Novelisation
| Doctor Who book | |
|---|---|
| Downtime | |
| Series | Virgin Missing Adventures |
| Release number | 18 |
| Featuring | Victoria Waterfield Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart Sarah Jane Smith |
| Writer | Marc Platt |
| Publisher | Virgin Books |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-426-20462-X |
| Set between | Fury from the Deep and Battlefield (main story); The Web of Fear and Twilight of the Gods (Second Doctor cameo); The Five Doctors and Island of Death (Third Doctor cameo) |
| Number of pages | 263 |
| Release date | January 1996 |
In 1996 a novelisation of Downtime by Marc Platt was published by Virgin Publishing as part of their Missing Adventures line. It expands greatly on the original story and features many differences in plot. It is the only Missing Adventure not to centre on the Doctor, although the Second Doctor makes a cameo at the start of the novel, and the Third Doctor makes a cameo at the end. It is one of only two non-BBC, Doctor Who-related productions to be novelised. The other was Shakedown which was published as part of the Virgin New Adventures line of books.
The novelisation included an 8-page photo insert of behind-the-scenes images taken from the film production.
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