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** In "Warriors of the Deep", the Myrka is described as a kind of "sea dragon", specially bred and adapted by the Silurians with cybernetic technology. It electrocutes its victims as with the televised story, but attacks with a lash-like tail that can send people hurtling across the room with its kinetic power alone. To the Doctor's knowledge, the creature is "almost invincible".
** In "Earthshock", the Doctor urges Captain Briggs to trust the evidence of the instruments instead of Berger.
** In "The Twin Dilemma", much of the Doctor's initial dialogue with Azmael is given to Peri.
** The acid-bath sequence from "Vengeance on Varos" plays out differently in the novelisation - Az attempts to push the Doctor into the acid bath and falls in when he steps aside, then drags Oza in as he tries to pull him out.
** In "The Two Doctors", Jamie's line "It looks like Chessene's won" is given to the Sixth Doctor.
** In "Dalek", the Dalek instructs Rose to touch it to ensure that it will not die alone, whereas in the TV story it merely states that it will die alone which encourages Rose to touch it of her own accord.
** In "The Twin Dilemma", much of the Doctor's initial dialogue with Azmael is given to Peri.
** The acid-bath sequence from "Vengeance on Varos" plays out differently in the novelisation - Az attempts to push the Doctor into the acid bath and falls in when he steps aside, then drags Oza in as he tries to pull him out.
** In "The Two Doctors", Jamie's line "It looks like Chessene's won" is given to the Sixth Doctor.
** In "Dalek", the Dalek instructs Rose to touch it to ensure that it will not die alone, whereas in the TV story it merely states that it will die alone which encourages Rose to touch it of her own accord.
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*** The Doctor explains that he "turned the TARDIS’s polarity into a field of negative energy" to attract the bendalypse warhead away from Karfel. When it impacted, they simply dematerialised.[[note]]This was actually a case of the writer reinstating something from the original script -- the explanation was inexplicably removed by the script editor and reduced to the Doctor promising to "explain later" in the televised version[[/note]]
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*** The Doctor explains that he "turned the TARDIS’s TARDIS' polarity into a field of negative energy" to attract the bendalypse warhead away from Karfel. When it impacted, they simply dematerialised.[[note]]This was actually a case of the writer reinstating something from the original script -- the explanation was inexplicably removed by the script editor and reduced to the Doctor promising to "explain later" in the televised version[[/note]]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the TV version of "Shada", Salyavin is a reformed villain; in the novelisation, he was never actually a villain at all, but just misunderstood.
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** In the TV version of "Shada", Salyavin is a reformed villain; in the novelisation, he was never actually a villain at all, but justmisunderstood.misunderstood.
** In "Rose", Clive deliberately slows the Autons down so his family can escape.
** In the TV version of "Shada", Salyavin is a reformed villain; in the novelisation, he was never actually a villain at all, but just
** In "Rose", Clive deliberately slows the Autons down so his family can escape.
** In the novelisation of "The King's Demons", the relationship between the Doctor and Tegan is more antagonistic than it is portrayed on screen. In turn, the Doctor is patronising, condescending and treats Tegan like a child.
** In the novelisation of "Mindwarp", the Doctor is more obviously bloodthirsty after being exposed to the mindwarp machine, even encouraging Yrcanos to hurt Peri.
** In "Black Orchid", it is specified that three days pass between George's death and the TARDIS departing, and there is no mention of the crew keeping their costumes.
** In the TV movie, Grace is just engaged instead of married. Similarly, Shelly Curtis only has a construction worker as a fiancé instead of husband.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: In "Planet of Giants", the cat is described as "ginger" rather than tortoiseshell.
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** In "Planet of Giants", the cat is described as "ginger" rather thantortoiseshell.tortoiseshell.
** In "Arc of Infinity", the Ergon is described as a "giant walking lizard". On telvision, it infamously resembled a large chicken.
** In "Planet of Giants", the cat is described as "ginger" rather than
** In "Arc of Infinity", the Ergon is described as a "giant walking lizard". On telvision, it infamously resembled a large chicken.
** In "Delta and the Bannermen", Burton has a dog. There is no mention of this dog in the novelisation.
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** In the "Rose" novelisation, Clive shows Rose evidence of the Doctor's recorded presence throughout history, expanding it to include footage of [[Creator/MattSmith Eleven]], [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Twelve]] (in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E6TheCaretaker deep cover]]", to boot) and [[Creator/JodieWhittaker Thirteen]], along with a few imagined future incarnations. Later on, as the Autons attack London, the book cuts to Donna and Wilf to [[RunningGag explain how she missed it]].
