Publication Information
Author: Philip Hinchcliffe
Cover artist: Mike Little / Alister Pearson (1991) / David Mann (Pinnacle) / Penichoux (Garancière)
Publishing date: 8th December 1977 Episode Information
TV serial: The Masque of Mandragora
Writer: Louis Marks
Transmission dates: 4th - 25th September 1976 (4 episodes) Fact and Findings
Hinchcliffe was producer for this particular story. He had already adapted the previous story, The Seeds of Doom, and went on to adapt the First Doctor story The Keys of Marinus.
The W. H. Allen hardback followed in January 1978. It had an identical dustjacket cover and was described as A LONGBOW CHILDREN'S BOOK FROM W. H. ALLEN. It cost £2.95 and the ISBN was 0 491 02272 7.
2 out of 12 on the exclamatiometer!
First edition cover price - 60p
Classic chapter title: The Spell of Evil
Later editions were numbered 42 in the Doctor Who library.
The original Target edition came from W. H. Allen / Wyndham. It was reprinted in 1979 (W. H. Allen, Wyndham, 70p) and 1982 (W. H. Allen, £1.25). The new artwork cover reprint was released in September 1991 as Doctor Who - The Masque of Mandragora (Virgin Publishing, blue numbered spine, £2.99). The ISBN for all editions was 0426 11893 6. Cover Data
The design feature common to all versions of the cover is the mask of The Masque of Mandragora! Foreign Editions
The American Pinnacle edition was number 8 in the series of 10, published in November 1979 ($1.75, ISBN 0 523 40640 1). Printed for a fifth time in June 1989 (ISBN 1 55817 224 6, $3.50).
A French edition was published by Éditions Garancière in June 1987. It was the sixth in the series, translated by Richard D. Nolane, adapted by Corine Derblum and entitled Docteur Who - Le masque de Mandragore. The ISBN was 2.7340.0218.3. UK Editions
| YEAR | DATE | PUBLISHER | COVER ARTIST | LOGO | SPINE COLOUR | SPINE NUMBER | TARGET LOGO | ISBN | PRICE | NOTES | OWNED |
|---|
| 1977 | 8th December | W. H. Allen | Little | red curve | white | none | colour | 0 426 11893 6 | 60p | first edition, Wyndham W on back | Y |
| 1979 | 26th July | W. H. Allen | Little | red curve | white | none | colour | 0 426 11893 6 | 70p | "second impression", Wyndham W on back | Y |
| 1980 | - | W. H. Allen | Little | red curve | white | none | colour | 0 426 11893 6 | 75p | "Third impression", Wyndham W on back | Y |
| 1980 | - | W. H. Allen | Little | red curve | white | - | colour | 0 426 11893 6 | 85p | "fourth impression" | - |
| 1982 | - | W. H. Allen | Little | red curve | white | none | colour | 0 426 11893 6 | £1.25 | - | Y |
| 1987 | - | W. H. Allen | - | - | - | - | - | 0 426 11893 6 | £1.95 | - | - |
| 1991 | 19th September | Virgin | Pearson | McCoy banner | dark blue | 42 | outline | 0426 11893 6 | £2.50 | retitled Doctor Who - The Masque of Mandragora | - |
| 1992 | - | Virgin | Pearson | McCoy banner | dark blue | 42 | outline | 0426 11893 6 | £2.99 | retitled Doctor Who - The Masque of Mandragora | Y |
Miscellaneous
Author
PHILIP HINCHCLIFFE
Philip Hinchcliffe was born in 1944, and educated at Slough Grammar School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.
After a short spell of teaching, the author entered television in 1968. There he worked in ITV as script editor, story editor and producer on a variety of programmes. Since 1974 he has been with the BBC, as a producer.
Philip Hinchcliffe is married with two young children and lives near Windsor.
Hinchcliffe produced seasons 12, 13 and 14 of Doctor Who, between 1974 and 1977 before moving on to Target, starring Patrick Mower. His three Doctor Who books were his only foray into the world of literature.
Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom
Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora
Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus
He continued to oversee TV productions (Private Schultz, Strangers and Brothers, The Charmer, Bust, Downwardly Mobile) and produced the films An Awfully Big Adventure, starring Hugh Grant, and Total Eclipse, starring Leonardo Di Caprio. Recently he has acted as executive producer on a number of productions, including Taggart.
Hinchcliffe returned to the Doctor Who fold in 2000, since when he has provided audio commentaries for a number of Who DVD releases.
Foreign Editions
USA
IN 1492, DOCTOR WHO CAME OUT OF THE BLUE
It is the Italian Renaissance during the corrupt reign of the powerful Medicis. Doctor Who, angry because he was forced to land on Earth by the incredible Mandragora Helix, walks right into a Machiavellian plot. The unscrupulous Count Frederico plans to usurp the rightful rule of his naive nephew. This, with the help of Hieronymous, influential court astrologer and secret cult member.
Intent on righting all wrongs, Doctor Who studies their political maneuvers. He uncovers a larger, even more malevolent plot - a plot to rule not only San Martino Province, but the entire world! Hieronymous has been taken over - both in mind and body - by the Mandragora energy ball, an alien, but all-powerful intelligence. Using Hieronymous and his cult members as a bridgehead, the Mandragora Helix intends to conquer Earth and dominate its people!
The question is, will Doctor Who prove a true Renaissance man? Will he be able to drain the Mandragora of its power and foil the count as well?
The American Pinnacle edition was number 8 in the series of 10, published in November 1979 ($1.75, ISBN 0 523 40640 1).
Cover artist: David Mann
1979 Pinnacle edition
France
Un milliard d'admirateurs à travers le monde!
Seigneur du Temps, héros de l'Éternité, le Docteur Who connaît aujourd'hui une fantastique popularité. Le succès inégalé de la série télévisée qui lui a donné naissance, la fascination qu'il exerce sur un immense public à travers plus de cent pays contribuent à faire de ce personnage un véritable mythe pour la premiere fois révélé en France.
Projeté dans l'Italie nourrie d'occultisme du XVe siècle, le Docteur pour-ra-t-il contrecarrer les funestes intrigues de la secte maudite des Frères de Demnos et la machination de Mandragore?
A French edition was published by Éditions Garancière in June 1987. It was the sixth in the series, translated by Richard D. Nolane, adapted by Corine Derblum and entitled Docteur Who - Le masque de Mandragore. The ISBN was 2.7340.0218.3. The seventh book (of eight) was Docteur Who - L'Abominable Homme Des Neiges.
Cover artist: Jean-François Penichoux
1987 Éditions Garancière
Artist:
JEAN-FRANÇOIS PENICHOUX
French artist Jean-François Penichoux painted the covers for the eight French Doctor Who translations from Éditions Garancière, published in 1987.
Docteur Who - Le Docteur Entre En Scène
Docteur Who - Les Croisés
Docteur Who - Les Daleks
Docteur Who - Les Daleks Envahissent la Terre
Docteur Who - Le Cerveau de Morbius
Docteur Who - Le Masque de Mandragore
Docteur Who - L'Abominable Homme Des Neiges
Docteur Who - Meglos
Other examples of Penichoux's
fantasy art can be seen here.