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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This novel was released complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Lalla Ward]]. | * This novel was released complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Lalla Ward]]. | ||
* The audio set of eight CDs was released [[21 May (releases)|21 May]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] priced £25 (UK) | * The audio set of eight CDs was released [[21 May (releases)|21 May]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] priced £25 (UK) | ||
* This is the second of [[Douglas Adams]]' ''Doctor Who'' stories to be released in book form, fourteen years after Adams's death in 2001. None of his three ''Doctor Who'' stories had previously appeared in book form for a variety of legal reasons. | * This is the second of [[Douglas Adams]]' ''Doctor Who'' stories to be released in book form, fourteen years after Adams's death in 2001. None of his three ''Doctor Who'' stories had previously appeared in book form for a variety of legal reasons. | ||
* This is the first official novelisation of ''City of Death''. It is also the first novelisation of a story broadcast on television since [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]''. | * This is the first official novelisation of ''City of Death''. It is also the first novelisation of a story broadcast on television since [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]''. | ||
* The four part structure of the novel mirrors the four part structure of the televised story. | * The four part structure of the novel mirrors the four part structure of the televised story. | ||
* The title page includes the following info, in homage to the original Target novels: | * The title page includes the following info, in homage to the original Target novels: | ||
** THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCTOR WHO This book portrays the fourth incarnation of Doctor Who, whose physical appearance later changed when he [[Logopolis (TV story)|lost an argument with gravity]]. | ** THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCTOR WHO This book portrays the fourth incarnation of Doctor Who, whose physical appearance later changed when he [[Logopolis (TV story)|lost an argument with gravity]]. | ||
** THE CHANGING FACE OF SCAROTH This book portrays the twelfth and final incarnation of Scaroth, last of the Jagaroth. | ** THE CHANGING FACE OF SCAROTH This book portrays the twelfth and final incarnation of Scaroth, last of the Jagaroth. | ||
* In [[2018 (releases)|2018]], [[Target Books]] printed an abridged version of the novelisation. | * In [[2018 (releases)|2018]], [[Target Books]] printed an abridged version of the novelisation. | ||
* This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store. | * This story was also released as an ebook available from the Amazon Kindle store. | ||
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* The Doctor gives the remaining [[Mona Lisa]] to Duggan at the end; the televised version is vague as to what happened to it. | * The Doctor gives the remaining [[Mona Lisa]] to Duggan at the end; the televised version is vague as to what happened to it. | ||
* Duggan sees the Doctor and Romana leaving in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] from the bottle of the Eiffel Tower. | * Duggan sees the Doctor and Romana leaving in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] from the bottle of the Eiffel Tower. | ||
* Count Scarlioni is said to possess a fireplace previously owned by [[Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson|Madame du Pompadour]] ( | * Count Scarlioni is said to possess a fireplace previously owned by [[Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson|Madame du Pompadour]]. | ||
== Cover gallery == | |||
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City of Death novel.jpg|BBC Books cover. | |||
City of Death (Target Books).jpg|Target Books reprint cover. | |||
City of Death cd.jpg|Audiobook cover. | |||
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