Editing City of Death (section)

==Commercial releases==

===In print===
{{Infobox book
|name = Doctor Who – City of Death
|image =
|caption =
|author = James Goss
|series = [[List of Doctor Who novelisations|''Doctor Who'' novelisations]]
|release_date = 21 May 2015
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
|pages = 320
|isbn = 978-1-849-90675-3
}}
''City of Death'' is one of five ''Doctor Who'' serials from the series' original run (1963–1989) not to have been novelised by [[Target Books]]; the others are ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'', ''Shada'', ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', and ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]''. Target approached Douglas Adams to write a novelisation, offering their standard advance of £600; Adams replied, "I don't want to be embarrassing but I do have a tendency to be a best-selling author".<ref name="Simpson_233">Simpson, ''Hitchhiker'', p. 233</ref> Target, concerned that their regular authors would seek better terms, refused to increase their offer.<ref name="Simpson_233" /> Several years later, Target editor [[Nigel Robinson]] offered an advance of £4,000&nbsp;– double what was the standard advance at the time&nbsp;– but Adams again declined.<ref name="Target">{{cite book |last=Howe |first=David J. |author-link=David J. Howe |others=Tim Neal |title=The Target Book: The History of the Target Doctor Who Books |year=2007 |publisher=Telos |location=London |isbn=978-1-84583-023-6 |pages=150 |chapter=Appendix C: Off Target}}</ref> Adams was unwilling to allow another author to write the novelisation.<ref name="Target" /> However, after Adams' death his estate allowed [[Gareth Roberts (writer)|Gareth Roberts]] to write an adaptation of the unfinished serial ''Shada'', which was published by [[BBC Books]] in 2012. In 2013, Roberts announced that he was working on a novelisation of ''City of Death'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/OldRoberts953/statuses/385491439771480064 |title=Twitter: OldRoberts953 |last1=Roberts |first1=Gareth |author-link1=Gareth Roberts (writer) |date=2 October 2013 |website=[[Twitter]] |access-date=3 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/2013/10/07/gareth-roberts-is-novelising-city-of-death/|title=Gareth Roberts is Novelising "City of Death"|work=[[SFX (magazine)|SFX]]|date=7 October 2013|access-date=12 October 2013}}</ref> to be published on 21 May 2015.<ref>{{cite book|title=Doctor Who: City of Death: Amazon.co.uk: Douglas Adams, James Goss: Books|id={{ASIN|1849906750|country=uk}}}}</ref> Roberts later announced that [[James Goss (producer)|James Goss]] was working on the book instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/OldRoberts953/status/524629974826115072|title=Gareth Roberts on Twitter: "Bit of news: the amazingly talented @gossjam is now doing the book of City of Death. It'll be fantastic!"|access-date=21 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2014/10/gareth-roberts-city-of-death-211014203915.html|title=Doctor Who News: Gareth Roberts no longer writing City of Death book|work=The Doctor Who News Page|access-date=21 October 2014}}</ref> An abridged version was published as part of the ''Target Collection'' 5 April 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penguin.com.au/books/doctor-who-city-of-death-target-collection-9781785943270|title=Doctor Who: City of Death (Target Collection) by James Goss|website=penguin.com.au|access-date=12 November 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113060137/https://www.penguin.com.au/books/doctor-who-city-of-death-target-collection-9781785943270|archive-date=13 November 2017}}</ref>

===Home media===
''City of Death'' was released on VHS in April 1991 with a cover by Andrew Skilleter.<ref name="DWM_Archive_30" /> It was re-issued in 2001.<ref>Barnes, ''The Fact of Fiction. City of Death'', p. 23.</ref> A DVD was released in 2005 with special features including commentary by actors Julian Glover and Tom Chadbon, as well as director Michael Hayes, and the behind-the-scenes documentary "Paris in the Springtime".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/cityofdeath.htm |title=City of Death |access-date=23 May 2007 |last=Roberts |first=Steve |author2=Jonathan Wood |author3=Mark Ayres |date=8 August 2005 |publisher=[[Doctor Who Restoration Team]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806144735/http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/cityofdeath.htm |archive-date=6 August 2007}}</ref> It was also released as part of the [[Doctor Who DVD Files]] in Issue 37 on 2 June 2010. On 1 January 2013, [[AudioGO]] released a two-hour soundtrack of the serial, narrated by Lalla Ward.<ref name="audio">{{cite web|url=http://www.audiogo.com/uk/doctor-who-city-of-death-4th-doctor-tv-soundtrack-david-agnew-gid-1004854|title=Doctor Who: City of Death (4th Doctor TV Soundtrack)|publisher=[[AudioGO]]|access-date=3 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219231133/http://www.audiogo.com/uk/doctor-who-city-of-death-4th-doctor-tv-soundtrack-david-agnew-gid-1004854|archive-date=19 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> A vinyl release of the soundtrack was released in 2018 exclusively for [[Record Store Day]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2018/04/vinyl-releases-for-record-store-day.html|title=Vinyl Releases for Record Store Day|publisher=[[Doctor Who News Page]]|author=Marcus|date=2018-04-21|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> Ian Scoones' [[storyboard]]s for ''City of Death''{{'s}} special effects sequences were published in [[Peter Haining (author)|Peter Haining]]'s book ''Doctor Who&nbsp;– 25 Glorious Years'' in 1988,<ref>{{cite book |last=Haining |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Haining (author) |title=Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years |year=1988 |publisher=W. H. Allen |location=London |isbn=1-85227-021-7 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/doctorwho25glori0000hain/page/ –] |chapter=Designs on Doctor Who |url=https://archive.org/details/doctorwho25glori0000hain/page/}}</ref> and a Scaroth figure was released by Harlequin Miniatures in 1999.<ref>Pixley, ''Archive Extra. City of Death'', p. 39.</ref>