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Novelisation

  • The cover and information on the right are for the original Target edition. It features the artwork of Chris Achilleos. (See below for information on editions with different covers).
  • In 1979, this book was chosen as the inaugural release of the first (and to date only) American-published series of Doctor Who novels by Pinnacle Books. Over the next few years, ten novelisations would be republished in the US, each with an introduction by Harlan Ellison.
  • A hardcover edition wasn't published until 1981.

Publisher's summary

1974 edition

Mysterious humans from 22nd-century Earth `time-jump’ back into the 20th century so as to assassinate a high-ranking diplomat on whom the peace of the world depends. DOCTOR WHO, Jo Grant and the Brigadier are soon called in to investigate. Jo is accidentally transported forward to the 22nd century; the Doctor follows, eventually to be captured by his oldest and deadliest enemy – the DALEKS! Having submitted the Doctor to the fearful Mind Analysis Machine, the DALEKS plan a `time-jump’ attack on Earth in the 20th century! ...

Chapter Titles

  1. Terror in the Twenty-Second Century
  2. The Man Who Saw a Ghost
  3. The Vanishing Guerilla
  4. The Host Hunters
  5. Condemned to Death!
  6. Prisoner of the Daleks
  7. Attack of the Ogrons
  8. A Fugitive in the Future
  9. Escape from the Ogrons
  10. Interrogation by the Daleks
  11. The Raid on Dalek Headquarters
  12. Return to Danger
  13. The Day of the Daleks
  14. All Kinds of Futures

Deviations from televised story

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Writing and publishing notes

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Illustrations

  • This title contain ten illustrated pages by Chris Achilleos.
  • Reprints after 1980 no longer contain the illustrations.

Additional cover images

British publication history

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First Publication:

  • Hardback
W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
  • Paperback
Target Block Logo / Orange lettering for title

Re-issues:

60p (UK) Diamond-based Logo / brown lettering for title
1982 Target Books with a new cover by Andrew Skilleter priced (UK)
1991 Virgin Publishing with a new cover by Alister Pearson priced (UK)

Editions published outside UK

  • Published in the Netherlands in 1974 by Unieboek B.V. Bussum as Doctor Who en de Dag van de Daleks.
  • Published in Brazil in 1975 by Global Editoria as Doutor Who e a Mudança da História.
  • Published in Turkey in 1975 by Remzi Kitabevi as Doktor Kim ve Dalek Baskini.
  • Published in the USA in 1978 by Aeonian Press in hardcover format.
  • Published in the USA in 1979 by Pinnacle Books.
  • Published in Japan by Hayakawa Bunko in 1980.
  • Published in Poland in 1994 by Empire Books as Doctor Who: Dzień Daleków.

Outside UK illustrations

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