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{{Infobox Novel|
|image = Invisible Enemy novel.jpg
novel name=Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy|
|series = [[Target novelisation]]s
image=[[file: Invisible_Enemy_novel.jpg|250px]]|
|number = 36 (given to later editions)  
series=[[Doctor Who]]-<br/>[[Target Novelisation]] |
|doctor = Fourth Doctor  
number= 36 (given to later editions) |
|companions = [[Leela]], [[K9 Mark I]]
doctor=[[Fourth Doctor]] |
|enemy= The [[The Swarm (The Invisible Enemy)|Swarm]]
companions= [[Leela]], [[K-9]] |
|setting = [[Titan Base]] and the [[Bi-Al Foundation]], [[5000]]  
enemy= [[The Swarm (The Invisible Enemy)|The Swarm]]|
|novelisation of = The Invisible Enemy (TV story)
year= [[Titan Base]], [[Bi-Al Foundation]], [[5000]]’s ? |
|writer = Terrance Dicks
writer= [[Terrance Dicks]]|
|read by = [[John Leeson]]
publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]]|
|publisher = Target Books
release date= March [[1979]]|
|publisher2 = W.H. Allen
format= Hardcover and paperback editions, 110 Pages|
|cover = [[Roy Knipe]]
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20054-3|
|release date= 29 March 1979
previous story=[[Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock]] |
|format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 12 Chapters, 110 Pages
next story=[[Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl]] }}
|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
 
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.
 
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]] ...
 
== Chapter titles ==
# Contact
# The Host
# Death Sentence
# Foundation
# Counter-Attack
# The Clones
# Mind Hunt
# Interface
# Nucleus
# The Antidote
# The Hive
# Inferno


== Deviations from televised story ==
== 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]].


==Writing and publishing notes==
== Additional cover images ==
* ''To be added''
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File:HardbackInvisibleEnemy.jpg|1979 Hardback cover
</gallery>


==Additional cover images==
== Writing and publishing notes ==
''To be added''
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==
== British publication history ==
''To be added''
First publication:
 
* Hardback
'''First Publication:'''
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
* 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.


==Editions published outside Britain==
== 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]].


==See also==
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]].
* '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007)
 
==External links==
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* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/general/main.htm ''On Target'' a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal]
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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