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Novelisations: Third Doctor: Season 9

Novelisations: Third Doctor
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Day of the Daleks, Episodes Four to Six of The Sea Devils, and Episodes Three to Six of The Mutants are the only ones from Season 9 which still exist as colour 625-line PAL recordings. The remaining fifteen episodes all exist as colour NTSC conversions from the original PAL videotapes. A black and white 625-line copy of Episode Six of The Time Monster also exists. By using the same technology as was used to re-colour several stories from both Season 7 and Season 8, this has been combined with the colour signal from the NTSC conversion to produce a new colour version with better resolution than the NTSC recording.

All five stories from Season 9 have been released on DVD in the UK and the United States. In the UK, The Curse of Peladon, The Sea Devils and The Time Monster were released in the Peladon Tales, Beneath the Surface and Myths and Legends box sets respectively. The three stories were released individually in the United States. All releases are subtitled.

Day of the Daleks
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Beneath the Surface / The Sea Devils
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Myths and Legends / The Time Monster
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Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks

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Cover image: Doctor Who, Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks, Target Books (1974)
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Publisher Target Books
Publication Date April 1974
Original Price 30p
ISBN 0426103807
Cover Artist Chris Achilleos
Illustrator Chris Achilleos

A novelisation of the 1972 television story Day of the Daleks, featuring the Third Doctor and Jo Grant.

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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
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Flag of Brazil Click for cover image Doutor Who e a Mudança da Historia
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. The book was translated by Marcio Pugliesi and Norberto de Paula Lima, with the cover artwork by Darlon.
Flag of Turkey Click for cover image Doktor Kim: Ve Dalek Baskini
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. The book was translated by Reha Pinar and used the Chris Achilleos artwork from the original Target Books edition.
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Flag of Holland Click for cover image Doctor Who en de Dag van de Daleks
Holland | Paperback | Gooise Uitgeverij | 1977 | 9026981082
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. The book was translated by JJ v.d. Hulst-Brander and used the Chris Achilleos artwork from the 1974 Target Books edition.
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Flag of United States Click for cover image Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks
United States | Paperback | Pinnacle Books | April 1979 | $1.75 | 0523405650 | #1
Doctor Who and the Daleks was the first of ten novelisations to be reprinted in the United States by Pinnacle Books between 1979 and 1980. All ten books would feature new cover artwork by David Mann and were accompanied by an introduction from US science fiction writer Harlan Ellison, probably best known for scripting the award-winning Star Trek episode The City on the Edge of Forever and several oustanding episodes of the 1960s anthology series The Outer Limits. Curiously, the front cover shows a Dalek with two guns, as well as a UNIT spaceship — something which certainly wasn't in the television version of the story, or even between the covers of the book...
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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?
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Japan | Paperback | Hayakawa Bunko | August 1980 | 5
The fifth of five translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released in Japan during 1980 by Hayakawa Bunko. The book was translated by Yukio Sekiguchi with the cover by Michiaki Sato.
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Flag of UK Click for cover image Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks
UK | Hardback | WH Allen | August 1981 | £4.50 | 0491029756
The first hardback edition, complete with new front cover artwork by Andrew Skilleter.
Flag of UK Click for cover image Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks
UK | Paperback | Target Books | 1982 | £1.35 | 0426103807 | (No.18)
A new paperback edition of the novelisation, using the Andrew Skilleter cover artwork from the 1981 hardback. Later Target reprints would be numbered No.18 in the Doctor Who Library.
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...
Flag of Portugal Click for cover image Doutor Who e o Dia dos Daleks
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. The book was translated by Conceicao Jardim and Eduardo Nogueira, with cover artwork by Rui Ligeiro.
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Flag of UK Click for cover image Doctor Who: The Day of the Daleks
UK | Paperback | Target Books | April 1991 | £2.50 | 0426103807 | No.18
A new paperback edition of the novelisation, with new cover artwork from Alister Pearson.
Flag of Poland Click for cover image Doctor Who: Dzieñ Daleków
Poland | Paperback | Empire | 1994 | 8386126043
Dzieñ Daleków was one of three translations of Doctor Who novelisations to be released by Empire in Poland and re-used the Alister Pearson cover artwork from the 1991 Target Books edition. The book was translated by Andrzej Solny.
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Flag of UK Click for cover image Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks
UK | Paperback | BBC Books | May 2012 | 978-1849904735 | £4.99
One of a second batch of six classic Doctor Who novelisations re-released by BBC Books the same month, each of which was modelled after the first Target editions and used the original artwork, in this case by Chris Achilleos. Each volume also contained a new background chapter about the characters and situations and an introduction — in the case of Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks the latter was by Gary Russell, who has written numerous original Doctor Who novels as well as acting as script editior on the television programme. To round things off, all six books had the logo in gold foil.
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Flag of UK Click for cover image Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks
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Digital edition of the book re-released the same month in paperback by BBC Books.
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks was also included as part of the Dalek Omnibus hardback from WH Allen in June 1983.
Television Story
Day of the Daleks
4 × 25 Minutes | BBC1 | Colour

