Planet of Giants (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on the 1964 television serial Planet of Giants.

Publisher's summary
The Doctor is feeling confident: this time the TARDIS has landed on Earth; in England; in 1963. But when he and his companions venture outside, they are soon lost in a maze of ravines and menaced by gigantic insects. And the insects are dying-every living thing is dying...

Meanwhile, in a cottage garden on a perfect summer's day, the man from the Ministry arrives to put a stop to the production of DN6, a pesticide with the power to destroy all life-forms. But the men who invented DN6 will stop at nothing-not even murder-in their desire to see DN6 succeed.

Can the one-inch-tall Doctor foil their plans?

Chapter titles

 * 1) Dangerous Landfall
 * 2) The Unknown
 * 3) The Terrible Truth
 * 4) The Destroyer
 * 5) Death in a Country Garden
 * 6) Getting Away with Murder
 * 7) Dangerous Rescue
 * 8) Whirlpool
 * 9) Suspicion
 * 10) The Doctor's Plan
 * 11) Barbara's Peril
 * 12) Plan of Action
 * 13) Fire!
 * 14) A Question of Size

Deviations from televised story

 * The novelisation reinstates numerous scenes from the television script excised from the broadcast version.
 * Forester's first name is Mark.
 * The cat is described as "ginger" rather than tortoiseshell.

Story notes

 * The cover and information on the right are for the only Target edition. It featured the artwork of Alister Pearson.

Writing and publishing notes

 * This was the last story of the First Doctor's era to be novelised.

British publication history
One single paperback edition, priced £1.99 (UK), estimated print run: 22,000 copies.

Audiobook
This novel was released complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Carole Ann Ford.