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251 | 1978 | 1983 | Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #32 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| On a remote rocky island a few miles off the Channel coast stands Fang Rock lighthouse. There have always been tales of the beast of Fang Rock, but when the Tardis lands here with Leela and the Doctor, the force they must deal with is more sinister and deadly than the mythical beast of the past.
It is the early 1900's, electricity is just coming into common usage, and the formless, gelatinous mass from the future must use the lighthouse generators to recharge its system. Nothing can stop this Rutan scout in its search and its experimentation on humans... | |
252 | 1976 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #33 Cover Blurb | Brian Hayles | | |
| The world is held in the grip of a second Ice Age, and faces total destruction from the rapidly advancing glaciers.
DOCTOR WHO with Victoria and Jamie, lands at a top scientific base in England, where they have just unearthed an ancient ICE WARRIOR. Aliens from Mars, preserved in the ice for centuries and now revitalised, the Ice Warriors feel ready to take over...
Can the Doctor overcome these warlike Martians and halt the relentless approach of the ice glaciers...? | |
253 | 1979 | 1984 | Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #34 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| 'The Fendahl is death,' said the Doctor. 'How do you kill death itself?'
The ultra modern technology of the Time-Scanner combines with the ancient evil of Fetch Wood, and brings to life a terror that has lain hidden for twelve million years.
The Doctor and Leela fight to destroy the Fendahl, a recreated menace that threatens to devour all live in the galaxy. | |
254 | 1979 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #35 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| A traitor to the Time Lords?
Can the Doctor really be in league with the evil Vardans, spearheading a treacherous invasion of his home planet, Gallifrey?
Or is he playing a deadly double game, saving the Time Lords by appearing to betray them?
But the Vardans themselves are only pawns in the game, and the Doctor faces an old and deadly enemy, as he battles to foil the Invasion of Time.
'Terrance Dicks is a skilful professional story-teller... He has deftly recaptured the programme's popular blend of heroic menace and humorous self-mockery.' BRITISH BOOK NEWS | |
255 | 1979 | | Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #36 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| A mysterious cloud drifts menacingly through space... A sudden energy flash and the Doctor is infected with the Nucleus of a malignant Virus that threatens to destroy his mind. Meanwhile, on Titan, human slaves prepare the Hive from which the Virus will swarm out and infect the universe. In search of a cure, Leela takes the Doctor to the Foundation where they make an incredible journey into the Doctor's brain in an attempt to destroy the Nucleus. But can the Doctor free himself from the Nucleus in time to reach Titan and destroy the Hive? Luckily he has help - in the strangely dog-like shape of a mobile computer called K9... | |
256 | 1982 | 1984 | Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #37 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| For ages past, the Union of Traken has lived in peace and harmony thanks to the power of the Source, controlled by generations of Keepers.
But the current Keeper, his power waning, senses some all-pervading evil about to invade his world. He summons the Doctor to his aid.
To save Traken the Doctor fights the terrifying Melkur - only to find that this new enemy conceals an older and even deadlier foe - one the Doctor has encountered before... | |
257 | 1980 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #38 Cover Blurb | Philip Hinchcliffe | | |
| MARINUS a remote force-shielded island set in a sea of acid, governed by
THE CONSCIENCE the ultimate computer which rules and balances the gentle life of Marinus, guarded by
ARBITAN THE KEEPER ruthless protector of a peace-loving race threatened by
YARTEK Warlord of the brutal sub-human Voords, sworn enemy of Arbitan and of Marinus, who has within his grasp
THE KEYS OF MARINUS the Conscience's vital micro-circuits, the doors of good and evil.
Can the Doctor find the hidden circuits in time? Arbitan's command was 'Find them, OR DIE!' | |
258 | 1982 | 1983 | Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #39 Cover Blurb | David Fisher | | |
| The Leisure Hive on the planet Argolis is an entertainment centre for galactic travellers. At the heart of the Hive is the Tachyon Recreation Generator, a machine with a most extraordinary performance capability and vital to the continued existence of the Argolin after their war with the reptilian Foamasi...
