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