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Doctor Who – Trial of a Time Lord Terror of the Vervoids
Series:	Doctor Who- Target Novelisation
Release Number:	125
Doctor:	Sixth Doctor
Companions:	Melanie Bush
Enemy:	Valeyard, Inquisitor Vervoids,
Setting:	Time Lord Station, Hyperion III, 2986
Author:	Pip and Jane Baker
Publisher:	Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co
Publication:	September 1987 (hardcover) February 1988 (paperback)
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions, 144 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20313-5
Previous Story:	Doctor Who - Mindwarp
Following Story:	Doctor Who – The Ultimate Foe

Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial DW: Terror of the Vervoids (part 3 of Trial of a Time Lord) which was shown from 6th September 1986 and this section was written by Pip and Jane Baker
• The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of Tony Masero. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

Publisher's Cover Blurb

The Time Lords have brought the Doctor to trial, accusing him of gross interference in the affairs of other planets. If he is found guilty he must forfeit all his remaining regenerations. In his defence the Doctor tells of an adventure set on board the Hyperion III space liner in his future. Answering a distress call, the Doctor and Mel arrive on the liner just as a series of grisly murders begins.
Who is behind the murders? Do the enigmatic Mogarians have anything to do with them? Who sent the distress call to the TARDIS? And what hideous menace lies waiting in the Hydroponic Centre?

Illustrations

• None

Deviations from the Televised Story

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Author, Writing and Publishing Notes

• To be added

Associated Images

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Publishing History (UK)

Hardback (September 1987)

• W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491030568, estimated print run: 1,750 copies priced £7.95 (UK))

Paperback (February 1988)

• Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 25,000, priced £1.95 (UK).

Interior ISBN reads 0426203097X and exterior ISBN 04262030135

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