Kinda (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on the 1982 television serial Kinda.

1984 edition
Nothing could disturb the serene peace of the planet Deva-Loka - or could it? An expeditionary force from Earth is dangerously out of control—and it's not only the peaceful race of the Kinda who are at risk...

A gentle stroll in the lush jungle leads the Doctor and Adric to an unexpected confrontation-and puts them at the mercy of a maniac...

But it is Tegan, lulled to sleep by mysterious wind-chimes, who comes the closest to the real danger that threatens not only her sanity but the existence of the whole planet...

Chapter titles

 * 1) Dangerous Paradise
 * 2) The Kinda
 * 3) Ghosts
 * 4) The Box of Jhana
 * 5) The Mara
 * 6) The Change
 * 7) The Vision
 * 8) The Dream Cave
 * 9) The Wheel Turns
 * 10) The Path of the Mara
 * 11) The Attack
 * 12) The Face of the Mara

Deviations from televised story

 * The cliffhanger ending to Four to Doomsday is appended as the novelisation's opening. Nyssa is described as slumping to the floor rather than just fainting.
 * The novel identifies Todd as "Doctor Todd".
 * The relationship between Hindle and Sanders is explored in greater detail.
 * The two unnamed members of the expedition who went missing before Roberts are referred to as Stone and Carter.
 * Hindle's rank is given as lieutenant and the Doctor speculates that it is the era when Earth's empire is expanding.
 * The characters Anatta, Anicca and Dukkha are unnamed. Aris is not identified as the Kinda seen outside the Dome.
 * The Kinda hostages do not show Hindle their fingernails before he asks them.
 * The Doctor speculates that the three missing team members encountered the Mara, refused to submit as Tegan did and were killed.
 * It is explained that Hindle turned the monitor off in order to avoid distraction, hence him missing Aris' attack.
 * The Doctor does not try to pass the stolen key card to Todd.

Writing and publishing notes

 * This was the final novelisation to use a fully photographic cover, and it was the final Target novelisation to feature the Doctor as part of the main art until The Savages was published several years later.
 * Although number #84 in the Doctor Who library, the book was actually the 83rd to be released; this was because it was swapped in the publication order with the novelisation of Snakedance late in the day without the numbers being reassigned.

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


 * Paperback
 * Target

Audiobook
In August 1997, BBC Audio released an abridged audiobook version of the novel, read by Peter Davison.

It became part of the BBC MP3-CD Audio sampler Tales from the TARDIS Volume 1, "Ten hours on just one disc".