Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars (novelisation)

 was a novelisation based on the 1975 television serial Pyramids of Mars.

1976 edition
For Many thousands of years SUTEKH had waited ... trapped in the heart of an Egyptian Pyramid. Now at last the time had come – the moment of release, when all the force of his pent-up evil and malice would be unleashed upon the world ...

The TARDIS lands on the site of UNIT headquarters in the year 1911, and the Fourth Doctor and Sarah emerge to fight a terrifying and deadly battle ... against Egyptian Mummies, half-possessed humans – and the overwhelming evil power of SUTEKH!

Chapter Titles

 * Prologue
 * 1) The Terror is Unleashed
 * 2) The Mummy Awakes
 * 3) The Servants of Sutekh
 * 4) The Return of Marcus Scarman
 * 5) The World Destroyed ...
 * 6) The Mummies Attack
 * 7) The Doctor Fights Back
 * 8) 'I an Sutekh!'
 * 9) In the Power of Sutekh
 * 10) A Journey to Mars
 * 11) The Guardians of Horus
 * 12) The Weapon of the Time Lords
 * Epilogue

1982 edition
The mind of Sutekh the Destroyer is consumed with jealousy and hatred. Convinced that all living things are his mortal enemy, he is determined to annihilate all forms of life throughout the universe.

Imprisoned at the heart of an Egyptian pyramid, the force of his maniacal evil has been paralysed for centuries. But now, after thousands upon thousands of years of long captivity, the moment of deliverance has arrived.

Sutekh's vicious megalomania is about to be unleashed upon the world - unless the Fourth Doctor succeeds in outwitting a mind so powerful it can force him to his knees and torture him at a glance ...

Deviations from televised story

 * Featured a prologue and Sutekh's imprisonment.
 * An epilogue features Sarah on Earth researching the events of the story in a newspaper cutting, set after her departure in TV: The Hand of Fear.

Writing and publishing notes

 * The inside page includes the comment: "THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCTOR WHO. The cover illustration of this book portrays the fourth DOCTOR WHO."

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


 * Paperback
 * Target

Audiobook
This Target Book was released complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Tom Baker, who played the Fourth Doctor.

The audio set of four CDs with an ISBN 1-405-? was released in August 2008 priced £13.99 (UK)

The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by David J. Howe. Music and sound effects by Simon Power.

The audiobook was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra between 26th-30th December 2011 and 2nd January 2012.