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* Although three more books were published under the Target Books series, this was the last to feature the Target Books logo, and a book number, on its cover (later volumes would include this only on the inside title pages). | * Although three more books were published under the Target Books series, this was the last to feature the Target Books logo, and a book number, on its cover (later volumes would include this only on the inside title pages). | ||
* First novelisation to feature the [[Fourth Doctor]] since the publication of ''[[Meglos (novelisation)|Meglos]]'' in [[1983]]. | * First novelisation to feature the [[Fourth Doctor]] since the publication of ''[[Meglos (novelisation)|Meglos]]'' in [[1983]]. | ||
* Although Target (and later Virgin) would publish novelisations based upon ''Doctor Who'' radio plays, this remains the only official novelisation of a ''Doctor Who'' audio play, as none of the later productions by [[Big Finish]] have, to date, been adapted in this way. | * Although Target (and later Virgin) would publish novelisations based upon ''Doctor Who'' radio plays, this remains the only official novelisation of a ''Doctor Who'' audio play, as none of the later productions by [[Big Finish Productions]] have, to date, been adapted in this way. | ||
==Publisher's summary== | ==Publisher's summary== | ||
An invasion of meteorites and an environmental crisis! | An invasion of meteorites and an environmental crisis! | ||
A scientific expedition has disappeared from the bed of the Thames Estuary, where a giant meteorite had landed years previously. | |||
Having landed [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] in the same vicinity, [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] are attacked at night by a vast, roaring creature. | A scientific expedition has disappeared from the bed of the Thames Estuary, where a giant meteorite had landed years previously. | ||
Having landed [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] in the same vicinity, [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] are attacked at night by a vast, roaring creature. | |||
Someting reminds the Doctor of his encounter with the marine denizens of the planet [[Pesca]], but before long his worst fears are confirmed: strange meteorites are landing all over the world, and the Pescaton invasion has begun. | Someting reminds the Doctor of his encounter with the marine denizens of the planet [[Pesca]], but before long his worst fears are confirmed: strange meteorites are landing all over the world, and the Pescaton invasion has begun. | ||
The Pescatons, starring [[Tom Baker]] as the Doctor and [[Elisabeth Sladen]] as Sarah Jane Smith, was released as an LP record in [[1976]], and re-released in [[1985]]. [[Victor Pemberton]], who wrote the original script for the LP, has been variously scriptwriter, script editor and novelizer of several Doctor Who television stories. | The Pescatons, starring [[Tom Baker]] as the Doctor and [[Elisabeth Sladen]] as Sarah Jane Smith, was released as an LP record in [[1976]], and re-released in [[1985]]. [[Victor Pemberton]], who wrote the original script for the LP, has been variously scriptwriter, script editor and novelizer of several Doctor Who television stories. | ||
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* '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007) | * '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007) | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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