Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on the 1977 television serial Image of the Fendahl.

Publisher's summary
`The Fendahl is death,' said the Doctor. `How do you kill death itself?'

The ultra-modern technology of the Time Scanner combines with the ancient evil of Fetch Wood, and brings to life a terror that has lain hidden for twelve million years.

The Doctor and Leela fight to destroy the Fendahl, a recreated menace that threatens to devour all life in the galaxy.

Chapter titles

 * 1) The Skull
 * 2) Dead Man in the Wood
 * 3) Time Scan
 * 4) Horror at the Priory
 * 5) The Fendahleen
 * 6) The Coven
 * 7) Stael's Mutiny
 * 8) The Missing Planet
 * 9) Ceremony of Evil
 * 10) The Priestess
 * 11) Time Bomb
 * 12) The End of the Fendahl

Deviations from televised story

 * Stael's background and motivation is explained in detail.
 * Fendelman's name is spelled "Fendleman".
 * David Mitchell's first name is changed to Harry.
 * Colby is referred to both in the text and by Stael as "Professor Colby", whereas on screen "Professor" seems to be simply a nickname given him by Martha Tyler.
 * Moss is mentioned as fingering a lucky charm during his first meeting with the Doctor and Leela, a detail edited out of the broadcast version.
 * The Doctor gets out of the store room by weakening the lock with his sonic screwdriver and then kicking the door open, rather than someone unlocking it for him.
 * Leela knocks out a guard in order to get into Fetch Priory the first time.
 * The Fendahl Skull does not start glowing until after the Doctor innocently touches it, rather than him touching it after it has started glowing.
 * The Doctor does not refer to Mitchell by name, removing an oft-cited potential error in the televised version.

Writing and publishing notes

 * to be added

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


 * Paperback
 * Target

Re-issues:

Editions published outside Britain

 * Published in the USA by Aeonian Press in 1986 as a hardback edition; it was one of seven novelisations published in the mid-1980's.