Kinda (novelisation)

Kinda
Based on:	Kinda
Doctor:	Fifth Doctor
Companion(s):	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan
Main enemy:	Mara
Main setting:	Deva Loka
Key crew
Publisher:	Target Books
Writer:	Terrance Dicks
Read by:	Peter Davison
Release details
Release number:	84 (shown on spine only)
Release date:	15 March 1984
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions; 12 Chapters, 126 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-19529-9
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Kinda was a novelisation based on the 1982 television serial Kinda.

Publisher's summary

1984 Target Books edition

Nothing could disturb the serene peace of the planet Deva Loka - or could it? An expeditionary force from Earth is dangerously out of control — and it's not only the peaceful race of the Kinda who are at risk...

A gentle stroll in the lush jungle leads the Doctor and Adric to an unexpected confrontation - and puts them at the mercy of a maniac...

But it is Tegan, lulled to sleep by mysterious wind-chimes, who comes the closest to the real danger that threatens not only her sanity but the existence of the whole planet...

1992 Target Books edition

TEGAN WAS TRAPPED IN A NIGHTMARE WORLD, A WORLD INHABITED BY GHOSTS WHO REFUSED TO BELIEVE IN HER...

Nothing could disturb the serene peace of the planet Deva Loka - or could it? An expeditionary force from Earth is dangerously out of control, and everything — not just the peaceful race of the Kinda - is at risk.

A gentle stroll in the lush jungle leads the Doctor and Adric to an unexpected confrontation and puts them at the mercy of a maniac. But it is Tegan, lulled to sleep by mysterious wind-chimes, who comes the closest to the real danger that threatens not only her sanity but the existence of the whole planet.

First broadcast in 1982, Kinda was written by Christopher Bailey. This adaptation is by Terrance Dicks, who was script editor of the seres for five years and who is also the author of Timewyrm: Exodus.

Chapter titles

1. Dangerous Paradise
2. The Kinda
3. Ghosts
4. The Box of Jhana
5. The Mara
6. The Change
7. The Vision
8. The Dream Cave
9. The Wheel Turns
10. The Path of the Mara
11. The Attack
12. The Face of the Mara

Deviations from televised story

• The cliffhanger ending to Four to Doomsday is appended as the novelisation's opening. Nyssa is described as slumping to the floor rather than just fainting.
• The novel identifies Todd as "Doctor Todd".
• The relationship between Hindle and Sanders is explored in greater detail.
• The two unnamed members of the expedition who went missing before Roberts are referred to as Stone and Carter.
• Hindle's rank is given as lieutenant and the Doctor speculates that it is the era when Earth's empire is expanding.
• The characters Anatta, Anicca and Dukkha are unnamed. Aris is not identified as the Kinda seen outside the Dome.
• The Kinda hostages do not show Hindle their fingernails before he asks them.
• The Doctor speculates that the three missing team members encountered the Mara, refused to submit as Tegan did and were killed.
• It is explained that Hindle turned the monitor off in order to avoid distraction, hence him missing Aris' attack.
• The Doctor does not try to pass the stolen key card to Todd.

Writing and publishing notes

• This was the final novelisation to use a fully photographic cover, and it was the final Target novelisation to feature the Doctor as part of the main art until The Savages was published several years later.
• Although number #84 in the Doctor Who library, the book was actually the 83rd to be released; this was because it was swapped in the publication order with the novelisation of Snakedance late in the day without the numbers being reassigned.

Additional cover images

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  1992 edition.
  Cover by Alister Pearson

British publication history

First publication:

• Hardback

W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK

• Paperback

Target

Audiobook

In August 1997, BBC Audio released an abridged audiobook version of the novel, read by Peter Davison.

It became part of the BBC MP3-CD Audio sampler Tales from the TARDIS Volume 1, "Ten hours on just one disc".

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  Abridged 1997 audiobook cover

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  Abridged 1997 audiobook back cover

External links

• On Target a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal