List of Doctor Who novelisations
Doctor Who novels based on television, radio, and other stories
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Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963. Hundreds of novelisations of the series have been published by various publishers, the majority based on the original 1963–1989 run of the series.
History
Frederick Muller Ltd.
Frederick Muller Ltd. commissioned David Whitaker to novelise the first Dalek serial under the title Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks, which was published November 1964 in hardcover just in time for the second Dalek serial, The Dalek Invasion of Earth to be transmitted. The success of this book warranted two reprintings by 1965 and led Frederick Muller to commission two further novelisations, Doctor Who and the Zarbi and Doctor Who and the Crusaders, which were published in 1965 and 1966 respectively. Sales of these books did not live up to the first and so the short range was brought to an end.[1]
Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks was reissued in paperback October 1965 by Armada Books, an imprint of May Fair Books, with new illustrations. [2] Doctor Who and the Crusaders was reissued in paperback in 1967 by Green Dragon, an imprint of Atlantic Books, again with new illustrations.[3] All three books with reissued in hardcover in 1975 by White Lion, all featuring Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor on the cover while retaining the First Doctor illustrations inside. [3]
Target Books
In 1972 Universal-Tandem Publishing was looking to create a children's book imprint, Target Books. In a visit to Frederick Muller's offices, the three 1960s Doctor Who books were optioned, and then the BBC was contacted with a view to publish new books. This call to the BBC met with enthusiastic support from the current script editor, Terrance Dicks.[4] The Doctor Who novelisations quickly became a backbone of the imprint, surviving corporate acquisitions and novelising almost every Doctor Who television story. New novelisations under the Target imprint came to an end in 1991 (although three more were published under their parent company's new Doctor Who Books imprint). Reprints under the Target imprint continued through 1994.
A short series entitled The Companions of Doctor Who comprised the novelisation of K-9 and Company along with the original works Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma and Harry Sullivan's War. In addition to the television serials, three scripts from the cancelled Season 23—The Nightmare Fair, The Ultimate Evil and Mission to Magnus—were novelised. The former sold less well than the usual novelisations, while the latter sold as well.[5] Target also novelised two additional non-televised stories: the radio play Slipback and the audio story The Pescatons.
Doctor Who Books
Virgin Books created a new imprint, Doctor Who Books, for their Doctor Who novels and non-fiction books. This imprint published the last three books in the Doctor Who Library established by Target. (The Power of the Daleks, The Evil of the Daleks, and the radio play The Paradise of Death.
Further novelisations were published as part of their monthly novel lines. Barry Letts's radio drama, The Ghosts of N-Space was published as part of the Virgin Missing Adventures range in 1995, as was the novelisation of the independent spin-off Downtime in 1996. The Virgin New Adventures range published a novelisation of Shakedown: The Return of the Sontarans in 1995.
BBC Books
In 1996 the BBC chose not to renew Virgin's license for publishing Doctor Who fiction, preferring to bring the novels back in house. BBC Books published a novelisation of the 1996 Doctor Who television movie. They also published a novelisation of the webcast Scream of the Shalka as part of the Past Doctor Adventures range in 2004. From 2012 to 2019, BBC Books published novelisations of the 1970s and 1980s serials Target was unable to publish (The Pirate Planet, City of Death, Shada, Resurrection of the Daleks, and Revelation of the Daleks). Novelisations of the unproduced scripts Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen and Doctor Who Meets Scratchman were published in 2018 and 2019 respectively. A new adaptation of The Evil of the Daleks written by Frazer Hines was released in 2023.[6]
BBC Books began reprinting selected Target novelisations starting in July 2011.[7]
The Target Collection
Starting in 2018, BBC Books published novelisations of selected episodes of the revived series as part of a range dubbed The Target Collection featuring the Target logo.[8] Paperback editions of City of Death, The Pirate Planet, Resurrection of the Daleks, Revelation of the Daleks, and the 1996 television movie were also added to the revived Target range. (City of Death and The Pirate Planet were abridged from their previous BBC Books editions.) In 2022, print versions of the previously audiobook-only adaptations by David Fisher of The Stones of Blood and The Androids of Tara were also added to the range, as was a print edition of the expanded audiobook version of Warriors Gate in 2023. The Target Collection was subsequently divided into two series: the Classic Era, comprising books based on stories from the original television series and the revived series through 2022,[9] and the New Era, comprising books based on television stories broadcast since 2023, starting with the three 2023 specials.[10]
Audiobooks
In 2005, BBC Audio released unabridged audiobook versions of the first three Frederick Muller novelisations, read by actor William Russell (who played Ian Chesterton). Beginning in September 2007, they began releasing further unabridged audiobooks of the Target novelisations at a regular rate.
An Unearthly Child was set to receive a new novelisation exclusive to audio, read by William Russell, written by Nigel Robinson, and released by AudioGo.[11] The audiobook was originally scheduled to be released November 2013, but the release was cancelled due to AudioGo's bankruptcy in the same month.[12] Rights issues are currently preventing its release.[13]
Pearson Education
Pearson Education published adaptations of four Eleventh Doctor stories in 2011 (two of which were photonovelisations) and six Twelfth Doctor stories in 2018 for use in schools.
Publication details
Writing
Although Target endeavoured to commission the original scriptwriters to novelise their own stories, this was not always possible. As a result, many books in the Target line were written by Terrance Dicks.[14] During the late 1970s to early 1980s, Target, which classified the novelisations as children's fiction, imposed a page limit of 128 pages. Some books (particularly several by Dicks) even fell short of this limit. By the late 1980s, however, the page cap had been lifted, although John Peel was still required to split his novelisation of the epic 12-episode The Daleks' Master Plan into two volumes because the manuscript was too long.
Titles
For the first few years of the Target line, it was common practice for the novels to have titles that differed from the adapted serials: for example, Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, which was based upon the serial Spearhead from Space. This practice was dropped in the mid-1970s. Another tradition established by the books was to prepend the words "Doctor Who and ..." to the titles, except in a few cases where impractical. This practice continued until the early 1980s. From 1990 onwards reprints of the books generally dropped "Doctor Who and..." from the title and changed titles back to the original television story, although some of the reprints merely rejacketed earlier stock.
Illustrators
The first of the Target reissues featured new cover artwork by Chris Achilleos, who went on to illustrate over 30 of the novelisations throughout the 1970s.[15] British artist Andrew Skilleter created much of the cover art from 1979 to 1994, along with video covers and other merchandise.[16][17] His work on Doctor Who was showcased in his 1995 volume Blacklight: The Art of Andrew Skilleter.[17][18]
Numbering
Target began numbering its novelisations from 1983, with almost all of the first seventy-three books being numbered as reprints came out. The first new book to be numbered was Time-Flight. Target's numbering did not initially reflect original publication order (which would have placed David Whitaker's Doctor Who and the Daleks book first) or the production or broadcast order of the original stories, but rather was conducted in alphabetical order, so that the novelisation of The Abominable Snowmen was numbered "1". Due to print delays and last-minute reordering of publication schedules, some of the later books were released out of numeric order. The revived "Target Collection" from BBC Books is not numbered on the covers. However, the Penguin website lists the books based on stories prior to 2023 as Doctor Who Target Novels – Classic Era and numbers them 1-20, but this list omits "Twice Upon a Time", the Doctor Who Magazine exclusive Target of Frazer Hines's The Evil of the Daleks, and the books published in 2026.[19] The website also groups the books based on stories since 2023 as Doctor Who Target Novels – New Era, but does not number them.[20]
Novelisations of television stories
First Doctor
Featuring William Hartnell's First Doctor
Season
| Story no. | Library no.[a] | Novelisation title | Author | Hardcover release date[b] | Paperback release date[c] | Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[d] | Narrator | |||||||
| 1 | 001 | 68 | Doctor Who and An Unearthly Child | Terrance Dicks | 15 October 1981[21] | N/a | ||
| N/a | An Unearthly Child[e] | Nigel Robinson | N/a | William Russell | ||||
| 002 | Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks | David Whitaker | 12 November 1964[f][25] | 4 October 1965[g][25] | N/a | |||
| 16 | Doctor Who and the Daleks | N/a | 2 May 1973[25] | 7 March 2005[25] | William Russell | |||
| 003 | 132 | The Edge of Destruction | Nigel Robinson | 19 May 1988[26] | 20 October 1988[26] | 31 August 2010[27] | ||
| 004 | 94 | Marco Polo | John Lucarotti | 13 December 1984[28] | 11 April 1985[28] | 6 December 2018[28] | Zienia Merton | |
| 005 | 38 | Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus | Philip Hinchcliffe | 21 August 1980[29] | 1 September 2022[30] | Jamie Glover | ||
| 006 | 88 | The Aztecs | John Lucarotti | 21 June 1984[31] | 20 September 1984[31] | 2 August 2012[31] | William Russell | |
| 007 | 118 | The Sensorites | Nigel Robinson | 19 February 1987[32] | 16 July 1987[32] | 3 May 2012[32] | ||
| 008 | 119 | The Reign of Terror | Ian Marter | 19 March 1987[33] | 20 August 1987[33] | 2 June 2022[33] | Jamie Glover | |
| 2 | 009 | 145 | Planet of Giants | Terrance Dicks | N/a | 18 January 1990[34] | 4 May 2017[34] | Carole Ann Ford |
| 010 | 17 | Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth | 24 March 1977[35] | 5 November 2009[35] | William Russell[h] | |||
| 011 | 124 | The Rescue | Ian Marter | 20 August 1987[36] | 21 January 1988[36] | 4 April 2013[36] | Maureen O'Brien | |
| 012 | 120 | The Romans | Donald Cotton | 16 April 1987[37] | 17 September 1987[37] | 5 January 2023[38] | Several
| |
| 013 | 73 | Doctor Who and the Zarbi | Bill Strutton | 16 September 1965[f][39] | 2 May 1973[39] | 7 November 2005[39] | William Russell | |
| 014 | 12 | Doctor Who and the Crusaders | David Whitaker | 24 February 1966[f][40] | 1967[i][40] | 7 November 2005[40] | ||
| 015 | 117 | The Space Museum | Glyn Jones | 15 January 1987[41] | 18 June 1987[41] | 4 February 2016[41] | Maureen O'Brien | |
| 016 | 140 | The Chase | John Peel | N/a | 20 July 1989[42] | 4 August 2011[42] | Maureen O'Brien[h] | |
| 017 | 126 | The Time Meddler | Nigel Robinson | 15 October 1987[43] | 17 March 1988[43] | 6 October 2016[43] | Peter Purves | |
| 3 | 018 | 104 | Galaxy Four | William Emms | 14 November 1985[44] | 10 April 1986[44] | 6 July 2017[44] | Maureen O'Brien |
| 019, 021 | 141 | The Daleks' Master Plan Part I: Mission to the Unknown | John Peel | N/a | 21 September 1989[45] | 6 May 2010[45] | Jean Marsh and Peter Purves[h] | |
| 020 | 97 | The Myth Makers | Donald Cotton | 11 April 1985[46] | 12 September 1985[46] | 7 April 2008[46] | Stephen Thorne | |
| 021 | 142 | The Daleks' Master Plan Part II: The Mutation of Time | John Peel | N/a | 19 October 1989[47] | 3 June 2010[47] | Jean Marsh and Peter Purves[h] | |
| 022 | 122 | The Massacre | John Lucarotti | 18 June 1987[48] | 19 November 1987[48] | 11 June 2015[48] | Peter Purves | |
| 023 | 114 | The Ark | Paul Erickson | 16 October 1986[49] | 19 March 1987[49] | 1 March 2018[49] | ||
| 024 | 111 | The Celestial Toymaker | Gerry Davis and Alison Bingeman | 19 June 1986[50] | 20 November 1986[50] | 3 April 2025[51] | ||
| 025 | 101 | The Gunfighters | Donald Cotton | 11 July 1985[52] | 9 January 1986[52] | 7 February 2013[52] | Shane Rimmer | |
| 026 | 109 | The Savages | Ian Stuart Black | 20 March 1986[53] | 11 September 1986[53] | 4 February 2021[53] | Peter Purves | |
| 027 | 136 | The War Machines | N/a | 16 February 1989[54] | 7 March 2019[54] | Michael Cochrane | ||
| 4 | 028 | 133 | The Smugglers | Terrance Dicks | 16 June 1988[55] | 17 November 1988[55] | 6 August 2020[55] | Anneke Wills |
| 029 | 62 | Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet | Gerry Davis | 19 February 1976[56] | 7 December 2017[56] | Anneke Wills[j] | ||
- Published by Target's parent companies (Allen Wingate, W. H. Allen, BBC Books) unless otherwise indicated
- Published by Target Books (or by BBC Books under the Target Collection umbrella) unless otherwise indicated
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.
- Published by Armada Books
- Dalek voices performed by Nicholas Briggs
- Published by Green Dragon
- Cyberman voices performed by Nicholas Briggs
Second Doctor
Featuring Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor
Season |
Story no. | Library no.[a] | Novelisation title | Author | Hardcover release date[b] |
Paperback release date[c] |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[d] | Narrator | |||||||
| 4 | 030 | 154 | The Power of the Daleks | John Peel | N/a | 15 July 1993[57] | 3 November 2022[58] | Nicholas Briggs |
| 031 | 90 | The Highlanders | Gerry Davis | 16 August 1984[59] | 15 November 1984[59] | 6 September 2012[59] | Anneke Wills | |
| 032 | 129 | The Underwater Menace | Nigel Robinson | 18 February 1988[60] | 21 July 1988[60] | 2 December 2021[60] | ||
| 033 | 14 | Doctor Who and the Cybermen | Gerry Davis | 16 July 1981[61] | 20 February 1975[61] | 12 March 2009[61] | Anneke Wills[e] | |
| 034 | 123 | The Macra Terror | Ian Stuart Black | 16 July 1987[62] | 10 December 1987[62] | 4 August 2016[62] | Anneke Wills | |
| 035 | 116 | The Faceless Ones | Terrance Dicks | 11 December 1986[63] | 21 May 1987[63] | 2 May 2019[63] | ||
| 036 | 155 | The Evil of the Daleks | John Peel | N/a | 19 August 1993[64] | N/a | ||
| N/a | The Evil of the Daleks (unabridged)[f][6] | Frazer Hines (with Mike Tucker and Steve Cole) | 26 October 2023 | N/a | 26 October 2023 | Frazer Hines[g] | ||
| The Evil of the Daleks (abridged)[f] | N/a | 10 October 2024[h][65] | N/a | |||||
| 5 | 037 | 66 | Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen | Gerry Davis | 18 May 1978[66] | 7 March 2013[66] | Michael Kilgarriff[e] | |
| 038 | 1 | Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen | Terrance Dicks | 17 January 1985[67] | 21 November 1974[67] | 24 March 2009[67] | David Troughton | |
| 039 | 33 | Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors | Brian Hayles | 18 March 1976[68] | 7 January 2010[68] | Frazer Hines | ||
| 040 | 24 | Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World | Ian Marter | 16 April 1981[69] | 4 July 2019[69] | David Troughton | ||
| 041 | 72 | Doctor Who and the Web of Fear | Terrance Dicks | 19 August 1976[70] | 3 August 2017[70] | |||
| 042 | 110 | Fury from the Deep | Victor Pemberton | 22 May 1986[71] | 16 October 1986[71] | 7 July 2011[71] | ||
| 043 | 130 | The Wheel in Space | Terrance Dicks | 17 March 1988[72] | 18 August 1988[72] | 5 August 2021[72] | David Troughton[e] | |
| 6 | 044 | 86 | The Dominators | Ian Marter | 19 April 1984[73] | 19 July 1984[73] | 6 September 2018[73] | Michael Troughton |
| 045 | 115 | The Mind Robber | Peter Ling | 20 November 1986[74] | 16 April 1987[74] | 6 August 2009[74] | Derek Jacobi | |
| 046 | 98 | The Invasion | Ian Marter | 16 May 1985[75] | 10 October 1985[75] | 7 April 2016[75] | David Troughton[e] | |
| 047 | 99 | The Krotons | Terrance Dicks | 13 June 1985[76] | 14 November 1985[76] | 2 April 2020[76] | Frazer Hines | |
| 048 | 112 | The Seeds of Death | 17 July 1986[77] | 4 December 1986[77] | 2 February 2023[78] | David Troughton | ||
| 049 | 147 | The Space Pirates | N/a | 15 March 1990[79] | 1 December 2016[79] | Terry Molloy | ||
| 050 | 70 | Doctor Who and the War Games | Malcolm Hulke | 25 October 1979[80] | 25 September 1979[80] | 1 February 2011[80] | David Troughton | |
- Published by Target's parent companies (Allen Wingate, W. H. Allen, BBC Books) unless otherwise indicated
- Published by Target Books (or by BBC Books under the Target Collection umbrella) unless otherwise indicated
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- Cyberman voices performed by Nicholas Briggs
- This adaptation follows the Doctor showing Zoe the story at the end of The Wheel in Space.
