The first three Doctor Who novelisations were published in the 1960s by Frederick Muller Ltd, but it wasn't until 1973, when Target Books picked up the reprint rights, that the range of Doctor Who books began to expand.
Beginning with Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, Target Books would go on to print books based on all but five of the television stories produced between 1963 and 1989, with numerous re-jacketed editions in between.
With the majority of stories novelised, the company, now owned by Virgin Publishing, went on to establish the enormously successful range of New Adventures novels.
The production of the 1996 TV movie, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, saw BBC Books taking the decision to publish both a script book and novelisation of the story. Shortly afterwards, the decision was also taken that the time had come for Doctor Who fiction to be brought in-house, with Target/Virgin's twenty-four year association with the programme finally coming to an end in April 1997.
Beginning with Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, Target Books would go on to print books based on all but five of the television stories produced between 1963 and 1989, with numerous re-jacketed editions in between.
With the majority of stories novelised, the company, now owned by Virgin Publishing, went on to establish the enormously successful range of New Adventures novels.
The production of the 1996 TV movie, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, saw BBC Books taking the decision to publish both a script book and novelisation of the story. Shortly afterwards, the decision was also taken that the time had come for Doctor Who fiction to be brought in-house, with Target/Virgin's twenty-four year association with the programme finally coming to an end in April 1997.
Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons
by Terrance Dicks
- UK
- Paperback
- Target Books
- May 1975
Other Editions
Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons
UK / Paperback / Target Books / January 1979 / (No.63)
UK / Hardback / WH Allen / February 1981
Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons
UK / Paperback / Target Books / January 1979 / (No.63) UK / Hardback / WH Allen / February 1981
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1975 / 1979)
The evil Master leered at the Doctor, and triumphantly pointed out of the cabin window. The many-tentacled Nestene monster — spearhead of the second Auton invasion of Earth — crouched beside the radio tower!
Part crab, part spider, part octopus, its single huge eye blazed with alien intelligence and deadly hatred...
Can the Doctor outwit his rival Time Lord, the Master, and save the Earth from the Nestene horror?
The evil Master leered at the Doctor, and triumphantly pointed out of the cabin window. The many-tentacled Nestene monster — spearhead of the second Auton invasion of Earth — crouched beside the radio tower!
Part crab, part spider, part octopus, its single huge eye blazed with alien intelligence and deadly hatred...
Can the Doctor outwit his rival Time Lord, the Master, and save the Earth from the Nestene horror?
Television Story
Terror of the Autons
Script Writer: Robert Holmes
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour
02/01/71 Episode One
09/01/71 Episode Two
16/01/71 Episode Three
23/01/71 Episode Four
Terror of the Autons
Script Writer: Robert Holmes
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour
02/01/71 Episode One
09/01/71 Episode Two
16/01/71 Episode Three
23/01/71 Episode Four
VHS
None of the four episodes exists in their original 625-line colour videotape format, instead being held in the form of 16mm black and white telerecordings. Luckily, an off-air domestic video recording of Terror of the Autons was made in the United States when it was first aired, and the colour signal was used to re-colourise the story for its video release in 1993.
Regular Characters
Third Doctor / Jo Grant / Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Sergeant Benton / Captain Yates
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Nestene Consciousness / The Autons / The Master
Third Doctor / Jo Grant / Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Sergeant Benton / Captain Yates
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Nestene Consciousness / The Autons / The Master
Notes
- Terror of the Autons is a sequel to the previous season's Spearhead from Space. The next appearance of the Autons and the Nestene Consciousness was to have been in the 1986 story Yellow Fever and How to Cure It, but this was never produced due to the postponement of Season 23. A novelisation of the story outline was mooted at one point in the early 1990s, but ultimately wasn't written. More recently, the Autons and Nestene Consciousness have appeared on television in Rose, the opening story of the Ninth Doctor's reign.
- In the books, the Autons and Nestene Consciousness have figured most prominently in the Sixth Doctor novels Business Unusual and Synthespians™, although several Auton characters created in Gary Russell's The Scales of Injustice did later turn up in Instruments of Darkness.
