Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon (novelisation)

Novelisation

 * This novelisation is based on the original television serial TV: The Horns of Nimon, written by Anthony Read and shown from 22 December 1980.
 * The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It featured the artwork of Steve Kyte. (See below for information on editions with different covers).

Publisher's summary
In the great maze of the Power Complex dwells the dreaded Nimon, a fearsome monster with immense scientific powers.

The NImon has promised to restore the Skonnan Empire to its former glory. But first it demands sacrifice – youths and maidens from the peaceful planet Aneth.

The Tardis collides with the space ship delivering the victims, and the captured Romana is condemned to be sacrificed to the Nimon.

Aided by the faithful K9, the Fourth Doctor goes to the rescue. In the heart of the maze he confronts the Nimon and uncovers a terrifying plot to enslave the galaxy.

Illustrations

 * None

Deviations from televised story
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Writing and publishing notes

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Additional cover images
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British publication history
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First Publication:
 * Hardback
 * W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK


 * Paperback
 * Target

Re-issues:

Doctor Who Magazine giveaway and mass-pulping
In 2008, Doctor Who Magazine distributed copies of some two dozen Target novelisations -- all back stock, some dating back more than twenty years -- with one of its issues. Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon was one of the books so distributed. According to editor Tom Spilsbury's editoral in Doctor Who Magazine #412, some thirty-two hundred books were left undistributed and returned to the warehouse -- all of which were copies of Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon. Being unable to justify the expense of storing so many boxes of a single book, Spilsbury wrote that he reluctantly authorised the destruction of thirty-one hundred fifty of the copies, saving one box of fifty which he subsequently made available as giveaways and to those who wrote in requesting copies.

Editions published outside Britain
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