- Dalek voices performed by Nicholas Briggs
- Released exclusively with Doctor Who Magazine #609
Third Doctor
Featuring Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor.
Season |
Story no. | Library no.[a] | Novelisation title | Author | Hardcover release date[b] |
Paperback release date[c] |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[d] | Narrator | |||||||
| 7 | 051 | 6 | Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion | Terrance Dicks | 17 January 1974 | 12 June 2008 | Caroline John | |
| 052 | 9 | Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters | Malcolm Hulke | 17 January 1974 | 3 September 2007 | |||
| 053 | 121 | The Ambassadors of Death | Terrance Dicks | 21 May 1987 | 15 October 1987 | 4 January 2018 | Geoffrey Beevers | |
| 054 | 89 | Inferno | 19 July 1984 | 18 October 1984 | 7 April 2011 | Caroline John | ||
| 8 | 055 | 63 | Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons | 19 February 1981 | 15 May 1975 | 5 August 2010 | Geoffrey Beevers | |
| 056 | 96 | The Mind of Evil | 21 March 1985 | 11 July 1985 | 6 April 2017 | Richard Franklin | ||
| 057 | 10 | Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos | 21 April 1977 | 4 June 2016 | ||||
| 058 | 23 | Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon | Malcolm Hulke | 18 March 1982 | 18 March 1974 | 3 September 2007 | Geoffrey Beevers | |
| 059 | 15 | Doctor Who and the Dæmons | Barry Letts | 14 January 1982 | 17 October 1974 | 14 August 2008 | Barry Letts | |
| 9 | 060 | 18 | Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks | Terrance Dicks | 20 August 1981 | 18 March 1974 | 3 November 2016 | Richard Franklin[e] |
| 061 | 13 | Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon | Brian Hayles | 17 July 1980 | 16 January 1975 | 3 July 1995 (abridged) 2 May 2013 (unabridged) | Jon Pertwee (abridged) David Troughton (unabridged) | |
| 062 | 54 | Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils | Malcolm Hulke | 18 June 1981 | 17 October 1974 | 7 June 2012 | Geoffrey Beevers | |
| 063 | 44 | Doctor Who and the Mutants | Terrance Dicks | 29 September 1977 | 4 October 2018 | Jon Culshaw | ||
| 064 | 102 | The Time Monster | 12 September 1985 | 13 February 1986 | 16 March 2023[81] | |||
| 10 | 065 | 64 | The Three Doctors[f] | 20 November 1975 | 1978 [g] 7 April 2010 | Gabriel Woolf (1978) Katy Manning (2010) | ||
| 066 | 8 | Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters | 20 January 1977 | 1978 [g] 13 November 2014 | Gabriel Woolf (1978) Katy Manning (2014) | |||
| 067 | 57 | Doctor Who and the Space War | Malcolm Hulke | 23 September 1976 | 4 February 2008 | Geoffrey Beevers | ||
| 068 | 46 | Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks | Terrance Dicks | 21 October 1976[h] | 5 June 1995 (abridged) 6 June 2013 (unabridged) | Jon Pertwee (abridged) Mark Gatiss[e] (unabridged) | ||
| 069 | 29 | Doctor Who and the Green Death | Malcolm Hulke | 16 April 1981 | 21 August 1975 | 4 September 2008 | Katy Manning | |
| 11 | 070 | 65 | Doctor Who and the Time Warrior | Terrance Dicks[i] | 18 May 1978 | 29 June 1978 | 13 November 2008 | Jeremy Bulloch |
| 071 | 22 | Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion | Malcolm Hulke | 19 February 1976 | 5 November 2007 | Martin Jarvis | ||
| 072 | 20 | Death to the Daleks | Terrance Dicks | 20 July 1978 | 3 March 2016 | Jon Culshaw[e] | ||
| 073 | 43 | Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon | 20 November 1980 | 4 December 1980 | 5 March 2020 | Jon Culshaw | ||
| 074 | 48 | Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders | 20 November 1975 | 16 October 1975 | 4 June 2009 | Elisabeth Sladen | ||
- Published by Target's parent companies (Allen Wingate, W. H. Allen, BBC Books) unless otherwise indicated
- Published by Target Books (or by BBC Books under the Target Collection umbrella) unless otherwise indicated
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- Dalek voices performed by Nicholas Briggs
- The 1976 edition (and subsequent reprintings until 1991) is titled Doctor Who and the Three Doctors on the front cover.
- Published by the Royal National Institute of the Blind
- An abridged version was first published in Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus in September 1976
- Prologue by Robert Holmes (uncredited)
Fourth Doctor
Featuring Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor.
