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Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks (Target Collection): 6 (Doctor Who Target Novels – Classic Era, 6) Paperback – 11 Mar. 2021

by Eric Saward (Author)
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Beware the hands that heal.

The Doctor and Peri land on the planet Necros to visit the funerary home Tranquil Repose – where the dead are interred and the near-dead placed in suspended animation until such time as their conditions can be cured.

But the Great Healer of Tranquil Repose is far from benign. Under his command, Daleks guard the catacombs where sickening experiments are conducted on human bodies. The new life he offers the dying comes at a terrible cost – and the Doctor and Peri are being lured into a trap that will change them forever.

At last, the only classic-era Doctor Who adventure never to be novelised is here, and by the author of the original script, Eric Saward.

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    Doctor Who
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  7. Dimensions
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    1785944363
  9. ISBN-13
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Beware the hands that heal.

The Doctor and Peri land on the planet Necros to visit the funerary home Tranquil Repose – where the dead are interred and the near-dead placed in suspended animation until such time as their conditions can be cured. But the Great Healer of Tranquil Repose is far from benign. Under his command, Daleks guard the catacombs where sickening experiments are conducted on human bodies. The new life he offers the dying comes at a terrible cost – and the Doctor and Peri are being lured into a trap that will change them forever.

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Eric Saward has written for both radio and television, script edited Doctor Who for five years and also written four original stories for the show. During this time he also novelised four scripts and wrote the first ever Doctor Who radio serial. Recently he has completed a graphic novel based around the adventures of Lytton.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ BBC Books (11 Mar. 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1785944363
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1785944369
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.16 x 2.54 x 17.78 cm
  • Customer reviews:
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Customers find the book an enjoyable read that expands on the TV story. They describe it as a good representation of the original television story. However, opinions differ on the writing style - some find it well-written from start to finish, while others feel the writing is stilted and simplistic.

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Customers find the book an enjoyable read that expands on the television story. They appreciate the good characterisation and smooth plot flow. The book is divided into nine chapters with 20 pages per chapter, making it easy to read.

"...The story is divided into nine chapters, approximately 20 pages per chapter, making easy reading...." Read more

"...It is an easy read, with good characterisation and a plot that flows smoothly along with ease, unlike his previous book...." Read more

"...This is quite a good novelisation, expanding on the broadcast story with some extra scenes, one fairly significant extra character and some..." Read more

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9 customers mention ‘Writing style’4 positive5 negative

Customers have different views on the writing style. Some find it well-written from start to finish, capturing the characters and adapting the TV story. Others feel the writing is stilted and simplistic, making it difficult to get through until the final chapters.

"...read more like the author’s notes about the characters and it’s all a bit simplistic...." Read more

"...Eric Saward wrote the tv script and so is the ideal writer for this novel and it is very well written from start to finish, capturing the characters..." Read more

"Saward is a turgid writer. The story is really good and engaging, but the writing is stilted and not engaging. A curates egg - good in parts!" Read more

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  • Bryan
    5.0 out of 5 stars The sixth Doctor meets the Nekros Daleks
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 December 2019
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    This novelization of the televised Doctor Who story is very true to its broadcast. The story is divided into nine chapters, approximately 20 pages per chapter, making easy reading. Eric Saward wrote the tv script and so is the ideal writer for this novel and it is very well written from start to finish, capturing the characters of the Doctor, Peri, Davros, the Daleks and supporting characters very well. In my personal opinion, this book is far superior to the recent novelization of Resurrection Of The Daleks, but both books deserve a place beside the Target novelisations produced way back in the 70s and 80s.
    I highly recommend this book to any fan of classic Doctor Who and as an introduction to the classic series.
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  • Race
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ending on a high.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 November 2019
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    I have always loved this story and am really pleased that Eric has made such a sterling job in writing the novelisation. It is an easy read, with good characterisation and a plot that flows smoothly along with ease, unlike his previous book. Having read all Eric's Doctor books you have to wonder if he has a problem with the 5th Doctor as his 6th Doctor books just are so much better in everyway. Although not the best book in the original series novelisations it's certainly well up there with the good ones and a hell of a lot better than "Resurrection" and a great way to complete the run.
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  • John Hopper
    4.0 out of 5 stars good novelisation of a great TV story
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2021
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    This is a novelisation of a Doctor Who TV story from 1985 written by the original scriptwriter. It was a blackly humorous TV story, usually regarded as the gem in what was widely regarded as a sub-standard era in the show's long history. This is quite a good novelisation, expanding on the broadcast story with some extra scenes, one fairly significant extra character and some backstory for some of the other characters. A tale of nefarious goings on in a giant funeral parlour presided over by the Great Healer, in reality Davros, creator of the Daleks, it was a satire on the Evelyn Waugh novel The Loved One. which I read last week (there is a reference to a character having died of Waugh's Disease). A good read (though I was a little disappointed that the hovering glass Dalek did not make it into this novelisation).
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  • J Evans
    5.0 out of 5 stars A good novelisation of a good TV adventure
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2023
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    A good novelisation. Well written
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  • Kieran J. McAndrew
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Doctor's Most Vicious Foe Returns
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 March 2020
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    On a visit to Tranquil Repose on the planet Macros to pay his respects to a dead friend, the Doctor and Peru find something sinister is going on at the Tranquil Repose facility and the Great Healer is not what he first appears to be.

    Saward's novelisation of his own script present the story in keeping with the Target Books of the era. This is an enjoyable read and a good representation of the original television story.
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  • Stephen L Rowland
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dr Who
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2023
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    I have just finished reading this and I was completely engrossed
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  • Michael Walker
    3.0 out of 5 stars difficult Book to get through
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 September 2023
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    It took me 3 attempts to get through the book. Very similar to the Tv version with loads of characters (too many to remember)
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  • mike bowman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dr Who.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 June 2021
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    Very well written adaptation of the TV story.
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  • Brett Bujeya
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
    Reviewed in Australia on 17 January 2021
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    Finally, this story has been novelised!
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  • Azz McMahon
    4.0 out of 5 stars Saward's best novelisation to date.
    Reviewed in Australia on 27 December 2021
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    This book, adapted from the final story of Season 22 of Doctor Who (1985), was clearly a labour of love for Eric Saward, much as his original script was.

    His prose is fairly faithful to the original material, but he expands on a few characters, adds others, and in keeping with other adaptations of his own work, he's thrown in little Easter eggs that nod to other previous works - whether mentioning other races and creatures, alcoholic beverages and even dialogue to accentuate the story at hand. This time though, those Easter eggs work fine with the text; as opposed to Resurrection of the Daleks, where they stuck out like a sore thumb.

    He has changed a fair bit though of the second half of the story - adding scenes that might have been filmed if the show at the time didn't have a miniscule budget and no time restraint to be completed, but whilst an interesting diversion from the original television serial, I felt it detracted from the claustrophobic nature of the story - but it's a small gripe.

    Characterisation is on point - in particular he has done a great job of voicing the Sixth Doctor and Davros, who in this story was less the screaming loony that he was in Resurrection of the Daleks, but more Machiavellian, yet retaining his cold and calculating edge - making him all the more terrifying and fascinating as a villain, as opposed to being a Dalek that hasn't got the top of it's casing on.

    The body horror of the story is not as intense as I felt it could have been in prose, but again, this is a relatively minor gripe and in keeping that the novel is not strictly adult, though it has decidedly adult themes in it.

    All in all, I feel this is the best novelisation of his own work that Eric Saward has written - and it's clear he is still very fond of this story, as he should be. It is in my opinion, Colin Baker's greatest hour and a half on television - and probably the best novelisation from his unfairly short era.
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  • metaldude30236
    4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
    Reviewed in the United States on 15 November 2019
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    Not one of my favorite stories, but an enjoyable read.
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  • Kevin S. Decker
    3.0 out of 5 stars Finally, all classic Who is novelized!
    Reviewed in the United States on 6 February 2020
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    It’s good to have all the TV stories novelized.
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