Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on the 1973 television serial Carnival of Monsters.

1977 edition
The Doctor and Jo land on a cargo ship crossing the Indian Ocean in the year 1926

Or so they think.

Far away on a planet called Inter Minor, a travelling showman is setting up his live peepshow, watched by an eager audience of space officials

On board ship, a giant hand suddenly appears, grasps the Tardis and withdraws. Without warning, a prehistoric monster rises from the sea to attack

What is happening? Where are they? Only the Doctor realises, with horror, that they might be trapped …

Chapter titles

 * 1) Dangerous Arrivals
 * 2) The Monster from the Sea
 * 3) The Giant Hand
 * 4) Trapped!
 * 5) Inside the Machine
 * 6) The Monster in the Swamp
 * 7) 'Nothing escapes the Drashigs'
 * 8) The Battle on the Ship
 * 9) Kalik Plans Rebellion
 * 10) The Doctor Takes Over
 * 11) Return to Peril
 * 12) The End of the Scope

Deviations from televised story

 * The introduction makes specific reference to the events of The Three Doctors.
 * The Scope is made more impressive in the novelisation, producing a mild-hypnotic effect that helps draw the viewer into the experience of the scene being viewed.
 * Other creatures such as Ice Warriors are contained within the scope.
 * While in the televised version the Doctor ignited the marsh gas with his sonic screwdriver, he uses a flare pistol in the novelisation.
 * The aggrometer affects the Doctor but not Jo.
 * Orum survives, breaks down and confess everything.

Writing and publishing notes
To be added

British publication history
First publication:
 * Hardback
 * W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK


 * Paperback
 * Target

Re-issues:
 * 70p
 * 1993 Virgin Publishing with a new cover by Alister Pearson priced £3.50 (UK)

Editions published outside Britain
To be added