Doctor Who
Novelisations: Third Doctor: Season 9
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.
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks

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by Terrance Dicks
  • UK
  • Paperback
  • Target Books
  • April 1974
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Doutor Who e a Mudança da Historia
Click for cover image Brazil / Paperback / Global Editoria / 1975

Doutor Who e a Mudança da Historia was the only translation of a Doctor Who novelisation to be released by Global Editoria in Brazil.


Doktor Kim: Ve Dalek Baskini
Click for cover image Turkey / Paperback / Remzi Kitabevi / 1975

Doktor Kim: Ve Dalek Baskini was one of seven translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released by Remzi Kitabevi in Turkey during the mid-1970s.


Doctor Who en de Dag van de Daleks
Click for cover image Holland / Paperback / Gooise Uitgeverij / 1977

Doctor Who en de Dag van de Daleks was one of eight translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released in Holland in the 1970s by Gooise Uitgeverij.


Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks
Click for cover image USA / Paperback / Pinnacle Books / April 1979 / #1
Click for cover image UK / Hardback / WH Allen / August 1981
Click for cover image UK / Paperback / Target Books / 1982 / (No.18)

(Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks)
Click for cover image Japan / Paperback / Hayakawa Bunko / August 1980 / 5

The Japanese translation of Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks was one of five translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released in the country during 1980 by Hayakawa Bunko.


Doutor Who e o Dia dos Daleks
Click for cover image Portugal / Paperback / Editorial Presença / 1983 / 6

Doutor Who e o Dia dos Daleks was one of ten translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released by Editorial Presença in Portugal.


Doctor Who: The Day of the Daleks
Click for cover image UK / Paperback / Target Books / April 1991 / No.18

Doctor Who: Dzieñ Daleków
Click for cover image Poland / Paperback / Empire / 1994

Doctor Who: Dzieñ Daleków was one of three translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released by Empire in Poland.


Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks was also included as part of the Dalek Omnibus hardback from WH Allen in June 1983.
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1974)
Mysterious humans from 22nd century Earth 'time-jump' back into the 20th century so as to assassinate a high-ranking diplomat on whom the peace of the world depends. DOCTOR WHO, Jo Grant and the Brigadier are soon called in to investigate. Jo is accidentally transported forward to the 22nd century; the Doctor follows, eventually to be captured by his oldest and deadliest enemies — the DALEKS! Having submitted the Doctor to the fearful Mind Analysis Machine, the DALEKS plan a 'time-jump' attack on Earth in the 20th century!...

'DOCTOR WHO, the children's own programme which adults adore...'
Gerard Garrett, The Daily Sketch

Back Cover Blurb — Pinnacle Books
EXTERMINATE!
EXTERMINATE!


The Daleks, Doctor Who's oldest and most ruthless enemies, have one goal — total world power. Their prime weapon is time travel. In the late Twentieth Century, they attacked the Planet Earth. Their plan: alter the course of history. Start World Wars. Wipe out the human population. They were very effective.

Can Doctor Who, trapped in the Twenty-Second Century, reverse history's course in time to save our planet and every living thing on it, including himself, from the devastating and evil force of the Daleks?

Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1982)
The peace of the world depends on the success of a forthcoming conference — and the success of the conference depends on one man, Sir Reginald Styles. Or does it?

According to the history books of the 22nd century Sir Reginald was responsible for the outbreak of the Third World War and all its terrible consequences...

The Doctor and Jo Grant are caught up in a desperate bid by a group of 22nd-century guerrilla fighters to return to the 20th century and assassinate Sir Reginald, thereby changing the course of history...
Television Story
Day of the Daleks
Script Writer: Louis Marks

4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour

01/01/72 Episode One
08/01/72 Episode Two
15/01/72 Episode Three
22/01/72 Episode Four

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All four episodes exist in their original format and have been released on video in the UK and the United States.
Regular Characters
Third Doctor / Jo Grant / Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Sergeant Benton / Captain Yates

Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Daleks / The Ogrons
Notes
  • Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks is one of the most widely translated of the Doctor Who novelisations, being released in no less than six languages other than English — not forgetting the Americanised version released by Pinnacle Books in the United States. The only book that managed better in terms of foreign editions was Doctor Who and the Daleks, which notched up seven translations between 1967 and 1989, plus one edition (possibly two) released in the United States.
Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon

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by Terrance Dicks
  • UK
  • Paperback
  • Target Books
  • January 1975
  • (Book Number: 13)
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Doktor Kim: Ve Peledon Gezegeni
Cover image needed Turkey / Paperback / Remzi Kitabevi / 1975

Doktor Kim: Ve Peledon Gezegeni was one of seven translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released by Remzi Kitabevi in Turkey during the mid-1970s.


Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon
Click for cover image UK / Hardback / WH Allen / July 1980

Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
Click for cover image UK / Paperback / Target Books / June 1992 / No.13
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1975)
Again, the terrifying cry rang out. The Doctor quickened his pace along the gloomy tunnels of the castle. Suddenly, from the darkness lumbered the mighty Aggedor, Royal Beast and Protector of the Kingdom of Peladon!

The Doctor fumbled in his pocket. Would the device work? As he trained the spinning mirror on the eyes of Aggedor, the terrible claws came closer and closer...

What is the secret behind the killings on the Planet of Peladon? Is Aggedor seeking revenge because the King of Peladon wants his kingdom to become a member of the Galactic Federation? Will the Doctor escape the claws of Aggedor and discover the truth?

Back Cover Blurb — WH Allen
Again, the terrifying cry rang out. The Doctor quickened his pace along the gloomy tunnels of the castle. Suddenly, from the darkness lumbered the mighty Aggedor, Royal Beast and Protector of the Kingdom of Peladon!

The Doctor fumbled in his pocket. Would the device work? As he trained the spinning mirror on the eyes of Aggedor, the terrible claws came closer and closer...

Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1992)
'THIS IS THE TARDIS,' SNAPPED THE DOCTOR, 'NOT A NUMBER 88 BUS!'

The Doctor and Jo simply meant to take a little test ride in the TARDIS, to check that it was working. There was a small fault in the Interstitial Beam Synthesizer, perhaps, but nothing that couldn't be fixed...

But instead the TARDIS takes them to Peladon, a medieval world which is seeking membership of the Galactic Federation. Delegates have gathered on the planet from all over the galaxy, and among them are representatives from Alpha Centauri, from Arcturus and, from Mars, some of the Doctor's oldest and most dangerous enemies...
Television Story
The Curse of Peladon
Script Writer: Brian Hayles

4 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour

29/01/72 Episode One
05/02/72 Episode Two
12/02/72 Episode Three
19/02/72 Episode Four

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All four episodes exist as colour 525-line conversions which were returned from overseas, are are due to be released on Region 2 DVD in the UK in 2010 as part of the Peladon Tales box set. The complete soundtrack to the story was released on CD by BBC Audiobooks in November 2007, with linking narration by Katy Manning.
Regular Characters
Third Doctor / Jo Grant

Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Ice Warriors / Alpha Centauri
Notes
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  • Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon was the first of Brian Hayles' two novelisations for Target Books, both of which were based on his own television scripts — the four other Doctor Who stories written by Hayles were novelised by other people.
  • The original television version of The Curse of Peladon was the third of Hayles' four Ice Warrior stories to be produced for Doctor Who, although it was the first to be novelised — their two previous appearances having been in the Second Doctor stories The Ice Warriors and The Seeds of Death.

    A sequel to The Curse of Peladon, The Monster of Peladon, was produced in 1974 as the penultimate adventure for the Third Doctor. The Ice Warriors were also to have appeared in Philip Martin's Season 23 story Mission to Magnus in 1985, but that story was one of a number which were scrapped when Doctor Who was "rested" for eighteen months. A novelisation of the story was subsequently released by Target Books in 1990.
  • During the 1990s, the Ice Warriors were brought back on several occasion in the New Adventures novels, most notably in Legacy (a sequel to the earlier Peladon stories) and GodEngine.
  • Unusually, Bill Donohoe's cover art for the 1980 hardback from WH Allen was never subsequently used on a paperback edition of the book from Target. This was the only occasion on which this particular situation would arise, although a number of newly created pieces used on the 1970s/1980s paperback reprints (Dinosaur Invasion, Pyramids of Mars etc) would never be used on hardback editions.
Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils

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by Malcolm Hulke
  • UK
  • Paperback
  • Target Books
  • October 1974
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Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils
Click for cover image UK / Paperback / Target Books / April 1979 / (No.54)
Click for cover image UK / Hardback / WH Allen / June 1981

Doutor Who e os Demonios Marinhos
Click for cover image Portugal / Paperback / Editorial Presença / 1983 / 5

Doutor Who e os Demonios Marinhos was one of ten translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released by Editorial Presença in Portugal.


Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1974)
Whilst visiting the MASTER who has been exiled to a luxurious castle prison on a small island, DOCTOR WHO and Jo Grant learn that a number of ships have vanished in the area. Whilst investigating these mysterious disappearances, Jo and the Doctor are attacked by a SEA-DEVIL, one of a submarine colony distantly related to the Silurians. Soon they discover that the SEA-DEVILS plan to conquer the earth and enslave humanity, aided and abetted by the MASTER. What can DOCTOR WHO do to stop them?

'DOCTOR WHO, the children's own programme which adults adore...'
Gerard Garrett, The Daily Sketch

Back Cover Blurb — Target Books (1979)
Whilst visiting the Master who has been exiled to a luxurious castle prison on a small island, Doctor Who and Jo Grant learn that a number of ships have vanished in the area. Whilst investigating these mysterious disappearances, Jo and the Doctor are attacked by a Sea-Devil, one of a submarine colony distantly related to the Silurians. Soon they discover that the Sea-Devil plan to conquer the Earth and enslave humanity, aided and abetted by the Master. What can Doctor Who do to stop them?
Television Story
The Sea Devils
Script Writer: Malcolm Hulke

6 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour

26/02/72 Episode One
04/03/72 Episode Two
11/03/72 Episode Three
18/03/72 Episode Four
25/03/72 Episode Five
01/04/72 Episode Six

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Episodes Four to Six exists in their original format, with the first three being held as colour 525-line NTSC conversions returned from overseas. The story has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK as part of the Beneath the Surface box set, which also contained Doctor Who and the Silurians and Warriors of the Deep. The set was released on Region 1 DVD in the United States in June 2008. The complete soundtrack to the story was released on CD by BBC Audiobooks in January 2008, with linking narration by Katy Manning.
Regular Characters
Third Doctor / Jo Grant

Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Master / The Sea Devils
Notes
Doctor Who and the Mutants

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by Terrance Dicks
  • UK
  • Paperback
  • Target Books
  • September 1977
  • (Book Number: 44)
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Doctor Who and the Mutants
Click for cover image UK / Hardback / Allan Wingate Ltd / September 1977
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books
A massive shape scuttles out of the darkness and strikes the earth Overlord down. It is a mutant — a huge insectoid creature. It moves in a crouch, its back arched and scaly, with huge knobbly vertebrae. The controlling Overlord, the Marshal, has ordered all such Mutants killed instantly.

What has happened to the people of Solos? Why are they gradually turning into Monsters? Hands that become claws, flesh that turns scale-like...

When DOCTOR WHO meets the Marshal and Jaeger, he realizes that all is not at it appears to be. The Marshal has a sinister plan to gain control of this planet, and DOCTOR WHO must save Solos from this mad earthman, as well as save the Solonians themselves.
Television Story
The Mutants
Script Writers: Bob Baker and Dave Martin

6 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour

08/04/72 Episode One
15/04/72 Episode Two
22/04/72 Episode Three
29/04/72 Episode Four
06/05/72 Episode Five
13/05/72 Episode Six

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Episodes Three to Six exist in their original format, with the first two being held as colour 525-line NTSC conversions returned from overseas. The story has been released on video in the UK and the United States.
Regular Characters
Third Doctor / Jo Grant
Notes
  • Doctor Who and the Mutants is the only novelisation from Target to have the name of the series abbreviated to Dr. Who on the spine.
Doctor Who: The Time Monster

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by Terrance Dicks
  • UK
  • Hardback
  • WH Allen
  • September 1985
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Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Click for cover image UK / Paperback / Target Books / February 1986 / No.102

The Time Monster 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
Outside the bounds of this world lives Kronos, the Chronivore — a mysterious creature that feeds on time itself.

Posing as a Cambridge professor the Master intends to use Kronos in his evil quest for power.

To stop him, the Doctor and Jo must journey back in time to Ancient Atlantis and to a terrifying confrontation within the Time Vortex itself.

But can even the Doctor save himself from the awesome might of the Time Monster?
Television Story
The Time Monster
Script Writers: Robert Sloman and Barry Letts

6 × 25 Minutes / BBC1 / Colour

20/05/72 Episode One
27/05/72 Episode Two
03/06/72 Episode Three
10/06/72 Episode Four
17/06/72 Episode Five
24/06/72 Episode Six

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All six episodes exist as colour 525-line NTCS conversions which were returned from overseas. However, a 625-line black and white copy of Episode Six also exists, and this has been re-colourised using the colour signal from the NTSC conversion, in the same manner as several stories from Seasons 7 and 8. The Time Monster is due to be released on Region 2 DVD in the UK in 2010 as part of the Myths and Legends box set which will also include Underworld and The Horns of Nimon.
Regular Characters
Third Doctor / Jo Grant / Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart / Sergeant Benton / Captain Yates

Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Master
Notes
  • The Quantum Archangel, a sequel to The Time Monster featuring the Sixth Doctor and Mel, was published as part of the Previous Doctor Adventures range of books in 2001 and is reputed to contain a reference to every single television story made prior to its publication.

    Written by Craig Hinton, the book saw the return of both Stuart Hyde and Ruth Ingram, and saw TOMTIT being reactivated. Also returning were Kronos and the Anthony Ainley incarnation of the Master.