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Doctor Who - Logopolis
Series:	Doctor Who- Target Novelisation
Release Number:	41 (given to later editions)
Doctor:	Fourth Doctor
Companions:	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan
Enemy:	the Master, entropy
Setting:	Pharos Project, Cambridge, Earth, Logopolis, Unknown
Author:	Christopher H. Bidmead
Publisher:	Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co
Publication:	October 1982
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions, 127 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20149-3
Previous Story:	Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken
Following Story:	Doctor Who - Castrovalva

Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial DW: Logopolis which was shown from 28th February 1981 and written by Christopher H. Bidmead
• The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of Andrew Skilleter. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

Publisher's Cover Blurb

1982 edition

In theory the TARDIS should be able to change its appearance to blend in unobtrusively wherever it happens to materialise. In practice, however, because of a fault in the chameleon circuit, it always looks like a police box – a minor inconvenience the Doctor now hopes to correct.
Fixing the mechanism involves a visit to Earth and a trip to the planet Logopolis – normally a quiet little place that keeps itself to itself.
But on this occasion the meddling presence of the Doctor’s archenemy, the Master, ensure the disruption of normality. And even the Master is horrified by the threat of total chaos he unintentionally precipitates – until he finds a way to turn the imminent destruction of the universe to his own advantage …

Illustrations

• None

Deviations from the Televised Story

• When going through the infinite regression of Police Boxes, Adric picks the locks with a coat hanger.
• Instead of pretending to have had a bike accident, Adric climbs on top of the TARDIS and throws the bicycle at the police car.
• The TARDIS Cloisters, seen as a dark, gothic setting onscreen, are described as open and airy, with a simulated sky.
• The Doctor recieves a message from Traken about Tremas while Adric is occupied reading the poetry of Milton.
• When the Doctor attempts to sink the TARDIS in the Thames, it lands on an abandoned wooden pontoon, instead of a ship.
• The Master's TARDIS disguises itself as a Cherry Laurel tree, instead of an Ionic column, in the Cloisters. It assumes the column shape after arriving in Logopolis.

Author, Writing and Publishing Notes

• To be added

Associated Images

1991 edition; Cover by Alister Pearson

Publishing History (UK)

To be added

First Publication:

• Hardback

W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK

• Paperback

Target

Re-issues:

International Editions

To be added

External Sources

• The Target Book by David J Howe (Telos Publishing 2007)
• On Target a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal