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Robot by Terrance Dicks akaThe Giant Robot

1975 shown 1st printing Cover: Peter Brookes

Sorry, I wish I had this book.

Robot by Terrance Dicks akaThe Giant Robot

1984 shown 6th printing £ 0.90 Cover: Jeff Cummins

'Look, Brigadier! It's growing!' screamed Sarah. The Brigadier stared in amazement as the Robot began to grow... and grow... swelling to the size of a giant! Slowly the metal colossus, casting its enormous shadow upon the surrounding trees and buildings, began to stride towards the Brigadier. A giant metal hand reached down to grasp him... Can DOCTOR WHO defeat the evil forces controlling the Robot before they execute their plans to blackmail - or destroy - the world?

The Ark in Space by Ian Marter

1981 shown 2nd printing £ 0.90 Cover: Chris Achilleos

At a time in the far-off future, Earth has become uninhabitable. A selection of Humanity is placed, deep-frozen, in a fully automated space station, to await the day of their return to Earth... Thousands of years later, DOCTOR WHO arrives. He finds things going suspiciously wrong, and the station under attack from the giant WIRRN, deadly creatures who, in their lust for power, now threaten the future of the whole Human Race...

The Sontaran Experiment by Ian Marter

1982 shown 3rd printing £ 1.25 Cover: Roy Knipe

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 has 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?

Genesis of the Daleks by Terrance Dicks

1979 shown 1st printing $1.75 USA edition

DALEKS Doctor Who is given the chance of his lifetime, the incredible chance to eliminate his most deadly enemy, the Daleks. Sent to Skaro, the home of their creation, at a point in time just before their existence, Doctor Who's sole mission is to prevent the Daleks' birth - or at the very least, alter their genetic development. DALEKS But the time Lords and Doctor Who has not anticipated the single-minded obsession of the brilliant scientist Davros - a man determined to give his invention, the Daleks, destructive powers and a ruthless intelligence, a man determined to destroy. And least of all did they expect the baby Daleks to turn on their inventor... on the entire city... and prematurely on Doctor Who. DALEKS

Genesis of the Daleks by Terrance Dicks

1981 shown 4th printing £ 0.95 Cover: Chris Achilleos

The place: Skaro. Time: The Birth of the Daleks. After a thousand years of futile war against the Thals, DAVROS has perfected the physical form that will carry his race into eternity - the dreaded DALEK. Without feeling, conscience or pity, the Dalek is programmed to EXTERMINATE. At the command of the Time Lords, DOCTOR WHO travels back through time in an effort to totally destroy this terrible menace of the future. But even the Doctor cannot always win...

Revenge of the Cybermen by Terrance Dicks

1981 shown 4th printing £ 0.95 Cover: Chris Achilleos

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 destroy their old enemies, the VOGANS? The Doctor, Sarah and Harry find themselves trapped in the midst of a terrifying struggle to death - between the ruthless power-hungry Cybermen and the determined, desperate Vogans.

Revenge of the Cybermen by Terrance Dicks

1979 shown 1st printing $1.75 USA edition

THE CYBERMEN One by one, their limbs became diseased - they were replaced by plastic and steel! Little by little, their brains tired - computers worked just as well! Locked in a battle once again with these dreadful Cybermen, Doctor Who is caught between desperate Vogans, determined to save their planet, Voga, and the Cybermen, determined to destroy it. But Doctor Who has one last trick up his sleeve: it is a poison - powerful, plentiful, and deadly. And it is the only weapon humans have against the Cybermen, and the only reason the Cybermen must destroy Voga - the planet of Gold.

