Vengeance on Varos (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on the 1985 television serial Vengeance on Varos.

1988 edition
The TARDIS has stalled in mid-flight, and it is only on the planet Varos that the Doctor can find his precious Zeiton-7 ore he needs to continue his travels through time and space.

Arriving on the planet, he saves the rebel Jondar from execution, and incurs the wrath of Sil, the sadistic representative of the Galatron Mining Corporation on Varos.

The hunt is on for the Doctor and his rebel friends. And as they are pursued through the corridors of the deadly Punishment Dome, the Doctor discovers that the people of Varos have some very disturbing ideas of entertainment ...

Chapter Titles

 * 1) The Dome of Death
 * 2) The Vital Vote
 * 3) Execution
 * 4) Escape into Danger
 * 5) The Purple Zone
 * 6) Capture
 * 7) Death in the Desert
 * 8) Night and Silence
 * 9) Interrogation
 * 10) Quillam
 * 11) Condemned
 * 12) The Changelings
 * 13) Realm of Chaos
 * 14) The Final Vote
 * 15) Into the End Zone
 * 16) Goodbye to Varos

Deviations from televised story
To be added

Writing and publishing notes

 * Although given the Target library reference number of 106, this title arrived some two years later between numbers 128 and 129.
 * Accepting the commission to novelise his own story, its proposed publication date of December 1985 was delayed for two years before finally being delivered and published in July 1987.
 * The cover artwork for this title had been ready some two years earlier for the proposed release date. This is why the older neon-tubing logo was used rather than the contemporary Seventh Doctor era logo.

Additional cover images
To be added

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


 * Paperback
 * Target

Audiobook
In November 1997, BBC Audio released an abridged audiobook version of the novel, read by Colin Baker. It was later reissued on Tales from the TARDIS Volume 2.