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{{Infobox Novel| | {{Infobox Novel| | ||
novel name=Doctor Who – Trial of a Time Lord<br>The Ultimate Foe| | novel name=Doctor Who – Trial of a Time Lord<br />The Ultimate Foe| | ||
image=[[ | image=[[File: Ultimate_Foe_TOATL_novel.jpg|250px]]| | ||
series=[[Target novelisation]]s | | series=[[Target novelisation]]s | | ||
number= 131 | | number= 131 | | ||
doctor=[[Sixth Doctor]] | | doctor=[[Sixth Doctor]] | | ||
companions= [[Melanie Bush]] | | companions= [[Melanie Bush]] | | ||
enemy= [[Valeyard]], [[Inquisitor]]<br>[[the Master]], [[Sabalom Glitz]]| | enemy= [[Valeyard]], [[Inquisitor]]<br />[[the Master]], [[Sabalom Glitz]]| | ||
year= [[The Matrix]], [[Time Lord Station]]| | year= [[The Matrix]], [[Time Lord Station]]| | ||
writer= [[Pip and Jane Baker]]| | writer= [[Pip and Jane Baker]]| | ||
publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]| | publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]| | ||
release date= April [[1988]] (hardcover)<br>September [[1988]] (paperback)| | release date= April [[1988]] (hardcover)<br />September [[1988]] (paperback)| | ||
format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 126 Pages| | format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 126 Pages| | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20329-1| | isbn= ISBN 0-426-20329-1| | ||
previous story=[[Terror of the Vervoids (novelisation)|Doctor Who – Terror of the Vervoids]] | | previous story=[[Terror of the Vervoids (novelisation)|Doctor Who – Terror of the Vervoids]] | | ||
next story=[[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Doctor Who – Time and the Rani]] }} | next story=[[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Doctor Who – Time and the Rani]] }} | ||
==Novelisation== | == Novelisation == | ||
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial [[DW]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'' (part 4 of ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]'') which was shown from 6th September 1986. This section was written by [[Robert Holmes]] and [[Pip and Jane Baker]] | * This novelisation is based on the original television serial [[DW]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'' (part 4 of ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]'') which was shown from 6th September 1986. This section was written by [[Robert Holmes]] and [[Pip and Jane Baker]] | ||
* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel. It features 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 features the artwork of [[Alister Pearson]]. (See below for information on other editions published with different covers). | ||
==Publisher's summary== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Snatched out of time and space and brought before the [[Time Lord]]s on [[Gallifrey]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] is on trial for his life. <br> | Snatched out of time and space and brought before the [[Time Lord]]s on [[Gallifrey]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] is on trial for his life. <br /> | ||
While the Doctor asserts that the evidence of [[the Matrix]], the repository of all Time Lord knowledge, has been tampered with, the mysterious and vengeful prosecuting council, [[the Valeyard]], is confident that the Doctor will be sentenced to death. <br> | While the Doctor asserts that the evidence of [[the Matrix]], the repository of all Time Lord knowledge, has been tampered with, the mysterious and vengeful prosecuting council, [[the Valeyard]], is confident that the Doctor will be sentenced to death. <br /> | ||
In a dramatic intervention the Valeyard's true identity is revealed but he escapes from the courtroom into the Matrix, and it is into this nightmare world that the Doctor must follow – to face his ultimate foe … | In a dramatic intervention the Valeyard's true identity is revealed but he escapes from the courtroom into the Matrix, and it is into this nightmare world that the Doctor must follow – to face his ultimate foe … | ||
==Illustrations== | == Illustrations == | ||
* None | * None | ||
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==Writing and publishing notes== | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
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==Additional cover images== | == Additional cover images == | ||
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==British publication history== | == British publication history == | ||
: '''Hardback''' (April 1988) | : '''Hardback''' (April 1988) | ||
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* Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 23,000, priced £1.99 (UK). | * Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 23,000, priced £1.99 (UK). | ||
==Editions published outside Britain== | == Editions published outside Britain == | ||
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==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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