Revenge of the Cybermen by Terrance Dicks

1991 shown 5th printing £ 2.50 Cover: Alister Pearson

THE CYBERMEN. 'THEY'RE TOTALLY RUTHLESS, WITH A GREAT DETERMINATION TO SURVIVE, AND TO CONQUER. THEY WON'T HAVE FORGIVEN MANKIND.' Transported by the Time Ring given to the Doctor by the Time Lords, the Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry Sullivan find themselves returned to the spaceship that was the scene of The Ark in Space, also available as a Target novelization. They find it devastated, the crew struck down by a mysterious 'space plague.' And on board are the Cybermats, lethal war machines which wait for their masters, the Cybermen, to come and wreak their revenge... Doctor Who - Revenge of the Cybermen was written by Gerry Davis, the creator of the Cybermen, and this novelization is by Terrance Dicks, who was script editor of the series for five years.

Terror of the Zygons by Terrance Dicks aka The Loch Ness Monster

1979 shown 1st printing $1.75 USA edition

BORN-AGAIN ZYGONS Investigating mysterious attacks on North Sea oil rigs, Doctor Who discovers that, yes, there really is a Loch Ness monster. Half-animal and half-machine, it's the Skarasen, a monster-child of the exiled Zygons. They and their crippled spaceship have been in hiding for centuries. Now that they have regained their strength, the born-again but homeless Zygons plan to invade Earth, conquer its primitive peoples and stay on - as rulers. Doctor Who is rather worried, even terrified, that the Zygons really might take over. Will Doctor Who be able to outwit the cunning strategies of the ruthless and dynamic Zygons in time to save us all?

Terror of the Zygons by Terrance Dicks aka The Loch Ness Monster

1982 shown 3rd printing £ 1.25 Cover: Chris Achilleos

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 strong 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.

Planet of Evil by Terrance Dicks

1982 shown 3rd printing £ 1.25 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

A survey team of eight men from the mighty Morestran Empire lands on Zeta Minor, a remote planet on the fringes of the unverse. 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...

Pyramids of Mars by Terrance Dicks

1983 shown 4th printing £ 1.35 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

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 megalomania 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...

The Android Invasion by Terrance Dicks

1980 shown 1st printing $1.75 USA edition

DOCTOR WHO MEETS HIS CLONE Doctor Who, that cocky, crazy, cosmic hobo, and his delightful companion, Sarah, land in the small English village of Devesham. The TARDIS has brought them safely home at last. Or has it? At first the picturesque village seems deserted, but then they discover zombie-like inhabitants who won't answer their questions, and a mysterious soldier who marches over a cliff and reappears without a scratch. And then there are the weird coffin-like meteorites that open up and contain human-like creatures. Have the body snatchers returned? What Doctor Who doesn't know is that the village is not English at all, nor is it on Earth. It's a replica on the polluted Planet Oseidon, the radiation-infested home of the Kraals. The few surviving Kraals must find a new home fast and are sending androids to Earth to take it over. Will Doctor Who be able to outsmart his own android clone in a face-to-face battle of wits and stop the android invasion of Earth?

The Android Invasion by Terrance Dicks

1981 shown 3rd printing £ 0.90 Cover: Roy Knipe

The Doctor and Sarah arrive safely back on Earth - or do they? Why does the mysterious soldier march straight over a cliff - and then reappear unharmed? Why are they attacked by the sinister mechanics with built-in guns for hands? Why is a picturesque country village at first deserted - then filled with mindless zombies? And why are their best friends suddenly trying to kill them? The Doctor has stumbled on a cunning alien plan to take over the Earth. Will he be in time to defeat the deadly Kraals and their terrifying android invasion?

The Brain of Morbius by Terrance Dicks

1980 shown 3rd printing £ 0.85 Cover: Chris Achilleos

Why do so many spaceships crashland on Karn, a bleak, lonely and seemingly deserted planet? Are they doomed by the mysterious powers of the strange, black-robed Sisterhood, jealously guarding their secret of eternal life? Or does the mad Dr Solon, for some evil purpose of his own, need the bodies of the victims? And more especially, the body of DOCTOR WHO...

