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* Both Jo Grant and the Master are given new introductions, with Grant in particular described as joining the Doctor for the first time, despite several earlier stories featuring her. As one of the first releases in the Target Books series, there was no expectation that ''all'' stories would eventually be adapted. Once the earlier stories had been novelised, no attempt was made at revising ''The Doomsday Weapon'', creating a continuity hiccough for those reading the novelisations in chronological order. | * Both Jo Grant and the Master are given new introductions, with Grant in particular described as joining the Doctor for the first time, despite several earlier stories featuring her. As one of the first releases in the Target Books series, there was no expectation that ''all'' stories would eventually be adapted. Once the earlier stories had been novelised, no attempt was made at revising ''The Doomsday Weapon'', creating a continuity hiccough for those reading the novelisations in chronological order. | ||
* The various personal lives and backgrounds of Ashe's colonists and Interplanetary Mining Corporation personnel are greatly expanded in the novelisation. Dent, for instance, has a wife arranged by IMC's matchmaking computers and two children who are being educated in an IMC school. | * The various personal lives and backgrounds of Ashe's colonists and Interplanetary Mining Corporation personnel are greatly expanded in the novelisation. Dent, for instance, has a wife arranged by IMC's matchmaking computers and two children who are being educated in an IMC school. | ||
* The Earth that the colonists migrated from is elaborated upon in the novelisation. Metric units of measurement were adopted globally there some 6000 years ago and, in Dent's lifetime, it was fashionable to dye one's hair blue. On nonwork days, you could pay to [[Sunshine Treat|journey up to experience sunshine on the concrete]]. Alternatively, you could invest in a Walk: a cubicle with a moving floor that took you through projected footage taken from the State Archives of historic greenery. Space travellers had well-developed legends surrounding the Daleks, Monoids, Drahvins and Earth's own mythology about the Silurians. | * The Earth that the colonists migrated from is elaborated upon in the novelisation. Metric units of measurement were adopted globally there some 6000 years ago and, in Dent's lifetime, it was fashionable to dye one's hair blue. On nonwork days, you could pay to [[Sunshine Treat|journey up to experience sunshine on the concrete]]. Alternatively, you could invest in a Walk: a cubicle with a moving floor that took you through projected footage taken from the State Archives of historic greenery. Space travellers had well-developed legends surrounding the Daleks, Monoids, Drahvins and Earth's own mythology about the Silurians. | ||
* IMC's robot is a Class 3 Servo Robot, humanoid in shape, and nicknamed Charlie. Expecting it to crush his arm in response to a jibe, the machine instead repeats the Doctor's insult back to him on a recording with metallic laughter. | * IMC's robot is a Class 3 Servo Robot, humanoid in shape, and nicknamed Charlie. Expecting it to crush his arm in response to a jibe, the machine instead repeats the Doctor's insult back to him on a recording with metallic laughter. | ||
* Fitting the unusual chronological rewrite, only the Doctor recognises the Master when he and Jo arrive at the tribunal being mediated between the colonists and IMC. Rather than being somewhat taken aback by the appearance of a fellow Time Lord as on television, the Master instead smiles and holds the Doctor at arm's length. Nonetheless, despite this being Jo's first story, the Doctor still possesses the key he recovered from [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''. Here, it was found on a previous, unspecified adventure. | * Fitting the unusual chronological rewrite, only the Doctor recognises the Master when he and Jo arrive at the tribunal being mediated between the colonists and IMC. Rather than being somewhat taken aback by the appearance of a fellow Time Lord as on television, the Master instead smiles and holds the Doctor at arm's length. Nonetheless, despite this being Jo's first story, the Doctor still possesses the key he recovered from [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''. Here, it was found on a previous, unspecified adventure. | ||
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== Additional cover images == | == Additional cover images == | ||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | ||
File:Doomsday_Weapon_novel.jpg|1979 edition; Cover by [[Jeff Cummins]] | File:Doomsday_Weapon_novel.jpg|1979 edition; Cover by [[Jeff Cummins]] | ||
</gallery> | </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 | ||
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{{DWN}} | {{DWN}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:1974 novels]] | [[Category:1974 novels]] | ||
[[Category:Third Doctor novels]] | [[Category:Third Doctor novels]] | ||
