Earthshock (novelisation)

Novelisation

 * This novelisation is based on the original television serial (TV): Earthshock, written by Eric Saward and shown from 8 March 1982.
 * The photographic cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. In common with the show's advance publicity, the cover and publisher's summary omit any mention of the Cybermen. (See below for information on editions with different covers).

1983 edition
A group of palaeontologists have been savagely attacked while carrying out a study of a fossilised cave system on twenty-fifth-century Earth.

A party of troopers and Professor Kyle, the only survivor of the attack, are investigating the death of her colleagues when they discover the Fifth Doctor and his companions at the site of the massacre. The time-travellers are immediately suspected.

In trying to establish their innocence and find out who-or what-was responsible for the killings, the Doctor is confronted by an old enemy…

Deviations from televised story
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Writing and publishing notes

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


 * Paperback
 * Target

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Editions published outside Britain
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