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novel name=Doctor Who –The Curse of Fenric| | novel name=Doctor Who –The Curse of Fenric| | ||
image=[[ | image=[[File: Curse_of_Fenric_novel.jpg|250px]]| | ||
series=[[Target novelisation]]s | | series=[[Target novelisation]]s | | ||
number= 151 | | number= 151 | | ||
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previous story=[[Ghost Light (novelisation)|Doctor Who – Ghost Light]] | | previous story=[[Ghost Light (novelisation)|Doctor Who – Ghost Light]] | | ||
next story=[[Survival (novelisation)|Doctor Who –Survival]] }} | next story=[[Survival (novelisation)|Doctor Who –Survival]] }} | ||
==Novelisation== | == Novelisation == | ||
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial ([[DW]]): '' [[The Curse of Fenric]] '' which was written by [[Ian Briggs]] and shown from 25th October 1989. | * This novelisation is based on the original television serial ([[DW]]): '' [[The Curse of Fenric]] '' which was written by [[Ian Briggs]] and shown from 25th October 1989. | ||
* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel. It featured the artwork of [[Alister Pearson]]. (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 [[Alister Pearson]]. (See below for information on other editions published with different covers). | ||
==Publisher's summary== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''If this is a top secret naval camp, I’m Lord Nelson!''<br> | ''If this is a top secret naval camp, I’m Lord Nelson!''<br /> | ||
[[Ace]] has a poor opinion of the security arrangements at Commander [[Millington]]’s [[Yorkshire|North Yorkshire]] base – and she’s less than comfortable in [[1940s|1940’s]] fashions. But [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] has graver matters on his mind. <br> | [[Ace]] has a poor opinion of the security arrangements at Commander [[Millington]]’s [[Yorkshire|North Yorkshire]] base – and she’s less than comfortable in [[1940s|1940’s]] fashions. But [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] has graver matters on his mind. <br /> | ||
Dr [[Judson]], inventor of the Navy’s [[ULTIMA]] code-breaker, is using the machine to decipher the runic inscriptions in the crypt of the nearby church. | Dr [[Judson]], inventor of the Navy’s [[ULTIMA]] code-breaker, is using the machine to decipher the runic inscriptions in the crypt of the nearby church. | ||
Commander Millington is obsessed with his research into toxic bombs that he insists will hasten the end of [[World War II|World War Two]]. <br> | Commander Millington is obsessed with his research into toxic bombs that he insists will hasten the end of [[World War II|World War Two]]. <br /> | ||
A squad of the [[Red Army]]’s crack Special Missions brigade lands on the Yorkshire coast with instructions to steal the ULTIMA device – unaware that Millington has turned it into a devastating secret weapon. <br> | A squad of the [[Red Army]]’s crack Special Missions brigade lands on the Yorkshire coast with instructions to steal the ULTIMA device – unaware that Millington has turned it into a devastating secret weapon. <br /> | ||
And beneath the waters at [[Maiden's Point|Maidens Point]] an ancient evil stirs …<br> | And beneath the waters at [[Maiden's Point|Maidens Point]] an ancient evil stirs …<br /> | ||
The Doctor uncovers mysteries concealed within villainous plots – but what connects them all to a thousand-year-old curse? <br> | The Doctor uncovers mysteries concealed within villainous plots – but what connects them all to a thousand-year-old curse? <br /> | ||
==Illustrations== | == Illustrations == | ||
* Includes a map. | * Includes a map. | ||
== Deviations from televised story == | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
*The novelisation includes an epilogue that leaves Ace (now called Dorothee) in Paris. In [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel [[Set Piece]] this sets out the events which lead up and into this eventuality. | * The novelisation includes an epilogue that leaves Ace (now called Dorothee) in Paris. In [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel [[Set Piece]] this sets out the events which lead up and into this eventuality. | ||
==Writing and publishing notes== | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
* Along with ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', this commision was given an unlimited wordcount, and in the light of the forthcoming range of New Adventures, new editor [[Peter Darvill-Evans]] encouraged the writers to take a more "grown up" approach to the story, and in particular its underlying theme of adolescence and sexuality. | * Along with ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', this commision was given an unlimited wordcount, and in the light of the forthcoming range of New Adventures, new editor [[Peter Darvill-Evans]] encouraged the writers to take a more "grown up" approach to the story, and in particular its underlying theme of adolescence and sexuality. | ||
* As a result of the removal of a page limit, ''The Curse of Fenric'', at 188, is the longest Doctor Who novelisation published under [[Target Books]]' traditional format; several later novelisations would be longer, but they would be published in a format similar to the NA line. | * As a result of the removal of a page limit, ''The Curse of Fenric'', at 188, is the longest Doctor Who novelisation published under [[Target Books]]' traditional format; several later novelisations would be longer, but they would be published in a format similar to the NA line. | ||
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* This paperback included a map of the flask's route. | * This paperback included a map of the flask's route. | ||
==Additional cover images== | == Additional cover images == | ||
''To be added'' | ''To be added'' | ||
==British publication history== | == British publication history == | ||
One single paperback edition, priced £2.50 (UK), estimated print run: 29,000 copies. | One single paperback edition, priced £2.50 (UK), estimated print run: 29,000 copies. | ||
==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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