While visiting the Hive, the Doctor and Romana are sucked into a whirlpool of treachery and deceit, and are eventually arrested on suspicion of murder... | |
259 | 1976 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #40 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| Why is DOCTOR WHO suddenly summoned to the shores of Loch Ness? Terror and panic spread as the third oil rig is smashed into the sea by a mysterious force... the monster? The controlling power must be the ZYGONS - alien creatures who have lived hidden on Earth for thousands of years, and now feel string enough to take over the planet... The Doctor, Sarah and UNIT have different ideas - but can they outwit the supreme cunning of the ruthless ZYGONS?
DOCTOR WHO scripts - awarded The Writers' Guild Award for the best British children's original drama script. | |
260 | 1977 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #42 Cover Blurb | Philip Hinchcliffe | | |
| Forced off course by the Mandragora Helix, the Tardis lands in the province of San Martino in fifteenth-century Italy. Here, the court astrologer, Hieronymous, has been taken over by the Mandragora energy-form - Hieronymous and the other members of his star-worshipping black magic cult will be used as a bridgehead, enabling the Mandragora Helix to conquer the Earth and rule it through their chosen servants.
The Doctor has to defeat not only the Mandragora energy, but the evil schemes of the murderous Count Frederico who plans to usurp the place of his nephew, the rightful ruler of the province. | |
261 | 1980 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #43 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| Fifty years after his first visit to Peladon, the Doctor returns to find that Queen Thalira has inherited a troubled kingdom from her father.
Membership of the Galactic Federation was expected to bring peace and prosperity to the planet, but the spirit of the sacred monster Aggedor is once more spreading terror and death.
The Doctor uncovers a treacherous plot to steal the mineral wealth of Peladon, and is again confronted by his old enemies - the Ice Warriors. | |
262 | 1977 | 1983 | Doctor Who and the Mutants Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #44 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| 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 was happening 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 as 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. | |
263 | 1980 | 1983 | Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #45 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| A freak accident locks two ships together in space - and a distress call brings the Doctor, Romana, and the faithful K9 onto the scene.
The Doctor's efforts to separate the two ships involve him with treacherous drug smugglers, ferocious monsters, and a savagely dangerous planet called Eden... | |
264 | 1990 | | Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet Doctor Who - Missing Targets #1 Cover Blurb | David Bishop | | |
| The Doctor and Romana head for Calufrax in search of the second segment of the all-powerful Key to Time. But something blocks their attempts to materialise on the barren, ice-covered planet. When the TARDIS does materialise it is not on Calufrax but on the affluent world of Zanak, controlled by the Captain's harsh regime.
What is the secret behind Zanak's bountiful mines and its unseen leader? Whois really pulling the strings among the planet's rulers? What happened to Calufrax, and where is the second segment?
The Doctor, Romana and K9 must battle the ghost of a tyrant ruler from the past and stop Earth becoming the next victim of Zanak - the Pirate Planet! | |
265 | 1977 | 1983 | Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #47 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| A survey team of eight men from the mighty Morestran Empire lands on Zeta Minor, a remote planet on the fringes of the universe. Before their expedition is over, seven of the men are mysteriously and horrifically murdered.
A distress signal brings the Doctor to the planet - but his good intentions are not appreciated. The commander of a Morestran rescue party, sent to investigate the disappearance of the survey team, is convinced the Doctor is the killer.
And while the Doctor is kept prisoner and powerless to act, the merciless hell-planet claims even more victims… | |
266 | 1976 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #46 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| Jo peered through the panel and saw - nothing. Yet someone had entered the cabin. She could hear hoarse breathing and stealthy padding footsteps. A beaker rose in the air of its own accord, then dropped to the floor... THE INVISIBLE ENEMY
After pursuing the DALEKS through Space, DOCTOR WHO lands on the Planet of Spidron, in the midst of a tropical jungle... and finds more than Daleks. Vicious plants spitting deadly poison, invisible Spidrons attacking from all sides and, in hiding, a vast army waits... for the moment to mobilise and CONQUER. | |
267 | 1975 | 1983 | Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #48 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| 'It's happening, Brigadier! It's happening!' Sarah cried out. The Brigadier watched, fascinated as the lifeless body of his old friend and companion, Dr Who, suddenly began to glow with an eerie golden light... The features were blurring, changing... 'Well, bless my soul,' said the Brigadier. 'WHO will he be next?'
