Target novelisation/Covers

This page showcases the covers of Doctor Who novelisations published by Target Books.

First Doctor novelisation covers

Title	Paperback (1970s)	Paperback (1970s-80s)	Hardcover (1970s-80s)	Paperback (1980s)	Paperback (1990s)	Paperback (2010s)
Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child			by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter	by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Daleks	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos			by Alister Pearson	by Chris Achilleos
The Edge of Destruction			by Alister Pearson	by Alister Pearson
Marco Polo			by David McAllister	by David McAllister
Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus			by David McAllister	by David McAllister
The Aztecs			by Nick Spender	by Nick Spender	by Andrew Skilleter
The Sensorites			by Nick Spender	by Nick Spender
The Reign of Terror			by Tony Masero	by Tony Masero
Planet of Giants				by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos		by Andrew Skilleter
The Rescue			by Tony Clark	by Tony Clark
The Romans			by Tony Masero	by Tony Masero
Doctor Who and the Zarbi	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos			by Alister Pearson	by Chris Achilleos
Doctor Who and the Crusaders	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter		by Andrew Skilleter
The Space Museum			by David McAllister	by David McAllister
The Chase				by Alister Pearson	by Alister Pearson
The Time Meddler			by Jeff Cummins	by Jeff Cummins	by Jeff Cummins
Galaxy Four			by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter
The Myth Makers			by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter
Mission to the Unknown				by Alister Pearson
The Mutation of Time				by Alister Pearson
The Massacre			by Tony Masero	by Tony Masero	by Alister Pearson
The Ark			by David McAllister	by David McAllister	by Alister Pearson
The Celestial Toymaker			by Graham Potts	by Graham Potts	by Alister Pearson
The Gunfighters			by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter
The Savages			by David McAllister	by David McAllister	by Alister Pearson
The War Machines				by Alister Pearson & Graeme Wey	by Alister Pearson & Graeme Wey
The Smugglers			by Alister Pearson	by Alister Pearson	by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet			by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Alister Pearson	by Chris Achilleos

Second Doctor novelisation covers

Title	Paperback (1970s)	Paperback (1970s-80s)	Hardcover (1970s-80s)	Paperback (1980s)	Paperback (1990s)	Paperback (2010s)
The Power of the Daleks					by Alister Pearson
The Highlanders			by Nick Spender	by Nick Spender
The Underwater Menace			by Alister Pearson	by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Cybermen	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Bill Donohoe	by Bill Donohoe		by Chris Achilleos
The Macra Terror			by Tony Masero	by Tony Masero
The Faceless Ones			by Tony Masero	by Tony Masero
Evil of the Daleks					by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen		by Jeff Cummins	by Jeff Cummins		by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter		by Chris Achilleos
Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos			by Chris Achilleos
Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World		by Bill Donohoe	by Bill Donohoe		by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Web of Fear	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Andrew Skilleter	by Alister Pearson	by Chris Achilleos
Fury from the Deep			by David McAllister	by David McAllister
The Wheel in Space			by Ian Burgess	by Ian Burgess
The Dominators			by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter	by Alister Pearson
The Mind Robber			by David McAllister	by David McAllister	by Alister Pearson
The Invasion			by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter	by Alister Pearson
The Krotons			by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter	by Alister Pearson
The Seeds of Death			by Tony Masero	by Tony Masero
The Space Pirates				by Tony Clark
Doctor Who and the War Games			by John Geary	by John Geary	by Alister Pearson

Third Doctor novelisation covers

Title	Hardcover (1970s)	Paperback (1970s)	Paperback (1970s-80s)	Hardcover (1980s)	Paperback (1980s)	Paperback (1990s)	Paperback (2010s)
Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter	by Alister Pearson	by Chris Achilleos
Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos			by Alister Pearson	by Chris Achilleos
The Ambassadors of Death				by Tony Masero	by Tony Masero	by Alister Pearson
Inferno				by Nick Spender	by Nick Spender
Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons		by Peter Brookes	by Alun Hood	by Alun Hood
The Mind of Evil				by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter
Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by John Geary
Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon		by Chris Achilleos	by Jeff Cummins	by Jeff Cummins
Doctor Who and the Dæmons		by Chris Achilleos	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter		by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks		by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter	by Alister Pearson	by Chris Achilleos
Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon		by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by	by Chris Achilleos	by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils		by Chris Achilleos	by John Geary	by John Geary
Doctor Who and the Mutants	by Jeff Cummins	by Jeff Cummins
The Time Monster			by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter
The Three Doctors	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Jeff Cummins			by Alister Pearson	by Chris Achilleos
Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos				by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Space War	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos			by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Green Death		by Peter Brookes	by Alun Hood	by Alun Hood
Doctor Who and the Time Warrior	by Roy Knipe	by Roy Knipe				by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion	by Chris Achilleos	by Chris Achilleos	by Jeff Cummins			by Alister Pearson	by Chris Achilleos
Death to the Daleks	by Roy Knipe	by Roy Knipe				by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon				by Steve Kyte	by Steve Kyte	by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders	by Peter Brookes	by Peter Brookes	by Alun Hood			by Alister Pearson

