Doctor Who and the Sunmakers (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on the 1977 television serial The Sun Makers.

Publisher's summary
Everyone knows that Pluto is a barren airless rock. So naturally the Fourth Doctor is surprised when he discovers artificial suns, an ultra-modern industrial city and a group of colonists being worked – and taxed – to dealt in this inhospitable and supposedly undeveloped part of the universe …

With the help of his companion Leela and the faithful K9, the Doctor takes on the mysterious and powerful Company, ruthless exploiter of planets and their people.

Chapter Titles

 * 1) The Cost of the Golden Death
 * 2) The Fugitive
 * 3) The Others
 * 4) The Collector
 * 5) The Reprieve
 * 6) The Trap
 * 7) The Rebels
 * 8) The Prisoner
 * 9) The Steaming
 * 10) Revolt
 * 11) The Confrontation
 * 12) Liquidation

Deviations from televised story

 * A deleted scene where Leela sees citizens lining up to be executed for their death-day is reinstated.
 * Hade's death leaves the humans sick; in the televised story they cheer.

Writing and publishing notes

 * Last in the range to have a title prefixed by “Doctor Who and …”
 * Although not generally acknowledged as such, this was a rare occasion during the 1980s that the title of a novelisation differed from that of the original series, but barely: the serial spelled Sun Makers as two words, while the novelisation used the single-word form, Sunmakers.

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


 * Paperback
 * Target