The Brain of Morbius by Terrance Dicks

1991 shown 4th? printing £ 2.50 Cover: Alister Pearson

MAREN LEANED FORWARD AND GAZED INTO THE CRYSTAL. 'NOW IS THE MOMENT, SISTER. THE TIME LORD SLEEPS, HE CANNOT PROTECT HIMSELF AGAINST US...' On the bleak and lonely planet of Karn, the mysterious Sisterhood guards the Sacred Flame, from which the Elixir of Life comes. But the Flame is dying... Elsewhere on the planet, the renegade Time Lord Morbius awaits the creation of a monstrous new body which will give him the power to rule the Galaxy. This is a novelization by Terrance Dicks of his own script which he wrote under the pseudonym Robin Bland. The author of over sixty Doctor Who novelizations, Terrance Dicks was script editor of the series for five years.

The Seeds of Doom by Philip Hinchcliffe

1980 shown 1st printing $1.75 USA edition

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?

The Seeds of Doom by Philip Hinchcliffe

1982 shown 2nd printing £ 1.25 Cover: Chris Achilleos

In the snowy wastes of blizzard-swept Antarctica, a strange pod-like object is unearthed, buried deep in the ice. Curiosity turns to alarm as the pod begins to grow - then horror when suddenly it cracks open and a snaking green tendril shoots out, mercilessly seeking the nearest live victim... In London, the botanical experts are bewildered. DOCTOR WHO is called in to fight this unknown horror. But will he be in time to save Earth from the rapidly spreading tentacles of the KRYNOID, giant man-eating monster from an alien world?

The Masque of Mandragora by Philip Hinchcliffe

1979 shown 1st printing $1.75 USA edition

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 Masque of Mandragora by Philip Hinchcliffe

1980 shown 4th printing £ 0.85 Cover: Mike Little

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.

The Hand of Fear by Terrance Dicks

1983 shown 3rd printing £ 1.25 Cover: Roy Knipe

The Tardis lands in England, and Sarah, the Doctor's companion, looks forward to going home. A freak accident in a quarry leaves the unconscious Sarah clutching an enormous stone Hand. The Hand is the only surviving remnant of Eldrad, an alien super-being expelled from his planet, Kastria - and it has the power to control the human mind. Using Sarah as its instrument, the Hand goes in search of the atomic energy it needs to regenerate Eldrad's body. Eldrad is determined to return to Kastria and punish his enemies. The Doctor and Sarah are caught up in the terrifying conclusion of a drama of betrayal and revenge that began millions of years ago.

The Deadly Assassin by Terrance Dicks

1984 shown 5th printing £ 1.35 Cover: Mike Little

The Doctor is suddenly summoned to Gallifrey, the home of the Time Lords, where his ghastly hallucination of the President's assassination seems to turn into reality. When the Doctor is arrested for the murder, there is a hideous, dark, cowled figure gleefully watching in the shadows. Faced with his old enemy, the Master, Doctor Who approaches defeat in a battle of minds in a nightmare world created by the Master's imagination. But the Master's evil intentions go much further - he has a Doomsday Plan. It is up to the Doctor to prevent him from destroying Gallifrey and taking over the Universe! DOCTOR WHO scripts - awarded The Writers' Guild Award for the best British children's original drama script.

The Face of Evil by Terrance Dicks

1983 shown 5th printing £ 1.35 Cover: Jeff Cummins

Setting the controls for Earth, the Doctor is surprised when the Tardis lands in a primeval forest. Has the Tracer gone wrong or has some impulse deep in his unconscious mind directed him to this alien planet? In investigating the forest, the Doctor meets and assists Leela, a warrior banished from her tribe, the Sevateem. Through Leela, it gradually becomes apparent that the constant war between the Sevateem and the Tesh has been instigated by the god they both worship, Xoanon. Xoanon, an all-powerful computer, is possessed by a desperate madness - a madness that is directly related to Doctor Who, that causes Xoanon to assume the voice and form of the Doctor, a madness that is partly caused by the Doctor and that only the Doctor himself can rectify! The Doctor must not only do battle with Xoanon, but also must escape from the savage practices of the Sevateem, and the technically mind-controlling destructive impulses of the Tesh.

