Vengeance on Varos
 

No. 106 of 156 in the Target novelisations series
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By:Philip Martin
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Editions:  UK (hardback) | UK (1st paperback) | UK (2nd paperback) | UK (3rd paperback)
Description:  Novelisation of the 1985 Doctor Who TV story of the same name. Also available as an audio reading.

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Edition: UK (hardback)
Released:  January 1988
Publisher:  WH Allen
ISBN:0-491-03502-0
Format: hardback
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The TARDIS has stalled in mid-flight, and it is only on the planet Varos that the Doctor can find the precious Zeiton-7 ore he needs to continue his travels through time and space.

Arriving on the planet, he saves the rebel Jondar from execution, and incurs the wrath of Sil, the sadistic representative of the Galatron Mining Corporation on Varos.

The hunt is on for the Doctor and his rebel friends. And as they are pursued through the corridors of the deadly Punishment Dome, the Doctor discovers that the people of Varos have some very disturbing ideas of entertainment...

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Edition: UK (1st paperback)
Released:  June 1988
Publisher:  Target
ISBN:0-426-20291-0
Format: paperback
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Same as hardback edition.

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Edition: UK (2nd paperback)
Released:  January 1993
Publisher:  Target
ISBN:0-426-20291-0
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Note:  Same ISBN as previous edition.

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‘Is he sane, this Doctor?’

The TARDIS has stalled in mid-flight, and it is only on the planet Varos that the Doctor can find the precious Zeiton-7 ore he needs to continue his travels through time and space. Arriving on the planet, he saves the rebel Jondar from execution, and incurs the wrath of Sil, the sadistic representative of the Galatron Mining Corporation on Varos.

The hunt is on for the Doctor and his rebel friends. And as they are pursued through the corridors of the deadly Punishment Dome, the Doctor discovers that the people of Varos have some very disturbing ideas about entertainment...

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Edition: UK (3rd paperback)
Released:  April 2016
Publisher:  BBC Books
ISBN:978-1-78594-040-8
Format: paperback
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Bax shifted his camera into a big close-up that brought the Doctor’s waxen face so close that it filled the screen. Not a muscle twitched nor was a tremor of breath evident. ‘He’s dead, sir.’


In need of Zeiton-7 to repair the TARDIS, the Doctor and Peri travel to the planet Varos. A former prison for the criminally insane, Varos is now ruled by the descendents [sic] of the guards. The population is kept in check and entertained by broadcasts of torture and execution from the Punishment Dome — where the TARDIS lands.

Soon the Doctor and Peri, together with rebel fugitives Jondar and Areta, find themselves trying to escape the Dome’s traps and challenges — all on live television.

Can the Doctor and Peri escape the Punishment Dome, and help the Governor ensure the people of Varos get a fair deal for their Zeiton-7?


THIS NOVEL IS BASED ON A DOCTOR WHO STORY WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY BROADCAST FROM 19-26 JANUARY 1985.

Featuring the Sixth Doctor as played by Colin Baker with his companion Peri


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