01/01/72 Episode One Louis Marks
08/01/72 Episode Two Louis Marks
15/01/72 Episode Three Louis Marks
22/01/72 Episode Four Louis Marks
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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Brian Hayles
Cover image: Doctor Who, Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon, Target Books (1975)
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Publisher Target Books
Publication Date January 1975
Original Price 30p
ISBN 0426104528
Cover Artist Chris Achilleos
Illustrator Alan Willow
Book Number (No.13)

A novelisation of the 1972 television story The Curse of Peladon, featuring the Third Doctor and Jo Grant.

Later Target reprints would be numbered No.13 in the Doctor Who Library.

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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?
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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. The book was translated by Reha Pinar and used the Chris Achilleos artwork from the original Target Books edition.
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Flag of UK Click for cover image Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon
UK | Hardback | WH Allen | July 1980 | £3.95 | 0491027834
The first hardback edition, complete with new front cover artwork by Bill Donohoe. The artwork was unique in that, of all the reprint cover art created for the WH Allen/Target range, it was never to be used on a paperback edition.
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...
Flag of UK Click for cover image Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
UK | Paperback | Target Books | June 1992 | £2.99 | 0426114981 | No.13
A new paperback edition of the novelisation, with new cover artwork from Alister Pearson.
'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...
Flag of UK Click for cover image Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
UK | 1 × Cassette | BBC Worldwide | July 1995 | £5.99 | 0563388218
An abridged reading of the novelisation, narrated by Jon Pertwee. This was the third of six abridged audiobooks based on the Target novelisations which would be released by BBC Worldwide in the 1990s. The audiobook was later included on the Tales from the TARDIS: Volume One MP3-CD, released by BBC Audiobooks in July 2004.
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The Doctor and Jo simply meant to take a test ride in the TARDIS to check that it was working. 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 of Alpha Centauri, Arcturus and Mars, some of whom are the Doctor's oldest and dangerous enemies.
Flag of UK Click for cover image Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon
UK | CD | AudioGO | May 2013 | £13.25 | 978-1445826257
Unabridged reading of the novelisation, narrated by David Troughton who played King Peladon in the original television story.
Television Story
The Curse of Peladon
4 × 25 Minutes | BBC1 | Colour

29/01/72 Episode One Brian Hayles
05/02/72 Episode Two Brian Hayles
12/02/72 Episode Three Brian Hayles
19/02/72 Episode Four Brian Hayles
Regular Characters
Third Doctor / Jo Grant

Familiar Faces / Returning Characters
The Ice Warriors / Alpha Centauri
Notes
Cover image: Doctor WHo, Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon, Target Books (1980)

Cover image: Doctor Who, Legacy, Doctor Who Books (1994)
  • 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), GodEngine and The Dying Days.
  • 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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Malcolm Hulke
Cover image: Doctor Who, Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils, Target Books (1974)
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Publication Date October 1974
Original Price 30p
ISBN 0426105168
Cover Artist Chris Achilleos
Illustrator Alan Willow

A novelisation of the 1972 television story The Sea Devils, featuring the Third Doctor and Jo Grant.

