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Doctor Who – Timelash
Series:	Doctor Who- Target Novelisation
Release Number:	105
Doctor:	Sixth Doctor
Companions:	Peri
Enemy:	Borad
Setting:	Karfel, Scotland
Author:	Glen McCoy
Publisher:	Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co
Publication:	December 1985 (hardcover) May 1986 (paperback)
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions, 124 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20229-5
Previous Story:	Doctor Who - The Two Doctors
Following Story:	Doctor Who – The Mysterious Planet (Revelation of the Daleks was not novelised)

Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial (DW): Timelash which was shown from 9th March 1985 and written by Glen McCoy
• The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of David McAllister. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

Publisher's Cover Blurb

The inhabitants of the planet Karfel are suffering under the tyrannical rule of their leader, the Borad, who has brought his world to the brink of interplanetary war.
Those who dare to oppose the will of the Borad are mercilessly sacrificed to the Timelash, a fate considered by many to be worse than death.
When the Doctor arrives on Karfel he soon discovers the Borad’s horrifying plan, a plan which will directly affect his young American assistant, Peri…

Illustrations

• None

Deviations from the Televised Story

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Author, Writing and Publishing Notes

• Television writer Glen McCoy made the initial suggestion to then-editor Nigel Robinson to novelise his own screenplay.
• Dedicated "To my sister, Kathy"

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