leader. Commercial releases In print A novelisation of this serial, written by Peter Grimwade, was published by Target Books in October 1984. A prologue juxtaposing the crash of the vessel Professor Foster is salvaging with the crash of the Trion ship carrying Turlough's family to Sarn opens the novelisation. The Master's teasing last line "Won't you save your own..." is removed. Home media Planet of Fire was released on VHS in September 1998. The DVD was released in June 2010, with commentary by Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Mark Strickson and Fiona Cumming, as part of the box set Kamelion Tales along with The King's Demons. It also contained a Special Edition edit of the story overseen by director Fiona Cumming. The special edition edit also included a specially filmed prequel before the opening titles. At a mere 66 minutes it is the shortest and the most edited of the special editions. This serial was also released as part of the Doctor Who DVD Files in Issue 116 on 12 June 2013. References External links Target novelisation Doctor Who serials novelised by Peter Grimwade Fifth Doctor serials The Master (Doctor Who) television stories 1984 British television episodes Fiction set in 1984 Television episodes set in Spain Television shows set in the Canary Islands Lanzarote in fiction