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Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks

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Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks
Series: Doctor Who-
Target Novelisation
Release Number: 27 (given to later editions)
Doctor: Fourth Doctor
Companions: Sarah Jane Smith, Harry Sullivan
Enemy: Daleks, Davros
Setting: Skaro, Distant Past
Author: Terrance Dicks
Publisher: Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co
Publication: July 1976
Format: Hardcover and paperback editions, 140 Pages
ISBN: ISBN 0-426-11260-1
Previous Story: Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment
Following Story: The Revenge of the Cybermen


Contents

[edit] Novelisation

  • This novelisation is based on the original television serial (DW): Genesis of the Daleks which was shown from 8th March 1975 and written by Terry Nation
  • The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of Chris Achilleos. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

[edit] Publisher's Cover Blurb

[edit] 1976 edition

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 …

[edit] Illustrations

  • None

[edit] Deviations from the Televised Story

To be added

[edit] Author, Writing and Publishing Notes

  • The inside page includes the comment: "THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCTOR WHO. The cover illustration of this book portrays the fourth DOCTOR WHO"

[edit] Associated Images

1991 edition; Cover by Alister Pearson

[edit] Publishing History (UK)

To be added

First Publication:

  • Hardback
W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
  • Paperback
Target

Re-issues:

Re-issued 1991 with new cover art by Alister Pearson

[edit] International Editions

[edit] External Sources

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