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{{Infobox Novel|
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novel name=Doctor Who and the Visitation|
Visitation novel.jpg|1982 edition
image=[[Image: Visitation_novel.jpg|250px]]|
PearsonVisitation.jpg|1992 edition
series=[[Doctor Who]]-<br/>[[Target Novelisation]] |
AchilleosVisitation.jpg|2016 edition
number= 69 (given to later editions) |
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doctor=[[Fifth Doctor]] |
|number       = 69 (given to later editions)  
companions= [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] |
|doctor       = Fifth Doctor  
enemy= [[Terileptil]]s |
|companions   = [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]
year= [[London]], [[Earth]], August/September [[1666]] |
|enemy       = [[Terileptil]]s  
writer= [[Eric Saward]]|
|setting      = [[London]], late [[August]] to [[2 September]] [[1666]]  
publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]|
|writer      = Eric Saward
release date= August [[1982]]|
|read by      = [[Matthew Waterhouse]]
format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 121 Pages|
|publisher   = Target Books
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20135-3|
|publisher2  = W.H. Allen
previous story=[[Kinda (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Kinda]] |
|novelisation of = The Visitation (TV story)
next story=[[Black Orchid (novelisation)|Doctor Who – Black Orchid]] }}
|release date = 19 August 1982
|format       = Hardcover and paperback editions; 11 Chapters, 121 Pages
|isbn         = ISBN 0-426-20135-3
|series      = [[Target novelisation]]s
|prev        = Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive (novelisation)
|next        = Full Circle (novelisation)
|series2      = [[Target novelisation]] numbering
|prev2        = Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child (novelisation)
|next2        = Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)
|series3      = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]]
|prev3        = Kinda (novelisation)
|next3        = Black Orchid (novelisation)
}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1982 television serial ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]''. This was the first [[Fifth Doctor]] novelisation to be published.
 
== Publisher's summary ==
=== 1982 Target Books edition ===
[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], the young air hostess who quite unintentionally became a member of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]'s crew, wants to return to her own time, but when the [[Fifth Doctor|Doctor]] tries to take her back to [[Heathrow Airport]] in the [[20th century|twentieth century]] the TARDIS lands instead on the outskirts of [[17th century|seventeenth-century]] [[London]].
 
The Doctor and his companions receive a decidedly unfriendly welcome - but it soon becomes clear that the sinister activities of other visitors from time and space have made the villagers extremely suspicious of outsiders.


As a result of the aliens' evil schemes, the Doctor finds himself on the point of playing a key role in a [[Great Fire of London|gruesome historical event]]...


==Novelisation==
=== 1992 Target Books edition ===
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial ([[DW]]): '' [[The Visitation]] '' which was shown from 15th February 1982 and written by [[Eric Saward]]
"CALL YOURSELF A [[Time Lord|TIME LORD]]?" TEGAN SHOUTED. "A BROKEN CLOCK KEEPS BETTER TIME THAN YOU!"
* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured a photographic cover. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).
* This was the first [[Fifth Doctor]] novelisation to be published.


==Publisher's summary==
The Doctor tries to return Tegan to the Heathrow she left in [[1981]], but instead the TARDIS lands just outside London in [[1666]] - the year of the Great Plague.
===1982 edition===
[[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], the young air hostess who quite unintentionally became a member of [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]’s crew, wants to return to her own time, but when the [[Fifth Doctor|Doctor]] tries to take her back to [[Heathrow Airport]] in the [[20th century|twentieth century]] the TARDIS lands instead on the outskirts of [[17th century|seventeenth-century]] [[London]]. <br>


===1992 edition===
"Call yourself a [[Time Lord]]?" [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] shouted. "A broken clock keeps better time than you!"
[[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] tries to return Tegan to the [[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]] she left in [[1981]], but instead [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] lands just outside [[London]] in [[1666]] - the year of the Great Plague.
The Doctor and his companions receive a decidedly cool welcome - and it soon becomes clear that the sinister activities of other visitors from space and time have made the villagers extremely sensitive of outsiders.
The Doctor and his companions receive a decidedly cool welcome - and it soon becomes clear that the sinister activities of other visitors from space and time have made the villagers extremely sensitive of outsiders.
And as a result of the aliens' evil schemes, the Doctor finds himself on the point of playing a key role in a gruesome historical event.
And as a result of the aliens' evil schemes, the Doctor finds himself on the point of playing a key role in a gruesome historical event.
This is a novelization by [[Eric Saward]] of his own television story, first broadcast in [[1982]].


==Illustrations==
This is a novelization by [[Eric Saward]] of his own television story, first broadcast in [[1982 (releases)|1982]].
* None
 
=== 2016 BBC Books edition ===
Trying to get Tegan back to Heathrow in 1981, the Doctor brings the TARDIS to the right place, but over 300 years early - to 1666. They are not the only visitors as [[Terileptil android|Death]] stalks the local woods, complete with cloak, scythe and a skull like face.
 
In fact, 'Death' is and android bought by a group of alien [[Terileptil]]s whose spaceship has crashed. Criminals and fugitives from their own race, they now plan to take over [[Earth]]. With [[Adric]] and Tegan captured, the Doctor and [[Nyssa]] try to deal with the deadly android, and a group of local villagers under the control of the Terileptils.
 
But even if they succeed, can they prevent the Terileptils from unleashing an even more deadly form of the [[Bubonic plague|Black Death]]?
 
== Chapter titles ==
Chapter One<br />
Chapter Two<br />
Chapter Three<br />
Chapter Four<br />
Chapter Five<br />
Chapter Six<br />
Chapter Seven<br />
Chapter Eight<br />
Chapter Nine<br />
Chapter Ten<br />
Chapter Eleven


== Deviations from televised story ==
== Deviations from televised story ==
* ''To be added''
* The Doctor realises who the Terileptils are because they left their tag on their escape capsule; this was not explained in the televised story.
* [[John (The Visitation)|The Squire]] is named Sir John.
* [[Elizabeth (The Visitation)|Elizabeth]] is in her room when she spots the Terileptil spacecraft crashing, rather than playing chess with her father as in the televised version.
* Sir John and his family are described as being killed by the [[Terileptil android]], whereas in the televised version their deaths are only implied.
* Tegan's references to the events of ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'' while talking with [[Nyssa]] in her room are removed.
* The Doctor telling off [[Adric]] for his recklessness with the [[Total Survival Suit|T.S.S. machine]] on [[Deva Loka]] has been excised.


==Writing and publishing notes==
== Writing and publishing notes ==
* The first book in the range to feature the use of a photographic cover.
* This was the first book in the range to feature the use of a photographic cover. A jacket painting was commissioned and created by David McAllister, but due to objections from Peter Davison's agent about artwork depictions of his client at the time, this was never used; Target switched to using a photograph of Davison for the cover. (The only first edition Fifth Doctor Target books to feature artwork rather than photos of Davison's Doctor were ''[[Castrovalva (novelisation)|Castrovalva]]'' and ''[[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|The Five Doctors]]''.)<ref>Howe, D.J., Stammers, M. and Walker, S.J., Doctor Who- The Eighties, p160. ISBN 978-0-75-35012-83.</ref>
* There are two rumours around the reason for this; Firstly that [[Peter Davison]]’s agent rejected the proposed artwork by ([[David McAllister]]) on the grounds of it showing a poor likeness to his client, and secondly, that in an attempt to tie the range of novelisations more closely with a new season and a new Doctor on television, photographs were a way of revamping the range. The latter seems more likely, as a deliberate change of policy, bearing in mind that the decision to use photographs was extended to subsequent releases for a short time.
* This was the first title to be referred to in the Target library as book number 74. The number appeared on the cover on a subsequent reprint.
* Publishing wise, this was the first title to be referred to in the Target library as book number 74. The number appeared on the cover on a subsequent reprint.
* Dedication: `For Paula, with fondest love'
* Dedication: `For Paula, with fondest love’
* The book has a cover flash reading <small>A BBC TV PROGRAMME WITH PETER DAVISON AS THE DOCTOR</small>.
*Cover Flash reads`A BBC TV PROGRAMME WITH PETER DAVISON AS THE DOCTOR’
* This novelisation was later released as part of ''[[The History Collection (audio anthology)|The History Collection]]''.


==Additional cover images==
== Additional cover images ==
<gallery>
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
Image:2Visitation.jpg|1992 edition; Cover by [[Alister Pearson]]  
Visitation_unused.JPG|Unused jacket painting by [[David McAllister]], [[1982]]
PearsonVisitation.jpg|1992 edition.<br />Cover by [[Alister Pearson]]
AchilleosVisitation.jpg|2016 BBC Books Edition.<br />Cover by [[Chris Achilleos]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


==British publication history==
== British publication history ==
''To be added''
First publication:
* Hardback
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
* Paperback
: Target
Re-issues:
 
== Audiobook ==
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[4 October (releases)|4 October]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Matthew Waterhouse]].


'''First Publication:'''
The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by [[David J. Howe]]. Music and sound effects by [[Simon Power]].
* Hardback
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd.  UK
* Paperback
: Target
'''Re-issues:'''


==Editions published outside Britain==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
''To be added''
The Visitation Audio.jpg|Audiobook cover
</gallery>


==See also==
== External links ==
* '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140716005123/http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/general/main.htm ''On Target'' a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal]
==External links==
== Footnotes ==
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/general/main.htm ''On Target'' a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal]
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