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novel name=Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy|
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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


== Deviations from the Televised Story ==
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.
''To be added''


==Author, Writing and Publishing Notes==
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]] ...
* ''To be added''


==Associated Images==
== Chapter titles ==
''To be added''
# Contact
# The Host
# Death Sentence
# Foundation
# Counter-Attack
# The Clones
# Mind Hunt
# Interface
# Nucleus
# The Antidote
# The Hive
# Inferno


==Publishing History (UK)==
== 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]].


'''First Publication:'''
== Additional cover images ==
* Hardback  
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: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK  
File:HardbackInvisibleEnemy.jpg|1979 Hardback cover
</gallery>
 
== Writing and publishing notes ==
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 ==
First publication:
* Hardback
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
* Paperback
* Paperback
: Target  
: Target
'''Re-issues:'''
Re-issues:
: Scheduled for a new edition in July [[1994]], but the release was cancelled.
: Scheduled for a new edition in July [[1994]], but the release was cancelled.


==International Editions==
== 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]].
 
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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]
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==External Sources==
[[Category:Fourth Doctor novelisations]]
* '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007)
[[Category:Target novelisations]]
*  [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: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]]
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