The Aztecs (novelisation)

Novelisation

 * * This novelisation is based on the original television serial generally referred to as DW:  The Aztecs  which included individual episode titles and was shown from 23rd May 1964 and written by John Lucarotti.


 * The cover and information shown in the infobox is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of Nick Spender. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

Publishers Cover Blurb

 * The TARDIS materialises in Mexico during the Aztecs civilisation. The Doctor and his companions step outside to discover they are inside a tomb - the tomb, it turns out, of Yetaxa, once High Priest of the Aztecs.
 * Barbara is hailed as Yetaxa’s reincarnation by Autloc, High Priest of Knowledge, and Tlotoxi, High Priest of Sacrifice, when they find her in the precincts of the tomb wearing the bracelet of the deceased Priest, now revered as a god.
 * And she takes advantage of her position of unaccustomed power to try and dissuade the Aztecs from practising human sacrifice…

Illustrations

 * None

Deviations from the Televised Story

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Author, Writing and Publishing Notes

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Associated Images

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Publishing History (UK)

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 * First Publication:
 * Hardback
 * W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
 * Paperback
 * Target
 * Re-issues:
 * Paperback
 * Virgin Publishing Ltd. UK October 1992 Cover by Andrew Skilleter (£2.50 UK)

International Editions

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External Sources

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