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{{Infobox Novel
|image= Mysterious Planet TOATL novel.jpg
|novel name=Doctor Who – Trial of a Time Lord<br />The Mysterious Planet
|series = [[Target novelisation]]s
|image=[[File: Mysterious_Planet_TOATL_novel.jpg|250px]]
|number= 127
|series=[[Target novelisation]]s  
|doctor = Sixth Doctor
|number= 127  
|companions=[[Peri Brown|Peri]]
|doctor=[[Sixth Doctor]]
|enemy= [[The Valeyard]], [[L1|L1 Robot]], [[Sabalom Glitz]], [[Drathro]], [[Tribe of the Free]]
|companions= [[Peri Brown]]  
|setting= {{il|[[Space Station Zenobia|Time Lord Station]]|[[Earth|Ravolox]] / [[Earth]], [[2000000|2,000,000]]}}
|enemy= The [[The Valeyard|Valeyard]]<br />[[Darkel|Inquisitor Darkel]]<br />[[Sabalom Glitz]]<br />[[Drathro]]<br />The [[Tribe of the Free]]  
|writer= Terrance Dicks
|year= [[Time Lord Station]]<br />[[Ravolox]] / [[Earth]], [[Far future|2,000,000]]  
|read by = [[Lynda Bellingham]]
|writer= [[Terrance Dicks]]  
|publisher= Target Books
|publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]
|publisher2= W.H. Allen
|release date= November [[1987]] (hardcover)<br />April  [[1988]] (paperback)
|release date= 21 April 1988
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 127 Pages
|novelisation of = The Mysterious Planet (TV story)
|cover = [[Tony Masero]]
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 14 Chapters, 127 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20319-4
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20319-4
|previous story=[[Timelash (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Timelash]]<br />(''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' was not novelised) |next story=[[Mindwarp (novelisation)|Doctor Who – Mindwarp]]
|prev= The Time Meddler (novelisation)
|next= Time and the Rani (novelisation)
|series2 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]]
|prev2= Revelation of the Daleks (novelisation)
|next2= Mindwarp (novelisation)
}}
}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1986 television serial ''[[The Mysterious Planet (TV story)|The Mysterious Planet]]''.


== Novelisation ==
== Publisher's summary ==
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial [[DW]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'' (part 1 of ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]'') which was shown from [[6 September]] [[1986]]. This section was written by [[Robert Holmes]].
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] has been taken out of time and [[Sixth Doctor|the Doctor]] has been brought before a court of his fellow [[Time Lord]]s. There the sinister [[Valeyard]] accuses the Doctor of breaking [[Gallifrey]]'s most important law and interfering in the affairs of other planets.
* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of [[Tony Masero]]. (See below for information on other editions published with different covers).


== Publisher's summary ==
If the Valeyard can prove him guilty, the Doctor must sacrifice his remaining regenerations. To prove his case the Valeyard focuses on an adventure set in the Doctor's past.
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] has been taken out of time and the [[Sixth Doctor]] has been brought before a court of his fellow [[Time Lord]]s. There the sinister [[Valeyard]] accuses the Doctor of breaking [[Gallifrey]]'s most important law and interfering in the affairs of other planets. <br />
 
If the Valeyard can prove him guilty, the Doctor must sacrifice his remaining regenerations. To prove his case the Valeyard focuses on an adventure set in the Doctor's past. <br />
It is an adventure set on the planet [[Earth|Ravolox]], a seemingly primitive world but one which the Doctor and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] find strangely familiar...
It is an adventure set on the planet [[Ravolox]], a seemingly primitive world but one which the Doctor and [[Peri Brown|Peri]] find strangely familiar…


== Illustrations ==
== Chapter titles ==
* None
# The Trial Begins
# Underground
# Barbarian Queen
# The Stoning
# The Reprieve
# Meeting the Immortal
# Escape
# Captives of Queen Katryca
# The Attack of the Robot
# Hunt for the Doctor
# Secrets
# Tradesman's Entrance
# The Big Bang
# End and Beginning


== Deviations from televised story ==
== Deviations from televised story ==
''To be added''
* [[Valeyard]], like [[Inquisitor]], seems to be a Time Lord title, a Special Prosecutor assigned by the [[High Council]] in serious, often political, cases.
* The "lenient" sentencing during the Doctor's previous trial, as mentioned by the Valeyard, is explicitly linked to his five-year exile on the planet Earth.
* The Doctor informs Peri they are currently [[2000000|two million]] years or more after her time period, while in the televised version it is not explicitly clear whether the Doctor said "two '''m'''illion" or "two '''b'''illion."
* The [[Space Station Zenobia|Trial Station]] is said to be in a graveyard of spaceships.
* [[Balazar]] mentioning the Immortal and the Doctor being unfamiliar with the term is omitted.
* The [[L1]] is referred to simply as the Service Robot.
* [[Broken Tooth]] attacks Drathro and is killed after he has killed [[Katryca]], rather than after intervening to try and save her.


== Writing and publishing notes ==
== Writing and publishing notes ==
* ''To be added''
* ''to be added''


== Additional cover images ==
== Additional cover images ==
''To be added''
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File:HardbackMysteriousPlanet.jpg|1987 Hardback edition
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== British publication history ==
== British publication history ==
: '''Hardback''' (November 1987)
: Hardback (November 1987)
* W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491030967, copies priced £7.95 (UK))
* W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491030967, copies priced £7.95 (UK))
: '''Paperback''' (April 1988)
: Paperback (April 1988)
* Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 22,500, priced £1.99 (UK).
* Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 22,500, priced £1.99 (UK).
 
== Audiobook ==
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[5 September (releases)|5 September]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Lynda Bellingham]] as part of ''The Trial of a Time Lord Vol. 1''.
 
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]].
 
The audiobook was reissued on [[2 April (releases)|2 April]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] as part of ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord Collection]]''.


== Editions published outside Britain ==
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''To be added''
The Mysterious Planet audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover
The Trial of a Time Lord Collection.jpg|The Trial of a Time Lord Collection
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== See also ==
* '''[[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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