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== Novelisation == | == Novelisation == | ||
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial [[TV]]: '' [[The Savages]]'', the first ''Doctor Who'' serial to use an overall on-screen title. It was written by [[Ian Stuart Black]] and shown from [[28 May (releases)|28 May]] [[1966]]. | * This novelisation is based on the original television serial [[TV]]: '' [[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]'', the first ''Doctor Who'' serial to use an overall on-screen title. It was written by [[Ian Stuart Black]] and shown from [[28 May (releases)|28 May]] [[1966]]. | ||
* The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It features the artwork of [[David McAllister]] . (See below for information on editions with different covers). | * The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It features the artwork of [[David McAllister]] . (See below for information on editions with different covers). | ||
* The First Doctor appears on the cover of the original edition. This was unusual as at the time Target was generally no longer including the image of the Doctor on its novelisation covers; the last time was with ''[[Enlightenment (novelisation)|Enlightenment]]'' in 1984. It wouldn't happen again until a year later with ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|The Ambassadors of Death]]''. | * The First Doctor appears on the cover of the original edition. This was unusual as at the time Target was generally no longer including the image of the Doctor on its novelisation covers; the last time was with ''[[Enlightenment (novelisation)|Enlightenment]]'' in 1984. It wouldn't happen again until a year later with ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|The Ambassadors of Death]]''. | ||
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The Doctor’s calculations seem to be confirmed when the travellers are greeted by [[Jano]] and the Elders who take them on a tour of their city - a haven of beauty, harmony and friendship, set in a wilderness inhabited by tribes of savages.<br /> | The Doctor’s calculations seem to be confirmed when the travellers are greeted by [[Jano]] and the Elders who take them on a tour of their city - a haven of beauty, harmony and friendship, set in a wilderness inhabited by tribes of savages.<br /> | ||
But the security of the city is founded on one deadly and appalling secret. Soon the Doctor and his friends discover that it is not only outside the city walls that savages dwell… | But the security of the city is founded on one deadly and appalling secret. Soon the Doctor and his friends discover that it is not only outside the city walls that savages dwell… | ||
== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
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== Additional cover images == | == Additional cover images == | ||
''To be added'' | |||
== British publication history == | == British publication history == | ||
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'''Re-issues:''' | '''Re-issues:''' | ||
: Paperback: Target / Virgin Publishing Ltd. UK November 1992 Cover by Alistair Pearson (£2.50 UK) | : Paperback: Target / Virgin Publishing Ltd. UK November 1992 Cover by Alistair Pearson (£2.50 UK) | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Target novelisations]] | [[Category:Target novelisations]] | ||
[[Category:1986 novels]] | [[Category:1986 novels]] | ||