Fourth Doctor novelisation covers

Title	Hardcover (1970s)	Paperback (1970s-80s)	Hardcover (1970s-80s)	Paperback (1970s-80s)	Paperback (1990s)	Paperback (2010s-20s)
Doctor Who and the Giant Robot		by	by	by	by
Doctor Who and the Ark in Space	by	by			by	by
Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment	by	by
Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks	by	by		by	by	by
Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen	by	by		by	by
Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster	by	by		by	by	by
Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil	by	by		by
Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars	by	by		by	by
Doctor Who and the Android Invasion	by	by
Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius	by	by		by	by
Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom	by	by
Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora	by	by			by
Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear	by	by
Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin	by	by
Doctor Who and the Face of Evil	by	by			by
Doctor Who and the Robots of Death	by	by			by
Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang	by	by			by
Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock	by	by
Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy	by	by
Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl	by	by
Doctor Who and the Sunmakers			by	by
Doctor Who and the Underworld			by	by
Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time			by	by
Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation	by	by
Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet						by Anthony Dry
Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood (1980) The Stones of Blood (2022)			by	by		by Anthony Dry
Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara (1980) The Androids of Tara (2022)			by	by		by Anthony Dry
Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll			by	by
Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor			by	by
Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks	by	by			by
City of Death						by Anthony Dry
Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit			by	by
Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden			by	by
Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon			by	by
Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive			by	by	by
Meglos			by	by	by
Full Circle			by	by
Doctor Who and the State of Decay			by	by
Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate (1982) Warriors' Gate and Beyond (2023)			by	by		by
Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken			by	by	by
Logopolis			by	by	by

Fifth Doctor novelisation covers

Title	Hardcover (1980s)	Paperback (1980s)	Paperback (1990s)	Paperback (2010s)
Castrovalva	Photo cover	Photo cover	by Alister Pearson
Four to Doomsday	Photo cover	Photo cover	by Alister Pearson
Kinda	Photo cover	Photo cover	by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Visitation	Photo cover	Photo cover	by Alister Pearson	by Chris Achilleos
Black Orchid	by Tony Masero	by Tony Masero
Earthshock	Photo cover	Photo cover	by Alister Pearson
Time-Flight	Photo cover	Photo cover
Arc of Infinity	Photo cover	Photo cover	by Alister Pearson
Snakedance	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter
Mawdryn Undead	Photo cover	Photo cover	by Alister Pearson
Terminus	Photo cover	Photo cover
Enlightenment	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter
The King's Demons	by David McAllister	by David McAllister
The Five Doctors	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter	by Alister Pearson
Warriors of the Deep	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter	by Alister Pearson
The Awakening	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter	by Alister Pearson
Frontios	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter
Resurrection of the Daleks	by BBC Books (2019)	by Anthony Dry
Planet of Fire	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter
The Caves of Androzani		by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter

Sixth Doctor novelisation covers

Title	Hardcover (1980s)	Paperback (1980s)	Paperback (1990s)	Paperback (2010s)
The Twin Dilemma	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter
Attack of the Cybermen		by Colin Howard	by Alister Pearson
Vengeance on Varos	by David McAllister	by David McAllister	by Alister Pearson	by Chris Achilleos
The Mark of the Rani	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter
The Two Doctors	by Andrew Skilleter	by Andrew Skilleter
Timelash	by David McAllister	by David McAllister
Revelation of the Daleks	by BBC Books (2019)	by Anthony Dry
The Mysterious Planet	by Tony Masero	by Tony Masero
Mindwarp		by Alister Pearson
Terror of the Vervoids	by Tony Masero	by Tony Masero
The Ultimate Foe	by Alister Pearson	by Alister Pearson

Seventh Doctor novelisation covers

Title	Hardcover (1980s)	Paperback (1980s)	Paperback (1990s-2010s)
Time and the Rani	by Chris Capstick	by Chris Capstick	by Alister Pearson
Paradise Towers		by Alister Pearson	by Alister Pearson
Delta and the Bannermen		by Alister Pearson	by Alister Pearson
Dragonfire		by Alister Pearson	by Alister Pearson
Remembrance of the Daleks	by Fractured Pixels (2016)	by Alister Pearson	by Two Associates
The Happiness Patrol		by Alister Pearson
Silver Nemesis		by Alister Pearson	by Alister Pearson
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy		by Alister Pearson	by Alister Pearson
Battlefield		by Alister Pearson	by Chris Achilleos
Ghost Light		by Alister Pearson
The Curse of Fenric		by Alister Pearson
Survival		by Alister Pearson

