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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1971 television serial ''[[Colony in Space]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1971 television serial ''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
=== 1974 edition === | === 1974 edition === | ||
The evil {{delgado|n=MASTER}} has stolen the [[Time Lord]]s' file on the horrifying DOOMSDAY WEAPON with which, when he finds it, he can blast whole planets out of existence and make himself ruler of the Galaxy! | The evil {{delgado|n=MASTER}} has stolen the [[Time Lord]]s' file on the horrifying [[Doomsday Weapon|DOOMSDAY WEAPON]] with which, when he finds it, he can blast whole planets out of existence and make himself ruler of the Galaxy! | ||
The Time Lords direct [[Third Doctor|DOCTOR WHO]] and [[Jo Grant]] in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] to a bleak planet in the year [[2471]] where they find colonists from [[Earth]] under threat from mysterious, savage, monster lizards with frightful claws! And hidden upon this planet is the DOOMSDAY WEAPON for which the MASTER is intently searching ... | The Time Lords direct [[Third Doctor|DOCTOR WHO]] and [[Jo Grant]] in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] to a [[Uxarieus|bleak planet]] in the year [[2471]] where they find colonists from [[Earth]] under threat from mysterious, savage, monster lizards with frightful claws! And hidden upon this planet is the DOOMSDAY WEAPON for which the MASTER is intently searching ... | ||
=== 1979 edition === | === 1979 edition === | ||
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Realising that the Master will attempt to find the weapon and use it to blast whole planets out of existence and make himself ruler of the galaxy, the Time Lords decide to intervene by enlisting the help of the Doctor - whether he likes it or not. | Realising that the Master will attempt to find the weapon and use it to blast whole planets out of existence and make himself ruler of the galaxy, the Time Lords decide to intervene by enlisting the help of the Doctor - whether he likes it or not. | ||
The Doctor and Jo Grant find themselves in the year | The Doctor and Jo Grant find themselves in the year 2471 on a bleak planet where colonists from Earth are being terrorized by savage monster lizards with fearsome claws - and where the Master hopes to lay hands on the Doomsday Weapon... | ||
== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
