Terror of the Vervoids (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on the 1986 television story Terror of the Vervoids.

Publisher's summary
The Time Lords have brought the Sixth Doctor to trial, accusing him of gross interference in the affairs of other planets. If he is found guilty he must forfeit all his remaining regenerations.

In his defence the Doctor tells of an adventure set on board the Hyperion III space liner in his future. Answering a distress call, the Doctor and Mel arrive on the liner just as a series of grisly murders begins.

Who is behind the murders? Do the enigmatic Mogarians have anything to do with them? Who sent the distress call to the TARDIS? And what hideous menace lies waiting in the Hydroponic Centre?

Chapter titles

 * Prologue
 * 1) The Defence Begins
 * 2) Identity Crisis
 * 3) Welcome Aboard
 * 4) Limbering up
 * 5) Tiger Trap
 * 6) The Booby Trap
 * 7) The Fateful Harvest
 * 8) The Demeter Seeds
 * 9) A Change of Course
 * 10) Death of An Imposter
 * 11) A Plethora of Suspects
 * 12) The Isolation Room
 * 13) Quirky Phenomena
 * 14) The Enemy Within
 * 15) Deadly Disposal
 * 16) A Heinous Crime
 * 17) The Black Hole of Tartarus
 * 18) A Deadly Intruder
 * 19) A Whiff of Death
 * 20) Hijack
 * 21) A Sacrificial Goat
 * 22) Dénouement
 * 23) Philosophy of a Vervoid
 * 24) The Life Cycle
 * 25) Epilogue

Deviations from televised story
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Writing and publishing notes
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Additional cover images
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British publication history

 * Hardback (September 1987)


 * W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK ISBN:0491030568, estimated print run: 1,750 copies priced £7.95 (UK))
 * Paperback (February 1988)


 * Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 25,000,  priced £1.95 (UK).
 * Interior ISBN reads 0426203097X and exterior ISBN 04262030135

Audiobook
This Target Book was released complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Bonnie Langford.

The audio set of four CDs was released in October 2013 as part of The Trial of a Time Lord Vol. 2