Read the last exciting adventure of DR WHO's 3rd Incarnation! | |
268 | 1980 | 1984 | Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #49 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| The huge, octopus-like Kroll lived deep in the swamps of the humid, steamy planet.
To the native swamp-warriors, Kroll was an angry, mythical god. To the money-grabbing alien technicians, Kroll was a threat to a profit-making scheme.
In their search for another segment of the Key to Time, the Doctor and Romana have to face the suspicion of the Lagoon dwellers, the stupidity of the technicians and, finally, the power of Kroll... | |
269 | 1975 | 1983 | Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #50 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| The mind of Sutekh the Destroyer is consumed with jealousy and hatred. Convinced that all living things are his mortal enemy, he is determined to annihilate all forms of life throughout the universe.
Imprisoned at the heart of an Egyptian pyramid, the force of his maniacal evil has been paralysed for centuries. But now, after thousands upon thousands of years of long captivity, the moment of deliverance has arrived.
Sutekh's vicious megalonania is about to be unleashed upon the world - unless the Doctor succeeds in outwitting a mind so powerful it can force him to his knees and torture him at a glance... | |
270 | 1976 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #51 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| A mysterious plague strikes Space Beacon Nerva, killing its victims within minutes. When DOCTOR WHO lands, only four humans remain alive. One of these seems to be in league with the nearby planet of gold, Voga... Or is he in fact working for the dreaded CYBERMEN, who are now determined to finally destroy their old enemies, the VOGANS?
The Doctor, Sarah and Harry find themselves caught in the midst of a terrifying struggle to death - between the ruthless, power-hungry Cybermen and the determined, desperate Vogans. | |
271 | 1979 | 1984 | Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #52 Cover Blurb | Ian Marter | | |
| Reluctantly cancelling his well-earned holiday, the Doctor sets off in the TARDIS to trace and re-assemble the six segments of the Key to Time on which the stability of the entire Universe depends.
Assisted by the argumentative Romanadvoratrelundar and K9, he lands on the planet Ribos in search of the first segment and finds himself entangled in the machinations of two sinister strangers, Garron and the Graff Vynda Ka.
Who are they? Is Garron simply a shady confidence-trickster dealing in interplanetary real estate? Is the Graff Vynda Ka just a power-crazed exile bent on revenge? Or are they both really agents of the Black Guardian, intent upon seizing the precious Key in order to throw the Universe into eternal chaos?
Risking his life within the monster-infested catacombs of Ribos, the Doctor has to use all his wit and ingenuity to find out... | |
272 | 1979 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Robots of Death Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #53 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| On a desert planet the giant sandminer crawls through the howling sandstorms, harvesting the valuable minerals in the sand.
Inside, the humans relax in luxury, while most of the work is done by the robots who serve them.
Then the Doctor and Leela arrive - and the mysterious deaths begin. First suspects, then hunted victims, Leela and the Doctor must find the hidden killer - or join the other victims of the Robots of Death. | |
273 | 1974 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #54 Cover Blurb | Malcolm Hulke | | |
| 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? | |
274 | 1977 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #55 Cover Blurb | Philip Hinchcliffe | | |
| PLANTS ATTACK MAN
In the frozen reaches of the Antarctic, deep in the permafrost, the World Ecology Bureau uncovers two of the strangest pods ever known to man - two pods that have been buried in ice for thirty thousand years.
Then, one of the pods is destroyed, and the second is stolen...
The pod is an alien Krynoid - hostile to all animal life - including man. Only Doctor Who is able to stop its spreading tentacles of destruction. But will he be in time to save mankind? | |
275 | 1978 | 1984 | Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #56 Cover Blurb | Ian Marter | | |
| Landing on Earth, now a barren, desolate planet, Sarah, Harry and the Doctor are unaware of the large, watching robot. The robot is the work of Styre, a Sontaran warrior, who uses all humans landing here for his experimental programmes.
What happened to the other space explorers who have come here? Why is the Sontaran scout so interested in Earth and in brutally torturing humans, including Sarah Jane? Will the Doctor be able to prevent an invasion and certain disaster, and save both Earth and his companions? | |
276 | 1976 | 1984 | Doctor Who and the Space War Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #57 Cover Blurb | Malcolm Hulke | | |
| 'Doctor' screamed Jo. 'Look at that thing. It's coming straight at us!' A small, black spaceship, about a mile away, was approaching rapidly.