Season |
Story no. | Library no.[a] | Novelisation title | Author | Hardcover release date[b] |
Paperback release date[c] |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[d] | Narrator | |||||||
| 12 | 075 | 28 | Doctor Who and the Giant Robot | Terrance Dicks | 17 April 1986 | 13 March 1975 | 5 November 2007 | Tom Baker |
| N/a | Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot | December 1979[82] | Early 1980[82] | N/a | ||||
| 076 | 4 | Doctor Who and the Ark in Space | Ian Marter | 21 April 1977 | 10 May 1977 | 16 July 2015 | Jon Culshaw | |
| 077 | 56 | Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment | 7 December 1978 | 7 July 2016 | ||||
| 078 | 27 | Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks | Terrance Dicks | 22 July 1976 | 10 July 2012 [e] 5 October 2017 | Terry Molloy (2012) Jon Culshaw[f] (2017) | ||
| 079 | 51 | Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen | 20 May 1976 | 3 February 2022[83] | Nicholas Briggs | |||
| 13 | 080 | 40 | Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster | 15 January 1976 | 1978 [e] 16 October 2025[84] | Gabriel Woolf (1978) Jon Culshaw (2025) | ||
| 081 | 47 | Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil | 21 July 1977 | 18 August 1977 | 6 April 2023[85] | Tim Treloar | ||
| 082 | 50 | Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars | 16 December 1976 | 14 August 2008 | Tom Baker | |||
| 083 | 2 | Doctor Who and the Android Invasion | 16 November 1978 | 18 August 2022 | Geoffrey Beevers | |||
| 084 | 7 | Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius | 19 May 1977 | 23 June 1977 | 4 February 2008 | Tom Baker | ||
| N/a | Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius | 27 June 1980 | 13 November 1980 | N/a | ||||
| 085 | 55 | Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom | Philip Hinchcliffe | 17 February 1977 | 5 September 2019 | Michael Kilgarriff | ||
| 14 | 086 | 42 | Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora | 19 January 1978 | 8 December 1977 | 9 April 2009 | Tim Pigott-Smith | |
| 087 | 30 | Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear | Terrance Dicks | 18 January 1979 | 7 January 2021 | Pamela Salem | ||
| 088 | 19 | Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin | 20 October 1977 | 19 March 2015 | Geoffrey Beevers | |||
| 089 | 25 | Doctor Who and the Face of Evil | 19 January 1978 | 19 January 2011[e] 7 April 2022 | Louise Jameson (2011 & 2022) | |||
| 090 | 53 | Doctor Who and the Robots of Death | 24 May 1979 | 1 February 2018 | Louise Jameson | |||
| 091 | 61 | Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang | 17 November 1977 | 1 January 2013 | Christopher Benjamin | |||
| 15 | 092 | 32 | Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock | 30 March 1978 | 2 February 2017 | Louise Jameson | ||
| 093 | 36 | Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy | 29 March 1979 | 2 August 2018 | John Leeson | |||
| 094 | 34 | Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl | 26 July 1979 | 6 February 2020 | Louise Jameson | |||
| 095 | 60 | Doctor Who and the Sunmakers | 18 November 1982 | 7 February 2019 | Louise Jameson [g] | |||
| 096 | 67 | Doctor Who and the Underworld | 24 January 1980 | 6 May 2021 | ||||
| 097 | 35 | Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time | 21 February 1980 | 1 September 2016 | John Leeson | |||
| 16 | 098 | 52 | Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation | Ian Marter | 13 December 1979 | 3 March 2011 | ||
| 099 | N/a | The Pirate Planet (unabridged) | James Goss | 5 January 2017 | 1 February 2018 [h] | 5 January 2017 | Jon Culshaw | |
| Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet (abridged) | N/a | 11 March 2021 | N/a | |||||
| 100 | 59 | Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood | Terrance Dicks | 20 March 1980 | 4 June 2026[86] | Geoffrey Beevers[g] | ||
| N/a | The Stones of Blood | David Fisher | N/a | 14 July 2022[87] | 5 May 2011 | Susan Engel[g] | ||
| 101 | 3 | Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara | Terrance Dicks | 24 April 1980 | 2026[88] | Geoffrey Beevers[g] | ||
| N/a | The Androids of Tara | David Fisher | N/a | 14 July 2022[89] | 5 July 2012 | John Leeson | ||
| 102 | 49 | Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll | Terrance Dicks | 29 May 1980 | 7 October 2021 | Geoffrey Beevers | ||
| 103 | 5 | Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor | 26 June 1980 | 6 June 2019 | John Leeson | |||
| 17 | 104 | 21 | Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks | 22 November 1979 | 5 September 2024[90] | Jon Culshaw[f] | ||
| 105 | N/a | City of Death (unabridged) | James Goss | 21 May 2015 | 11 February 2016[h] | 21 May 2015 | Lalla Ward | |
| City of Death (abridged) | N/a | 5 April 2018 | N/a | |||||
| 106 | 11 | Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit | David Fisher | 15 January 1981 | 7 April 2008 | Tom Baker | ||
| 107 | 45 | Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden | Terrance Dicks | 18 September 1980 | 21 August 1980 | 6 October 2022 | Dan Starkey | |
| 108 | 31 | Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon | 16 October 1980 | 4 April 2024[91] | Geoffrey Beevers[g] | |||
| 108.5[92] | N/a | Shada | Gareth Roberts | 15 March 2012 | 31 January 2013[h] | 15 March 2012 | Lalla Ward[g] | |
| 18 | 109 | 39 | Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive | David Fisher | 22 July 1982 | 1 July 2013 | ||
| 110 | 75 | Meglos | Terrance Dicks | 17 February 1983 | 19 May 1983 | 1 July 2021 | Jon Culshaw[g] | |
| 111 | 26 | Full Circle | Andrew Smith | 16 September 1982 | 15 January 2015 | Matthew Waterhouse | ||
| 112 | N/a | State of Decay[i] | Terrance Dicks | N/a | June 1981[j] | Tom Baker | ||
| 58 | Doctor Who and the State of Decay | 17 September 1981 | 14 January 1982 | 7 January 2016 | Geoffrey Beevers[g] | |||
| 113 | 71 | Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate | Stephen Gallagher (as John Lydecker)[k] | 15 April 1982 | N/a | |||
| N/a | Warriors' Gate[l] | N/a | 13 July 2023[94] | 4 April 2019 | Jon Culshaw[g] | |||
| 114 | 37 | Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken | Terrance Dicks | 20 May 1982 | 1 October 2020 | Geoffrey Beevers | ||
| 115 | 41 | Logopolis | Christopher H. Bidmead | 21 October 1982 | 4 February 2010 | Christopher H. Bidmead | ||
- Published by Target's parent companies (Allen Wingate, W. H. Allen, BBC Books) unless otherwise indicated
- Published by Target Books (or by BBC Books under the Target Collection umbrella) unless otherwise indicated
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- Published by the Royal National Institute of the Blind
- Dalek voices performed by Nicholas Briggs
- K9 voice performed by John Leeson
- Published by BBC Books
- Original novelisation exclusive to audio
- Published by Pickwick Talking Books
- Print version of the expanded edition is credited solely to Gallagher
Fifth Doctor
Featuring Peter Davison's Fifth Doctor.
