Doctor Who and the Face of Evil (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on the 1977 television serial The Face of Evil.

1978 edition
Setting the controls for Earth, the Fourth Doctor is surprised when the Tardis lands in a primeval forest. Has the Tracer gone wrong or has some impulse deep in the unconscious mind directed him to this alien planet? In investigating the forest, the Doctor meets and assists Leela, a warrior banished from her tribe, the Sevateem. Through Leela, it gradually becomes apparent that the constant war between the Sevateem and the Tesh has been instigated by the god they both worship, Xoanon.

Xoanon, an all-powerful computer, is possessed by a desperate madness – a madness that is directly related to Doctor Who, that causes Xoanon to assume the voice and form of the Doctor, a madness that is partly caused by the Doctor and that only the Doctor himself can rectify!

The Doctor must not only do battle with Xoanon, but also must escape from the savage practices of the Sevateem, and the technically mind-controlling destructive impulses of the Tesh.

Chapter Titles

 * 1) The Outcast
 * 2) The Invisible Terror
 * 3) Captured
 * 4) The Face of the Mountain
 * 5) Attack
 * 6) Danger for Leela
 * 7) The Test of the Horda
 * 8) Beyond the Wall
 * 9) The Tesh
 * 10) The Summons
 * 11) Xoanon
 * 12) The Trap
 * 13) The Last Battle
 * 14) Recovery
 * 15) Departure

Deviations from televised story

 * The backstory of how and when the Fourth Doctor met Xoanon is discussed.
 * The Doctor believes he was destined to return to the planet rather than return to join Sarah.

Writing and publishing notes

 * to be added

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


 * Paperback
 * Target

Re-issues:

Editions published outside Britain
to be added

Audiobook

 * An unabridged audiobook of the story was recorded by Louise Jameson for the RNIB in January 2011. It was only available to the registered blind.