Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World (novelisation)

Novelisation

 * This novelisation is based on the original television serial DW: The Enemy of the World which was shown from 23rd December 1967 and written by David Whitaker
 * The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of Bill Donohoe. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

1981 edition
In the year 2030 only one man seems to know what action to take when the world is hit by a series of terrible natural disasters. Salamander’s success in handling these monumental problems has brought him enormous power. From the moment the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria land on an Australian beach, they are caught up in a struggle for world domination - a struggle in which the Doctor’s startling resemblance to Salamander plays a vital role.

Book Chapters
01 - A Day by the Sea 02 - The Doctor Takes a Risk 03 - Volcanoes 04 - Too Many Cooks 05 - Seeds of Suspicion 06 - The Secret Empire 07 - A Scrap of Truth 08 - Deceptions 09 - Unexpected Evidence 10 - The Doctor Not Himself

Illustrations

 * Contains no illustrated pages

Deviations from televised story

 * As noted by Lance Parkin in A History of the Universe, publicity for this story when it was first broadcast placed it "fifty years in the future," or in 2017. A date was given onscreen with a character holding a newspaper from the previous year, but the specific episode is lost and the telesnap of this scene is not clear enough for the date to be read. Most story guides gave the date as 2017, based on the contemporary publicity for the story, until plans were made for the novelisation in 1980, which again gave a date of "fifty years in the future," or in this case, 2030. When the novelisation was finally written by Ian Marter in 1981, 2030 was the date used.
 * Large chunks of story and dialogue were cut from the novelisation.
 * Marter used more-adult language than had been seen in previous novelisations, which were considered children's literature. In the case of this book an occurrence of the word "bastard" raised some eyebrows (needless of say the word was not uttered in the original program).

Writing and publishing notes

 * David Whitaker provided some rough notes for the story before he died on 4th February 1980, with the story eventually being written by Ian Marter in 1981.
 * An early cover was dropped after the BBC’s decision not to allow any Doctor other than the current one to be used.

Publishing History (UK)
To be added

First Publication:
 * Hardback
 * W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK


 * Paperback
 * Target

Re-issues:
 * 1993 Virgin Publishing new cover by Andrew Skilleter priced £3.50 (UK)

International Editions
To be added

External Sources

 * The Target Book by David J Howe (Telos Publishing 2007)
 * On Target a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal