In print

A novelisation of this serial, written by Ian Marter

Ian Marter

Ian Don Marter was an English actor and writer, perhaps best known for his role as Harry Sullivan in the BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, from December 1974 to September 1975 as a regular, with a one story return in November and December 1975...

 (the actor who played companion Harry Sullivan

Harry Sullivan

Harry Sullivan is a fictional character from the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who and is a companion of the Fourth Doctor...

 during the Fourth Doctor

Fourth Doctor

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 era), was published by Target Books

Target Books

Target Books was a British publishing imprint, established in 1973 by Universal-Tandem Publishing Co Ltd, a paperback publishing company. The imprint was established as a children's imprint to complement the adult Tandem imprint, and became well known for their highly successful range of...

 in August 1987, nearly a year after his death. Marter died soon after completing the manuscript, which was subsequently edited (with some new material added) by Nigel Robinson

Nigel Robinson

Nigel Robinson is an English author, known for such works as the First Contact series.Nigel was born in Preston, Lancashire and attended St Thomas More school....

, editor of the Target Books line.

VHS and DVD releases

• This story was released in 1994, on a double VHS
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   with The Romans
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  .
• It was released on DVD
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   on 23 February 2009.

External links

• Target novelisation The Rescue at On Target

Fan reviews

• The Rescue reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
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  Outpost Gallifrey was a fan website for the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was active as a complete fan site from 1995 until 2007, then existing solely as a portal to the still-active parts of the site, including its news page and forums Outpost Gallifrey was a fan website...