Doctor Who and the Space War (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on the 1973 television story Frontier in Space.

Publisher's summary
`Doctor’ screamed Jo. `Look at that thing. It’s coming straight at us!’ A small black spaceship, about a mile away, was approaching rapidly.

It had no lights, no markings. But some instinct told Jo that the tiny craft meant danger.

The year is 2540, and two powers loom large in the Galaxy – Earth and Draconia. After years of peace, their spaceships are now being mysteriously attacked and cargoes rifled. Each suspects the other and full scale war seems unavoidable. The Doctor, accused of being a Draconian spy, is thrown into prison. And only when the MASTER appears on the scene do things really begin to move...

Chapter Titles

 * 1) Link-up in Space
 * 2) The Draconian Prime
 * 3) Stowaways
 * 4) The Mind Probe
 * 5) Kidnap
 * 6) Prison on the Moon
 * 7) The Master
 * 8) Space Walk
 * 9) Frontier in Space
 * 10) The Verge of War
 * 11) Planet of the Ogrons
 * 12) The Trap

Deviations from televised story

 * To keep the novel self-contained, the ending was re-written with the Doctor, in good health, leaving in the TARDIS. Before leaving, he tells the Master he must deal with the Daleks. The Master packs up his things and states "There's always tomorrow".
 * An original sequence features get the Doctor and Jo's first interrogation by Williams.
 * The Doctor pleas for the President to release the political prisoners from the moon.

Writing and publishing notes

 * In light of the BBC’s request not to use the likenesses of non-current Doctors on the covers (the Second Doctor’s face having been removed from the previous Doctor Who and the Web of Fear), the Third Doctor's face does not appear on the cover.

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


 * Paperback
 * Target

Re-issues:
 * 60p (UK)

Editions published outside Britain
To be added

Audiobook
This Target Book was released complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Geoffrey Beevers, who played the Master in various stories (though not in Frontier in Space).

The audio set of four CDs with an ISBN 1-405-? was released in February 2008 priced £13.99 (UK)

The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by David J. Howe. Music and sound effects by Simon Power