Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters (novelisation)

Novelisation

 * This novelisation is based on the original television serial TV: Carnival of Monsters, written by Robert Holmes and shown from 27 January 1973.
 * The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It featured the artwork of Chris Achilleos. (See below for information on editions with different covers).

1977 edition
The Doctor and Jo land on a cargo ship crossing the Indian Ocean in the year 1926.

Or so they think.

Far away on a planet called Inter Minor, a travelling showman is setting up his live peepshow, watched by an eager audience of space officials

On board ship, a giant hand suddenly appears, grasps the Tardis and withdraws. Without warning, a prehistoric monster rises from the sea to attack

What is happening? Where are they? Only the Doctor realises, with horror, that they might be trapped …

Chapter Titles

 * 1) Dangerous Arrivals
 * 2) The Monster from the Sea
 * 3) The Giant Hand
 * 4) Trapped!
 * 5) Inside the Machine
 * 6) The Monster in the Swamp
 * 7) 'Nothing escapes the Drashigs'
 * 8) The Battle on the Ship
 * 9) Kalik Plans Rebellion
 * 10) The Doctor Takes Over
 * 11) Return to Peril
 * 12) The End of the Scope

Deviations from televised story

 * The introduction makes specific reference to the events of The Three Doctors.
 * The Scope is made more impressive in the novelisation, producing a mild-hypnotic effect that helps draw the viewer into the experience of the scene being viewed.
 * While in the televised version the Doctor ignited the marsh gas with his sonic screwdriver, he uses a flare pistol in the novelisation.

Writing and publishing notes
To be added

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


 * Paperback
 * Target

Re-issues:
 * 70p
 * 1993 Virgin Publishing with a new cover by Alister Pearson priced £3.50 (UK)

Editions published outside Britain
To be added

Mistakes and Errors

 * At one point Plectrec calls Tellurians "Humans" when this name was not known to them.