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== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* As noted by [[Lance Parkin]] in ''[[A History of the Universe]]'', publicity for this story when it was first broadcast placed it "fifty years in the future," or in [[2018]]. A date of August 16, 2017 was given onscreen with a character holding a [[newspaper]] noted as being from the previous year. Most story guides gave the date as 2018, based on the contemporary publicity for the story, until plans were made for the novelisation in [[1980]], which again gave a date of "fifty years in the future," or in this case, [[2030]]. When the novelisation was finally written by [[Ian Marter]] in [[1981]], 2030 was the date used. | * The novelisation begins by describing the location of the beach, stating that it is above the Great Barrier Reef, placing its location anywhere between the right side of the tip of Queensland to just above the city of Brisbane. In the story, Tony states that their hovercraft is travelling between Cape Melville and Health Point, and there is indeed a place called Cape Melville in Queensland. However, Health Point is a fictitious location - and there is no city called Melville in Australia, said to be three kilometres from the beach in the novelisation - so the exact location of the beginning of the story is unclear. | ||
*As noted by [[Lance Parkin]] in ''[[A History of the Universe]]'', publicity for this story when it was first broadcast placed it "fifty years in the future," or in [[2018]]. A date of August 16, 2017 was given onscreen with a character holding a [[newspaper]] noted as being from the previous year. Most story guides gave the date as 2018, based on the contemporary publicity for the story, until plans were made for the novelisation in [[1980]], which again gave a date of "fifty years in the future," or in this case, [[2030]]. When the novelisation was finally written by [[Ian Marter]] in [[1981]], 2030 was the date used. | |||
* Large chunks of story and dialogue were cut from the novelisation. | * Large chunks of story and dialogue were cut from the novelisation. | ||
*The cliffhanger ending of the serial is modified in the novelisation, to resolve itself using the opening moments of the following story, ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''. | *The cliffhanger ending of the serial is modified in the novelisation, to resolve itself using the opening moments of the following story, ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''. | ||
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* The character of [[Forester (The Enemy of the World)|Forester]], Bruce's deputy, is in the novel, and has lines (He appears briefly in the TV story, but has no lines). | * The character of [[Forester (The Enemy of the World)|Forester]], Bruce's deputy, is in the novel, and has lines (He appears briefly in the TV story, but has no lines). | ||
* Salamander and the Doctor both use helicopters to get to the TARDIS. | * Salamander and the Doctor both use helicopters to get to the TARDIS. | ||
* The Doctor | * The Doctor tells Salamander that he had poured seawater into the fuel tank of his helicopter to prevent him escaping. | ||
* Kent sees Fariah shot and killed by a guard, but doesn't tell the Doctor and Astrid. In the television story, they don't find out about her death until Bruce tells them. | * Kent sees Fariah shot and killed by a guard, but doesn't tell the Doctor and Astrid. In the television story, they don't find out about her death until Bruce tells them. | ||
