Publication Information
Author: Terrance Dicks
Cover artist: Chris Achilleos / Alister Pearson (1990) / David Hardy (Schneider-Buch) / Chris Achilleos (Goldmann) / Penichoux (Garancière) / Andrew Skilleter (Dalek Omnibus)
Publishing date: 24th March 1977 Episode Information
TV serial: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Writer: Terry Nation
Transmission Dates: 21st November - 26th December 1964 (6 episodes) Fact and Findings
First edition cover price - 50p
Classic chapter title - Return to Terror (and a slow start but both chapters 12 and 13 are one-worders with a !, bringing the total to 3/14 on the exclamatiometer).
The original Target edition was published by W. H. Allen / Wyndham (the first time W. H. Allen appeared on one of the novels).
The novelisation was released on its own in hardback on two occasions, in 1977 (Allan Wingate) and 1978 (W. H. Allen / Longbow). The second impression had ISBN 0 491 02124 0 and cost £2.95. Both editions had the original Achilleos artwork.
From 1984 onwards, editions were numbered 17 in the Doctor Who library.
This was one of three novels brought together to form the Dalek Omnibus, published by W. H. Allen and released exclusively in hardback in 1983. The other two novels (also by Terrance Dicks) were Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks and Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks. Despite the listing on the back of the book, the stories were printed inside in the order of transmission. The standard size (for the W. H. Allen releases) hardback cost £6.95. The copyright notice inside this edition refers to the title of the television script as The World's End which was in fact the title of the first episode, a mistake that originated with the 1973 Radio Times Doctor Who special.
The novel was paired with Doctor Who and the Crusaders in August 1998 and released by W. H. Allen under the Star Books label as one of their Doctor Who Classics range.
The original Target edition was published by W. H. Allen / Wyndham (the first time W. H. Allen appeared on one of the novels). It was reprinted later in 1977, in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 (twice - £1.35) and 1984 (twice - £1.50). ISBN 0 426 11244 X. It was finally completely rejackted in 1990 when it was published by Virgin, priced £2.50, same ISBN. Cover Data
Due to the sparcity of suitably dramatic photographs from the TV serial made available to the artist, Achilleos used images from the 1966 film Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150AD. Hence the Roboman and Dalek spaceships on the cover are unlike those seen in the television version upon which the book is based.
Between 1977 and 1984, the logo changed from orange to blue.
For the German edition of Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth, the publishers approached British artist David Hardy to do the cover. Hardy's SF works were extremely popular in Germany, hence the choice. The artist also painted planet scapes for the second series of Blake's 7. He was featured in Marvel Magazine's 'Starburst' (number 81) in May 1985, from where this double page spread was taken which includes the magnificent Dalek cover artwork.
Despite being a first Doctor adventure, and with no mention of it anywhere within the book, the Doctor is seen wearing a long, multi-coloured scarf on the cover of the French edition, artwork by Penichoux.
The artwork for the Star Books Doctor Who Classics release in 1988 used Andrew Skilleter's cover artwork for the Dalek Omnibus.
Alister Pearson's magnificent 1990's artwork was also used on the BBC Video release. Originally it did not feature Big Ben, but BBC Video requested the famous landmark be added. The backcover blurb contains some factual errors: the Dalek saucer is located at Chelsea Heliport and not Trafalgar Square and, by 1977, Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth was hardly one of his earliest novelizations (it was actually his fifteenth). Foreign Editions
The novel was translated into German as Doctor Who - Kampf um die Erde (which translates as Struggle for the Earth) in the early 1980's, by Schneider-Buch, based in Munich. Another version was released in 1989 by Goldmann Books as Doctor Who Und Das Komplott Der Daleks.
A French version by Éditions Garancière was released in May 1987 under the title Docteur Who - Les Daleks envahissent la Terre. The translation was by Roland C. Wagner and the adaptation was by Corine Derblum. The ISBN was 2.7340.0203.5. It was number 4 in a series of 8. Reviews
"Terrance Dicks always has been and always will be, to my mind, the best of the Target authors. This was conclusively proved with the latest in his long line of classics, Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth... One thing that probably made this book was the characterisation of the Doctor, it was even better than David Whitaker's attempts."
- Chris Duke, 'Tardis' (number 5), July 1977
"Terrance Dicks does his usual workmanlike job of adapting the teleplay to novel form. As the Who-novelist with the longest and closest association to the series, Dicks has a remarkable basic understanding of the program's premise and of its characters."
- Patrick Daniel O'Neill, 'Doctor Who' (Vol. 1, No. 13),
October 1985UK Editions
| YEAR | DATE | PUBLISHER | COVER ARTIST | LOGO | SPINE COLOUR | SPINE NUMBER | TARGET LOGO | ISBN | PRICE | NOTES | OWNED |
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| 1977 | 24th March | W. H. Allen | Achilleos | orange curve | white | - | colour | 0 426 11244 X | 50p | first edition, Wyndham W on back | Y |
| 1977 | - | W. H. Allen | Achilleos | blue curve | white | - | colour | 0 426 11244 X | 60p | Wyndham W on back | - |
| 1978 | 17th August | W. H. Allen | Achilleos | blue curve | white | - | colour | 0 426 11244 X | 70p | "second impression" | - |
| 1979 | - | W. H. Allen | Achilleos | light blue curve | white | - | colour | 0 426 11244 X | 70p | "second impression", Wyndham W on back | Y |
| 1980 | - | W. H. Allen | Achilleos | blue curve | white | - | colour | 0 426 11244 X | 85p | "third impression" | Y |
| 1982 | - | W. H. Allen | Achilleos | blue curve | white | - | colour | 0 426 11244 X | £1.25 | - | Y |
| 1982 | - | W. H. Allen | - | - | - | - | - | 0 426 11244 X | - | "twice" | - |
| 1983 | - | W. H. Allen | - | - | - | - | - | 0 426 11244 X | - | - | - |
| 1984 | - | W. H. Allen | Achilleos | red curve | white | - | colour | 0 426 11244 X | £1.50 | - | - |
| 1984 | - | W. H. Allen | Achilleos | blue curve | white | 17 | colour | 0 426 11244 X | £1.50 | "twice" | Y |
| 1990 | August | Virgin | Pearson | McCoy banner | dark blue | 17 | outline | 0 426 11244 X | £2.50 | retitled Doctor Who - The Dalek Invasion of Earth | Y |
Miscellaneous
Author
TERRENCE DICKS
Omnibus
The Daleks, coldy efficient machines of death, the Doctor's most hideously ruthless enemies, captured the imaginations of Dr Who fans everywhere. This omnibus edition brings together three chilling Dalek stories - Dr Who classics!
