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-{{Infobox Novel|
+{{title dab away}}
-novel name=Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy|
+{{real world}}
-image=[[Image: Invisible_Enemy_novel.jpg|250px]]|
+{{Infobox Story SMW
-series=[[Doctor Who]]-<br/>[[Target Novelisation]] |
+|image = Invisible Enemy novel.jpg
-number= 36 (given to later editions) |
+|series = [[Target novelisation]]s
-doctor=[[Fourth Doctor]] |
+|number = 36 (given to later editions)
-companions= [[Leela]], [[K-9]] |
+|doctor = Fourth Doctor
-enemy= [[The Swarm (The Invisible Enemy)|The Swarm]]|
+|companions = [[Leela]], [[K9 Mark I]]
-year= [[Titan Base]], [[Bi-Al Foundation]], [[5000]]’s ? |
+|enemy= The [[The Swarm (The Invisible Enemy)|Swarm]]
-writer= [[Terrance Dicks]]|
+|setting = [[Titan Base]] and the [[Bi-Al Foundation]], [[5000]]
-publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]|
+|novelisation of = The Invisible Enemy (TV story)
-release date= March  [[1979]]|
+|writer = Terrance Dicks
-format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 110 Pages|
+|read by = [[John Leeson]]
-isbn= ISBN 0-426-20054-3|
+|publisher = Target Books
-previous story=[[Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock]] |
+|publisher2 = W.H. Allen
-next story=[[Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl]] }}
+|cover = [[Roy Knipe]]
+|release date= 29 March 1979
+|format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 12 Chapters, 110 Pages
+|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20054-3
+|prev = Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear (novelisation)
+|next = Doctor Who and the Robots of Death (novelisation)
+|series2 = [[Target novelisation]] numbering
+|prev2 = Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time (novelisation)
+|next2 = Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken (novelisation)
+|series3 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]]
+|prev3 = Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock (novelisation)
+|next3 = Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl (novelisation)
+}}
+'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1977 television serial ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]''.
-==Novelisation==
+== Publisher's summary ==
-* This novelisation is based on the original television serial ([[DW]]): '' [[The Invisible Enemy]] '' which was shown from 1st October 1977 and written by [[Bob Baker]] and [[Dave Martin]]
+A mysterious cloud drifts menacingly through space...
-* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of [[Roy Knipe]]. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).
-==Publisher's summary==
+A sudden energy flash and [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] is infected with the Nucleus of a malignant Virus that threatens to destroy his mind.
-A mysterious cloud drifts menacingly through space...<br>
-A sudden energy flash and [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] is infected with the Nucleus of a malignant Virus that threatens to destroy his mind. <br>
-Meanwhile, on [[Titan]], human slaves prepare the Hive from which the Virus will swarm out and infect the universe. <br>
-In search of a cure, [[Leela]] takes the Doctor to the Foundation where they make an incredible journey into the Doctor’s brain in an attempt to destroy the Nucleus. <br>
-But can the Doctor free himself from the Nucleus in time to reach Titan and destroy the Hive? Luckily he has help – in the strangely dog-like shape of a mobile computer called [[K-9|K9]] …
-==Illustrations==
+Meanwhile, on [[Titan]], human slaves prepare the Hive from which the Virus will swarm out and infect the universe.
-* None
+In search of a cure, [[Leela]] takes the Doctor to the Foundation where they make an incredible journey into the Doctor's brain in an attempt to destroy the Nucleus.
+But can the Doctor free himself from the Nucleus in time to reach Titan and destroy the Hive? Luckily he has help – in the strangely dog-like shape of a mobile computer called [[K9]] ...
+== Chapter titles ==
+# Contact
+# The Host
+# Death Sentence
+# Foundation
+# Counter-Attack
+# The Clones
+# Mind Hunt
+# Interface
+# Nucleus
+# The Antidote
+# The Hive
+# Inferno
 == Deviations from televised story ==
-''To be added''
+* What happens to the antibodies is expanded upon.
+* Leela can fly the TARDIS despite not having seen the white console room before.
+* A deleted scene where the Nucleus tries to reinfect the Doctor to no avail is reinstated.
+* Leela's knife hits [[Meeker]] in the chest rather than the back.
+* The Doctor feigns unconsciousness before trying to shoot Leela instead of hiding around the corner.
+* There are scenes onboard the [[Bi-Al Foundation]] supply shuttle, showing the crew being infected before crashing into the asteroid.
+* In the budget-free constraints of the novelisation, [[Lowe (The Invisible Enemy)|Lowe]] infects more of the hospital personnel than is seen on-screen and has a small army during his second assault on the isolation room, rather than simply himself and three others as in the televised version.
+* The nurses are described as wearing robes, rather than the tight-fitting trouser suits seen on-screen.
+* It is mentioned that Professor Marius taught at [[New Heidelberg University]].
-==Writing and publishing notes==
+== Additional cover images ==
-* ''To be added''
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
+File:HardbackInvisibleEnemy.jpg|1979 Hardback cover
+</gallery>
-==Additional cover images==
+== Writing and publishing notes ==
-''To be added''
+This was originally to be reprinted in spring 1994, along with ''[[Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock]]''. The cover art would have been by [[Alister Pearson]].
-==British publication history==
+== British publication history ==
-''To be added''
+First publication:
+* Hardback
-'''First Publication:'''
+: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
-* Hardback
-: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd.  UK
 * Paperback
 : Target
-'''Re-issues:'''
+Re-issues:
 : Scheduled for a new edition in July [[1994]], but the release was cancelled.
-==Editions published outside Britain==
+== Audiobook ==
-''To be added''
+This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[2 August (releases)|2 August]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[John Leeson]].
+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]].
+<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
+File:Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy 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]
+{{DWN}}
+{{TitleSort}}
-==See also==
+[[Category:Fourth Doctor novelisations]]
-* '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007)
+[[Category:Target novelisations]]
-==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]
-[[Category:Target Novelisations]]
 [[Category:1979 novels]]
+[[Category:The Swarm stories]]
+[[Category:K9 novels]]
+[[Category:Stories set in the 51st century]]
+[[Category:Novels set in the Sol System]]
+[[Category:Novels set on Titan]]
+[[Category:Target novelisations with audiobook readings]]