- Terror of the Autons was the introductory story for three new regular characters.
Jo Grant, played by Katy Manning, was a new UNIT agent who became the Doctor's assistant, and who remained on the series right through to the end of The Green Death in 1973, when she left to marry environmentalist Clifford Jones.
Captain Mike Yates, played by Richard Franklin, was introduced as a new deputy for the Brigadier, as Sergeant Benton was thought to be too low in the ranks to be a credible right-hand man.
And finally, Terror of the Autons saw the introduction of one of the Doctor's greatest and most deadly foes — the Master, played between Seasons Eight and Ten by Roger Delgado. The rogue Time Lord would actually feature in all five stories of Season 8, returning over the next two years in a further three stories. A final encounter with the Third Doctor would have seen the character killed off, but actor Roger Delgado tragically died in a car accident before firm plans could be laid.
Unsurprisingly, being a Time Lord, the Master would eventually re-appear in a rather decayed form in The Deadly Assassin before finally taking on a new body at the conclusion of The Keeper of Traken. Anthony Ainley would then play the role (generally about once a season) until the series was cancelled in 1989.
With a big name villain needed, the Master was brought back once more in the one-off Doctor Who TV movie in 1996, before the latest television incarnation was unveiled in 2007 when Sir Derek Jacobi's Professor Yana regenerated into John Simm at the conclusion of Utopia. Despite the character apparently dying two episodes later, it's a fair bet that we haven't yet seen the last of one of the universe's greatest villains... - Although Terror of the Autons was the first story to feature Jo Grant, its novelisation wasn't the first time that readers of the Target books had been introduced to the character. Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon, published in 1974, was the first novelisation to be written that featured the character, and as such, Malcolm Hulke re-wrote the start to make it appear that it was Jo's very first adventure with the Doctor.
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
by Terrance Dicks
- UK
- Hardback
- Target Books
- March 1985
Other Editions
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
UK / Paperback / Target Books / July 1985 / (No.96)
The Mind of Evil was also included in the Doctor Who Classics: The Mind of Evil and The Claws of Axos omnibus from Star Books in March 1989.
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
UK / Paperback / Target Books / July 1985 / (No.96)The Mind of Evil was also included in the Doctor Who Classics: The Mind of Evil and The Claws of Axos omnibus from Star Books in March 1989.
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books
Eminent scientist Emil Keller has developed a revolutionary new process for the treatment of hardened criminals. His invention, the Keller Machine, is being heralded as a major scientific breakthrough.
But Professor Keller is in truth the Master and the Keller Machine is much more than a mere machine. Soon the Doctor is involved in a bitter struggle with his deadliest enemy, an alien mind parasite, and a diabolical scheme to plunge the world into a Third World War...
Eminent scientist Emil Keller has developed a revolutionary new process for the treatment of hardened criminals. His invention, the Keller Machine, is being heralded as a major scientific breakthrough.
But Professor Keller is in truth the Master and the Keller Machine is much more than a mere machine. Soon the Doctor is involved in a bitter struggle with his deadliest enemy, an alien mind parasite, and a diabolical scheme to plunge the world into a Third World War...
Television Story
The Mind of Evil
Script Writer: Don Houghton
6 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour
30/01/71 Episode One
06/02/71 Episode Two
13/02/71 Episode Three
20/02/71 Episode Four
27/02/71 Episode Five
06/03/71 Episode Six
The Mind of Evil
Script Writer: Don Houghton
6 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour
30/01/71 Episode One
06/02/71 Episode Two
13/02/71 Episode Three
20/02/71 Episode Four
27/02/71 Episode Five
06/03/71 Episode Six
VHS
CD 
Audio Download (UK)
None of the six episodes exists in their original 625-line colour videotape format, instead being held in the form of 16mm black and white telerecordings — this is the only Third Doctor story for which no colour episodes exist. The complete story has been released on video in the UK and the United States. The full soundtrack to the series, with linking narration by a member of the cast, was released on CD in February 2009.
Regular Characters
Third Doctor / Jo Grant / Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Sergeant Benton / Captain Yates
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Master
Third Doctor / Jo Grant / Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Sergeant Benton / Captain Yates
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Master
Notes
- The Mind of Evil was the second of five stories in Season 8, all of which were to feature the Master — the only time in which a single adversary was to trouble the Doctor throughout an entire season.
Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos
by Terrance Dicks
- UK
- Paperback
- Target Books
- April 1977
Other Editions
Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos
UK / Hardback / Allan Wingate Ltd / April 1977
UK / Paperback / Target Books / 1979 / (No.10)
Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos was also included in the Doctor Who Classics: The Mind of Evil and The Claws of Axos omnibus from Star Books in March 1989.
Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos
UK / Hardback / Allan Wingate Ltd / April 1977 UK / Paperback / Target Books / 1979 / (No.10)Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos was also included in the Doctor Who Classics: The Mind of Evil and The Claws of Axos omnibus from Star Books in March 1989.
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1977 / 1979)
'Axos calling Earth, Axos calling Earth...'
The creatures stood before them, beautiful golden humanoids, offering friendship and their priceless Axonite, in return for — what?
Only DOCTOR WHO remains suspicious. What is the real reason for the Axons' sudden arrival on Earth? And why is the evil Master on their spaceship? He very soon finds out...
'Axos calling Earth, Axos calling Earth...'
The creatures stood before them, beautiful golden humanoids, offering friendship and their priceless Axonite, in return for — what?
Only DOCTOR WHO remains suspicious. What is the real reason for the Axons' sudden arrival on Earth? And why is the evil Master on their spaceship? He very soon finds out...
Television Story
The Claws of Axos
Script Writers: Dave Martin and Bob Baker
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour
13/03/71 Episode One
20/03/71 Episode Two
27/03/71 Episode Three
03/04/71 Episode Four
The Claws of Axos
Script Writers: Dave Martin and Bob Baker
4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour
13/03/71 Episode One
20/03/71 Episode Two
27/03/71 Episode Three
03/04/71 Episode Four
DVD
Episodes One and Four both exist in their original format, with Episodes Two and Three being held in the form of colour 525-line NTSC conversions returned from overseas. The story has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK, and on Region 1 DVD in the United States.
Regular Characters
Third Doctor / Jo Grant / Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Sergeant Benton / Captain Yates
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Master
Third Doctor / Jo Grant / Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Sergeant Benton / Captain Yates
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Master
Notes
- The Claws of Axos was the third of five stories in Season 8, all of which were to feature the Master — the only time in which a single adversary was to trouble the Doctor throughout an entire season.
- The Claws of Axos was the very first Doctor Who story to be scripted by Bob Baker and Dave Martin. Over the following eight years they would go on to contribute a further seven stories together, with Bob Baker also writing Nightmare of Eden by himself.
In later years, Dave Martin would write Search for the Doctor and The Garden of Evil, two of the six Make Your Own Adventure books from Severn House, while Bob Baker would go on to write the scripts to the Oscar-winning adventures of Wallace & Gromit.
Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon
by Malcolm Hulke
Audio Book
Unabridged reading of the novelisation, narrated by Geoffrey Beevers.
- UK
- Paperback
- Target Books
- April 1974
Other Editions
Doktor Kim: Ve Gizli Silah
Turkey / Paperback / Remzi Kitabevi / 1975
Doctor Who en het Dodelijke Wapen
Holland / Paperback / Gooise Uitgeverij / 1976
Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon
UK / Paperback / Target Books / April 1979 / (No.23)
USA / Paperback / Pinnacle Books / April 1979 / #2
UK / Hardback / WH Allen / March 1982
(Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon)
Japan / Paperback / Hayakawa Bunko / July 1980 / 4
Doutor Who e a Arma Total
Portugal / Paperback / Editorial Presença / 1982 / 4
Doktor Kim: Ve Gizli Silah
Turkey / Paperback / Remzi Kitabevi / 1975
Doktor Kim: Ve Gizli Silah was one of seven translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released by Remzi Kitabevi in Turkey during the mid-1970s.
Doctor Who en het Dodelijke Wapen
Holland / Paperback / Gooise Uitgeverij / 1976
Doctor Who en het Dodelijke Wapen was one of eight translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released in Holland in the 1970s by Gooise Uitgeverij.
Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon
UK / Paperback / Target Books / April 1979 / (No.23) USA / Paperback / Pinnacle Books / April 1979 / #2 UK / Hardback / WH Allen / March 1982(Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon)
Japan / Paperback / Hayakawa Bunko / July 1980 / 4The Japanese translation of Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon was one of five translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released in the country during 1980 by Hayakawa Bunko.
Doutor Who e a Arma Total
Portugal / Paperback / Editorial Presença / 1982 / 4Doutor Who e a Arma Total was one of ten translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released by Editorial Presença in Portugal.
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1974)
The evil MASTER has stolen the Time Lords' file on the horrifying DOOMSDAY WEAPON with which, when he finds it, he can blast whole planets out of existence and make himself ruler of the Galaxy! The Time Lords direct DOCTOR WHO and Jo Grant in their TARDIS to a bleak planet in the year 2471 where they find colonists from Earth under threat from mysterious, savage, monster lizards with frightful claws! And hidden upon this planet is the DOOMSDAY WEAPON for which the MASTER is intently searching...
'DOCTOR WHO, the children's own programme which adults adore...'
Gerard Garrett, The Daily Sketch
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1979)
The evil MASTER has stolen the Time Lords' file on the horrifying DOOMSDAY WEAPON with which, when he finds it, he can blast whole planets out of existence and make himself ruler of the galaxy! The Time Lords direct DOCTOR WHO and Jo Grant in their TARDIS to a bleak planet in the year 2471 where they find colonists from Earth under threat from mysterious, savage, monster lizards with frightful claws! And hidden upon the planet is the DOOMSDAY WEAPON for which the MASTER is intently searching...
Back Cover Blurb — Pinnacle Books
TERRORIZER OF THE UNIVERSE
While Doctor Who was exiled on Earth and restricted to the Twentieth Century, the charming but hypnotically evil Master, whose one ambition is to destroy Doctor Who, walked off with the Doomsday Weapon file.
Doctor Who, commanded by the Time Lords to stop the Master — at any cost — is directed to a bleak planet in the year 2471. Hidden somewhere on that planet is the Doomsday Machine — lurking somewhere in that Time Zone is the Master!
Will Doctor Who, hampered by alien monsters, locate and dismantle the Doomsday Weapon before the Master triggers it? It's a terrifying countdown affecting all mankind — past, present and forever!
The evil MASTER has stolen the Time Lords' file on the horrifying DOOMSDAY WEAPON with which, when he finds it, he can blast whole planets out of existence and make himself ruler of the Galaxy! The Time Lords direct DOCTOR WHO and Jo Grant in their TARDIS to a bleak planet in the year 2471 where they find colonists from Earth under threat from mysterious, savage, monster lizards with frightful claws! And hidden upon this planet is the DOOMSDAY WEAPON for which the MASTER is intently searching...
'DOCTOR WHO, the children's own programme which adults adore...'
Gerard Garrett, The Daily Sketch
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1979)
The evil MASTER has stolen the Time Lords' file on the horrifying DOOMSDAY WEAPON with which, when he finds it, he can blast whole planets out of existence and make himself ruler of the galaxy! The Time Lords direct DOCTOR WHO and Jo Grant in their TARDIS to a bleak planet in the year 2471 where they find colonists from Earth under threat from mysterious, savage, monster lizards with frightful claws! And hidden upon the planet is the DOOMSDAY WEAPON for which the MASTER is intently searching...
Back Cover Blurb — Pinnacle Books
TERRORIZER OF THE UNIVERSE
While Doctor Who was exiled on Earth and restricted to the Twentieth Century, the charming but hypnotically evil Master, whose one ambition is to destroy Doctor Who, walked off with the Doomsday Weapon file.
