Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks: 4th Doctor Novelisation

by Terrance Dicks

Overview

An unabridged reading of this classic novelisation of a 1975 TV story featuring the Fourth Doctor, as played by Tom Baker. The place: Skaro. Time: The Birth of the Daleks. After a thousand years of futile war against the Thals, Davros has perfected the physical form that will carry his race into eternity – the dreaded Dalek. Without feeling, conscience or pity, the Dalek is programmed to exterminate. At the command of the Time Lords, the Doctor travels back through time in an effort to totally destroy this terrible menace of the future. But even the Doctor cannot always win...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785298073
Publisher:	B B C Worldwide Americas
Publication date:	02/27/2018
Series:	Doctor Who
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 5.60(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	13 - 16 Years

About the Author

Terrance Dicks worked on scripts for The Avengers as well as other series before becoming Assistant, and later full Script Editor of Doctor Who from 1968. Dicks worked on the entirety of the Jon Pertwee Third Doctor era of the programme, and returned as a writer - scripting Tom Baker's first story as the Fourth Doctor: 'Robot'. His later script writing credits on Doctor Who included the 20th anniversary story 'The Five Doctors'. Terrance Dicks novelised many of the original Doctor Who stories for Target books, and has written original Doctor Who novels for BBC Books.

Editorial Reviews

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