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|publisher= Target Books, [[W. H. Allen]] and Co. Ltd. UK  
|publisher= Target Books, [[W. H. Allen]] and Co. Ltd. UK  
|release date= [[21 May (releases)|21 May]] [[1987 (releases)|1987]]
|release date= [[21 May (releases)|21 May]] [[1987 (releases)|1987]]
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 144 Pages  
|format= Hardcover and paperback editions; 15 Chapters, 144 Pages  
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20294-5
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20294-5
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Who is she really? Who is behind these abductions? And for what sinister purpose? Soon the Doctor and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] must face a desperate group of faceless aliens - the deadly [[Chameleon (humanoid)|Chameleons]]…
Who is she really? Who is behind these abductions? And for what sinister purpose? Soon the Doctor and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] must face a desperate group of faceless aliens - the deadly [[Chameleon (humanoid)|Chameleons]]…
== Chapter Titles ==
# Obstruction on Runway Five
# The Suspects
# Man Without a Face
# The Transfer
# The Missing
# The Trap
# The Abductors
# The Secret of the Chameleons
# Death Ray
# Captured
# Spaceship
# The Traitor
# Flight Into Peril
# The Bluff
# The Deal


== Deviations from televised story ==
== Deviations from televised story ==
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[[Category:Target novelisations]]
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[[Category:1986 novels]]
[[Category:1986 novels]]
[[Category:Second Doctor novels]]

Revision as of 15:09, 27 October 2014

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The Faceless Ones was a novelisation based on the 1967 television serial The Faceless Ones.

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

Chapter Titles

  1. Obstruction on Runway Five
  2. The Suspects
  3. Man Without a Face
  4. The Transfer
  5. The Missing
  6. The Trap
  7. The Abductors
  8. The Secret of the Chameleons
  9. Death Ray
  10. Captured
  11. Spaceship
  12. The Traitor
  13. Flight Into Peril
  14. The Bluff
  15. The Deal

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.
  • The cover for the original Target Books edition featured the artwork of David McAllister.

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).

External links

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