Season |
Story no. | Library no.[a] | Novelisation title | Author | Hardcover release date[b] |
Paperback release date[c] |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[d] | Narrator | |||||||
| 19 | 116 | 76 | Castrovalva | Christopher H. Bidmead | 17 March 1983 | 16 June 1983 | 4 March 2010 | Peter Davison |
| 117 | 77 | Four to Doomsday | Terrance Dicks | 14 April 1983 | 21 July 1983 | 2 March 2017 | Matthew Waterhouse | |
| 118 | 84 | Kinda | 8 December 1983 | 15 March 1984 | 4 August 1997 (abridged) 6 June 2024[95] (unabridged) | Peter Davison (abridged) Janet Fielding (unabridged) | ||
| 119 | 69 | Doctor Who and the Visitation | Eric Saward | 19 August 1982 | 19 August 1982 | 4 October 2012 | Matthew Waterhouse | |
| 120 | 113 | Black Orchid | Terence Dudley | 18 September 1986 | 19 February 1987 | 12 June 2008 | Michael Cochrane | |
| 121 | 78 | Earthshock | Ian Marter | 19 May 1983 | 18 August 1983 | 2 February 2012 | Peter Davison[e] | |
| 122 | 74 | Time-Flight | Peter Grimwade | 20 January 1983 | 14 April 1983 | 1 April 2021 | Peter Davison | |
| 20 | 123 | 80 | Arc of Infinity | Terrance Dicks | 21 July 1983 | 20 October 1983 | 3 June 2021 | Geoffrey Beevers |
| 124 | 83 | Snakedance | 21 January 1984 | 19 April 1984 | 6 February 2025[96] | |||
| 125 | 82 | Mawdryn Undead | Peter Grimwade | 18 August 1983 | 12 January 1984 | 5 July 2018 | David Collings | |
| 126 | 79 | Terminus | Stephen Gallagher (as John Lydecker) | 16 June 1983 | 15 September 1983 | 1 August 2019 | Steven Pacey | |
| 127 | 85 | Enlightenment | Barbara Clegg | 16 February 1984 | 24 May 1984 | 3 September 2020 | ||
| 128 | 108 | The King's Demons | Terence Dudley | 20 February 1986 | 10 July 1986 | 5 May 2016 | Mark Strickson | |
| 129 | 81 | The Five Doctors | Terrance Dicks | 24 November 1983 | 2 November 2017 | Jon Culshaw[f] | ||
| 21 | 130 | 87 | Warriors of the Deep | 24 May 1984 | 16 August 1984 | 5 June 1995 (abridged) 4 May 2023[97] (unabridged) | Peter Davison (abridged) Janet Fielding (unabridged) | |
| 131 | 95 | The Awakening | Eric Pringle | 14 February 1985 | 13 June 1985 | 8 July 2010 | Nerys Hughes | |
| 132 | 91 | Frontios | Christopher H. Bidmead | 20 September 1984 | 10 December 1984 | 2 March 2010[g] 16 April 2015 | Beth Chalmers (2010) Christopher H. Bidmead (2015) | |
| 133 | N/a | Resurrection of the Daleks | Eric Saward | 18 July 2019 | 11 March 2021 | 1 August 2019 | Terry Molloy[h] | |
| 134 | 93 | Planet of Fire | Peter Grimwade | 18 October 1984 | 17 January 1985 | 5 June 2025[98] | David Banks | |
| 135 | 92 | The Caves of Androzani | Terrance Dicks | 15 November 1984 | 14 February 1985 | 1 November 2018 | Peter Davison | |
- Published by Target's parent companies (Allen Wingate, W. H. Allen, BBC Books) unless otherwise indicated
- Published by Target Books (or by BBC Books under the Target Collection umbrella) unless otherwise indicated
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- Cyberman voices performed by Nicholas Briggs
- Dalek and Cyberman voices by Nicholas Briggs
- Published by the Royal National Institute of the Blind
- Dalek voices by Nicholas Briggs
Sixth Doctor
Featuring Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor.
Season |
Story no. | Library no.[a] | Novelisation title | Author | Hardcover release date[b] |
Paperback release date[c] |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[d] | Narrator | |||||||
| 21 | 136 | 103 | The Twin Dilemma | Eric Saward | 10 October 1985 | 13 March 1986 | 5 January 2012 | Colin Baker |
| 22 | 137 | 138 | Attack of the Cybermen | N/a | 20 April 1989 | 7 August 1995 (abridged) 1 February 2024 (unabridged)[99] | Colin Baker (abridged) David Banks (unabridged) | |
| 138 | 106 | Vengeance on Varos | Philip Martin | 21 January 1988 | 16 June 1988 | 3 November 1997 (abridged) 7 November 2019 (unabridged) | Colin Baker (abridged) Martin Jarvis (unabridged) | |
| 139 | 107 | The Mark of the Rani | Pip and Jane Baker | 16 January 1986 | 12 June 1986 | 5 April 2018 | Nicola Bryant | |
| 140 | 100 | The Two Doctors | Robert Holmes | 15 August 1985 | 5 December 1985 | 3 September 2015 | Colin Baker | |
| 141 | 105 | Timelash | Glen McCoy | 12 December 1985 | 15 May 1986 | 3 March 2022[100] | ||
| 142 | N/a | Revelation of the Daleks | Eric Saward | 14 November 2019 | 11 March 2021 | 14 November 2019 | Terry Molloy[e] | |
| 23 | 143 | 127[f] | The Mysterious Planet | Terrance Dicks | 19 November 1987 | 21 April 1988 | 2 September 2013 | Lynda Bellingham |
| 139 | Mindwarp | Philip Martin | N/a | 15 June 1989 | Colin Baker | |||
| 125 | Terror of the Vervoids | Pip and Jane Baker | 17 September 1987 | 18 February 1988 | 3 October 2013 | Bonnie Langford | ||
| 131 | The Ultimate Foe | 21 April 1988 | 15 September 1988 | Michael Jayston | ||||
- Published by Target's parent companies (Allen Wingate, W. H. Allen, BBC Books) unless otherwise indicated
- Published by Target Books (or by BBC Books under the Target Collection umbrella) unless otherwise indicated
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- Dalek voices performed by Nicholas Briggs
- Mistakenly numbered as number 126 on the title page
Seventh Doctor
Featuring Sylvester McCoy's Seventh Doctor.
Season |
Story no. | Library no.[a] | Novelisation title | Author | Hardcover release date[b] |
Paperback release date[c] |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[d] | Narrator | |||||||
| 24 | 144 | 128[e] | Time and the Rani | Pip and Jane Baker | 17 December 1987 | 5 May 1988 | 6 January 2022[101] | Bonnie Langford |
| 145 | 134 | Paradise Towers | Stephen Wyatt | N/a | 1 December 1988 | 5 April 2012 | ||
| 146 | 135 | Delta and the Bannermen | Malcolm Kohll | 19 January 1989 | 1 June 2017 | |||
| 147 | 137 | Dragonfire | Ian Briggs | 16 March 1989 | 5 December 2019 | |||
| 25 | 148 | 148 | Remembrance of the Daleks | Ben Aaronovitch | 21 June 1990 | 19 February 2015 | Terry Molloy | |
| 149 | 146 | The Happiness Patrol | Graeme Curry | 15 February 1990 | 2 July 2009 | Rula Lenska | ||
| 150 | 143 | Silver Nemesis | Kevin Clarke | 16 November 1989 | 6 July 2023[102] | David Banks | ||
| 151 | 144 | The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | Stephen Wyatt | 21 December 1989 | 1 August 2013 | Sophie Aldred | ||
| 26 | 152 | 152 | Battlefield | Marc Platt | 18 July 1991 | 5 May 2022[103] | Toby Longworth | |
| 153 | 149 | Ghost Light | 20 September 1990 | 2 June 2011 | Ian Hogg | |||
| 154 | 151 | The Curse of Fenric | Ian Briggs | 15 November 1990 | 3 September 2015 | Terry Molloy | ||
| 155 | 150 | Survival | Rona Munro | 18 October 1990 | 7 September 2017 | Lisa Bowerman | ||
- Published by Target's parent companies (Allen Wingate, W. H. Allen, BBC Books) unless otherwise indicated
- Published by Target Books (or by BBC Books under the Target Collection umbrella) unless otherwise indicated
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- Mistakenly numbered as number 127
Eighth Doctor
Featuring Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor.
Season |
Story no. | Novelisation title | Author | Original publisher | Paperback release date |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[a] | Narrator | ||||||
| — | 156 | The Novel of the Film | Gary Russell | BBC Books | 15 May 1996 | 2 June 1997 (abridged) | Paul McGann |
| The TV Movie[b] | BBC Books (Target collection) | 11 March 2021 | Dan Starkey | ||||
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
Ninth Doctor
Featuring Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor.
Series |
Story no. | Novelisation title | Author | Hardcover release date[a] |
Paperback release date[b] |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[c] | Narrator | ||||||
| 1 | 157 | Rose | Russell T Davies | 23 November 2023[105][106] | 5 April 2018 | 3 May 2018 | Camille Coduri |
| 160 | Aliens of London [d][107] | Joseph Lidster | N/a | 26 March 2026[108][109] | |||
| 161 | Dalek | Robert Shearman | 11 March 2021 | Nicholas Briggs | |||
- Published by BBC Books under the Target Collection umbrella unless otherwise indicated
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- Also adapts "World War Three"
Tenth Doctor
Featuring David Tennant's Tenth Doctor.
