PLATT**, MARC:: DOCTOR WHO: THE MISSING ADVENTURES - DOWNTIME

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PLATT**, MARC: : DOCTOR WHO: THE MISSING ADVENTURES - DOWNTIME

LONDON.VIRGIN,18th January,1996.

ISBN 042620462X.

UK,12mo wraps,paperback Original,1st end.[Paperback Original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title in the country of its origin,and sometimes,even worldwide.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back Originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered - top front tip excepted,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Paul Campbell**,illustrated cover; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - partially read crease to spine/backstrip.Covers with inevitable age-acquired,but very minimal and superficial scoring/indents.Top+ fore-edges lightly aged/toned but clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.A block of b/w photographs between pp146/47 makes this paperback Original in this series unique.  An original novel featuring the The Brigadier, Victoria and Sarah Jane,based on the original video drama. Across the room,in a high-backed leather chair, Victoria saw the old man from the reading room,his face was curiously young for someone so long dead. In 1966,the Doctor defeated the Great Intelligence,but he knew it wasn't a final victory.And his companion Victoria,whose mind had once hosted the evil entity,might still fall prey to its power.                                Now it seems that his fears are justified.In a Tibetan monastery,the monks display unearthly powers - UNIT are investigating.A new university has opened in London with a secret agenda that may threaten the whole country.Victoria, abandoned in an age very different from her own, and haunted by visions of a father she refuses to believe is dead,is slipping into despair and madness.But are the visions which plague her really hallucinations? Or has the Great Intelligence once again made Earth its target for invasion?                This adventure takes place after Victoria's departure from the TARDIS in FURY FROM THE DEEP.It is an expansion of the video drama of the same name,also scripted MARC PLATT,and features unique b/w photographs taken during the filming.                         'The Missing Adventures' series was introduced by Virgin Publishing in July,1994 as the demand for the books showed that new,original novels featuring past Doctors would be as popular as the 'New Adventures' series featuring the 7th Doctor.Thirty-three original novels were produced and this title is the 18th of that series and is now is out of print and hard to find. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                       

UK,12mo wraps,paperback Original,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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