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|enemy= [[Kronos]]<br />{{Delgado|c}}<br />[[TOMTIT]]
|enemy= {{il|[[Kronos]]|{{Delgado|c}}|[[TOMTIT]]}}
|setting= [[Earth]], circa [[1970s]]<br />[[Atlantis]], circa [[BC|1500 BC]]  
|setting= {{il|[[Earth]], circa [[1970s]]|[[Atlantis]], circa [[BC|1500 BC]]}}
|writer= [[Terrance Dicks]]  
|writer= [[Terrance Dicks]]
|cover= [[Andrew Skilletter]]
|publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]  
|publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]  
|release date= [[13 February (releases)|13 February]] [[1987]]
|release date= [[13 February (releases)|13 February]] [[1987 (releases)|1987]]
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 151 Pages  
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 151 Pages  
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20221-X
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20221-X
|prev=Doctor Who and the Mutants  
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|next=The Three Doctors (novelisation) }}
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the [[1972 (releases)|1972]] television serial ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]''.
== Novelisation ==
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', written by [[Robert Sloman]] and shown from [[20 May (releases)|20 May]] [[1972]].
* The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It featured the artwork of [[Andrew Skilleter]]. (See below for information on editions with different covers).


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
Outside the bounds of this world lives [[Kronos]], the [[Chronovore|Chronivore]] – a mysterious creature that feeds on time itself. Posing as a [[Cambridge]] professor [[the Master]] intends to use Kronos in his evil quest for power. To stop him, [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant|Jo]] must journey back in time to Ancient Atlantis and to a terrifying confrontation within the Time [[Vortex]] itself. But can even the Doctor save himself from the awesome might of the Time Monster?
Outside the bounds of this world lives [[Kronos]], the [[Chronovore|Chronivore]] – a mysterious creature that feeds on time itself. Posing as a [[Cambridge]] professor [[the Master]] intends to use Kronos in his evil quest for power. To stop him, [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant|Jo]] must journey back in time to Ancient Atlantis and to a terrifying confrontation within the Time [[Vortex]] itself. But can even the Doctor save himself from the awesome might of the Time Monster?


== Chapter Titles ==
== Chapter titles ==
#The Nightmare
#The Nightmare
#The Test
#The Test
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== Writing and publishing notes ==
== Writing and publishing notes ==
''To be added''
== Additional cover images ==
''To be added''
''To be added''


== British publication history ==
== British publication history ==
'''First Publication:'''
* Hardback  
* Hardback  
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd.  UK  
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd.  UK  
* Paperback
* Paperback
: Target  
: Target  
'''Re-issues:'''
: None


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Revision as of 19:35, 8 November 2013

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The Time Monster was a novelisation based on the 1972 television serial The Time Monster.

Publisher's summary

Outside the bounds of this world lives Kronos, the Chronivore – a mysterious creature that feeds on time itself. Posing as a Cambridge professor the Master intends to use Kronos in his evil quest for power. To stop him, the Doctor and Jo must journey back in time to Ancient Atlantis and to a terrifying confrontation within the Time Vortex itself. But can even the Doctor save himself from the awesome might of the Time Monster?

Chapter titles

  1. The Nightmare
  2. The Test
  3. The Summoning
  4. The Ageing
  5. The Legend
  6. The Ambush
  7. The High Priest
  8. The Secret
  9. Time Attack
  10. Take-Off
  11. The Time-Eater
  12. Atlantis
  13. The Guardian
  14. The Captives
  15. The Return of Kronos

Deviations from televised story

To be added

Writing and publishing notes

To be added

British publication history

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

External links