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* There is an extra opening sequence detailing the young Ace's visit to Gabriel Chase and the Doctor steering [[the TARDIS]] there. | * There is an extra opening sequence detailing the young Ace's visit to Gabriel Chase and the Doctor steering [[the TARDIS]] there. | ||
* It is established that Matthews saw Josiah and [[Gwendoline Pritchard|Gwendoline]] in London and has come to Gabriel Chase partly because he wants to save her innocence. | * It is established that Matthews saw Josiah and [[Gwendoline Pritchard|Gwendoline]] in London and has come to Gabriel Chase partly because he wants to save her innocence. | ||
* The novelisation includes several scenes and lines that were scripted and/or filmed but cut from the | * The novelisation includes several scenes and lines that were scripted and/or filmed but cut from the televised version: Ace tipping Josiah off by messing about with a phone and the Doctor saying they have to go out and be invited in; the Doctor playing a boogie-woogie on the piano; Gwendoline visiting [[Redvers Fenn-Cooper|Redvers]]; [[Mackenzie (Ghost Light)|Mackenzie]] trying to leave the house and being stopped by Light; [[Pritchard (Ghost Light)|Mrs Pritchard]] telling a maid to attack Mackenzie; and [[Nimrod]] handing in his notice to Josiah (a scene rehearsed for the televised version, but never actually recorded). | ||
* It is explained that Josiah has ''The Times'' delivered to [[Control (Ghost Light)|Control]] as a taunt since he knows she won't understand it. | * It is explained that Josiah has ''The Times'' delivered to [[Control (Ghost Light)|Control]] as a taunt since he knows she won't understand it. | ||
* Ace finds cave paintings | * Ace finds cave paintings in the passage leading to the stone spaceship. These were to have featured in the televised version, but had to be omitted for reasons of cost. | ||
* Ash sees Control on her first visit to the spaceship. Mrs [[Grose (Ghost Light)|Grose]] also sees her and tells the Doctor she is resigning. | * Ash sees Control on her first visit to the spaceship. Mrs [[Grose (Ghost Light)|Grose]] also sees her and tells the Doctor she is resigning. | ||
* It is explained that Mrs Pritchard tricked Redvers into wandering into Light's spaceship, causing his insanity. | * It is explained that Mrs Pritchard tricked Redvers into wandering into Light's spaceship, causing his insanity. | ||
* When Light emerges from the lift, he walks straight through the Doctor standing in his path; an effect planned for the televised version, but which eventually proved impossible to achieve. | * When Light emerges from the lift, he walks straight through the Doctor standing in his path; an effect planned for the televised version, but which eventually proved impossible to achieve on-screen. | ||
* Light travels around the world viewing the lifeforms there. | * Light travels around the world viewing the lifeforms there. | ||
* It is implied that Josiah brought the ship back to Earth while Light slept. | * It is implied that Josiah brought the ship back to Earth while Light slept. | ||
