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nwhyte

July Books 5-12) Eight Fifth Doctor novelisations

Jul 12, 2008 11:05

Continuing my project, these are the novelisations of the Season 20 stories, plus one that got away from Season 19 and the anniversary special. A number of these confounded my expectations.

( 5) Doctor Who and the Visitation, by Eric Saward - better than expected )

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drasecretcampus July 12 2008, 14:00:20 UTC

Am I right in remembering this came out before the broadcast? I seem to recall buying it earlier in the week (and being annoyed about the Children in Need logos on screen)

nwhyte July 12 2008, 15:09:39 UTC

Yes, that's right - on both counts!

swisstone July 13 2008, 09:15:58 UTC

Yes. I was talking to Terrance about this after the BSFA meeting last month, and he confrimed that, because there was a huge amount of pressure to bring it out to coincide with the broadcast, it ended up hitting the shops first. Also, because it was being written before the programme had been filmed, some bits from the show didn't get into the novel (e.g. there's no reference to Troughton's coat, as Dicks didn't know he was going to wear it).