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{{Infobox Story | |image = Full Circle novel.jpg | ||
|series=Publication Order | |||
|image=Full Circle novel.jpg | |||
|series= | |||
|number= 26 (given to later editions) | |number= 26 (given to later editions) | ||
|doctor=Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions= [[Romana II | |companions= [[Romana II]], [[Adric]], [[K9 Mark II]] | ||
|enemy= [[Marshman|Marshmen]], [[Alzarian spider]]s | |enemy= [[Marshman|Marshmen]], [[Alzarian spider]]s | ||
|setting= [[Alzarius]], [[E-Space]] Unknown | |setting= [[Alzarius]], [[E-Space]] Unknown | ||
|writer= | |writer= Andrew Smith (writer){{!}}Andrew Smith | ||
|publisher= Target Books | |read by = [[Matthew Waterhouse]], [[John Leeson]] | ||
|publisher= Target Books, W.H. Allen | |||
|novelisation of= Full Circle | |novelisation of= Full Circle (TV story) | ||
|cover= [[Andrew Skilleter]] | |cover= [[Andrew Skilleter]] | ||
|release date= | |release date= 16 September 1982 | ||
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 13 Chapters, 123 Pages | |format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 13 Chapters, 123 Pages | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20150-7 | |isbn= ISBN 0-426-20150-7 | ||
|prev=Meglos (novelisation) | |prev= Doctor Who and the Visitation (novelisation) | ||
| | |next= Logopolis (novelisation) | ||
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|prev2= Doctor Who and the Face of Evil (novelisation) | |||
|next2= Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (novelisation) | |||
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|citation series= [[Target novelisation]]s | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1980 television serial ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]''. | |||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Romana II|Romana]] has been recalled to [[Gallifrey]] by the [[Time Lord]]s – a summons that cannot be ignored, despite her extreme reluctance to give up the freedom and excitement life as | [[Romana II|Romana]] has been recalled to [[Gallifrey]] by the [[Time Lord]]s – a summons that cannot be ignored, despite her extreme reluctance to give up the freedom and excitement life as [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]]'s companion has brought. | ||
The time | The time traveller's course is set, the flight path is clear, estimated time of arrival on Gallifrey is in thirty-two minutes – then the unexpected happens... | ||
The full significance of their temporary loss of control over | The full significance of their temporary loss of control over [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] is only gradually brought home to the Doctor. For it is not on Gallifrey that they land but on the terror planet [[Alzarius]], and at a time when the legendary [[Mistfall]] comes again – when the giant scaly creatures that inhabit the planet's swamps leave the marshes and go on the rampage, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake... | ||
== Chapter | == Chapter titles == | ||
* Prologue | * Prologue | ||
# 'I Have Lost Control of the TARDIS' | # 'I Have Lost Control of the TARDIS' | ||
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== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* In Chapter Five, [[Romana II]] utters the mild expletive, "Damn", which assuredly does not happen in the original story. Such language was forbidden of the Doctor and his companions on television at the time. | * In Chapter Five, [[Romana II]] utters the mild expletive, "Damn", which assuredly does not happen in the original story. Such language was forbidden of the Doctor and his companions on television at the time. | ||
* A prologue features the Starliner crashing and adds a poem about [[Mistfall]] expanding on a line from [[Keara]] in Part Two. | |||
* The Marshmen dragging outlers under the water as a kind of planetary defence system. | |||
* Nefred interfaces with the system files. | |||
* The Doctor tries to save the marshchild after failing to save a "witch" from being burnt. | |||
* An additional scene features a spider jumping from K9's headless body onto the Doctor's face. | |||
== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
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== Additional cover images == | == Additional cover images == | ||
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | |||
File:HardbackFullCircle.jpg|1982 Hardback cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
== British publication history == | == British publication history == | ||
First publication: | First publication: | ||
* Hardback | * Hardback | ||
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. | : W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK | ||
* Paperback | * Paperback | ||
: Target | : Target | ||
== Audiobook == | |||
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[29 January (releases)|29 January]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Matthew Waterhouse]] with K9's voice by [[John Leeson]]. | |||
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]]. | |||
The audiobook version was reissued as part of ''[[The Second Monsters Collection]]'' on [[28 January (releases)|28 January]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]. | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="150"> | |||
Full-circle-cd.jpg|Audiobook cover | |||
The Second Monsters Collection.jpg|''The Second Monsters Collection'' | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* | * [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/general/main.htm ''On Target'' a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal] | ||
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