The Faceless Ones (novelisation)

Doctor Who – The Faceless Ones
Doctor:	[[doctor::Second Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Ben Jackson Polly Wright Jamie McCrimmon
Main enemy:	The Chameleons
Main setting:	London, 20 July 1966
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Target Books, W. H. Allen and Co. Ltd. UK]]
Writer:	Terrance Dicks
Release details
Release number:	116
Release date:	December 1986 (hardcover) May 1987 (paperback)
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions, 144 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20294-5
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Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial DW: The Faceless Ones, written by David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke and shown from 8 April 1967.
• The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel. It featured the artwork of David McAllister. (See below for information on editions with different covers).

Publisher's summary

In the summer of 1966, thousands of young people are taking their holidays with Chameleon Tours. And not one of them is coming back.
When the TARDIS lands at Gatwick Airport the Doctor is drawn into a web of intrigue and deception. To add to his troubles, Polly mysteriously vanishes.
Or does she? The girl at the Chameleon Tours desk looks like Polly, and even sounds like her, but she claims she comes from Zurich.
Who is she really? Who is behind these abductions? And for what sinister purpose? Soon the Doctor and Jamie must face a desperate group of faceless aliens - the deadly Chameleons…

Illustrations

• Contains no illustrated pages

Deviations from televised story

The sonic screwdriver appears in this story; in the televised series, it was not introduced until the later adventure Fury from the Deep.

Writing and publishing notes

• Inside back cover colour details of Fantastic Doctor Who Poster Offers.

Additional cover images

To be added

British publication history

Hardback (December 1986)

• W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491036922, copies priced £7.25 (UK))

Paperback (May 1987)

• Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. Single paperback edition, estimated print run: 32,500, priced £1.80 (UK).

Editions published outside Britain

To be added

See also

• The Target Book by David J Howe (Telos Publishing 2007)

External links

• On Target - A comprehensive guide to Doctor Who - The Faceless Ones