Series |
Story no. | Novelisation title | Author | Original publisher | Paperback release date |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[a] | Narrator | ||||||
| 2 | 167 | The Christmas Invasion[b] | Jenny T. Colgan | BBC Books (Target collection) | 5 April 2018 | Camille Coduri | |
| 174 | The Satan Pit[c][107] | Matt Jones | 26 March 2026[110][111] | Claire Rushbrook Ronny Jhutti Silas Carson Maureen O'Brien | |||
| 4 | 190 | The Fires of Pompeii | James Moran | 14 July 2022[112] | 14 July 2022[113] | Clare Corbett | |
| 191 | Planet of the Ood[114] | Keith Temple | 13 July 2023[115] | Silas Carson | |||
| 201 | The Waters of Mars[116] | Phil Ford | 13 July 2023[117] | Maureen O'Brien | |||
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- Also adapts "Doctor Who: Children in Need"
- Also adapts "The Impossible Planet"
Eleventh Doctor
Featuring Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor.
Series |
Story no. | Novelisation title | Author | Original publisher | Paperback release date |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[a] | Narrator | ||||||
| 5 | 203 | The Eleventh Hour | Trevor Baxendale | Pearson Education | 5 May 2011 | N/a | |
| 205 | Victory of the Daleks[b] | Peter Gutiérrez | |||||
| 206 | The Time of Angels[c] | Trevor Baxendale | |||||
| The Time of Angels[c] | Jenny T. Colgan | BBC Books (Target collection) | 26 March 2026[118][119] | Maureen O'Brien | |||
| 211 | The Lodger[b] | Peter Gutiérrez | Pearson Education | 5 May 2011 | N/a | ||
| 7 | 237 | The Crimson Horror | Mark Gatiss | BBC Books (Target collection) | 11 March 2021 | Dan Starkey Catrin Stewart | |
| 240 | The Day of the Doctor[d] | Steven Moffat | 5 April 2018 | 7 June 2018 | Nicholas Briggs | ||
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- Also adapts "Flesh and Stone"
- Also adapts "The Night of the Doctor"
Twelfth Doctor
Featuring Peter Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor.
Series |
Story no. | Novelisation title | Author | Original publisher | Paperback release date |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[a] | Narrator | ||||||
| 8 | 244 | Robot of Sherwood | David Maule | Pearson Education | 29 May 2018[b] | TBA | |
| 249 | Mummy on the Orient Express | Jane Rollason | |||||
| 250 | Flatline | Nancy Taylor | |||||
| 9 | 256 | The Girl Who Died | Jane Rollason | 20 September 2018[b] | |||
| 257 | The Woman Who Lived | Chris Rice | |||||
| 258 | The Zygon Invasion[c] | Peter Harness | BBC Books (Target collection) | 13 July 2023[120] | 7 September 2023[121] | Dan Starkey | |
| 260 | Face the Raven | Nancy Taylor | Pearson Education | 20 September 2018[b] | TBA | ||
| 10 | 274 | The Eaters of Light | Rona Munro | BBC Books (Target collection) | 14 July 2022[122][123] | Rebecca Benson | |
| 276 | Twice Upon a Time | Paul Cornell | 5 April 2018 | 7 June 2018 | Mark Gatiss | ||
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- mp3-CD issued by Pearson with paperback of the novelisation
- Also adapts "The Zygon Inversion".
Thirteenth Doctor
Featuring Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor.
Series |
Story no. | Novelisation title | Author | Original publisher | Paperback release date |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[a] | Narrator | ||||||
| 11 | 283 | Kerblam![124] | Pete McTighe | BBC Books (Target collection) | 13 July 2023 | 3 August 2023[125] | Julie Hesmondhalgh |
| 284 | The Witchfinders | Joy Wilkinson | 11 March 2021 | Sophie Aldred | |||
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
Fourteenth Doctor
Featuring David Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor.
Series |
Story no. | Novelisation title | Author | eBook release date[a] |
Hardcover release date |
Paperback release date[a] |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[b] | Narrator | |||||||
| N/a | "Destination: Skaro" | Steve Cole[126] | 19 September 2024[c][127] | 5 September 2024 [d][128][129] | 19 September 2024[c][130][131] | Jacob Dudman | ||
| 301 | The Star Beast[132] | Gary Russell | 30 November 2023[133] | N/a | 11 January 2024 | 1 February 2024[134] | Jacqueline King | |
| 302 | Wild Blue Yonder[135] | Mark Morris | 7 December 2023[136] | 11 January 2024 | 1 February 2024[137] | Bonnie Langford | ||
| 303 | The Giggle[138] | James Goss | 14 December 2023[139] | 11 January 2024 | 1 February 2024[140] | Dan Starkey | ||
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- Published by BBC Children's Books as part of Fleeting Faces in Fifteen Doctors 15 Stories
- Published by BBC Children's Books as part of The Official Annual 2025
Fifteenth Doctor
Featuring Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor.
Series |
Story no. | Novelisation title | Author | Hardcover release date[a] |
Paperback release date[b] |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[c] | Narrator | ||||||
| 14 | 304 | The Church on Ruby Road | Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson | 25 January 2024[141] | 8 August 2024[142] | 25 January 2024[143] | Angela Wynter |
| 305 | Space Babies[144] | Alison Rumfitt | N/a | 8 August 2024[145][146] | Clare Corbett | ||
| 308 | 73 Yards[144] | Scott Handcock | 8 August 2024[147][148] | Susan Twist | |||
| 310 | Rogue[144] | Kate Herron and Briony Redman | 8 August 2024[149][150] | Dan Starkey | |||
| 311 | Empire of Death [d] [152] | Scott Handcock | 10 July 2025[152][153] | Susan Twist | |||
| 15 | 313 | The Robot Revolution[154] | Una McCormack | 10 July 2025[155][156] | Varada Sethu | ||
| 314 | Lux[154] | James Goss | 10 July 2025[157][158] | Dan Starkey | |||
| 315 | The Well[154] | Gareth L. Powell | 10 July 2025[159][160] | Caoilfhionn Dunne | |||
- Published by BBC Books under the Target Collection umbrella unless otherwise indicated
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- Also adapts "The Legend of Ruby Sunday"[151]
Novelisations of audio dramas
Novelisations of audio dramas broadcast on radio or released on home audio.
| Library no.[a] | Novelisation title | Doctor | Author | Hardcover release date[b] |
Paperback release date[c] |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[d] | Narrator | ||||||
| N/a | Slipback | 6th | Eric Saward | 14 August 1986 | 15 January 1987 | 2 April 2026 [161][162] | Jon Glover |
| 153 | The Pescatons | 4th | Victor Pemberton | N/a | 15 September 1991 | 1 January 2026[163] | Jon Culshaw |
| 156 | The Paradise of Death | 3rd | Barry Letts | 21 April 1994 | 6 April 2026[164] | ||
| N/a | The Ghosts of N-Space[e] | 16 February 1995 | 2026[161] | TBA | |||
| N/a | Jubilee[165] | 6th | Robert Shearman | 9 October 2025 | 14 May 2026[f][166] | N/a | |
| N/a | The Chimes of Midnight[167] | 8th | 9 October 2025 | 14 May 2026[f][168] | |||
- Published by Target's parent companies (Allen Wingate, W. H. Allen, BBC Books) unless otherwise indicated
- Published by Target Books (or by BBC Books under the Target Collection umbrella) unless otherwise indicated
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- Published as part of the Virgin Missing Adventures range
- Published by BBC Books
Novelisations of unproduced stories
Novelisations of stories written, but not produced, for television or film.