The Robots of Death by Terrance Dicks

1984 shown 4th printing £ 1.35 Cover: John Geary

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.

The Robots of Death by Terrance Dicks

1994 shown ? printing £ ?.?? Cover: Alister Pearson

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The Talons of Weng-Chiang by Terrance Dicks

1979 shown 1st printing $1.75 USA edition

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?

The Talons of Weng-Chiang by Terrance Dicks

1982 shown 5th printing £ 1.35 Cover: Jeff Cummins

Stepping out of the Tardis into Victorian London, Leela and the Doctor are confronted by menacing, diabolical horrors shrouded within the swirling London fog - a man's death cry, an attack by Chinese Tong hatchet men, giant rats roaming the sewers, young women mysteriously disappearing... The hideously deformed Magnus Greel, conducting a desperate search for the lost Time Cabinet, is the instigator of all this evil. Posing as the Chinese god, Weng-Chiang, Greel uses the crafty Chang, and the midget manikin, Mr. Sin, to achieve his terrifying objectives. The Doctor must use all his skill, energy and intelligence to escape the talons of Weng-Chiang.

Horror of Fang Rock by Terrance Dicks

1982 shown 5th printing £ 1.25 Cover: Jeff Cummins

On a remote rocky island a few miles off the Channel coast stands the 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 1900s, 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...

The Invisible Enemy by Terrance Dicks

1984 shown 4th printing £ 1.35 Cover: Roy Knipe

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...

Image of the Fendahl by Terrance Dicks

1983 shown 5th printing £ 1.25 Cover: John Geary

'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 life in the galaxy.

The Sunmakers by Terrance Dicks

1983 shown 2nd printing £ 1.25 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

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.

Underworld by Terrance Dicks

1982 shown 3rd printing £ 1.25 Cover: Bill Donohoe

Exploring the very edge of the known universe, the Doctor, Leela and K9 discover a group of astronauts searching for the lost gene bank of 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?

The Invasion of Time by Terrance Dicks

1984 shown 4th printing £ 1.35 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

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 a 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 hectic menace and humorous self-mockery.' BRITISH BOOK NEWS

The Ribos Operation by Ian Marter

1983 shown 4th printing £ 1.35 Cover: John Geary

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...

The Stones of Blood by Terrance Dicks

1980 shown 1st printing £ 0.75 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

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 skilful professional story-teller... He has deftly recaptured the programme's popular blend of hectic menace and humorous self-mockery' BRITISH BOOK NEWS

The Androids of Tara by Terrance Dicks

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The Power of Kroll by Terrance Dicks

1982 shown 2nd printing £ 1.25 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

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...

The Armageddon Factor by Terrance Dicks

1980 shown 1st printing £ 0.85 Cover: Bill Donohoe

Some time ago, the White Guardian, one of the most powerful beings in the Cosmos, had set the Doctor an urgent task - to find and reassemble the six segments of the Key to Time. The Doctor and Romana had successfully retrieved five of the segments and now they have reached the planet Atrios in the middle of an atomic war, to search for the last, most vital piece. Sinister dangers await them in this final stage of their quest...

Destiny of the Daleks by Terrance Dicks

1983 shown 4th printing £ 1.35 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

Landing on an apparently devastated planet, the Doctor and Romana make a horrifying discovery. The planet is Skaro, home-world of the Daleks. The Daleks are excavating in order to find and revive Davros, the mad, crippled, scientific genius who first created them. They hope that he will give them the scientific superiority to break the deadlock with their Movellan enemies. Faced once more with the deadly and seemingly indestructible Daleks, the Doctor's wits and strength are stretched to their very limits...