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** In the "Rose" novelisation, Clive shows Rose evidence of the Doctor's recorded presence throughout history, expanding it to include footage of [[Creator/MattSmith Eleven]], [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Twelve]] (in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E6TheCaretaker deep cover]]", to boot) and [[Creator/JodieWhittaker Thirteen]], along with a few imagined future incarnations. Later on, as the Autons attack London, the book cuts to Donna and Wilf to [[RunningGag explain how she missed it]]. Clive also shares a theory that people's memories of alien encounters have been wiped by cracks in time.
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** In the novelisation of "Remembrance of the Daleks", the Daleks, [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal Maniacs]] one and all, really aren't comfortable with the Special Weapons Dalek, because they think that, by Dalek standards, it's a dangerous insane killer.
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** In the novelisation of "Remembrance of the Daleks", the Daleks, [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal Maniacs]] {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s one and all, really aren't comfortable with the Special Weapons Dalek, because they think that, by Dalek standards, it's a dangerous insane killer.
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* GreatOffscreenWar: In "The Talons of Weng-Chiang", the Doctor explains that a malfunction with the Peking Homonculus, which was only supposed to be a toy, "nearly" caused World War VI. The novelisation claims that World War VI ''did'' happen and that Magnus Greel created the Homonculus himself with the intention of triggering a World War.
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** In "The Talons of Weng-Chiang", the Doctor explains that a malfunction with the Peking Homonculus, which was only supposed to be a toy, "nearly" caused World War VI. The novelisation claims that World War VI ''did'' happen and that Magnus Greel created the Homonculus himself with the intention of triggering a WorldWar.War.
** The "Remembrance of the Daleks" novelisation mentions the conflicts the Special Weapons Daleks fought in - Pa Jass-Gutrik, the War of Vengeance against the Movellans, Pa Jaski-Thal, the Liquidation War against the Thals, and Pas Jass-Vortan, the Time Campaign — the War to End All Wars.
* GreekChorus: In "Frontios", the Retrogrades are portrayed as more of a chorus rather than all the dialogue being given to one individual.
** In "The Talons of Weng-Chiang", the Doctor explains that a malfunction with the Peking Homonculus, which was only supposed to be a toy, "nearly" caused World War VI. The novelisation claims that World War VI ''did'' happen and that Magnus Greel created the Homonculus himself with the intention of triggering a World
** The "Remembrance of the Daleks" novelisation mentions the conflicts the Special Weapons Daleks fought in - Pa Jass-Gutrik, the War of Vengeance against the Movellans, Pa Jaski-Thal, the Liquidation War against the Thals, and Pas Jass-Vortan, the Time Campaign — the War to End All Wars.
* GreekChorus: In "Frontios", the Retrogrades are portrayed as more of a chorus rather than all the dialogue being given to one individual.
* {{Malaproper}}: In "Time and the Rani", the Doctor uses several more garbled sayings, such as "A frowning man will clutch at a straw".
** In "The Twin Dilemma", the kidnap of the twins is partly told from the point of view of a cat, said to be the most intelligent creature on Earth.
* TakeItToTheBridge: In the TV movie, the Doctor escapes the Master's ambulance on Golden Gate Bridge instead of near it. This was planned for the actual film, but the fact that it was shot in Vancouver made it impossible.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: Two of the colonists in "Frontios" are called Kernighan and Ritchie. They are named for Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, well known in the computer world for writing the definitive guide to the C programming language.
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** Two of the colonists in "Frontios" are called Kernighan and Ritchie. They are named for Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, well known in the computer world for writing the definitive guide to the C programminglanguage.language.
** In "Rose", Clive has two sons, Ben and Michael, instead of the one unnamed son on screen. This would appear to be a tribute to Creator/MichaelCraze.
** Two of the colonists in "Frontios" are called Kernighan and Ritchie. They are named for Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, well known in the computer world for writing the definitive guide to the C programming
** In "Rose", Clive has two sons, Ben and Michael, instead of the one unnamed son on screen. This would appear to be a tribute to Creator/MichaelCraze.
