The Two Doctors (novelisation)

Novelisation

 * This novelisation is based on the original television serial (DW): The Two Doctors, written by Robert Holmes and shown from 16 February 1985.
 * The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It featured the artwork of Andrew Skilleter. (See below for information on editions with different covers).
 * This was the first novelistion of a Sixth Doctor story to be published.

Publisher's summary
Disturbed by the time travel experiments of the evil Dastari and Chessene, the Time Lords send the second Doctor and Jamie to investigate. Arriving on a station in deep space, they are attacked by a shock force of Sontarans and the Doctor is left for dead.

Across the gulfs of time and space, the sixth Doctor discovers that his former incarnation is very much alive. Together with Peri and Jamie he must rescue his other self before the plans of Dastari and Chessene reach their deadly and shocking conclusion…

Illustrations

 * None

Deviations from televised story
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Writing and publishing notes

 * The publishing issue regarding making payment for using the likeness of actors in the covers of the novelisation was very much a complicated (and costly) issue at the time. It was an issue that meant this cover did not feature the either of the Doctors' faces.
 * The cover price for this special (collectible) novelization (with gold foil logo), rose from £1.50 to £1.75, before dropping down to the increased price of £1.60).
 * There is a suggestion that this title had a first print run of 100,000 copies (beating the previous high of 65,000 copies of The Myth Makers and Marco Polo), but the recorded figures show a first print run of only 60,000). The fact that most of these copies were sent to the USA meant that a rapid reprint was needed. The combination of the two first very-close print runs may explain the discrepancy.
 * Cover Flash: The 100th DOCTOR WHO NOVEL!
 * Cover Flash: INTRODUCTION BY JOHN NATHAN-TURNER
 * Back page includes Fantastic Doctor Who Poster Offers without the colour images.

British publication history
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First Publication:
 * Hardback
 * W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK


 * Paperback
 * Target

Re-issues:

Editions published outside Britain
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