The Mutation of Time (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on episodes 7-12 of the 1965 television serial The Daleks' Master Plan.

1989 edition
The Daleks’ Masterplan is well under way. With the Time Destroyer, the most deadly machine ever devised, they will conquer the Universe. Only one person stands in their way - the First Doctor. For he has stolen the precious Taranium core which is vital to activate the machine.

Travelling through Time and Space, the Doctor and his companions are forever on the move in case the Daleks track them down.

But after several months, to their horror, the TARDIS indicates that they are being followed…

Deviations from televised story

 * Author John Peel intentionally established an interval of some time between the two volumes to allow future writers the flexibility to tell stories featuring Sara Kingdom as a companion.
 * After appearing in The Chase novelisation and being mentioned in the previous volume, the Dalek Prime makes its second ever appearance, awaiting the Black Dalek's report on Skaro.
 * A Red Dalek is placed in charge of the time machine sent to Kembel by the Dalek Prime, while the TV Dalek is clearly the same colour as the rest of the standard units. Peel would give more information about Red Daleks in his War of the Daleks novel but one would not appear on TV until The Stolen Earth/Journey's End with the Supreme Dalek and they would eventually become the initial standard drones of the Daleks in the following Dalek story, in the Tenth and Eleventh Doctor's eras respectively.
 * The scene in which the Monk swears revenge on the Doctor for stealing his TARDIS' directional unit is moved to the very end of the story.

Writing and publishing notes

 * The cover for the original Target edition featured the artwork of Alister Pearson.

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British publication history
First publication: Paperback (October 1989) Re-issues: (October 1990)
 * Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 22,000,  priced £1.99 (UK).
 * Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd., estimated print run: 5,000, priced £2.50 (UK).

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