Based on:
The Face of Evil
Doctor:
Fourth Doctor
Companion(s):
Leela
Main enemy:
Xoanon
Main setting:
Unnamed planet, the far future
Publisher:
Target Books, W.H. Allen
Published:
1978
Writer:
Terrance Dicks
Cover by:
Jeff Cummins
Setting the controls for Earth, the Fourth Doctor is surprised when the Tardis lands in a primeval forest. Has the Tracer gone wrong or has some impulse deep in the unconscious mind directed him to this alien planet?
Deviations from televised story:
- The backstory of how and when the Fourth Doctor met Xoanon is discussed.
- The Doctor believes he was destined to return to the planet rather than return to join Sarah.
- The two assassins Neeva sends after Leela are said to be warrior priests.
- The character of Lugo is unnamed, and it is not said that the leader of the patrol that captures the Doctor and the guard killed by Leela in the inner sanctum are the same person.
- Leela tells the Doctor that the face on the mountainside was done by the Tesh; the Doctor speculates that it was done by laser.
- There are several minor dialogue changes, such as Calib wondering if the Sevateem are the Survey Team's "descendants" rather than "children".
- The sequence of events is changed at the end of Part Two, in order to end a chapter on the Doctor and Leela glimpsing a Tesh rather than Tomas being attacked by the invisible creatures.
- It is mentioned that the invisible creatures have destroyed the Sevateem village.
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