| Novelisation title | Doctor | Author | Hardcover release date[a] |
Paperback release date[b] |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date[c] | Narrator | |||||
| The Nightmare Fair | 6th | Graham Williams | N/a | 18 May 1989 | 1 June 2023[169] | Toby Longworth |
| The Ultimate Evil | Wally K. Daly | 17 August 1989 | 2 March 2010[d] 2026 [161] | Wally K. Daly (2010) TBA (2026) | ||
| Mission to Magnus | Philip Martin | 19 July 1990 | 6 November 2025[170][171] | Nicola Bryant | ||
| Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen | 4th | James Goss | 18 January 2018 | 14 February 2019[e] | 18 January 2018 | Dan Starkey |
| Scratchman | Tom Baker (with James Goss) | 24 January 2019 | 9 April 2020[e] | 24 January 2019 | Tom Baker | |
- Published by Target's parent companies (Allen Wingate, W. H. Allen, BBC Books) unless otherwise indicated
- Published by Target Books (or by BBC Books under the Target Collection umbrella) unless otherwise indicated
- Unabridged from BBC Audio / AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
- Published by the Royal National Institute of the Blind
- Published by BBC Books
Novelisations of webcasts
Novelisations of stories released via the web.
| Novelisation title | Doctor | Author | Original publisher | Paperback release date |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Narrator | |||||
| Scream of the Shalka | Shalka | Paul Cornell | BBC Books | 2 February 2004 | 2 June 2016 | David Collings |
| Adventures in Lockdown[a] | 13th 8th 9th 1st 12th 10th | Chris Chibnall Steven Moffat Russell T Davies Neil Gaiman Joy Wilkinson Vinay Patel Pete McTighe Paul Cornell Mark Gatiss | 5 November 2020 | N/a | ||
- Collection of short stories released during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. Includes prose versions of the webcasts "Message from the Doctor", "Shadow of a Doubt", "The Shadow in the Mirror", "Listen", and "The Secret of Novice Hame".
Novelisations of comic strips
| Novelisation title | Doctor | Author | Original publisher | Hardcover release date |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Narrator | |||||
| Dead on Arrival & Other Stories[a][172] | 3rd 4th | Paul Magrs | BBC Audio | N/a | 1 December 2022 | Katy Manning Jon Culshaw Tim Treloar |
| "The Psychic Jungle" "Neuronic Nightmare"[b][173] | 4th | TBA | BBC Audio | N/a | 20 April 2023 | Geoffrey Beevers Louise Jameson Dan Starkey |
| "Into Control"[c] | 14th | Steve Cole | BBC Children's Books | 12 October 2023 | 12 October 2023 | Jacob Dudman |
| The Vampire Plants & Other Stories[a][174] | 2nd 3rd 4th | Paul Magrs | BBC Audio | N/a | 4 December 2025[175] | Jon Culshaw Katy Manning Matthew Waterhouse |
- Audiobook adaptations of comics from World Distributors' Doctor Who Annuals
- Published as part of The Amazing World of Doctor Who, this is an adaptation of the comic stories of the same name from the 1976 promotional book
- Published as part of Ten Days of Christmas, this is an adaptation of the comic story of the same name from The Official Annual 2024
Unofficial novelisations
A number of fan-run publications have published unofficial novelisations of stories Target was not able to secure rights to. Obverse Books has also published unofficial novelisations to raise money for charity. As well as novelisations of the two 1960s Dalek films, Obverse also published original novels presented as novelisations of further films based on other television stories featuring Peter Cushing's portrayal of Dr. Who and short story collections presented as novelisations of hypothetical episodes of the proposed 1960s radio adaptions, also featuring Cushing's Dr. Who.[176]
| TV No. | Title | Doctor | Author | Published | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 019, 021 | The Daleks' Master Plan | 1st | Rosemary Howe | 1980 | Zerinza | Unlicensed Australian fanzine publication - issues 14-16. Later reprinted as single volume. |
| N/a | Doctor Who and Shada | 4th | Paul Scoones | March 1989 | TSV | Unlicensed fan club publication. |
| 099 | Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet | 4th | David Bishop | September 1990 | TSV | Unlicensed fan club publication. |
| 142 | Revelation of the Daleks | 6th | Jon Preddle | July 1992 | TSV | Unlicensed fan club publication. |
| 105 | Doctor Who and the City of Death | 4th | David Lawrence | November 1992 | TSV | Unlicensed fan club publication. |
| N/a | Shada | 4th | Jonathan Way | 1993 | Doctor Who Appreciation Society | Unlicensed fan club publication published across six issues of Cosmic Masque, the Doctor Who Appreciation Society's fan fiction publication. |
| 133 | Resurrection of the Daleks | 5th | Paul Scoones | January 2000 | TSV | Unlicensed fan club publication. |
| 167 | Doctor Who and the Invasion of Christmas[177] | 10th | The Midnight Folk | February 2016 | Obverse Books | Unlicensed novelisation strictly limited to 40 copies. "The Midnight Folk" is a pseudonym for Paul Magrs, Andrew Hickey, Stuart Douglas, Nick Campbell, James Gent, Ira Lightman, Ian Potter, Phil Craggs, and Matthew Bright. Proceeds went to aid the Cystic Foundation Trust. |
| N/a | Dr. Who and the Daleks[178][179] | Dr. Who | Alan Smithee | April 2019 | Obverse Books | Unlicensed novelisation of the 1965 film |
| N/a | Daleks Invasion Earth 2150AD[180][181] | Dr. Who | Alan Smithee | April 2019 | Obverse Books | Unlicensed novelisation of the 1966 film |
| N/a | Journey into Time[182] | Dr. Who | David Agnew (editor) | June 2020 | Obverse Books | Includes an unlicensed novelisation of the late 1960s radio pilot as well as original stories written as if the radio series had been produced. |
Omnibus and two in one releases
A number of novelisations were released in omnibus editions, mostly by book clubs.
| Title | Novelisations included | Author | Publisher | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus | Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks (abridged) | Terrance Dicks | Artus Books | September 1976 |
| Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (abridged) | ||||
| The Doctor Who Omnibus | Doctor Who and the Space War | Malcolm Hulke | Book Club Associates | 1977 |
| Doctor Who and the Web of Fear | Terrance Dicks | |||
| Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen | ||||
| The Adventures of Doctor Who | Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks | Terrance Dicks | Nelson Doubleday | October 1979 |
| Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen | ||||
| Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster | ||||
| Dalek Omnibus | The Dalek Invasion of Earth | Terrance Dicks | W. H. Allen | 23 June 1983 |
| The Planet of the Daleks | ||||
| The Day of the Daleks | ||||
| The Further Adventures of Doctor Who | Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin | Terrance Dicks | Nelson Doubleday | January 1986 |
| Doctor Who and the Face of Evil | ||||
| Doctor Who and the Robots of Death | ||||
| Remembrance of the Daleks/Prisoner of the Daleks | Remembrance of the Daleks | Ben Aaronovitch | BBC Books | 15 July 2016[183] |
| Prisoner of the Daleks (New Series Adventure) | Trevor Baxendale | |||
| The Essential Terrance Dicks Vol. 1 | Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth | Terrance Dicks | BBC Books | 26 August 2021[184] |
| Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen | ||||
| Doctor Who – The Wheel in Space | ||||
| Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion | ||||
| Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks | ||||
| The Essential Terrance Dicks Vol. 2 | Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks | Terrance Dicks | BBC Books | 26 August 2021[184] |
| Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars | ||||
| Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang | ||||
| Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock | ||||
| Doctor Who – The Five Doctors |
In 1988–1989, W. H. Allen's Star imprint published a number of the Target novelisations in a format of two novelisations in one book in a range titled Doctor Who Classics. These were produced by fixing together two Target books with a new front page and outer cover. The pairings were:
| Title 1 | Author | Title 2 | Author | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dalek Invasion of Earth | Terrance Dicks | The Crusade | David Whitaker | August 1988 |
| The Gunfighters | Donald Cotton | The Myth Makers | Donald Cotton | August 1988 |
| The Dominators | Ian Marter | The Krotons | Terrance Dicks | September 1988 |
| The Mind of Evil | Terrance Dicks | The Claws of Axos | Terrance Dicks | March 1989 |
| The Dæmons | Barry Letts | The Time Monster | Terrance Dicks | March 1989 |
| The Seeds of Doom | Philip Hinchliffe | The Deadly Assassin | Terrance Dicks | May 1989 |
| The Face of Evil | Terrance Dicks | The Sun Makers | Terrance Dicks | May 1989 |
Spin-off novelisations
The Companions of Doctor Who
The Companions of Doctor Who was a series of original full-length novels, the first original novels based on Doctor Who. The books were based on characters who had appeared in the television series as the Doctor's companions, and explored their lives after leaving the Doctor's company.