Eighth Doctor novelisation covers

The TV Movie
Cover by Anthony Dry

Ninth Doctor novelisation covers

Rose
Cover by Anthony Dry
Dalek
Cover by Anthony Dry

Tenth Doctor novelisation covers

The Christmas Invasion
Cover by Anthony Dry
The Fires of Pompeii
Cover by Anthony Dry
Planet of the Ood
Cover by Anthony Dry
The Waters of Mars
Cover by Anthony Dry

Eleventh Doctor novelisation covers

The Crimson Horror
Cover by Anthony Dry
The Day of the Doctor
Cover by Anthony Dry

Twelfth Doctor novelisation covers

The Zygon Invasion
Cover by Anthony Dry
The Eaters of Light
Cover by Anthony Dry
Twice Upon a Time
Cover by Anthony Dry

Thirteenth Doctor novelisation covers

Kerblam!
Cover by Anthony Dry
The Witchfinders
Cover by Anthony Dry

Fourteenth Doctor novelisation covers

Fifteenth Doctor novelisation covers

The Church on Ruby Road
Cover by Lee Binding

K9 and Company novelisation cover

K9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
Cover by Peter Kelly

Non-television Target Novelisations covers

Novelisations of radio and audio dramas, plus unproduced teleplays, in release order.

Slipback
Cover by Paul Mark Tams
The Nightmare Fair
Cover by Alister Pearson & Graeme Wey
The Ultimate Evil
Cover by Alister Pearson & Graeme Wey
Mission to Magnus
Cover by Alister Pearson
The Pescatons
Cover by Pete Wallbank
The Paradise of Death
Cover by Alister Pearson

Junior Doctor Who Novelisations covers

Rewrites of earlier novelisations, but aimed at younger readers.

Omnibus covers

Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus
The Doctor Who Omnibus
Dalek Omnibus
The Adventures of Doctor Who
The Further Adventures of Doctor Who
The Essential Terrance Dicks Volume One hardcover
The Essential Terrance Dicks Volume Two hardcover
The Essential Terrance Dicks Volume One paperback
The Essential Terrance Dicks Volume Two paperback

Non-English editions

Title	Netherlands (1966, 1974)	Turkey (1975)	Japan (1980)	Portugal (1983)	France (1987)	Germany (1980-81, 1990-91, 2017)	Poland (1994)	Finland (1976)	Brazil (1975)
Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child					Cover by Jean-François Pénichoux	Cover by David McAllister
Doctor Who and the Daleks	Cover by Herson Cover by Chris Achilleos	Cover by Chris Achilleos	Cover by Michiaki Sato	Cover by Rui Ligeiro	Cover by Jean-François Pénichoux	Cover by Andrew Skilleter
Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth					Cover by Jean-François Pénichoux	Cover by David Hardy Cover by Chris Achilleos
Doctor Who and the Crusaders	Cover by Chris Achilleos			Cover by Rui Ligeiro	Cover by Jean-François Pénichoux
Doctor Who and the Zarbi	Cover by Chris Achilleos			Cover by Rui Ligeiro
Doctor Who and the Cybermen		Cover by Chris Achilleos
Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen		Cover by Chris Achilleos		Cover by Rui Ligeiro	Cover by Jean-François Pénichoux
Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion	Cover by Chris Achilleos	Cover by Chris Achilleos	Cover by Michiaki Sato	Cover by Rui Ligeiro				Cover by Adam Korpak
Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters	Cover by Chris Achilleos		Cover by Michiaki Sato	Cover by Rui Ligeiro				Cover by Adam Korpak
Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon	Cover by Chris Achilleos	Cover by Chris Achilleos	Cover by Michiaki Sato	Cover by Rui Ligeiro
Doctor Who and the Dæmons	Cover by Chris Achilleos			Cover by Rui Ligeiro
Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks	Cover by Chris Achilleos	Cover by Chris Achilleos	Cover by Michiaki Sato	Cover by Rui Ligeiro			Cover by Alister Pearson		Cover by Darlon
Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils				Cover by Rui Ligeiro
The Three Doctors							Cover by unknown
Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks						Cover by David Hardy Cover by Chris Achilleos
Death to the Daleks						Cover by Roy Knipe
Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen							Cover by Alister Pearson
Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius					Cover by Jean-François Pénichoux
Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora					Cover by Jean-François Pénichoux
Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks						Cover by Chris Achilleos
Meglos					Cover by Jean-François Pénichoux
Remembrance of the Daleks						Cover by Two Associates