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|format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 12 Chapters, 128 Pages | |format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 12 Chapters, 128 Pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 0-491-03052-5 (Hardcover edition); ISBN 0-426-19510-8 (Paperback edition) | |isbn = ISBN 0-491-03052-5 (Hardcover edition); ISBN 0-426-19510-8 (Paperback edition) | ||
|series = [[Target novelisation | |series = [[Target novelisation]]s | ||
|prev = Arc of Infinity (novelisation) | |prev = Arc of Infinity (novelisation) | ||
|next = Mawdryn Undead (novelisation) | |next = Mawdryn Undead (novelisation) | ||
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== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* A number of deleted scenes from the televised version of ''The Five Doctors'' are restored for the novelisation. | * A number of deleted scenes from the televised version of ''The Five Doctors'' are restored for the novelisation. | ||
*Dicks adds a segment accounting for [[Susan Foreman]]'s abduction by the Timescoop, set in the era after ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''. She's on her way to the markets in New London. A smaller city than the original, it's populated by gleaming new buildings, motorised walkways and far more greenery. David Campbell is noted to be part of the provisional Reconstruction Government and both now have a family of three children. | * Dicks adds a segment accounting for [[Susan Foreman]]'s abduction by the Timescoop, set in the era after ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''. She's on her way to the markets in New London. A smaller city than the original, it's populated by gleaming new buildings, motorised walkways and far more greenery. David Campbell is noted to be part of the provisional Reconstruction Government and both now have a family of three children. | ||
* The [[First Doctor]] is stated to be nearing his first [[regeneration]], having come to the rose garden in semi-retirement to prepare himself for the process ahead. There, he prunes his roses and tends to his bees. He senses the time scoop as "something evil" before actually spotting it. | * The [[First Doctor]] is stated to be nearing his first [[regeneration]], having come to the rose garden in semi-retirement to prepare himself for the process ahead. There, he prunes his roses and tends to his bees. He senses the time scoop as "something evil" before actually spotting it. | ||
* The Second Doctor and the Brigadier are captured by the Timescoop in an architectural dead end, rather than UNIT H.Q.'s open grounds. | * The Second Doctor and the Brigadier are captured by the Timescoop in an architectural dead end, rather than UNIT H.Q.'s open grounds. | ||
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* Susan's line of "Grandfather" is returned to its script version, "Doctor". During shooting of the original episode, [[Carole Ann Ford]] had refused to say the line, as in her era she would never have called him "Doctor". An explanation is given that Susan was thinking of how others called him "Doctor" except for her. | * Susan's line of "Grandfather" is returned to its script version, "Doctor". During shooting of the original episode, [[Carole Ann Ford]] had refused to say the line, as in her era she would never have called him "Doctor". An explanation is given that Susan was thinking of how others called him "Doctor" except for her. | ||
* The chessboard's defence mechanism, rather than some kind of oscillating green laser (as in the Televised Version), is a series of thunderbolts that targets intruders directly. The Cybermen end up killing each other in friendly fire as much as by the death-trap. The Master survives the encounter by diving for the fallen Cyber-Lieutenant's Cyber-gun and blasting away at the Cyber Leader. He keeps firing until he's driven the Cyberman onto the chessboard, row after row, blast after blast, until the Leader is cut down by the board's defence mechanisms. | * The chessboard's defence mechanism, rather than some kind of oscillating green laser (as in the Televised Version), is a series of thunderbolts that targets intruders directly. The Cybermen end up killing each other in friendly fire as much as by the death-trap. The Master survives the encounter by diving for the fallen Cyber-Lieutenant's Cyber-gun and blasting away at the Cyber Leader. He keeps firing until he's driven the Cyberman onto the chessboard, row after row, blast after blast, until the Leader is cut down by the board's defence mechanisms. | ||
* The [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier]]'s punch only stuns [[Tremas Master|the Master]] who is poised to use his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] on his assailant, whereas in the televised version he is subdued with a single blow simultaneously as the [[Third Doctor]] kicks the weapon from his grasp. In this novelisation, the Doctor is still able to do so, and the Master | * The [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier]]'s punch only stuns [[Tremas Master|the Master]] who is poised to use his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] on his assailant, whereas in the televised version he is subdued with a single blow simultaneously as the [[Third Doctor]] kicks the weapon from his grasp. In this novelisation, the Doctor is still able to do so, and the Master is ultimately subdued when the Doctors pile atop him. | ||
* The ghosts that take the appearance of Liz and Mike are white and waxen with fanatically burning eyes. Their voices raise to an unearthly screech when the Third Doctor defies them. | * The ghosts that take the appearance of Liz and Mike are white and waxen with fanatically burning eyes. Their voices raise to an unearthly screech when the Third Doctor defies them. | ||
* The chamber to access the Timescoop and the Game Table is identified as Game Control. | * The chamber to access the Timescoop and the Game Table is identified as Game Control. | ||
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[[Category:1983 novels]] | [[Category:1983 novels]] | ||
