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Doctor Who: The Space Travel Collection

Doctor Who: The Space Travel Collection

1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th Doctor Novelisations

Summary

Five classic novelisations of TV stories involving space travel and adventure.

In The Edge of Destruction the TARDIS stalls in space with the Doctor and friends trapped inside.

In The Space Pirates the travellers are embroiled in the schemes of interplanetary raiders.

In The Ark In Space the TARDIS arrives on a fully-automated space station and meet the Wirrn...

In The Invasion of Time the Doctor returns to Gallifrey and encounters old friends and enemies.

In Four To Doomsday the TARDIS crew meet Monarch, whose mission to Earth has a sinister purpose.

William Russell, Terry Molloy, Jon Culshaw, John Leeson and Matthew Waterhouse read these classic tales, first published as Target Books in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Reviews

  • Slick and polished...immersive productions of much-loved novelisations...long may we enjoy them
    Doctor Who Magazine

About the authors

Nigel Robinson

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Terrance Dicks

Terrance Dicks became Script Editor of Doctor Who in 1968, co-writing Patrick Troughton’s classic final serial, The War Games, and editing the show throughout the entire Jon Pertwee era to 1974. He wrote many iconic episodes and serials for the show after, including Tom Baker's first episode as the Fourth Doctor, Robot; Horror at Fang Rock in 1977; State of Decay in 1980; and the 20th anniversary special, The Five Doctors in 1983. Terrance novelised over sixty of the original Doctor Who stories for Target books, including classics like Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen and Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, inspiring a generation of children to become readers and writers. He died in August 2019, only weeks before the publication of his final Doctor Who short story, ‘Save Yourself’, in The Target Storybook.
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