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Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll

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Doctor: Fourth Doctor
Companion(s): Romana I
K9
Main enemy: The Kroll
The Swampies
Main setting: Third moon of Delta Magna
Key crew
Publisher: Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co
Writer: Terrance Dicks
Release details
Release number: 49 (given to later editions)
Release date: May 1980
Format: Hardcover and paperback editions, 128 Pages
ISBN 0-426-20101-9
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Novelisation Edit

  • This novelisation is based on the original television serial TV: The Power of Kroll, written by Robert Holmes and shown from 23 December 1978.
  • The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It features the artwork of Andrew Skilleter. (See below for information on editions with different covers).

Publisher's summary Edit

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 Fourth Doctor and Romana have to face the suspicion of the Lagoon dwellers, the stupidity of the technicians and, finally the power of Kroll …
THE POWER OF KROLL is a novel in the Key to Time Sequence. Also available THE RIBOS OPERATION, |THE STONES OF BLOOD and THE ANDROIDS OF TARA.
Coming soon:
THE ARMAGEDDON FACTOR

Illustrations Edit

  • None

Deviations from televised story Edit

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Writing and publishing notes Edit

  • Then producer John Nathan-Turner expressed the view that he thought the cover artwork poor. The image of Tom Baker on the original edition is taken from his expression after defeating Kroll and obtaining the fifth segment of the Key to Time in the original story.

Additional cover images Edit

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British publication history Edit

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First Publication:

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

Re-issues:

Editions published outside Britain Edit

To be added

See also Edit

External links Edit

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