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|image = <gallery>Cybermen novel.jpg|1975 edition | |image = <gallery>Cybermen novel.jpg|1975 edition | ||
Cybermen1981.jpg|1981 edition | Cybermen1981.jpg|1981 edition | ||
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|enemy = [[Tarn (Doctor Who and the Cybermen)|Tarn]] | |enemy = [[Tarn (Doctor Who and the Cybermen)|Tarn]] | ||
|setting= The [[Moonbase (The Moonbase)|Moonbase]], [[the Moon]], [[2070]] | |setting= The [[Moonbase (The Moonbase)|Moonbase]], [[the Moon]], [[2070]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Gerry Davis | ||
|read by = [[Anneke Wills]], [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |read by = [[Anneke Wills]], [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|cover = [[Chris Achilleos]] | |cover = [[Chris Achilleos]] | ||
|publisher = Target Books | |publisher = Target Books | ||
|publisher2 = W.H. Allen | |publisher2 = W.H. Allen | ||
|release date= | |release date= 19 February 1975 | ||
|format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 150 pages | |format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 150 pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-10575-3 | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-10575-3 | ||
|series = | |series = [[Target novelisation]]s | ||
|prev = Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon (novelisation) | |prev = Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon (novelisation) | ||
|next = Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation) | |next = Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation) | ||
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== Writing and publishing notes == | == Writing and publishing notes == | ||
* The | * The original edition was the final [[Target Books|Target]] novelisation to use its own unique "version" of the [[Doctor Who logo|''Doctor Who'' logo]] designed by [[Bernard Lodge]] in 1969; in this case, the word "DOCTOR" stacked above the word "WHO", both using an ''unmodified'' {{w|Futura (typeface)|Futura}} Black typeface. Beginning with the next book, ''[[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]],'' the line would (until 1991) use whichever on-air logo was current at the time of a novelisation’s publication (or, indeed, reprinting)—even if this didn't correspond to the [[logo]] featured in the original serial. | ||
* The cover from the original Target edition featured the artwork of [[Chris Achilleos]]. The same artwork was re-used for the 2011 reprint. The cover shows a Cyberman from ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', which more resembled their then-upcoming ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' look, while the book's illustration used the ''Moonbase'' versions. | * This was among the last novelisations to feature a different title from the broadcast serial on which it was based: in this case, the title-format deliberately mirrored that of ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Daleks]]'', emphasising the presence of a monster soon to return to television. | ||
* The cover from the original Target edition featured the artwork of [[Chris Achilleos]]. The same artwork was re-used for the 2011 reprint. The cover shows a Cyberman from ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', which more resembled their then-upcoming ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' look, while the book's interior illustration used the ''Moonbase'' versions. | |||
* Unlike most pre-1988 releases that saw a hardcover and paperback edition published either at the same time, or within months of each other, a hardcover edition of ''Doctor Who and the Cybermen'' did not appear until [[1981]]. | * Unlike most pre-1988 releases that saw a hardcover and paperback edition published either at the same time, or within months of each other, a hardcover edition of ''Doctor Who and the Cybermen'' did not appear until [[1981]]. | ||
* The 2011 reprint of the novelisation includes a four page introduction by [[Gareth Roberts]], talking about the [[Target Books]] novelisations, and a "Between the Lines" feature about the novelisation versus the episodes. | * The 2011 reprint of the novelisation includes a four page introduction by [[Gareth Roberts]], talking about the [[Target Books]] novelisations, and a "Between the Lines" feature about the novelisation versus the episodes. | ||