First Doctor novels

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The First Doctor has featured in many novels since his first appearance in 1963.

Frederick Muller novelisations

In 1964 and 1965, the Frederick Muller publishing house published three novelisations of Doctor Who television serials. These were later reprinted by Target Books in 1973, as part of their own line of novelisations.

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks	David Whitaker	Susan, Ian, Barbara, Daleks	12 November 1964
Doctor Who and the Zarbi	Bill Strutton	Ian, Barbara, Vicki, Zarbi, Menoptera, The Animus	16 September 1965
Doctor Who and the Crusaders	David Whitaker	Ian, Barbara, Vicki	17 February 1966

World Distributors, Ltd

World Distributors, Ltd published the Doctor Who annuals from 1966 to 1986. In 1966, they released an original novella featuring William Hartnell's Dr. Who. This was the first officially-published original long-form text story to feature the Doctor, and it remained the only such story until Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma in 1986.

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Doctor Who and the Invasion from Space	J. L. Morrissey	George, Helen, Alan, Ida	1966

Target novelisations

In 1974, Target Books began a range of novel-length adaptations of Doctor Who television stories. This range continued until 1994 but resumed again from 2018.

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
The Three Doctors	Terrance Dicks	Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Jo, The Brigadier, Benton, Omega	20 November 1975
Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet	Gerry Davis	Ben, Polly, Cybermen	19 February 1976
Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth	Terrance Dicks	Susan, Ian, Barbara, Daleks	24 March 1977
Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus	Philip Hinchcliffe	Susan, Ian, Barbara	21 August 1980
Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child	Terrance Dicks		15 October 1981
The Five Doctors		Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Susan, The Brigadier, Sarah, Romana II, Tegan, Turlough, Daleks, Yeti, Cybermen, The Tremas Master	24 November 1983
The Aztecs	John Lucarotti	Susan, Ian, Barbara	20 September 1984
Marco Polo			11 April 1985
The Myth Makers	Donald Cotton	Vicki, Steven, Katarina	12 September 1985
The Gunfighters		Steven, Dodo	9 January 1986
Galaxy Four	William Emms	Vicki, Steven	10 April 1986
The Savages	Ian Stuart Black	Steven, Dodo	11 September 1986
The Celestial Toymaker	Gerry Davis and Alison Bingeman	Steven, Dodo, The Toymaker	20 November 1986
The Ark	Paul Erickson	Steven, Dodo	19 March 1987
The Space Museum	Glyn Jones	Ian, Barbara, Vicki	18 June 1987
The Sensorites	Nigel Robinson	Susan, Ian, Barbara	16 July 1987
The Reign of Terror	Ian Marter		20 August 1987
The Romans	Donald Cotton	Ian, Barbara, Vicki	17 September 1987
The Massacre	John Lucarotti	Steven	19 November 1987
The Rescue	Ian Marter	Ian, Barbara, Vicki	21 January 1988
The Time Meddler	Nigel Robinson	Vicki, Steven, First Monk	17 March 1988
The Edge of Destruction		Susan, Ian, Barbara	20 October 1988
The Smugglers	Terrance Dicks	Ben, Polly	17 November 1988
The War Machines	Ian Stuart Black	Dodo, Ben, Polly	16 February 1989
The Chase	John Peel	Ian, Barbara, Vicki, Steven, Daleks	20 July 1989
Mission to the Unknown		Steven, Katarina, Sara, Mavic Chen, Daleks	21 September 1989
The Mutation of Time		Steven, Sara, Mavic Chen, The Monk, Daleks	19 October 1989
Planet of Giants	Terrance Dicks	Susan, Ian, Barbara	18 January 1990
Twice Upon a Time	Paul Cornell	Twelfth Doctor, Bill, The Captain, Ben, Polly, Nardole, Cybermen	5 April 2018

Virgin New Adventures

The First Doctor appeared in some short scenes in three of Virgin Books' New Adventures novels.

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Nightshade	Mark Gatiss	Seventh Doctor, Ace	20 August 1992
All-Consuming Fire	Andy Lane	Seventh Doctor, Ace, Benny, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson	16 June 1994
Lungbarrow	Marc Platt	Seventh Doctor, Chris Cwej	20 March 1997

Virgin Missing Adventures

In 1994, Virgin Books began a series of novels featuring past Doctors, called the Missing Adventures. Five of these featured the First Doctor and his companions.

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Venusian Lullaby	Paul Leonard	Ian, Barbara	20 October 1994
The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Christopher Bulis	Susan, Ian, Barbara	20 July 1995
The Empire of Glass	Andy Lane	Vicki, Steven, Brax	16 November 1995
The Man in the Velvet Mask	Daniel O'Mahony	Dodo	15 February 1996
The Plotters	Gareth Roberts	Ian, Barbara, Vicki	21 November 1996

BBC Books

After taking the license for Doctor Who novels from Virgin Books in 1996, BBC Books began to publish a series of Doctor Who novels. Eight of these focused exclusively on the First Doctor, and one featured him alongside other incarnations.

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
The Eight Doctors	Terrance Dicks	Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Susan, Ian, Barbara	2 June 1997
The Witch Hunters	Steve Lyons	Susan, Ian, Barbara	2 March 1998
Salvation		Steven, Dodo	4 January 1999
City at World's End	Christopher Bulis	Susan, Ian, Barbara	6 September 1999
Bunker Soldiers	Martin Day	Steven, Dodo	5 February 2001
Byzantium!	Keith Topping	Ian, Barbara, Vicki	2 July 2001
Ten Little Aliens	Stephen Cole	Ben, Polly	3 June 2002
The Eleventh Tiger	David A. McIntee	Ian, Barbara, Vicki	3 May 2004
The Time Travellers	Simon Guerrier	Susan, Ian, Barbara	10 November 2005

The Decades Collection

Main article: The Decades Collection

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Imaginary Friends	Jacqueline Rayner		26 October 2023

Telos novellas

Main article: Telos Doctor Who novella

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Time and Relative	Kim Newman	Susan	23 November 2001
Frayed	Tara Samms		20 November 2003

Dr Men

Main article: Dr. Men (series)

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Dr. First	Adam Hargreaves	Susan, Cybermen	25 April 2017