Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet
You may be looking for Pirate Planet, a Doctor Who zine by Leigh Arnold.
| Zine | |
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| Title: | Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet |
| Publisher: | TSV New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club |
| Editor: | |
| Author(s): | David Bishop |
| Cover Artist(s): | Alistair Hughes |
| Illustrator(s): | |
| Date(s): | see below |
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| Size: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Doctor Who |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | novel online |
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Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet is a gen Doctor Who novel by David Bishop. Cover artwork by Alistair Hughes.
About
Published by the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club, 2006. Print editions: Doctor Who - The Pirate Planet by David Bishop (first edition) JPS Books, September 1990; Doctor Who - The Pirate Planet by David Bishop (second edition) TSV Books, January 1991; Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet by David Bishop (third edition) TSV Books, April 2001.
From the publisher, "The Doctor and Romana head for Calufrax in search of the second segment of the all-powerful Key to Time. But something blocks their attempts to materialise on the barren, ice-covered planet. When the TARDIS does materialise it is not on Calufrax but on the affluent world of Zanak, controlled by the Captain's harsh regime.
What is the secret behind Zanak's bountiful mines and its unseen leader? Who is really pulling the strings among the planet's rulers? What happened to Calufrax, and where is the second segment?
The Doctor, Romana and K9 must battle the ghost of a tyrant ruler from the past and stop Earth becoming the next victim of Zanak - the Pirate Planet!"
Contents
- Prologue
- The Pirate Captain
- Arrival on Zanak
- The Mentiads
- The Omens
- The Golden Age of Prosperity
- The Mines of Zanak
- The Gestalt
- The Uprising
- The Trophy Room
- The Wrath of Xanxia
- A Spanner in the Works
- A Piece of Cake
- Epilogue
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Introduction
- Novelising The Pirate Planet
- Author's Notes
- Deleted Scenes
- Covers Gallery
Other related novels:
- Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet
- Doctor Who and the City of Death
- Doctor Who and Shada
- Resurrection of the Daleks
- Revelation of the Daleks
Background Info
"In 1988, Paul Scoones and Jon Preddle decided to 'fill the gaps' in the Target range of novelisations by writing and publishing adaptations of the un-novelised television stories. Early plans to include the two Troughton Dalek stories in this schedule were abandoned when it became clear that Virgin Books would be publishing these. The first book in the series was a novelisation of Shada by Paul Scoones from Jon Preddle's transcript off a video recording. The pair were credited as co-authors on the first edition, published in March 1989. Later, the full rehearsal scripts for Shada were obtained, from which an entirely new novelisation was written by Paul Scoones and published in October 1991. The second book was The Pirate Planet by David Bishop (later the author of Who Killed Kennedy for Virgin Books). David's book was first published in September 1990 and reprinted in a retyped format in January 1991. July 1992 saw the publication of Revelation of the Daleks by Jon Preddle and City of Death by David Lawrence was published in November of the same year. Over seven years later, a fifth book, Resurrection of the Daleks, by Paul Scoones, was published in January 2000, completing the last of the 'gaps' in the Target novelisations.
These were unofficial publications only available to fans, and not for resale. No profit was made from the sale of these books." [1]