The Savages (novelisation)

Novelisation

 * This novelisation is based on the original television serial DW:  The Savages , which was the first Doctor Who serial to use an overall on-screen title. It was shown from 28th May 1966 and written by Ian Stuart Black.
 * The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of David McAllister . (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).
 * The First Doctor appears on the cover of the original edition. This was unusual as at the time Target was generally no longer including the image of the Doctor on its novelisation covers; the last time was with Enlightenment in 1984. It wouldn't happen again until a year later with The Ambassadors of Death.

1986 edition
Landing on a distant planet, the Doctor confidently announces to his companions that the TARDIS has brought them to an age of great advancement, peace and prosperity. The Doctor’s calculations seem to be confirmed when the travellers are greeted by Jano and the Elders who take them on a tour of their city - a haven of beauty, harmony and friendship, set in a wilderness inhabited by tribes of savages. But the security of the city is founded on one deadly and appalling secret. Soon the Doctor and his friends discover that it is not only outside the city walls that savages dwell…

Illustrations
None

Deviations from televised story
To be added

Writing and publishing notes

 * Doctor Who Poster Offer features at back without the colour pictures!

British publication history

 * To be added

First Publication:
 * Hardback
 * W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd. UK


 * Paperback
 * Target

Re-issues:
 * Paperback: Target / Virgin Publishing Ltd. UK November 1992 Cover by Alistair Pearson (£2.50 UK)

International Editions
To be added

External Sources

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