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Doctor Who - Snakedance
Series:	Doctor Who- Target Novelisation
Release Number:	83 (cover and spine only)
Doctor:	Fifth Doctor
Companions:	Nyssa, Tegan Jovanka
Enemy:	Mara
Setting:	Planet G / Manussa
Author:	Terrance Dicks
Publisher:	Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co
Publication:	January 1984 (hardcover) April 1984 (paperback)
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions, 124 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-19457-8
Previous Story:	Doctor Who - Arc of Infinity
Following Story:	Doctor Who – Mawdryn Undead

Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial (DW): Snakedance which was shown from 18th January 1983 and written by Christopher Bailey
• The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured a photographic cover. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

Publisher's Cover Blurb

The TARDIS arrives on the planet Manussa-much to the Doctor's surprise, because Tegan has mysteriously set the co-ordinates.
But Tegan, once again a member of the TARDIS crew, is not her own boss. An unsuspecting medium for the sinister Mara, she enables the evil exile to return to his home planet.
On Manussa the ten-yearly celebration of the Mara's banishment is about to take place. Only the Doctor realises that this could in fact mark the spectacular revival of the reign of terror-but no one will heed his warning.

Illustrations

• None

Deviations from the Televised Story

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Author, Writing and Publishing Notes

• This was the second Fifth Doctor serial novelisation to not use a photographic cover after The Five Doctors (although it still features a photo of Peter Davison.
• Although number #83 in the Doctor Who library, the book was actually the 84th to be released; this was because it was swapped in the publication order with the novelisation of Kinda late in the day without the numbers being reassigned.

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:

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