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The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

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By: Stephen Wyatt Rating:   5.4  (18 votes)  Vote here Review:   The Greatest show in the --------galaxy!  Read more (3 in total) Editions:   UK (1st paperback) | UK (2nd paperback) Description:   Novelisation of the 1988 Doctor Who TV story of the same name. Also available as an audio reading.

Edition:  UK (1st paperback) Released:   December 1989 Publisher:   Target ISBN: 0-426-20341-0 Format:  paperback Owned: Do you own this?Yes - I own itNo - I want itNo - not interested Buy: Used:   £1.69 New:   $91.68 Used:   $1.69 Used:   $5.31 Cover blurb: CREEPY. That’s what Ace thinks of clowns. But the Doctor insists on entering the talent contest at the Psychic Circus, the self-proclaimed Greatest Show in the Galaxy, on the planet Segonax. What has reduced Segonax to an arid wasteland? Why have the happy-go-lucky circus folk stayed here so long? And why are they no longer happy? Above all, what is the dreadful truth about the “talent contests” run by the sinister Ringmaster and his robot clowns? The Doctor and Ace need all their death-defying skills in the big top to uncover a brooding, ancient evil that has broken the spirit of the Circus and demanded the sacrifice of so many lives.

Edition:  UK (2nd paperback) Released:   December 1991 Publisher:   Target ISBN: 0-426-20341-0 Format:  paperback Owned: Do you own this?Yes - I own itNo - I want itNo - not interested Buy: Used:   £1.69 New:   $91.68 Used:   $1.69 (Unable to fetch price) Note:  Same ISBN as previous edition. Cover blurb: ‘Creepy,’ thought Ace. You never saw the clown’s real face... But the Doctor insists on entering the talent contest at the Psychic Circus, the self-proclaimed Greatest Show in the Galaxy. What has reduced Segonax to an arid wasteland? Why have the happy-go-lucky circus people stayed here so long, and why are they no longer happy? And what is the sinister truth about the Ringmaster and his robot clowns? The Doctor and Ace need all their death-defying skills in the Big Top to uncover a brooding, ancient evil that has broken the spirit of the Circus and demanded the sacrifice of so many lives.

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