Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World (novelisation)
| The Enemy of the World | |
| Doctor Who And The Enemy of the World | |
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| Series | Target Novelisation |
| Number | |
| Doctor | Second Doctor |
| Companions | Jamie |
| Author | Ian Marter |
| Publisher | W.H Allen & Co |
| Publication Date | 1981 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-426-20126-4 |
In the year 2030 only one man seems to know what action to take when the world is hit by a series of terrible natural disasters. Salamander's success in handling these monumental problems has brought him enormous power.
From the moment the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria land on an Australian beach, they are caught up in a struggle for world domination - a struggle in which the Doctor's startling resemblance to Salamander plays a viral role.
- taken from the jacket synopsis
Book Chapters
01 - A Day by the Sea
02 - The Doctor Takes a Risk
03 - Volcanoes
04 - Too Many Cooks
05 - Seeds of Suspicion
06 - The Secret Empire
07 - A Scrap of Truth
08 - Deceptions
09 - Unexpected Evidence
10 - The Doctor Not Himself
Deviations from the Televised Story
As noted by Lance Parkin in A History of the Universe, publicity for this story when it was first broadcast placed it "fifty years in the future," or in 2017. A date was given onscreen with a character holding a newspaper from the previous year, but the specific episode is lost and the telesnap of this scene is not clear enough for the date to be read. Most story guides gave the date as 2017, based on the contemporary publicity for the story, until plans were made for the novelization in 1980, which again gave a date of "fifty years in the future," or in this case, 2030. When the novelization was finally written by Ian Marter in 1981, 2030 was the date used.
