Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World (novelisation)

Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World
Based on:	The Enemy of the World
Doctor:	Second Doctor
Companion(s):	Jamie, Victoria
Main enemy:	Ramón Salamander
Main setting:	Australia, 2030
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Target Books, W. H. Allen and Co. Ltd. UK]]
Writer:	Ian Marter
Release details
Release number:	24 (given to later editions)
Release date:	16 April 1981
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions; 10 chapters, 127 pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20126-4
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Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World was a novelisation based on the 1967 television serial The Enemy of the World.

Publisher's summary

1981 edition

In the year 2030 only one man seems to know what action to take when the world is hit by a series of terrible natural disasters. Salamander's success in handling these monumental problems has brought him enormous power.
From the moment the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria land on an Australian beach, they are caught up in a struggle for world domination - a struggle in which the Doctor's startling resemblance to Salamander plays a vital role.

Book chapters

1. A Day by the Sea
2. The Doctor Takes a Risk
3. Volcanoes
4. Too Many Cooks
5. Seeds of Suspicion
6. The Secret Empire
7. A Scrap of Truth
8. Deceptions
9. Unexpected Evidence
10. The Doctor Not Himself

Deviations from televised story

• As noted by Lance Parkin in A History of the Universe, publicity for this story when it was first broadcast placed it "fifty years in the future," or in 2018. A date of August 16, 2017 was given onscreen with a character holding a newspaper noted as being from the previous year. Most story guides gave the date as 2018, based on the contemporary publicity for the story, until plans were made for the novelisation in 1980, which again gave a date of "fifty years in the future," or in this case, 2030. When the novelisation was finally written by Ian Marter in 1981, 2030 was the date used.
• Large chunks of story and dialogue were cut from the novelisation, Including the Cliffhanger ending of the serial which led into the following story The Web of Fear.
• Marter used more adult language than had been seen in previous novelisations, which were considered children's literature. In the case of this book, an occurrence of the word "bastard" raised some eyebrows.

Writing and publishing notes

• David Whitaker provided some rough notes for the story before he died on 4 February 1980. The story was written by Ian Marter in 1981.
• An early cover was dropped after the BBC's decision not to allow the image of any Doctor other than the current one to be used.
• The original Target Books cover features the artwork of Bill Donohoe.

Additional cover images

To be added.

British publication history

First publication:

• Hardback

W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK

• Paperback

Target

Re-issues:

1993 Virgin Publishing new cover by Andrew Skilleter priced £3.50 (UK)

External links

• On Target - A comprehensive guide to Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World