The Edge of Destruction (novelisation)

Novelisation

 * This novelisation is based on the original television serial generally referred to as TV: The Edge of Destruction which included individual episode titles, written by David Whitaker and shown from 8 February 1964.
 * The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It features the artwork of Alister Pearson. (See below for a cover gallery.)

Publisher's summary
In a final bid to regain control of the TARDIS's faulty control system the First Doctor is driven to experiment with a dangerous untried combination.

With a violent explosion the TARDIS blacks out and the crew find themselves trapped inside.

A simple technical fault? Sabotage? Or something even more sinister? Tension mounts as the Doctor and his companions begin to suspect one another.

What has happened to the TARDIS?

Slowly a terrifying suspicion dawns. Has the TARDIS become the prisoner of some powerful fifth intelligence which is even now haunting the time-machine's dark and gloomy corridors?

Chapter Titles
1. Aftershock

2. The Seeds of Suspicion

3. Inside the Machine

4. Trapped

5. 'Like a Person Possessed'

6. The End of Time

7. The Haunting

8. Accusations

9. The Brink of Disaster

10. A Race Against Time

Illustrations
None

Deviations from televised story

 * Barbara hallucinates that Ian had too much to drink at the Cricketers.

Writing and publishing notes

 * This novelisation was originally offered to Stephen James Walker, but as a two-parter. It was declined and instead written by Nigel Robinson.
 * The inside back cover includes colour Fantastic Doctor Who Poster Offers!-but instead of poster ordering details, the page details how to order Star books!

British publication history

 * Hardback (May 1988)


 * W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491031386, estimated print run: 1,000, priced £7.95)
 * Paperback (October 1988)


 * Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 23,000,  priced £1.99 (UK).

Editions published outside Britain
None