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|image = Android Invasion novel.jpg | |||
number= | |number = (2 assigned, but no edition used) | ||
doctor= | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
companions= [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | |companions = [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] | ||
enemy= [[Kraal]] | |featuring = Harry Sullivan | ||
|featuring2 = John Benton | |||
writer= | |enemy = [[Kraal (species)|Kraals]] | ||
publisher= | |setting = Devesham, [[1970s]]; [[Oseidon]] | ||
release date= November | |writer = Terrance Dicks | ||
format= | |publisher = Target Books | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-426- | |publisher2 = W.H. Allen | ||
|publisher3 = Pinnacle Books | |||
|novelisation of = The Android Invasion (TV story) | |||
|read by = [[Geoffrey Beevers]] | |||
|cover = [[Roy Knipe]] | |||
|release date = 16 November 1978 | |||
|format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 126 pages | |||
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20037-3 | |||
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}}{{you may|The Android Invasion (TV story)|n1=the TV story|The Android Invasion (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|n2=the story as mentioned in The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who}} | |||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1975 television serial ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]''. | |||
== | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]] arrive safely back on [[Earth]] – or do they? | |||
Why does the mysterious soldier march straight over a cliff – and then reappear unharmed? | |||
Why does the mysterious soldier march straight over a cliff – and then reappear unharmed? | |||
Why are they attacked by the sinister mechanics with built-in guns for hands? | |||
Why is a picturesque country village at first deserted – then filled with mindless zombies? | |||
And why are their best friends suddenly trying to kill them? | |||
The Doctor has stumbled on a cunning alien plan to take over the Earth. Will he be in time to defeat the deadly [[Kraal (species)|Kraals]] and their terrifying android invasion? | |||
== | == Chapter titles == | ||
' | # Strange Arrival | ||
# Village of Terror | |||
# The Watcher | |||
# Hunted | |||
# Captured | |||
# The Test | |||
# The Countdown | |||
# Braindrain | |||
# Blastoff | |||
# Hero's Return | |||
# Takeover | |||
# Death of a Doctor | |||
' | == Deviations from televised story == | ||
* Hardback | * An army truck transports the android villagers to and from the village simulation instead of the large tradesman's pickup truck used in the televised version. | ||
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. | |||
== Writing and publishing notes == | |||
* When the first seventy-three Target novelisations were retroactively numbered in 1983, this book was assigned #2; however no edition bearing the number was ever printed. | |||
== Additional cover images == | |||
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File:HardbackAndroidInvasion.jpg|1978 Hardback edition | |||
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== British publication history == | |||
First publication: | |||
* Hardback | |||
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK | |||
* Paperback | * Paperback | ||
: Target | : Target | ||
' | |||
== Editions published outside Britain == | |||
* Published in the USA by Pinnacle Books in 1980 as a paperback edition, it was one of ten American novelisations; an introduction by Harlan Ellison features in all the editions. | |||
* Published again in the USA by Aeonian Press in 1984 as a hardback edition; it was one of seven novelisations published in the mid-1980's. | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
File:PinnacleAndroidInvasion.jpg|1980 US Pinnacle Books edition.<br />Cover by David Mann | |||
File:AeonianAndroidInvasion.jpg|1984 Hardback edition | |||
</gallery> | |||
== | == Audiobook == | ||
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[4 August (releases)|4 August]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Geoffrey Beevers]]. | |||
The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by [[David J. Howe]]. Music and sound effects by [[Simon Power]]. | |||
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Doctor Who and the Android Invasion audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | |||
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/general/main.htm ''On Target'' a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal] | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:51, 5 February 2024
- You may be looking for the TV story or the story as mentioned in The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who.
Doctor Who and the Android Invasion was a novelisation based on the 1975 television serial The Android Invasion.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor and Sarah arrive safely back on Earth – or do they?
Why does the mysterious soldier march straight over a cliff – and then reappear unharmed?
Why are they attacked by the sinister mechanics with built-in guns for hands?
Why is a picturesque country village at first deserted – then filled with mindless zombies?
And why are their best friends suddenly trying to kill them?
The Doctor has stumbled on a cunning alien plan to take over the Earth. Will he be in time to defeat the deadly Kraals and their terrifying android invasion?
Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Strange Arrival
- Village of Terror
- The Watcher
- Hunted
- Captured
- The Test
- The Countdown
- Braindrain
- Blastoff
- Hero's Return
- Takeover
- Death of a Doctor
Deviations from televised story[[edit] | [edit source]]
- An army truck transports the android villagers to and from the village simulation instead of the large tradesman's pickup truck used in the televised version.
Writing and publishing notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- When the first seventy-three Target novelisations were retroactively numbered in 1983, this book was assigned #2; however no edition bearing the number was ever printed.
Additional cover images[[edit] | [edit source]]
1978 Hardback edition
British publication history[[edit] | [edit source]]
First publication:
- Hardback
- W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
- Paperback
- Target
Editions published outside Britain[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Published in the USA by Pinnacle Books in 1980 as a paperback edition, it was one of ten American novelisations; an introduction by Harlan Ellison features in all the editions.
- Published again in the USA by Aeonian Press in 1984 as a hardback edition; it was one of seven novelisations published in the mid-1980's.
1980 US Pinnacle Books edition.
Cover by David Mann
1984 Hardback edition
Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on 4 August 2022 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Geoffrey Beevers.
The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by David J. Howe. Music and sound effects by Simon Power.
Audiobook cover