Doctor Who, commanded by the Time Lords to stop the Master — at any cost — is directed to a bleak planet in the year 2471. Hidden somewhere on that planet is the Doomsday Machine — lurking somewhere in that Time Zone is the Master!
Will Doctor Who, hampered by alien monsters, locate and dismantle the Doomsday Weapon before the Master triggers it? It's a terrifying countdown affecting all mankind — past, present and forever!
Television Story
Colony in Space
Script Writer: Malcolm Hulke
6 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour
10/04/71 Episode One
17/04/71 Episode Two
24/04/71 Episode Three
01/05/71 Episode Four
08/05/71 Episode Five
15/05/71 Episode Six
Colony in Space
Script Writer: Malcolm Hulke
6 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour
10/04/71 Episode One
17/04/71 Episode Two
24/04/71 Episode Three
01/05/71 Episode Four
08/05/71 Episode Five
15/05/71 Episode Six
VHS
All six episodes exists in the form of colour 525-line NTSC conversions returned from overseas. The story has been released on video in both the UK and United States.
Regular Characters
Third Doctor / Jo Grant
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Master
Third Doctor / Jo Grant
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Master
Audio Book- UK
- BBC Audiobooks
- 4 × CD / Download
- 4 hours 49 minutes
- September 2007
Notes
- Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon was the first novelisation to be published by Target Books which featured Jo Grant. As such, the start of the story was re-written so as to make it appear that it was actually Jo's first adventure with the Doctor. The character was subsequently introduced for a second time in 1975 with the novelisation of Terror of the Autons, the story that genuinely had introduced the character to the series!
- Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon was the second of Malcolm Hulke's seven Doctor Who novelisations for Target Books to be published and, like Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters earlier in 1974, was based on his own television story.
Cover image of Doctor Who en het Dodelijke Wapen supplied by Anthony Forth
Doctor Who and the Daemons
by Barry Letts
Audio Book
Unabridged reading of the novelisation, narrated by Barry Letts.
- UK
- Paperback
- Target Books
- October 1974
Other Editions
Doctor Who en de Demonen
Holland / Paperback / Gooise Uitgeverij / 1977
Doctor Who and the Daemons
UK / Paperback / Target Books / January 1980 / (No.15)
UK / Hardback / WH Allen / January 1982
Doutor Who e os Demonios
Portugal / Paperback / Editorial Presença / 1983 / 3
Doctor Who: The Daemons
UK / Paperback / Target Books / October 1993 / No.15
Doctor Who and the Daemons was also included in the Doctor Who Classics: The Daemons and The Time Monster omnibus from Star Books in March 1989.
Doctor Who en de Demonen
Holland / Paperback / Gooise Uitgeverij / 1977
Doctor Who en de Demonen was one of eight translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released in Holland in the 1970s by Gooise Uitgeverij.
Doctor Who and the Daemons
UK / Paperback / Target Books / January 1980 / (No.15) UK / Hardback / WH Allen / January 1982Doutor Who e os Demonios
Portugal / Paperback / Editorial Presença / 1983 / 3Doutor Who e os Demonios was one of ten translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released by Editorial Presença in Portugal.
Doctor Who: The Daemons
UK / Paperback / Target Books / October 1993 / No.15Doctor Who and the Daemons was also included in the Doctor Who Classics: The Daemons and The Time Monster omnibus from Star Books in March 1989.
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1974)
DOCTOR WHO is strangely concerned about Professor Horner's plan to cut open an ancient barrow near the peaceful English village of Devil's End; equally worried is Miss Hawthorne, the local white witch, who fortells a terrible disaster if he goes ahead; determined that the Professor should is Mr. Magister, the new vicar (in truth the MASTER) whose secret ceremonies are designed to conjure up from out of the barrow a horribly powerful being from a far-off planet... The Brigadier and Jo Grant assist DOCTOR WHO in this exciting confrontation with the forces of black magic!
'DOCTOR WHO, the children's own programme which adults adore...'