The Creature From the Pit by David Fisher

1982 shown 2nd printing £ 1.25 Cover: Steve Kyte

The planet Chloris is very fertile, but metal is in short supply, and has therefore become extremely valuable. A huge creature, with most unusual physical properties, arrives from an alien planet which can provide Chloris with metal from its own unlimited supplies, in exchange for chlorophyll. However, the ruthless Lady Adrasta has been able to exploit the shortage of metal to her own advantage, and has no wish to see the situation change. The Doctor and Romana land on Chloris just as the creature's alien masters begin to lose patience over their ambassador's long absence. The action the aliens decide to take will have devastating consequences for Chloris, unless something is done to prevent it...

The Nightmare of Eden by Terrance Dicks

1980 shown 1st printing £ 0.85 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

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...

The Horns of Nimon by Terrance Dicks

1980 shown 1st printing £ 0.85 Cover: Steve Kyte

In the great maze of the Power Complex dwells the dreaded Nimon, a fearsome monster with immense scientific powers. The Nimon has promised to restore the Skonnan Empire to its former glory. But first it demands sacrifice - youths and maidens from the peaceful planet Aneth. The Tardis collides with the space ship delivering the victims, and the captured Romana is condemned to be sacrificed to the Nimon. Aided by the faithful K9, the Doctor goes to the rescue. In the heart of the maze he confronts the Nimon and uncovers a terrifying plot to enslave the galaxy.

The Leisure Hive by David Fisher

1984 shown 3rd printing £ 1.35 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

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 devastating 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...

Meglos by Terrance Dicks

1983 shown 1st printing £ 1.35 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

Zastor, Leader of the planet Tigella, rules a divided people. Savants and Deons are irrevocably opposed on one crucial issue - the Dodecahedron, mysterious source of all their power. To the Savants the Dodecahedron is a miracle of science to be studied, observed and used to benefit Tigellan civilisation. To the Deons it is a god and not to be tampered with. When the power supply begins to fluctuate wildly the whole planet is threatened, but the Tigellans cannot agree how they should deal with the problem. Zastor welcomes the arrival of the Doctor and invites him to arbitrate, but the Deons are suspicious of the Time Lord - and perhaps rightly so...

Full Circle by Andrew Smith

1984 shown 3rd printing £ 1.95 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

Romana has been recalled to Gallifrey by the Time Lords - a summons that cannot be ignored, despite her extreme reluctance to give up the freedom and excitement life as the Doctor's companion has brought. The time travellers' course is set, the flight path is clear, estimated time of arrival on Gallifrey is in thirty-two minutes - then the unexpected happens... The full significance of their temporary loss of control over the TARDIS is only gradually brought homw to the Doctor. For it is not on Gallifrey that they land but on the terror planet Alzarius, and at a time when the legendary Mistfall comes again - when the giant scaly creatures that inhabit the planet's swamps leave the marshes and go on the rampage, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake...

State of Decay by Terrance Dicks

1983 shown 3rd printing £ 1.35 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

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.

Warriors' Gate by John Lydecker

1984 shown 4th printing £ 1.35 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

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...

The Keeper of Traken by Terrance Dicks

1983 shown 4th printing £ 1.35 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

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 powers 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...

Logopolis by Christopher H Bidmead

1982 shown 1st printing £ 1.25 Cover: Andrew Skilleter

In theory the TARDIS should be able to change its appearance to blend in unobtrusively wherever it happens to materialise. In practice, however, because of a fault in the chameleon circuit, it always looks like a police box - a minor inconvenience the Doctor now hopes to correct. Fixing the mechanism involves a visit to Earth and a trip to the planet Logopolis - normally a quiet little place that keeps itself to itself. But on this occasion the meddling presence of the Doctor's archenemy, the Master, ensures the disruption of normality. And even the Master is horrified by the threat of total chaos he unintentionally precipitates - until he finds a way to turn the imminent destruction of the universe to his own advantage...