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** In "The Claws of Axos", when Jo enters the office to introduce Filer, the Brigadier bellows irritably at her whereas on-screen he is calm. Also, some of Benton's dialogue in the operations room is given to a technician and Jo suspects the Doctor having betrayed them, more confrontational (and much earlier) than on-screen.
** In "Doctor Who and the Mutants", Cotton's "We'll all be done for!" speech at the end of episode five is turned into a calmer explanation about "The Marshal's arranged another of his little accidents!"
** In "Planet of the Daleks", Marat describes the Dalek Supreme's rank in awe instead of just describing him to be a member of the Supreme council.
** In "The Seeds of Doom", the Doctor telling Moberly to amputate Winlett's arm is played a lot less harshly.
** In "The Robots of Death", two of Zilda's lines are reassigned: Her suggestion of ore raiders is given to Uvanov and her comment about an increased share being no consolation for the deaths is given to Toos.
** In "The Sun-Makers", one of Goudry's lines is given to another member of the Others and some of the Commander's role is given to an unnamed technician.
** In "The Invasion of Time", the Doctor's order for Leela to shut up, rather than relaying it to K9 thoughtlessly, she repeats it in outrage and K9 only complies as she gave the order. Also, Andred vows to strike back at the Lord President in front of Leela, rather than after she's gone on ahead with Rodan.
** In "Doctor Who and the Mutants", Cotton's "We'll all be done for!" speech at the end of episode five is turned into a calmer explanation about "The Marshal's arranged another of his little accidents!"
** In "Planet of the Daleks", Marat describes the Dalek Supreme's rank in awe instead of just describing him to be a member of the Supreme council.
** In "The Seeds of Doom", the Doctor telling Moberly to amputate Winlett's arm is played a lot less harshly.
** In "The Robots of Death", two of Zilda's lines are reassigned: Her suggestion of ore raiders is given to Uvanov and her comment about an increased share being no consolation for the deaths is given to Toos.
** In "The Sun-Makers", one of Goudry's lines is given to another member of the Others and some of the Commander's role is given to an unnamed technician.
** In "The Invasion of Time", the Doctor's order for Leela to shut up, rather than relaying it to K9 thoughtlessly, she repeats it in outrage and K9 only complies as she gave the order. Also, Andred vows to strike back at the Lord President in front of Leela, rather than after she's gone on ahead with Rodan.
** In "The Power of Kroll", Duggeen's reaction to Thawns's crack about the Sons of Earth being a crank organisation is more angry than the televised version.
** In "Warrors' Gate", Romana's farewell to the Doctor is handled differently, with more emotion and is less rushed than the televised version, while K9's fate is presented as a tragedy.
** In "Warrors' Gate", Romana's farewell to the Doctor is handled differently, with more emotion and is less rushed than the televised version, while K9's fate is presented as a tragedy.
* AdaptationalTimespanChange:
** In ''Doctor Who and the Giant Robot'', the Fourth Doctor spends several days in sick bay, rather than a few minutes.
** In "Pyramids of Mars", Sarah and Laurence hide the Doctor in the priest hole overnight after he is knocked out, with Scarman's confrontation with Warlock taking place the following morning.
** In ''Doctor Who and the Giant Robot'', the Fourth Doctor spends several days in sick bay, rather than a few minutes.
** In "Pyramids of Mars", Sarah and Laurence hide the Doctor in the priest hole overnight after he is knocked out, with Scarman's confrontation with Warlock taking place the following morning.
** In "The Pirate Planet", the Captain has a beard, half of which is robotic.
** In the novelisation of "The Claws of Axos", Pigbin Josh is renamed Old Josh.
* AMFMCharacterization: In "Shada", one of the undergraduate students is wearing a Music/JethroTull shirt, David Taylor's car radio plays "Love of the Loved" by Music/CillaBlack and Professor Chronotis owns a Music/BonnieTyler cassette tape.
** In "The Ark in Space", Noah's transformation into a Wirnn is considerably more grotesque, with a hideous "crack like a gigantic seed pod bursting, his whole head [splitting] open [as] a fountain of green froth erupted and ran sizzling down the radiation suit."
** In "The Claws of Axos", Winser is killed by the Axonite sucking him into the accelerator and absorbing him rather than being flung to the ground and disintegrating.
