Fifth Doctor novels

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The Fifth Doctor has featured in many novels since his debut in 1981.

Target novelisations

In 1974, Target Books began a range of novel-length adaptations of Doctor Who television stories. This range continued until 1994.

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Doctor Who and the Visitation	Eric Saward	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan	19 August 1982
Time-Flight	Peter Grimwade	Nyssa, Tegan, the Tremas Master	15 April 1983
Castrovalva	Christopher H. Bidmead	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, The Master	16 June 1983
Four to Doomsday	Terrance Dicks	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan	21 July 1983
Earthshock	Ian Marter	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Cybermen	18 August 1983
Terminus	John Lydecker	Nyssa, Tegan, Turlough, Black Guardian	15 September 1983
Arc of Infinity	Terrance Dicks	Nyssa, Tegan, Omega	20 October 1983
The Five Doctors		First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Susan, The Brigadier, Sarah, Romana II, Tegan, Turlough, Daleks, Yeti, Cybermen, The Master	24 November 1983
Mawdryn Undead	Peter Grimwade	Nyssa, Tegan, Turlough, The Brigadier, Black Guardian	12 January 1984
Kinda	Terrance Dicks	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Mara	15 March 1984
Snakedance		Nyssa, Tegan, Mara	3 May 1984
Enlightenment	Barbara Clegg	Tegan, Turlough, Black Guardian, White Guardian	24 May 1984
Warriors of the Deep	Terrance Dicks	Tegan, Turlough, Silurians, Sea Devils	16 August 1984
Frontios	Christopher H. Bidmead	Tegan, Turlough	10 December 1984
Planet of Fire	Peter Grimwade	Turlough, Peri, Kamelion, The Master	14 February 1985
The Caves of Androzani	Terrance Dicks	Peri	14 March 1985
The Awakening	Eric Pringle	Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion	13 June 1985
The King's Demons	Terence Dudley	Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion, The Master	10 July 1986
Black Orchid		Adric, Nyssa, Tegan	19 February 1987

Virgin Missing Adventures

In 1994, Virgin Books began a series of novels featuring past Doctors, called the Missing Adventures. Five of these featured the Fifth Doctor and his companions.

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Goth Opera	Paul Cornell	Nyssa, Tegan	21 July 1994
The Crystal Bucephalus	Craig Hinton	Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion	17 November 1994
Lords of the Storm	David A. McIntee	Turlough, Sontarans, Rutans	7 December 1995
The Sands of Time	Justin Richards	Nyssa, Tegan	16 May 1996
Cold Fusion	Lance Parkin	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Seventh Doctor, Roz, Chris	5 December 1996

BBC Books

After taking the license for Doctor Who novels from Virgin Books in 1996, BBC Books began to publish a series of Doctor Who novels. Ten of these focused exclusively on the Fifth Doctor, and one featured him alongside other incarnations.

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
The Eight Doctors	Terrance Dicks	First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough, Sontarans, Raston Warrior Robot	2 June 1997
The Ultimate Treasure	Christopher Bulis	Peri	18 August 1997
Zeta Major	Simon Messingham	Nyssa, Tegan	6 July 1998
Deep Blue	Mark Morris	Tegan, Turlough, The Brig, Yates, Benton	1 March 1999
Divided Loyalties	Gary Russell	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Celestial Toymaker	4 October 1999
Imperial Moon	Christopher Bulis	Turlough, Kamelion	7 August 2000
The King of Terror	Keith Topping	Tegan, Turlough, The Brig	6 November 2000
Superior Beings	Nick Walters	Peri	4 June 2001
Warmonger	Terrance Dicks	Peri, Borusa, Morbius, Time Lords, Draconians, Sontarans, Cybermen, Ogrons, Ice Warriors	6 May 2002
Fear of the Dark	Trevor Baxendale	Nyssa, Tegan	6 January 2003
Empire of Death	David Bishop	Nyssa	1 March 2004

Telos novellas

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Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Blood and Hope	Iain McLaughlin	Peri, Erimem	19 February 2004

Dr Men

Main article: Dr. Men (series)

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Dr. Fifth	Adam Hargreaves	Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan, Adric, the Master	6 February 2018

BBC Books novelisations

Main article: BBC Books novelisation

Title	Author	Featuring	Published
Resurrection of the Daleks	Eric Saward	Tegan, Turlough, Lytton, Daleks, Davros	18 July 2019