Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on the 1975 television serial Genesis of the Daleks.

1976 edition
The place: Skaro

Time: The Birth of the Daleks

After a thousand years of futile war against the Thals, DAVROS has perfected the physical form that will carry his race into eternity – the dreaded DALEK. Without feeling, conscience or pity, the Dalek is programmed to EXTERMINATE. At the command of the Time Lords, DOCTOR WHO travels back through time in an effort to totally destroy this terrible menace of the future.

But even the Doctor cannot always win …

Chapter Titles

 * 1) Secret Mission
 * 2) Prisoners of War
 * 3) The Secret Weapon
 * 4) Rocket of Doom
 * 5) Escape to Danger
 * 6) Betrayal
 * 7) Countdown to Destruction
 * 8) Captives of Davros
 * 9) Rebellion
 * 10) Decision for the Doctor
 * 11) Triumph of the Daleks
 * 12) A Kind of Victory

Deviations from televised story

 * The Time Lords' latest temporal projections foresee a time stream when the Daleks become dominant over all other life.
 * In the televised story, the Doctor and Harry are captured when the Kaleds gun down their Thal assailants. However, the novel explicitly states that no shots were fired; rather, the Thals and Kaleds engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
 * In the televised story, Nyder is ordered by Davros to shut off the production line. In the book, he decides to of his own accord.
 * In the book, the mutant that tried to kill Sarah tries to escape by climbing up a wall.
 * The book depicts the accident which crippled Davros.
 * The Thal and Kaled cities use normal doors as opposed to sliding ones.
 * Davros' office is covered in rejected Dalek designs.
 * Davros explodes when he is shot.
 * The Daleks decide to build a city. (TV: The Daleks)

Writing and publishing notes

 * The inside page includes the comment: "THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCTOR WHO. The cover illustration of this book portrays the fourth DOCTOR WHO"

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


 * Paperback
 * Target

Re-issues:
 * Re-issued 1991 with new cover art by Alister Pearson

Editions published outside Britain

 * Reprinted, with added illustrations, in the 1976 collection Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus issued by St. Martins Press.

Audiobook

 * An audiobook version read by Terry Molloy was released by the RNIB in July 2012. It was only available to the registered blind.