It had no lights, no markings. But some instinct told Jo that the tiny craft meant danger.
The year is 2540, and two powers loom large in the Galaxy - Earth and Draconia. After years of peace, their spaceships are now being mysteriously attacked and cargoes rifled. Each suspects the other and full-scale war seems unavoidable. The Doctor, accused of being a Draconian spy, is thrown into prison. And only when the MASTER appears on the scene do things really begin to move... | |
277 | 1981 | | Doctor Who and the State of Decay Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #58 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| The Doctor, Romana and K9 - and a young stowaway called Adric - are trapped in the alternative universe of E-Space. Seeking help, they land on an unknown planet - and find a nightmare world where oppressed peasants toil for the Lords who live in the Tower, and where all learning is forbidden - a society in a state of decay. What is the terrifying secret of the Three Who Rule? What monstrous creature stirs beneath the Tower, waking from its thousand-year sleep? The Doctor discovers that the oldest and deadliest enemy of the Time Lords is about to spring into horrifying action. | |
278 | 1980 | 1984 | Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #59 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| Chanting, hooded figures gather inside a ring of ancient stones, using rituals of blood sacrifice to awaken the sleeping evil of the Ogri.
The Doctor and Romana go from the countryside of present day England to a deep-space cruiser trapped in hyperspace in their attempt to track down an alien criminal, and unravel the mystery of the Stones of Blood.
Luckily they have the help of the faithful K9...
'Terrance Dicks is a skillful professional storyteller... He has deftly recaptured the programme's popular blend of hectic menace and humorous self-mockery' BRITISH BOOK NEWS | |
279 | 1982 | 1984 | Doctor Who and the Sunmakers Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #60 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| Everyone knows that Pluto is a barren airless rock. So naturally the Doctor is surprised when he discovers artificial suns, an ultra-modern industrial city and a group of colonists being worked - and taxed - to death in this inhospitable and supposedly undeveloped part of the universe...
With the help of his companion Leela and the faithful K9, the Doctor takes on the mysterious and powerful Company, ruthless exploiter of planets and their people. | |
280 | 1977 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #61 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| TERROR IN THE FOG
It's the Victorian London of Sherlock Holmes. Shrouded in the swirling mists, Doctor Who confronts diabolical horrors as he unravels the mystery surrounding the disappearance of several young women.
Doctor Who learns a Chinese magician, the crafty Chang, and his weird midget manikin, Mr. Sin, are mere puppets in the hands of the hideously deformed Greel, posing as the Chinese god, Weng-Chiang. It is Greel who steals the young women; it is Greel who grooms sewer rats to do his bidding - but there is even more, much more....
Will Doctor Who solve the Chinese puzzle in time to escape the terrifying talons of Weng-Chiang? | |
281 | 1976 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #62 Cover Blurb | Gerry Davis | | |
| The Sergeant blinked again. Three lights were moving towards him through the murk of the blizzard. Even as he looked, the lights changed into three tall, straight figures, clad in silver-armoured suits, advancing across the ice with a slow, deliberate step. Horror-struck, the Sergeant reached for his gun, and a stream of bullets sprayed across the marching figures. BUT THEY CONTINUED MARCHING...
The CYBERMEN have arrived. The first invasion of Earth by this invincible, fearless race - and the last thrilling adventure of the first DOCTOR WHO. | |
282 | 1975 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #63 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| 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? | |
283 | 1978 | 1984 | Doctor Who and the Time Warrior Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #65 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| His spaceship crippled in an inter-stellar battle, the Sontaran warrior, Lynx, is forced to crash-land on earth. He arrives in the Middle Ages, a time too primitive to provide the technology he needs to repair his ship. Allying himself with the local robber chief, Linx uses his powers to 'borrow' scientists and equipment from twentieth-century earth.
