Third Doctor novels

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The Third Doctor has featured in many novels since his first appearance in 1970.

Target novelisations

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

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion	Terrance Dicks	Liz, the Brigadier, Second Doctor, Autons, Nestene Consciousness	17 January 1974
Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters	Malcolm Hulke	Liz, the Brigadier, Silurians	17 January 1974
Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon	Malcolm Hulke	Jo, the Master	27 March 1974
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks	Terrance Dicks	Jo, the Brigadier, Yates, Benton, Daleks, Ogrons	27 March 1974
Doctor Who and the Dæmons	Barry Letts	Jo, the Brigadier, Yates, Benton, Osgood, the Master	17 October 1974
Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils	Malcolm Hulke	Jo, Sea Devils, the Master	17 October 1974
Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon	Brian Hayles	Jo, Alpha Centauri	January 1975
Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons	Terrance Dicks	Jo, the Brigadier, Yates, Benton, the Master, Autons, Nestene Consciousness	15 May 1975
Doctor Who and the Green Death	Malcolm Hulke	Jo, the Brigadier, Yates, Benton	21 August 1975
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders	Terrance Dicks	Sarah, the Brigadier, Yates, Benton, Fourth Doctor	16 October 1975
The Three Doctors	Terrance Dicks	Jo, the Brigadier, First Doctor, Second Doctor, Benton	20 November 1975
Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion	Malcolm Hulke	Sarah, the Brigadier, Yates, Benton	19 February 1976
Doctor Who and the Space War	Malcolm Hulke	Jo, Daleks, Ogrons, Draconians, the Master	23 September 1976
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks	Terrance Dicks	Jo, Daleks	21 October 1976
Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters	Terrance Dicks	Jo	20 January 1977
Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos	Terrance Dicks	Jo, the Brigadier, Yates, Benton, the Master, Axons	21 April 1977
Doctor Who and the Mutants	Terrance Dicks	Jo	29 September 1977
Doctor Who and the Time Warrior	Terrance Dicks (prologue by Robert Holmes)	Sarah, the Brigadier, Sontarans	29 June 1978
Death to the Daleks	Terrance Dicks	Sarah, Daleks	20 July 1978
Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon	Terrance Dicks	Sarah, Ice Warriors, Alpha Centauri	4 December 1980
The Five Doctors	Terrance Dicks	1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th	24 November 1983
Inferno	Terrance Dicks	Liz, the Brigadier, Benton	18 October 1984
The Mind of Evil	Terrance Dicks	Jo, the Brigadier, Yates, Benton, the Master	11 July 1985
The Time Monster	Terrance Dicks	Jo, the Brigadier, Yates, Benton, the Master	13 February 1986
The Ambassadors of Death	Terrance Dicks	Liz, the Brigadier, Benton	1 October 1987
The Paradise of Death	Barry Letts	Sarah, the Brigadier	21 April 1994

Virgin New Adventures

The Third Doctor made brief appearances in two of Virgin Books' New Adventures novels.

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Legacy	Gary Russell	Seventh Doctor	21 April 1994
All-Consuming Fire	Andy Lane	Seventh Doctor	16 June 1994

Virgin Missing Adventures

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

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
The Ghosts of N-Space	Barry Letts	Sarah	16 February 1995
Dancing the Code	Paul Leonard	Jo	20 April 1995
The Eye of the Giant	Christopher Bulis	Liz	18 April 1996
The Scales of Injustice	Gary Russell	Liz, Silurians, Myrka	18 July 1996
Speed of Flight	Paul Leonard	Jo, Mike Yates	24 October 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. Ten of these focused exclusively on the Third Doctor, and four featured him alongside other incarnations.

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
The Eight Doctors	Terrance Dicks	1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th	2 June 1997
The Devil Goblins from Neptune	Martin Day and Keith Topping	Liz, The Brig, Yates, Benton	2 June 1997
Alien Bodies	Lawrence Miles	Eighth Doctor, Sarah Jane	24 November 1997
Catastrophea	Terrance Dicks	Jo, Draconians	5 May 1998
The Wages of Sin	David A. McIntee	Jo, Liz	1 February 1999
Interference - Book One	Lawrence Miles	Eighth Doctor, Sarah Jane	2 August 1999
Interference - Book Two	Lawrence Miles	Eighth Doctor, Sarah Jane	2 August 1999
Last of the Gaderene	Mark Gatiss	Jo, The Brig, Yates, Benton, The Master	4 January 2000
Verdigris	Paul Magrs	Jo, Iris Wildthyme, Tom, The Brig, Yates, Benton, The Master	3 April 2000
Rags	Mick Lewis	Jo, Yates	5 March 2001
Amorality Tale	David Bishop	Sarah Jane	8 April 2002
The Suns of Caresh	Paul Saint	Jo	5 August 2002
Deadly Reunion	Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts	Jo, The Brig, Yates, Benton, The Master	3 November 2003
Island of Death	Barry Letts	Sarah Jane, The Brig, Benton, Jeremy	7 July 2005

Telos novellas

Main article: Telos Doctor Who novella

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Nightdreamers	Tom Arden	Jo	15 May 2002

Dr Men

Main article: Dr. Men (series)

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Dr. Third	Adam Hargreaves	Yates, Liz, Jo, Ice Warriors	6 February 2018