THE DALEK INVASION OF EARTH
The TARDIS brings the Doctor and his companions to London at a time in the future when the city is ruled by the Daleks. Underground freedom-fighters are resisting the merciless dictatorship of their inhuman masters and the Doctor has no doubt which way his sympathies lie...
PLANET OF THE DALEKS
The TARDIS materialises on the planet Spiridon in the midst of a tropical jungle where vicious plants spit deadly poison, invisible Spiridons attack from all sides, and a vast army lies hidden, waiting for the moment to mobilise and conquer...
DAY OF THE DALEKS
The Doctor is caught up in a desperate bid by a group of twenty-second-century guerilla fighters to return to the twentieth-century Earth and assassinate the man they believe was responsible for the outbreak of the Third World War and all its terrible consequences...
Cover artist: Andrew Skilleter
1983 W. H. Allen hardback edition
Three novels were brought together to form the Dalek Omnibus, published by W. H. Allen and released exclusively in hardback in 1983. Despite the listing on the back of the book, the stories were printed inside in the order of transmission. The standard size (for the W. H. Allen releases) hardback cost £6.95. The copyright notice inside this edition refers to the title of the television script as The World's End which was in fact the title of the first episode, a mistake that originated with the 1973 Radio Times Doctor Who special.
The artwork was used again for the Star Books Doctor Who Classics release in 1988 of The Dalek Invasion of Earth / The Crusaders.
Star
Doctor Who and the Crusaders was paired with Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth and released as one of Star Books' Doctor Who Classics range in August 1988. The ISBN for this particular combination was 0 352 32264 0 and it cost £2.95. The Classics series stretched over 12 months and saw releases for each of the first four Doctors. The books were made by fixing together two of the Target books with a new front page and wraparound cover.
The Skilleter artwork cover was originally painted for the Dalek Omnibus release in 1983.
Cover artist: Andrew Skilleter
1988 Star Classics edition
Countries
Germany
The novel was translated into German as Doctor Who - Kampf um die Erde (Struggle for the Earth) in 1981, by Schneider-Buch. It was translated by Ulla Neckenauer and had a cover by British artist David Hardy. The ISBN was 3 505 07302 4. It followed Schneider-Buch's publication of Planet of the Daleks in 1980.
The publishers approached British artist David Hardy to do the cover as Hardy's SF works were extremely popular in Germany. Hardy had been painting space-related artwork since 1954 when he collaborated with astronomer Patrick Moore. The artist also painted planet scapes for the second series of Blake's 7. He was featured in Marvel Magazine's 'Starburst' (number 81) in May 1985, from where this double page spread was taken. More of his work (including the Dalek cover) can be seen in the 2001 Paper Tiger publication Hardyware (ISBN 185 58591 73).
Cover artist: David Hardy
1980 Schneider-Buch edition
Die einzigartige britische Fernsehserie jetzt als Goldmann Taschenbuch!
Der phantastische Dr. Who mit seinem unmöglichen Raum-schiff auf Abenteuersuche im Weltall!
Die Tardis landet im London der Zukunft - einer Stätte des Grauens und der Verzweiflung. Denn die Stadt wird von den Daleks beherrscht!
Der Doktor und seine Gehährten schließen sich einer geheimen Widerstandsgruppe an, aber nach einem mißlungenen Angriff auf ein Dalek-Raumschiff müssen die Widerstandskampfer fliehen.
Auf ihrer lebensgefährlichen Flucht gelangen sie schließlich in das geheime Operationszentrum der Daleks - und dort erfahren sie auch den wahren Grund für das Komplott der Daleks!
Another German version was released in September 1989 by Goldmann Verlag Books as Doctor Who Und Das Komplott Der Daleks (The Conspiracy of the Daleks). The translation was by Bettina Zeller, the ISBN 3 442 23612 6, and the cost DM 8,80.
Cover artist: Chris Achilleos
1989 Goldmann 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.
En pleine guerre cosmique, le docteur Who, pour délivrer la Terre du joug des Daleks, entrepend de découvrir la raison veritable de leur sinistre complot.
A French version by Éditions Garancière was released in May 1987 under the title Docteur Who - Les Daleks envahissent la Terre. The translation was by Roland C. Wagner and the adaptation was by Corine Derblum. The ISBN was 2.7340.0203.5. It was number 4 in a series of 8. The fifth book was Docteur Who - Le cerveau de Morbius.
Despite being a First Doctor adventure, the Doctor is seen wearing a long, multi-coloured scarf.
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