Doctor Who tracks down the missing scientists and journeys into the past to save them. But can he defeat the ruthless Linx and his savage human allies before the course of human history is changed forever? | |
284 | 1978 | | Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #66 Cover Blurb | Gerry Davis | | |
| The Cybermen - silver, indestructible monsters whose only goal is power - seem to have disappeared from their planet, Telos. When a party of archaeologists, joined by the Doctor, Jamie, and Victoria, land on the Cybermen's barren, deserted planet, they uncover what appears to be their tomb. But once inside it becomes clear that the Cybermen are not dead, and some in the group of archaeologists desperately want to re-activate these monsters! How can the Doctor defeat these ruthless, power-seeking humans and the Cybermen? | |
285 | 1980 | 1982 | Doctor Who and the Underworld Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #67 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| Exploring the very edge of the known universe, the Doctor, Leela and K9 discover a group of astronauts searching for the lost gene bank on Minyan race. During the perilous voyage, the astronauts' craft plunges into the heart of a recently formed planet, wherein an awesome secret is hidden.
How will the Minyan quest end? What must the Doctor wrest from the Heart of the Oracle? | |
286 | 1982 | | Doctor Who and the Visitation Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #69 Cover Blurb | Eric Saward | | |
| Tegan, the young air hostess who quite unintentionally became a member of the TARDIS's crew, wants to return to her own time, but when the Doctor tries to take her back to Heathrow Airport in the twentieth century the TARDIS lands instead on the outskirts of seventeenth century London.
The Doctor and his companions receive a decidedly unfriendly welcome - but it soon becomes clear that the sinister activities of other visitors from time and space have made the villagers extremely suspicious of outsiders.
And as a result of the aliens' evil schemes, the Doctor finds himself on the point of playing a key role in a gruesome historical event... | |
287 | 1979 | 1984 | Doctor Who and the War Games Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #70 Cover Blurb | Malcolm Hulke | | |
| Mud, barbed wire, the smell of death... The year was 1917 and the TARDIS had materialised on the Western Front during the First World War.
Or had it? For very soon the Doctor found himself pursued by the soldiers of Ancient Rome; and then he and his companions were reliving the American Civil War of 1863. And was this really Earth, or just a mock-up created by the War Lords?
As Doctor Who solves the mystery, he has to admit he is faced with an evil of such magnitude that he cannot combat it on his own - he has to call for the help of his own people, the Time Lords.
So, for the first time, it is revealed who is Doctor Who - a maverick Time Lord who 'borrowed' the TARDIS without permission. By appealing to the Time Lords he gives away his position in Time and Space. Thus comes about the Trial of Doctor Who... | |
288 | 1976 | | Doctor Who and the Web of Fear Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #72 Cover Blurb | Terrance Dicks | | |
| 'IT'S LIKE A NIGHTMARE. AN ENEMY WE CAN'T SEE OR TOUCH, WHO KNOWS OUR EVERY MOVE.'
For forty years the Yeti has been quiet, a simple museum exhibit. Then without warning it wakes, and savagely murders. Meanwhile, patches of mist began to appear in central London. People who linger in the mist are found dead, their faces smothered in cobwebs. The cobwebs seep down, penetrating the Underground System, expanding... Then the Yeti reappear, not just one but hordes, roaming the misty streets and cobwebbed tunnels, killing everyone in their path. The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria must unite with the young Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart to stop the deadly menace.
This is the first story to feature Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart. | |
289 | 1965 | 1981 | Doctor Who and the Zarbi Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #73 Cover Blurb | Bill Strutton | | |
| DOCTOR WHO lands his space-time machine Tardis on the cold, craggy planet of Vortis. The Doctor and his companions, Ian and Vicki, are soon captured by the ZARBI, huge ant-like creatures with metallic bodies and pincer claws; meanwhile Barbara falls into the hands of the friendly MENOPTERA who have come to rid Vortis of the malevolent power of the ZARBI...
