Delta and the Bannermen (novelisation)

Novelisation

 * This novelisation is based on the original television serial (TV): Delta and the Bannermen, which was shown from 2 November 1987. It was written by Malcolm Kohll
 * The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It features the artwork of Alister Pearson. (See below for information on editions with different covers).

1989 edition
As the billionth customers at a space tollport the Doctor and Mel win the Grand Prize – a place on the Fabulous Fifties Coach Tour to Disneyland, Planet Earth.

Unfortunately, they don’t quite make it there … Knocked off-course by a wayward satellite the coach party arrives instead at Shangri-la, a remote Welsh holiday camp.

But the peace and quiet of the countryside are soon shattered by the arrival of an army of marauding Bannermen soldiers, led by the ruthless Gavrok. They are tracking down Delta, the last of the Chimeron, with only one thought in mind – her destruction …

Illustrations

 * None

Deviations from televised story

 * The Production Notes commentary on the 2009 DVD release of Delta and the Bannermen revealed that the first edition of the novelisation contains an unfortunate typographical error: during the scene in which the Doctor and Ray are caught snooping on Gavrok, the Doctor is described as "peeing over" instead of "peering over" a shelf. It also exists in the 1991 reissue. The error can be found in both editions on page 54.
 * On TV, Burton has a dog. However there is no mention of this dog in the novelisation.
 * On TV, Hawk burns his hand when he enters the ray of the sonic cone, but in the book, he injures his head.
 * The epilogue of the book shows Billy, Delta and her daughter arriving on the brood planet, which is said to be covered in hexagonal chambers as far as the eye can see. Delta and her daughter stay on the brood planet and Billy takes the Bannermen to a galactic court before returning to the brood planet.

Writing and publishing notes

 * Proclaims itself on the spine as Doctor Who – Delta and the Bannerman.
 * A proposed hardback edition for January 1989 was never released.

British publication history
First Publication: Paperback (January 1989) Re-issues: (November 1991)
 * Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 21,000, priced £1.99 (UK).
 * Target / Virgin Publishing, estimated print run: 9,000, priced £2.99 (UK).

Editions published outside Britain
To be added