Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on the 1978 television serial The Power of Kroll.

Publisher's summary
The huge, octopus-like Kroll lived deep in the swamps of the humid, steamy planet. To the native swamp-warriors, Kroll was an angry, mythical god. To the money-grabbing alien technicians, Kroll was a threat to a profit-making scheme.

In their search for another segment of the Key to Time, the Fourth Doctor and Romana have to face the suspicion of the Lagoon dwellers, the stupidity of the technicians and, finally the power of Kroll …

THE POWER OF KROLL is a novel in the Key to Time Sequence. Also available THE RIBOS OPERATION, |THE STONES OF BLOOD and THE ANDROIDS OF TARA.

Coming soon:

THE ARMAGEDDON FACTOR

Chapter Titles

 * Prologue
 * 1) The Swamp
 * 2) The Gun-Runner
 * 3) The Sacrifice
 * 4) The Tunnel
 * 5) The Thing in the Lake
 * 6) The Attack
 * 7) The End of Harg
 * 8) The Storm
 * 9) Escape Through the Swamps
 * 10) The Rocket
 * 11) Countdown
 * 12) The Power of Kroll
 * Epilogue

Deviations from televised story

 * A prologue explores the Kroll's feeding cycle.
 * Fenner is not killed by the Swampies.

Writing and publishing notes

 * Then producer John Nathan-Turner expressed the view that he thought the cover artwork poor. The image of Tom Baker on the original edition is taken from his expression after defeating Kroll and obtaining the fifth segment of the Key to Time in the original story.

Additional cover images
To be added

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


 * Paperback
 * Target