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novel name=Doctor Who – Full Circle| | novel name=Doctor Who – Full Circle| | ||
image=[[ | image=[[File:Full_Circle_novel.jpg|250px]]| | ||
series=[[Target novelisation]]s | | series=[[Target novelisation]]s | | ||
number= 26 (given to later editions) | | number= 26 (given to later editions) | | ||
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next story=[[Doctor Who and the State of Decay]] }} | next story=[[Doctor Who and the State of Decay]] }} | ||
==Novelisation== | == Novelisation == | ||
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial ([[DW]]): '' [[Full Circle]] '' which was written by [[Andrew Smith]] and shown from 25th October 1980. | * This novelisation is based on the original television serial ([[DW]]): '' [[Full Circle]] '' which was written by [[Andrew Smith]] and shown from 25th October 1980. | ||
* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel. It featured the artwork of [[Andrew Skilleter]]. (See below for information on other editions published with different covers). | * The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel. It featured the artwork of [[Andrew Skilleter]]. (See below for information on other editions published with different covers). | ||
==Publisher's summary== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Romana II|Romana]] has been recalled to [[Gallifrey]] by the [[Time Lord]]s – a summons that cannot be ignored, despite her extreme reluctance to give up the freedom and excitement life as the [[Fourth Doctor]]’s companion has brought. <br> | [[Romana II|Romana]] has been recalled to [[Gallifrey]] by the [[Time Lord]]s – a summons that cannot be ignored, despite her extreme reluctance to give up the freedom and excitement life as the [[Fourth Doctor]]’s companion has brought. <br /> | ||
The time traveller’s course is set, the flight path is clear, estimated time of arrival on Gallifrey is in thirty-two minutes – then the unexpected happens …<br> | The time traveller’s course is set, the flight path is clear, estimated time of arrival on Gallifrey is in thirty-two minutes – then the unexpected happens …<br /> | ||
The full significance of their temporary loss of control over the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is only gradually brought home to the Doctor. For it is not on Gallifrey that they land but on the terror planet [[Alzarius]], and at a time when the legendary [[Mistfall]] comes again – when the giant scaly creatures that inhabit the planet’s swamps leave the marshes and go on the rampage, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake …<br> | The full significance of their temporary loss of control over the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is only gradually brought home to the Doctor. For it is not on Gallifrey that they land but on the terror planet [[Alzarius]], and at a time when the legendary [[Mistfall]] comes again – when the giant scaly creatures that inhabit the planet’s swamps leave the marshes and go on the rampage, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake …<br /> | ||
==Illustrations== | == Illustrations == | ||
* None | * None | ||
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* In Chapter Five, [[Romana II]] utters the mild expletive, "Damn", which assuredly does not happen in the original story, as such language was forbidden of the Doctor and his companions on television at the time. | * In Chapter Five, [[Romana II]] utters the mild expletive, "Damn", which assuredly does not happen in the original story, as such language was forbidden of the Doctor and his companions on television at the time. | ||
==Writing and publishing notes== | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
* Producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] instructed that an epilogue written by [[Andrew Smith]] be deleted from the novelisation. | * Producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] instructed that an epilogue written by [[Andrew Smith]] be deleted from the novelisation. | ||
* Dedication: ”To the cast, crew and production team of the television production Full Circle. Thank you.” | * Dedication: ”To the cast, crew and production team of the television production Full Circle. Thank you.” | ||
==Additional cover images== | == Additional cover images == | ||
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==British publication history== | == British publication history == | ||
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'''Re-issues:''' | '''Re-issues:''' | ||
==Editions published outside Britain== | == Editions published outside Britain == | ||
''To be added'' | ''To be added'' | ||
==See also== | == See also == | ||
* '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007) | * '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007) | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/general/main.htm ''On Target'' a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal] | * [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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