The Ultimate Foe (novelisation)
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| Doctor Who – Trial of a Time Lord The Ultimate Foe | |
| Series: | Doctor Who- Target Novelisation |
| Release Number: | 131 |
| Doctor: | Sixth Doctor |
| Companions: | Melanie Bush |
| Enemy: | Valeyard, Inquisitor the Master, Sabalom Glitz |
| Setting: | The Matrix, Time Lord Station |
| Author: | Pip and Jane Baker |
| Publisher: | Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co |
| Publication: | April 1988 (hardcover) September 1988 (paperback) |
| Format: | Hardcover and paperback editions, 126 Pages |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0-426-20329-1 |
| Previous Story: | Doctor Who – Terror of the Vervoids |
| Following Story: | Doctor Who – Time and the Rani |
Contents |
[edit] Novelisation
- This novelisation is based on the original television serial DW: The Ultimate Foe (part 4 of Trial of a Time Lord) which was shown from 6th September 1986 and 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 and featured the artwork of Alister Pearson. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).
[edit] Publisher's Cover Blurb
Snatched out of time and space and brought before the Time Lords on Gallifrey, the Doctor is on trial for his life.
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.
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 …
[edit] Illustrations
- None
[edit] Deviations from the Televised Story
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[edit] Author, Writing and Publishing Notes
- To be added
[edit] Associated Images
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[edit] Publishing History (UK)
- Hardback (April 1988)
- W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491031068, copies priced £7.95)
- Paperback (September 1989)
- Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 23,000, priced £1.99 (UK).
[edit] International Editions
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