'They're well-written books - adventure stories, of course, but with some thought... the creation of the character of the Doctor had a touch of genius about it.' Westminster Press | |
290 | 1982 | | Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate Doctor Who - Novelizations (UK) #71 Cover Blurb | Stephen Gallagher | | |
| The Doctor and his companions are trapped in an E-Space universe, struggling to find the co-ordinates which will break the deadlock and take them back into Normal Space. When all else fails, the Doctor suggests programming the TARDIS on the toss of a coin. Before he realises what is happening, that is just what Adric has done... When the TARDIS arrives at its destination, according to the console read-outs the craft is nowhere - and nowhere is exactly what it looks like… | |
291 | 1983 | 1983 | Doctor Who Crossword Book Doctor Who - Miscellaneous Cover Blurb | Nigel Robinson | | |
| The Great Intelligence trapped the whole of Central London inside one (3, 2, 4)
The Time Lords brought them together to fight Omega (3, 5, 7)
These are not the coordinates of some exotic planet or a coded message from outer space. They're just two of the clues to be found in the new Doctor Who CROSSWORD BOOK
WHETHER YOU'RE TRAPPED IN A TIME WARP OR CAUGHT IN A TRAFFIC JAM, WHY NOT ADD A NEW DIMENSION TO THOSE WASTED MOMENTS AND ENTER THE WORLD OF DOCTOR WHO. | |
292 | 1990 | | Doctor Who Cybermen Doctor Who - Miscellaneous | David Banks | | |
293 | 1983 | | Doctor Who Dalek Omnibus Doctor Who - Miscellaneous | Terrance Dicks | | |
294 | 1985 | | The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book Doctor Who - Miscellaneous | | | |
295 | 1977 | | Doctor Who Discovers Early Man Doctor Who - Discovers #1 Cover Blurb | Fred Newman | | |
| Twenty million years ago the apes began to descend from the trees. Millions of years later some learned to walk on two feet, and from these descended the earliest hominids. In "Dr. Who Discovers Early Man" the Doctor follows the trail of the first men on earth, and finds out about their customs, how they hunted, and how they made their tools. Watch out for more titles in these series of illustrated Dr. Who journeys of discovery | |
296 | 1977 | | Doctor Who Discovers Prehistoric Animals Doctor Who - Discovers #3 Cover Blurb | Fred Newman | | |
| What was the world like in prehistoric times? What kind of creatures lived in it? Dr. Who travels back millions of years in the Tardis to meet the fascinating and sometimes frightening prehistoric animals that existed long before man. 'Dr. Who Discovers Prehistoric Animals' is one of a new series of illustrated books in which the Doctor finds out things he did not know! So watch out for more of the Doctor's voyages of discovery. | |
297 | 1977 | | Doctor Who Discovers Space Travel Doctor Who - Discovers #2 Cover Blurb | Fred Newman | | |
| On a chance visit to Earth Dr. Who discovers, much to his surprise, that the space-age has begun. In 'Dr Who Discovers Space Travel' the Doctor traces the exciting story of the first astronauts, from Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, to the historic Moon landings. And of course, there's a look at the future, too, as the Tardis hops into the 21st Century. Watch out for more titles in this series of illustrated Dr. Who books. | |
298 | 1978 | | Doctor Who Discovers Strange and Mysterious Creatures Doctor Who - Discovers #5 Cover Blurb | Fred Newman | | |
| During the course of his adventures Dr. Who has met many strange forms of life. Now the Doctor discovers that there are mysterious creatures living here on Earth which, in their way, are just as extraordinary. In "Dr. Who Discovers Strange and Mysterious Creatures" he encounters flying squirrels, weird fish like the silver hatchet, and the piratical frigatebird among many others. The Doctor also encounters some legendary beats such as the mighty King Kong and the dreaded vampire, Dracula! This is another title in a new series of illustrated Dr. Who books. So watch out for more of the Doctor's voyages of discovery. | |
299 | 1978 | | Doctor Who Discovers The Conquerors Doctor Who - Discovers #4 Cover Blurb | Fred Newman | | |
| Dr Who encounters some of the most adventurous - and hardiest - characters in history as he journeys through time to meet The Conquerors. Not surprisingly the Doctor becomes mixed up in a few adventures himself as he witnesses Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain, Napoleon's triumph at the battle of Austerlitz and Hannibal's crossing of the Alps. "Dr Who Discovers The Conquerors" is one of a new series of illustrated Dr Who books. Watch out for other titles of Dr Who's journeys of discovery. | |
300 | 1982 | | Doctor Who e a Invãsao dos Autones Doctor Who - Novelizations (Portugal) #1 | Terrance Dicks | | |