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|doctor=Seventh Doctor | |doctor=Seventh Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Ace]] | |companions= [[Ace]] | ||
|enemy= [[Fenric]] | |enemy= {{il|[[Fenric]]|The [[Haemovore]]s|[[Millington|Commander Millington]]}} | ||
|setting= North Yorkshire, [[England]], [[1943]] | |setting= North [[Yorkshire]], [[England]], [[1943]] | ||
|writer= [[Ian Briggs]] | |writer= [[Ian Briggs]] | ||
|publisher= Target Books | |publisher= Target Books | ||
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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''If this is a top secret naval camp, I'm Lord Nelson!'' | ''If this is a top secret naval camp, I'm Lord Nelson!'' | ||
[[Ace]] has a poor opinion of the security arrangements at Commander [[Millington]]’s [[Yorkshire|North Yorkshire]] base – and she’s less than comfortable in [[1940s]] fashions. But [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] has graver matters on his mind. | |||
[[Ace]] has a poor opinion of the security arrangements at Commander [[Millington]]’s [[Yorkshire|North Yorkshire]] base – and she’s less than comfortable in [[1940s]] fashions. But [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] has graver matters on his mind. | |||
Dr [[Judson]], inventor of the Navy’s [[ULTIMA]] code-breaker, is using the machine to decipher the runic inscriptions in the crypt of the nearby church. | Dr [[Judson]], inventor of the Navy’s [[ULTIMA]] code-breaker, is using the machine to decipher the runic inscriptions in the crypt of the nearby church. | ||
Commander Millington is obsessed with his research into toxic bombs that he insists will hasten the end of [[World War II|World War Two]]. | Commander Millington is obsessed with his research into toxic bombs that he insists will hasten the end of [[World War II|World War Two]]. | ||
A squad of the [[Red Army]]'s crack Special Missions brigade lands on the Yorkshire coast with instructions to steal the ULTIMA device – unaware that Millington has turned it into a devastating secret weapon. | |||
And beneath the waters at [[Maiden's Point|Maidens Point]] an ancient evil stirs... | A squad of the [[Red Army]]'s crack Special Missions brigade lands on the Yorkshire coast with instructions to steal the ULTIMA device – unaware that Millington has turned it into a devastating secret weapon. | ||
And beneath the waters at [[Maiden's Point|Maidens Point]] an ancient evil stirs... | |||
The Doctor uncovers mysteries concealed within villainous plots – but what connects them all to a thousand-year-old curse? | The Doctor uncovers mysteries concealed within villainous plots – but what connects them all to a thousand-year-old curse? | ||
== Chapter | == Chapter titles == | ||
''Prologue:'' Dusk | * ''Prologue:'' Dusk | ||
''Chronicle I:'' Betrayal | * ''Chronicle I:'' Betrayal | ||
''Document I:'' The Wolf-time | * ''Document I:'' The Wolf-time | ||
''Chronicle II:'' Dangerous Undercurrents | * ''Chronicle II:'' Dangerous Undercurrents | ||
''Document II:'' The Curse of the Flask | * ''Document II:'' The Curse of the Flask | ||
''Chronicle III:'' Weapons within Weapons, Death within Death | * ''Chronicle III:'' Weapons within Weapons, Death within Death | ||
''Document III:'' A Victorian Storyteller | * ''Document III:'' A Victorian Storyteller | ||
''Chronicle IV:'' Vampire City! | * ''Chronicle IV:'' Vampire City! | ||
''Document IV:'' The First Contest of Fenric | * ''Document IV:'' The First Contest of Fenric | ||
''Chronicle V:'' Wind and Water, Earth and Fire | * ''Chronicle V:'' Wind and Water, Earth and Fire | ||
== Illustrations == | == Illustrations == | ||
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== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
* Along with ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', this | * Along with ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', this commission was given an unlimited wordcount. In the light of the forthcoming range of New Adventures, new editor [[Peter Darvill-Evans]] encouraged the writers to take a more "grown up" approach to the story, in particular its underlying theme of adolescence and [[sexuality]]. | ||
* As a result of the removal of a page limit, ''The Curse of Fenric'', at | * As a result of the removal of a page limit, ''The Curse of Fenric'', at 188, is the longest Doctor Who novelisation published under [[Target Books]]' traditional format; several later novelisations would be longer, but they would be published in a format similar to the NA line. | ||
* Acknowledgment: "A story has many authors. Among the authors of this story were John Nathan-Turner (who indulged my flight of fantasy), Andrew Cartmel (who didn't) and a dozen teenagers in Ealing (for whom it was written). My gratitude to these and others – but especially to Andrew. IB". | * Acknowledgment: "A story has many authors. Among the authors of this story were John Nathan-Turner (who indulged my flight of fantasy), Andrew Cartmel (who didn't) and a dozen teenagers in Ealing (for whom it was written). My gratitude to these and others – but especially to Andrew. IB". | ||
* This paperback included a map of the flask's route. | * This paperback included a map of the flask's route. | ||