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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...'
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UK | Paperback | Target Books | April 1979 | 60p | 042611308X | (No.54)
A new paperback edition of the novelisation, with new cover artwork from John Geary. Later Target reprints would be numbered No.54 in the Doctor Who Library.
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?
Flag of UK Click for cover image Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils
UK | Hardback | WH Allen | June 1981 | £4.25 | 0491025943
The first hardback edition, using the John Geary cover artwork from the 1979 Target Books edition.
Flag of Portugal Click for cover image Doutor Who e os Demonios Marinhos
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. The book was translated by Conceicao Jardim and Lucio Nogueira, with cover artwork by Rui Ligeiro.
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Flag of UK Click for cover image Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils
UK | 4 × CD | AudioGO | June 2012 | £13.25 | 978-1445824673
Unabridged reading of the novelisation, narrated by Geoffrey Beevers.
Television Story
The Sea Devils
6 × 25 Minutes | BBC1 | Colour

26/02/72 Episode One Malcolm Hulke
04/03/72 Episode Two Malcolm Hulke
11/03/72 Episode Three Malcolm Hulke
18/03/72 Episode Four Malcolm Hulke
25/03/72 Episode Five Malcolm Hulke
01/04/72 Episode Six Malcolm Hulke
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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Terrance Dicks
Cover image: Doctor Who, Doctor Who and the Mutants, Target Books (1977)
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Publication Date September 1977
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ISBN 0426116909
Cover Artist Jeff Cummins
Book Number (No.44)

A novelisation of the 1972 television story The Mutants, featuring the Third Doctor and Jo Grant.

Later Target reprints would be numbered No.44 in the Doctor Who Library.

Back Cover Blurb
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.
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UK | Hardback | Allan Wingate Ltd | September 1977 | £2.95 | 0855234717
Released simultaneously with the paperback edition from Target Books.
Television Story
The Mutants
6 × 25 Minutes | BBC1 | Colour

08/04/72 Episode One Bob Baker and Dave Martin
15/04/72 Episode Two Bob Baker and Dave Martin
22/04/72 Episode Three Bob Baker and Dave Martin
29/04/72 Episode Four Bob Baker and Dave Martin
06/05/72 Episode Five Bob Baker and Dave Martin
13/05/72 Episode Six Bob Baker and Dave Martin
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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Terrance Dicks
Cover image: Doctor Who, The Time Monster, WH Allen (1985)
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Publication Date September 1985
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Cover Artist Andrew Skilleter

A novelisation of the 1972 television story The Time Monster, featuring the Third Doctor and Jo Grant.

Andrew Skilleter's cover art was reproduced in the large-format book Blacklight: The Art of Andrew Skilleter (Doctor Who Books, 1995).

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Flag of UK Click for cover image Doctor Who: The Time Monster
UK | Paperback | Target Books | February 1986 | £1.60 | 042620221X | No.102

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?
The Time Monster was also included in the Doctor Who Classics: The Daemons and The Time Monster omnibus from Star Books in March 1989.
Television Story
The Time Monster
6 × 25 Minutes | BBC1 | Colour

20/05/72 Episode One Robert Sloman and Barry Letts
27/05/72 Episode Two Robert Sloman and Barry Letts
03/06/72 Episode Three Robert Sloman and Barry Letts
10/06/72 Episode Four Robert Sloman and Barry Letts
17/06/72 Episode Five Robert Sloman and Barry Letts
24/06/72 Episode Six Robert Sloman and Barry Letts
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.