Gerard Garrett, The Daily Sketch
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1980)
Doctor Who is strangely concerned about Professor Horner's plan to cut open an ancient barrow near the peaceful village of Devil's End.
Equally worried is Miss Hawthorne, the local white witch, who foretells a terrible disaster if he goes ahead.
The only person who wants the Professor to open the barrow is the new vicar (in truth THE MASTER) whose secret ceremonies are designed to conjure up from out of the barrow a horribly powerful being...
DOCTOR WHO is strangely concerned about Professor Horner's plan to cut open an ancient barrow near the peaceful English village of Devil's End; equally worried is Miss Hawthorne, the local white witch, who fortells a terrible disaster if he goes ahead; determined that the Professor should is Mr. Magister, the new vicar (in truth the MASTER) whose secret ceremonies are designed to conjure up from out of the barrow a horribly powerful being from a far-off planet... The Brigadier and Jo Grant assist DOCTOR WHO in this exciting confrontation with the forces of black magic!
'DOCTOR WHO, the children's own programme which adults adore...'
Gerard Garrett, The Daily Sketch
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1980)
Doctor Who is strangely concerned about Professor Horner's plan to cut open an ancient barrow near the peaceful village of Devil's End.
Equally worried is Miss Hawthorne, the local white witch, who foretells a terrible disaster if he goes ahead.
The only person who wants the Professor to open the barrow is the new vicar (in truth THE MASTER) whose secret ceremonies are designed to conjure up from out of the barrow a horribly powerful being...
Television Story
The Daemons
Script Writer: Guy Leopold (a pseudonym for Robert Sloman and Barry Letts)
5 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour
22/05/71 Episode One
29/05/71 Episode Two
05/06/71 Episode Three
12/06/71 Episode Four
19/06/71 Episode Five
The Daemons
Script Writer: Guy Leopold (a pseudonym for Robert Sloman and Barry Letts)
5 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour
22/05/71 Episode One
29/05/71 Episode Two
05/06/71 Episode Three
12/06/71 Episode Four
19/06/71 Episode Five
VHS
Episode Four exists in its original format, with the remaining four being held as 16mm black and white telerecordings. Luckily, an off-air domestic video recording of The Daemons was made in the United States when it was first aired, and the colour signal was used to re-colourise the story for its television screening on BBC2 in 1992, and for its subsequent video release in both the UK and United States.
Regular Characters
Third Doctor / Jo Grant / Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Sergeant Benton / Captain Yates
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Master
Third Doctor / Jo Grant / Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Sergeant Benton / Captain Yates
Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Master
Audio Book- UK
- BBC Audiobooks
- 5 × CD / Download
- 5 hours 58 minutes
- August 2008
Notes
- The scripts to The Daemons were released by Titan Books in 1992 as Doctor Who The Scripts: The Daemons.
- Although he actually co-wrote four television stories with Robert Sloman, The Daemons was to be the only one which Barry Letts would novelise himself for Target Books — Terrance Dicks was responsible for The Time Monster and Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders, with Malcolm Hulke writing Doctor Who and the Green Death.
Doctor Who and the Daemons wasn't to be Letts' only published Doctor Who work, however, as in the 1990s he wrote two original Doctor Who radio plays (The Paradise of Death / The Ghosts of N-Space), both of which he subsequently novelised for Virgin Publishing. The following decade he co-wrote the original novel Deadly Reunion with Terrance Dicks, before following it up in 2005 with the solo novel The Island of Death. All four titles featured the Third Doctor.
Away from published works, Letts' most significant contribution to Doctor Who was as producer of the television series between Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970) and Robot (1975). Other work behind the camera included directing The Enemy of the World, Terror of the Autons, Carnival of Monsters, Planet of the Spiders and The Android Invasion, as well as returning as executive producer for Season 18, John Nathan-Turner's first as producer. - The Daemons was the fifth of five stories in Season 8, all of which featured the Master. Allthough captured by UNIT at the conclusion of the story, the character would later return in The Sea Devils, The Time Monster and Frontier in Space.
