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|image = Chase novel.jpg | |image = Chase novel.jpg | ||
|series = | |series = [[Target novelisation]]s | ||
|number = 140 | |number = 140 | ||
|novelisation of = The Chase (TV story) | |novelisation of = The Chase (TV story) | ||
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|enemy = [[Dalek]]s, [[Mechanoid]]s | |enemy = [[Dalek]]s, [[Mechanoid]]s | ||
|setting = [[Earth]], [[Empire State Building]], [[Mary Celeste]], [[Aridius]], [[Mechanus]] | |setting = [[Earth]], [[Empire State Building]], [[Mary Celeste]], [[Aridius]], [[Mechanus]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = John Peel | ||
|read by = [[Maureen O'Brien]], [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |read by = [[Maureen O'Brien]], [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|cover = [[Alister Pearson]] | |cover = [[Alister Pearson]] | ||
|publisher = Target Books | |publisher = Target Books | ||
|publisher2 = W.H. Allen | |publisher2 = W.H. Allen | ||
|release date = | |release date = 20 July 1989 | ||
|format = Paperback Book; 14 Chapters, 144 Pages | |format = Paperback Book; 14 Chapters, 144 Pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20336-4 | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-20336-4 | ||
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|prev2 = The Space Museum (novelisation) | |prev2 = The Space Museum (novelisation) | ||
|next2 = The Time Meddler (novelisation) | |next2 = The Time Meddler (novelisation) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1965 television serial ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]''. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1965 television serial ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]''. | ||
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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
=== 1989 Target Books edition === | === 1989 Target Books edition === | ||
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* More detail is given on the background of [[Morton Dill|Morton C. Dill]]: clumsy, always speaking without thinking and not the sort of person many people wish to know, he was nicknamed 'Dill the Pill' in school for being rather hard to take. After explaining to two guards in the [[Empire State Building]] about his encounter with the TARDIS crew and the Dalek, he was locked up in the [[Newman Rehabilitation Clinic]] in [[1967]] where he became a permanent resident. The Dalek decides against killing him because it considers it a far worse fate for the human race to allow him to live. | * More detail is given on the background of [[Morton Dill|Morton C. Dill]]: clumsy, always speaking without thinking and not the sort of person many people wish to know, he was nicknamed 'Dill the Pill' in school for being rather hard to take. After explaining to two guards in the [[Empire State Building]] about his encounter with the TARDIS crew and the Dalek, he was locked up in the [[Newman Rehabilitation Clinic]] in [[1967]] where he became a permanent resident. The Dalek decides against killing him because it considers it a far worse fate for the human race to allow him to live. | ||
* The crew of the ''[[Mary Celeste]]'' are all named. Additionally, while the Daleks scare the whole crew off the ship in the televised version, here one crew member is killed. Ian and Barbara discuss the matter further, wondering if the death of the crew was their fault since they led the Daleks there or if it was an [[Fixed point|inevitable fact of history]]. Ian notes that Barbara once tried to change the history of the [[Aztec]]s but failed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') | * The crew of the ''[[Mary Celeste]]'' are all named. Additionally, while the Daleks scare the whole crew off the ship in the televised version, here one crew member is killed. Ian and Barbara discuss the matter further, wondering if the death of the crew was their fault since they led the Daleks there or if it was an [[Fixed point|inevitable fact of history]]. Ian notes that Barbara once tried to change the history of the [[Aztec]]s but failed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') | ||
* The battle between the Daleks and the [[funfair]] [[robot]]s results in two Dalek casualties instead of one - one has its [[Dalek Eyestalk|eyestalk]] ripped off by [[Dracula (robot)|Dracula]] and the other is launched down the stairs by [[Frankenstein (robot)|Frankenstein's monster]]. Both of | * The battle between the Daleks and the [[funfair]] [[robot]]s results in two Dalek casualties instead of one - one has its [[Dalek Eyestalk|eyestalk]] ripped off by [[Dracula (robot)|Dracula]] and the other is launched down the stairs by [[Frankenstein (robot)|Frankenstein's monster]]. Both of the Daleks explode. One explosion damages Dracula, exposing his robotic components. One Dalek blast intended for the Doctor and Ian also sets a curtain on [[fire]], bathing the room in a red light. The [[Grey Lady]] is omitted entirely from the novelisation. | ||
* Steven lists the [[Human-Draconian War|conflict]] fought against the [[Draconian Empire]] and the [[Third Dalek War]] as factors which put an end to [[Earth Empire|Earth's]] expansionist phase. The [[Draconian]]s were not introduced on TV until ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'' during the [[Third Doctor]]'s era. A conflict known as the [[Second Dalek War]] would play a large role in future stories such as ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]'', ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]'', ''[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)|Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]'' and ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]''; a Third Dalek War would only be referenced in the Virgin New Adventures, ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'' and ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'', as well as a [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Dalek Wars|Dalek Wars]] | * The location of the haunted house is not the [[Festival of Ghana]] in 1996 as in the televised version, but present day Battersea Funfair. | ||
* Steven's stuffed [[panda]] mascot, [[HiFi]], does not appear in the novelisation, but confusingly features in the following | * Steven lists the [[Human-Draconian War|conflict]] fought against the [[Draconian Empire]] and the [[Third Dalek War]] as factors which put an end to [[Earth Empire|Earth's]] expansionist phase. The [[Draconian]]s were not introduced on TV until ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'' during the [[Third Doctor]]'s era. A conflict known as the [[Second Dalek War]] would play a large role in future stories such as ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]'', ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]'', ''[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)|Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]'' and ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]''; a Third Dalek War would only be referenced in the Virgin New Adventures, ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'' and ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'', as well as ''[[The Match of the Daleks (short story)|The Match of the Daleks]]'', a [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Dalek Wars|Dalek Wars]] story from [[DWBIT 55|Issue 55]] of ''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]'' magazine. | ||
* Steven's stuffed [[panda]] mascot, [[HiFi]], does not appear in the novelisation, but confusingly features in that of the following televised story, ''[[The Time Meddler (novelisation)|The Time Meddler]]'' by [[Nigel Robinson]]. | |||
* The Dalek Leader slips away from the battle with the Mechanoids after realising that the assassination squad has no chance of winning. As the last surviving Dalek and in an act of self-sacrifice, it hacks into the [[Mechanoid City|city]]'s computer systems and sets the whole place to self-destruct, hoping to kill the Doctor and his companions in the blast. In the TV story, the Daleks and the Mechanoids are evenly matched and the battle brings the city down around them. | * The Dalek Leader slips away from the battle with the Mechanoids after realising that the assassination squad has no chance of winning. As the last surviving Dalek and in an act of self-sacrifice, it hacks into the [[Mechanoid City|city]]'s computer systems and sets the whole place to self-destruct, hoping to kill the Doctor and his companions in the blast. In the TV story, the Daleks and the Mechanoids are evenly matched and the battle brings the city down around them. | ||
* In the TV story, the Doctor was outraged at the thought of Ian and Barbara using the Dalek time machine, which didn't happen in the book. | * In the TV story, the Doctor was outraged at the thought of Ian and Barbara using the Dalek time machine, which didn't happen in the book. | ||
