Doctor Who and the Mutants (novelisation)

Novelisation

 * This novelisation is based on the original television serial DW: The Mutants which was shown from 8th April 1972 and written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin.
 * The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of Jeff Cummins. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

Publisher's Cover Blurb
A massive shape scuttles out of the darkness and strikes the earth Overlord down. It is a Mutant – a huge insectoid creature. It moves in a crouch, its back arched and scaly, with huge knobbly vertebrae. The controlling Overlord, the Marshal, has ordered all such Mutants killed instantly. What was happening to the people of Solos? Why are they gradually turning into Monsters? Hands that become claws, flesh that turns scale-like… When DOCTOR WHO meets the Marshal and Jaegar, he realizes that all is not as it appears to be. The Marshal has a sinister plan to gain control of this planet, and DOCTOR WHO must save Solos from this mad earthman, as well as save the Solonians themselves. DOCTOR WHO scripts – awarded the Writer’s Guild Award for the best British children’s original drama script.

Illustrations

 * None

Deviations from the Televised Story
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Author, Writing and Publishing Notes
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 * Title page includes (for now apparent reason): THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCTOR WHO. The cover illustration of this book portrays the third DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance was altered by the Time Lords when they banished him to planet Earth in the Twentieth Century.
 * The Solonian picture on the cover is almost a perfect recreation of the televised creature.

Associated Images
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Publishing History (UK)
First Publication:
 * Hardback
 * W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK


 * Paperback
 * Target

Re-issues:
 * None

International Editions
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External Sources

 * The Target Book by David J Howe (Telos Publishing 2007)
 * On Target a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal