Talk:The Pirate Planet (novelisation)

Footnotes

'THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCTOR WHO - This book portrays the Fourth Doctor, whose physical appearance later transformed as the Black Guardian finally caught up with him'

Did I miss something? What had the Black Guardian to do with the regeneration of the Fourth Doctor? 185.161.200.10^{talk to me} 13:36, July 14, 2019 (UTC)

As stated on the page, "The first title page bears the following footnotes:" This is a question that we can't answer; you'd have to ask the publisher. Shambala108 ☎ 14:11, July 14, 2019 (UTC)

Target version

I have only read the original hardback edition, but according to DWM 563 the 2021 Target novelisation was completely rewritten (still by James Goss) to more accurately reflect the televised serial instead of early drafts (as the original novelisation was based on). Can anyone attest to such major differences? If so, I'd say the new version merits its own page at Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet (novelisation).

I also wonder if this should be done for the newer Target editions BBC novelisations. I know City of Death and The Novel of the Film have changes, though I don't know to what degree; I'm unsure about Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation of the Daleks. Chubby Potato ☎ 08:38, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

In point of fact Target's The TV Movie has been redlinked in places (including the lead of the The Novel of the Film page) it's just that nobody's created it yet. The precedent set by the "Junior" novelisations is lcearly that editions of novelisations that alter the text significantly deserve their own page, especially if there's a change of title (and doubly so if as in this case there's even a change of publisher). Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 11:44, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

I second that this article needs to be split up into two, as the paperback makes it very clear it's a different book from the 2017 version, though confusingly the copyright page still gives a first-edition 2017 copyright date. But then the copyright page also credits Chibnall as producer which is not accurate for The Pirate Planet, which came out when he was grade school. 23skidoo ☎ 20:23, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

I will mention that when I added the chapter titles for the Target edition, I was unsure if a new page should be created for it, however The HAVOC Files 2: Special Edition and The HAVOC Files 3: Special Edition have been allowed their own pages (although I did create one of them) due to being distinctly different releases, something which did come up when the page for The HAVOC Files 2: Special Edition was requested for deletion for just being a republished verion of The HAVOC Files 2. Because the 2020 Target release is a distinctly different adaptation using different sources (unlike City of Death (novelisation), which I believe was just an abridged version of the original BBC Books novelisation), I do feel it is strong enough reason for both to have a page. However, I am just a contributor, so will leave this to those who have the power and better understand the policies. ThomasRWade ☎ 21:19, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

A praiseworthy sentiment — but belated! 23skidoo and I are both administrators (albeit "emeritus" in 23skidoo's case). If we both agree that policy calls for the new page's creation, then it is official that the new, separate page can and should be created. Go right ahead. Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 21:25, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

I didn't see this until recently, but I've split the pages. The newer one needs a lot of work so if anyone owns it, it'd be helpful to fill in parts of it. (I only have the 2017 version.) Chubby Potato ☎ 04:16, 31 July 2021 (UTC)