The Ark (novelisation)
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| Doctor Who - The Ark | |
| Series: | Doctor Who - Target Novelisation |
| Release Number: | 114 |
| Doctor: | First Doctor |
| Companions: | Dodo Chaplet, Steven Taylor |
| Enemy: | Monoidd |
| Setting: | 10,000,000 AD |
| Author: | Paul Erickson |
| Publisher: | Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co |
| Publication: | October 1986 (hardcover) March 1987 (paperback) |
| Format: | Hardcover and paperback editions --- Pages |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0-426-20253-8 |
| Previous Story: | Doctor Who – The Massacre |
| Following Story: | Doctor Who – The Celestial Toymaker |
Contents |
[edit] Novelisation
- This novelisation is based on the original television serial generally referred to as DW: The Ark which included individual episode titles and was shown from 5th March 1966 and written by Paul Erickson and Lesley Scott.
- The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of David McAllister. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).
[edit] Publisher's Cover Blurb
[edit] 1987 edition
It is ten million years in the future and the Earth is about to plunge into the Sun. A gigantic Space Ark has been launched to take the last of humanity to a new life on the planet Refusis. Accompanying the Humans on their journey are the Monoids, strange reptilian creatures from an alien world.
When the TARDIS materialises on board, the Doctor and his friends are greeted with suspicion which soon turns to open hostility when Dodo inadvertently infects the Ark’s crew with a long-forgotten virus.
It is an accident which will have a terrible effect on mankind, an effect which will last for seven hundred years…
[edit] Illustrations
None
[edit] Deviations from the Televised Story
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[edit] Author, Writing and Publishing Notes
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[edit] Associated Images
 1992 edition; Cover by Alister Pearson |
[edit] Publishing History (UK)
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First Publication:
- Hardback
- W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
- Paperback
- Target
Re-issues:
- Paperback: Target / Virgin Publishing Ltd. UK December 1992 Cover by Alistair Pearson (£2.50 UK)
[edit] International Editions
To be added
