the following televised story, ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'', has been omitted. | |||
== Writing and publishing notes == | |||
* The inside back cover includes colour details of Fantastic Doctor Who Poster Offers! | * The inside back cover includes colour details of Fantastic Doctor Who Poster Offers! | ||
'' | * The cover for the original [[Target Books]] edition featured the artwork of [[Andrew Skilleter]]. | ||
* The book is a rare example of a later-period Target novelisation using a title different from that of the broadcast (the TV version uses ''Galaxy 4'', whereas the book uses ''Galaxy Four''); similarly, the TV episode title is spelled "Air Lock" but "Airlock" in the book. | |||
== Additional cover images == | |||
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File:HardbackGalaxyFour.jpg|1985 Hardback edition | |||
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== British publication history == | |||
* Hardback | |||
: W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK | |||
* Paperback | |||
: Target | |||
== | == Audiobook == | ||
' | This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[6 July (releases)|6 July]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Maureen O'Brien]]. | ||
The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by [[David J. Howe]]. Music and sound effects by [[Simon Power]]. | |||
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Galaxy Four Audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
== | == External links == | ||
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