The first two books were Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma by Tony Attwood, based upon the character played by Mark Strickson in the early 1980s, and Harry Sullivan's War, written by Ian Marter, who had played Harry Sullivan in the series a decade earlier. These books sold well, but after a third attempt (a novelisation of the 1981 Doctor Who spin-off, K-9 and Company) the series ended due sale not matching the same level as Doctor Who novelisations.[185] Other novels would have featured Tegan, Sarah Jane Smith, Victoria, Jamie McCrimmon, UNIT, and a sequel to Harry Sullivan's War.[185]
| Book title | Author | Paperback release date |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Narrator | |||
| Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma | Tony Attwood | 15 May 1986 | N/a | |
| Harry Sullivan's War | Ian Marter | 16 October 1986 | 5 December 2024[186] | Christopher Naylor |
| K-9 and Company | Terence Dudley | 15 October 1987 | 3 December 2015 | John Leeson |
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Beginning in 2007, Penguin Books under its Penguin Character Books imprint began publishing novelisations based upon the spinoff series The Sarah Jane Adventures.
| No. | Title | Author | Published | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Invasion of the Bane | Terrance Dicks | 1 November 2007 | Penguin Character Books |
| 2 | Revenge of the Slitheen | Rupert Laight | 1 November 2007 | Penguin |
| 3 | Eye of the Gorgon | Phil Ford | 1 November 2007 | Penguin |
| 4 | Warriors of Kudlak | Gary Russell | 1 November 2007 | Penguin |
| 5 | Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? | Rupert Laight | 3 November 2008 | Penguin |
| 6 | The Lost Boy | Gary Russell | 3 November 2008 | Penguin |
| 7 | The Last Sontaran | Phil Ford | 6 November 2008 | Penguin |
| 8 | The Day of the Clown | Phil Ford | 5 November 2008 | Penguin |
| 9 | The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith | Gareth Roberts | 5 November 2009 | Penguin |
| N/a | Judoon Afternoon[187] | Trevor Baxendale | September 2010 | Pearson Education |
| N/a | The Haunted House[188] | Trevor Baxendale | September 2010 | Pearson Education |
| N/a | Painting Peril[189] | Trevor Baxendale | September 2010 | Pearson Education |
| N/a | Blathereen Dream[190] | Trevor Baxendale | September 2010 | Pearson Education |
| N/a | The Nightmare Man | Joseph Lidster | 25 November 2010 | ePenguin (e-book) |
| N/a | Death of the Doctor | Gary Russell | 25 November 2010 | ePenguin (e-book) |
Direct to video spinoffs
Novelisations of spin off productions that were released direct to video.
| Novelisation title | Author | Original publisher | Paperback release date |
Audiobook | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Narrator | ||||
| Shakedown[a] | Terrance Dicks | Doctor Who Books | December 1995 | 5 May 2016 | Dan Starkey |
| Downtime[b] | Marc Platt | Doctor Who Books | January 1996 | N/a | |
| The Dæmons of Devil's End[c] | Suzanne Barbieri, Debbie Bennett, Raven Dane, Jan Edwards, David J Howe, and Sam Stone | Telos Publishing | November 2017 | N/a | |
| Dæmos Rising | David J. Howe | Telos Publishing | 13 August 2019 | N/a | |
| Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor | Philip Martin | Telos Publishing | November 2019 | N/a | |
| Mindgame | David J. Howe | Telos Publishing | August 2020 | N/a | |
| Cyberon | James Hornby | Arcbeatle Press | 21 September 2020 | 21 September 2020 | Nigel Peever |
| Auton | David Black | BBV | April 2022 | 10 September 2024 | Bill Baggs |
| Wartime[192] | Stephen James Walker | Telos Publishing | January 2023 | N/a | |
- Published as part of the Virgin New Adventures range.
- Published as part of the Virgin Missing Adventures range.
Audio spinoffs
| Title | Author | Published | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erimem - Return of the Queen | Claire Bartlett | 4 January 2018 | Thebes Publishing | Adaptation and expansion of the episode of the same name from Imagination Theatre's Kerides the Thinker radio series featuring Erimem |
| Republica | Micah K. Spurling | July 2021 | BBV | Novelisation of the BBV audio featuring "The Professor and Ace" written by Mark Gatiss. |
| Cyber-Hunt | Callum Phillpott | 3 September 2021 | BBV | Novelisation of the BBV audio featuring "Fred" and the Cyberons written by Martin Peterson. An unabridged audiobook of this novelisation read by Bill Baggs was released May 2025. |
| Cybergeddon | Lupan Evezan | 3 September 2021 | BBV | Novelisation of the BBV audio featuring the Cyberons written by Paul Ebbs. |
| The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind | Micah K. Spurling | September 2021 | BBV | Novelisation of the BBV audio written by Pip and Jane Baker. An unabridged audiobook of this novelisation read by Bill Baggs was released 26 November 2024. |
| The Root of All Evil | Paul Mount | April 2022 | BBV | Novelisation of the BBV audio featuring the Krynoids written by Lance Parkin. |
| The Choice | James Mulholland | April 2022 | BBV | Novelisation of the BBV audio featuring K9 written by Nigel Fairs. In this novelisation, the character of K9 has been changed to "B.E.S.", a bionic ferret. |
| The Minister of Chance[193] | Dan Freeman | 30 June 2022 | Arcbeatle Press | Novel of the Radio Static series. |
| Children of the Circus[194] | Kenton Hall | 14 December 2023 | Oak Tree Books | Novelisation of the audio play that is a sequel to The Greatest Show in the Galaxy |
Adaptations
Generally, Doctor Who stories that have been broadcast will be adapted into print, rather than vice versa. There have been three occasions where print media has been adapted for the screen or formed inspiration for television episodes.
The 1995 New Adventures novel Human Nature, written by Paul Cornell and featuring the Seventh Doctor, was adapted by the same author for the 2007 series of Doctor Who as a two part story with the episode titles "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood", with David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor.
Steven Moffat based his 2007 episode "Blink" upon his 2005 short story, "What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow", originally published in Doctor Who Annual 2006.
Gareth Roberts reused his concept from a 2006 Doctor Who Magazine comic strip story as the basis for an episode of the same name "The Lodger", which was transmitted as part of Series 5 (2010), featuring Matt Smith.