Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken
4th Doctor Novelisation
$45.38
- Compact Disc
1 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2020
Summary
An exciting novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the Fourth Doctor, as played on TV by Tom Baker, featuring the Master.An exciting novelisation of a classic TV adventure for the Fourth Doctor, as played on TV by Tom Baker, featuring the Master.For ages past, the Union of Traken has lived in peace and harmony thanks to the power of the Source, controlled by generations of Keepers. But the current Keeper, his powers waning, senses some all-pervading evil about to invade his world. He summons the Doctor to his aid. To save Traken the Doctor fights the terrifying Melkur - only to find that this new enemy conceals an older and even deadlier foe - one the Doctor has encountered before…Geoffrey Beevers, who played the Master in the TV series, reads Terrance Dicks’s novelisation of a 1981 TV serial by Johnny Byrne, the penultimate story of the Fourth Doctor’s era.Running time: 2 hours 55 minutes(P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd2020 BBC Studios Distribution LtdCover illustration by Andrew SkilleterNovelisation copyright Terrance Dicks 1982Original script copyright Johnny Byrne 1982 Reading produced by Neil GardnerRecorded at Ladbroke Audio LtdSound design by Simon Power for Meon Productions - ecutive producer: Michael Stevens
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787538092 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787538095 |
| Author: | Terrance Dicks, Geoffrey Beevers |
| Publisher: | BBC Worldwide Ltd |
| Imprint: | BBC Physical Audio |
| Format: | Compact Disc |
| Number of Pages: | 1 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 199g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 127mm x 144mm |
| Series: | Doctor Who |
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Critics Review
Slick and polished…immersive productions of much-loved novelisations…long may we enjoy them. - - Doctor Who Magazine
Slick and polished…immersive productions of much-loved novelisations…long may we enjoy them. * Doctor Who Magazine *
Terrance Dicks
Terrance Dicks (Author)Terrance Dicks became Script Editor of Doctor Who in 1968, co-writing Patrick Troughton’s classic final serial, The War Games, and editing the show throughout the entire Jon Pertwee era to 1974. He wrote many iconic episodes and serials for the show after, including Tom Baker’s first episode as the Fourth Doctor, Robot; Horror at Fang Rock in 1977; State of Decay in 1980; and the 20th anniversary special, The Five Doctors in 1983. Terrance novelised over sixty of the original Doctor Who stories for Target books, including classics like Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen and Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, inspiring a generation of children to become readers and writers. He died in August 2019, only weeks before the publication of his final Doctor Who short story, ‘Save Yourself’, in The Target Storybook.
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