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'''''Doctor Who and the Zarbi''''' was the second ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novelisation ever published. It was based on the 1965 television serial ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]''. This was the first ''Doctor Who'' novelisation to be written by the original teleplay writer. It became an on-and-off practice for the original writer to be commissioned to write the novelisation when possible (though during the [[Target Books]] era other authors such as [[Terrance Dicks]] would often be brought in to do so when this wasn't possible).
'''''Doctor Who and the Zarbi''''' was the second ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novelisation ever published. It was based on the 1965 television serial ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]''. This was the first ''Doctor Who'' novelisation to be written by the original teleplay writer. It became an on-and-off practice for the original writer to be commissioned to write the novelisation when possible (though during the [[Target Books]] era other authors such as [[Terrance Dicks]] would often be brought in to do so when this wasn't possible).


As the second ''Doctor Who'' novelisation, this book established the title format ''Doctor Who and the ...'' which would be followed by the Target Books novelisations into the early 1980s.
As the second ''Doctor Who'' novelisation, this book established the title format ''Doctor Who and the ...'' which would be followed by the Target Books novelisations into the early 1980s. It was also the first novelisation to have a title substantially different from that of the televised story (in this case, ''The Web Planet''), a practice followed by Target on occasion through the 1970s.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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