** In "City of Death", Scaroth is not killed in the chateau explosion but left trapped in the time bubble.
* GreatOffscreenWar: In "The Talons of Weng-Chiang", the Doctor explains that a malfunction with the Peking Homonculus, which was only supposed to be a toy, "nearly" caused World War VI. The novelisation claims that World War VI ''did'' happen and that Magnus Greel created the Homonculus himself with the intention of triggering a World War.
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** In ''Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon'', the novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E4ColonyInSpace Colony in Space]]", the IMC robot is named Charlie.
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** In the novelisation of "The Claws of Axos", Chinn is given the first name of Horatio, the technician who takes over from Hardiman is named Ericson and the pond that Josh falls into is named Duckett's Pond.
** In ''Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon'', the novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E4ColonyInSpace Colony in Space]]", the IMC robot is nick-named Charlie and the real adjudicator that the Master impersonates is namedCharlie.Martin Jurgen instead of Martin Jurgens.
** In ''Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon'', the novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E4ColonyInSpace Colony in Space]]", the IMC robot is nick-named Charlie and the real adjudicator that the Master impersonates is named
** In "The Deadly Assassin", after thinking the Doctor was expelled, Runcible recalls that he was at graduation but there was a scandal later.
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** In "Logopolis", the newly-regenerated Fifth Doctor says, [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "and now for something completely different"]].
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** In "Logopolis", the newly-regenerated Fifth Doctor says, "Well, that's the end of that...but it's probably the beginning of [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "and now for something completely different"]].different]]".
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** In "Doctor Who and The Crusaders", the Doctor flees the court after Richard accuses him of giving away his plan to Joanna, rather than Richard realising the Doctor is innocent as in the television version.
** In "The Daleks' Masterplan" novelisation, the scene where Steven confronts Sara about Bret's death is quite different. It takes place in a cave on Mira instead of out in the open and she is more emotional than she is on television. It's because of this that the Doctor leaves to collect wood for a fire as he is made "most uncomfortable" by crying women.
** In "Doctor Who and the Cybermen", the Cyberman dialogue has been edited in places, in order to make them less emotional.
** In "The Web of Fear", the Doctor's anger at his friends inadvertently ruining his plan to destroy the Intelligence is reduced somewhat.
** In "The War Games", Jamie expresses a desire to return home, rather than an open resistance.
** In "The Daleks' Masterplan" novelisation, the scene where Steven confronts Sara about Bret's death is quite different. It takes place in a cave on Mira instead of out in the open and she is more emotional than she is on television. It's because of this that the Doctor leaves to collect wood for a fire as he is made "most uncomfortable" by crying women.
** In "Doctor Who and the Cybermen", the Cyberman dialogue has been edited in places, in order to make them less emotional.
** In "The Web of Fear", the Doctor's anger at his friends inadvertently ruining his plan to destroy the Intelligence is reduced somewhat.
** In "The War Games", Jamie expresses a desire to return home, rather than an open resistance.
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** "Night of The Doctor" left the reason Cass's ship was crashing unexplained. The novelisation of "Day of The Doctor" has it being shot down by indiscriminate Time Lord fire, adding slightly more reason for Cass's sheer hatred for Time Lords.
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** In "The Massacre", the Abbot is considerably more antagonistic and a direct threat to both the Doctor and Steven, believing them to be agents of either the Huguenots or Satanic powers.
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** In Christopher Bidmead's novelisations, the TARDIS makes "a whirring, chuffing sound".
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** In Christopher Bidmead's Creator/ChristopherHBidmead's novelisations, the TARDIS makes "a whirring, chuffing sound".
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* AdaptationalContextChange: In the novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E1TheRibosOperation The Ribos Operation]]", Romana's comment about Unstoffe having an honest face is said to be ironic, rather than the Doctor having to explain to her that he is a crook. Also, Garron's line about dying being the last thing he'll do is given to the Doctor and rewritten to remove much of the humour.
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* AdaptationalContextChange: AdaptationalContextChange:
** In the novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E1TheRibosOperation The Ribos Operation]]", Romana's comment about Unstoffe having an honest face is said to be ironic, rather than the Doctor having to explain to her that he is a crook. Also, Garron's line about dying being the last thing he'll do is given to the Doctor and rewritten to remove much of thehumour.humour.
** "Night of The Doctor" left the reason Cass's ship was crashing unexplained. The novelisation of "Day of The Doctor" has it being shot down by indiscriminate Time Lord fire, adding slightly more reason for Cass's sheer hatred for Time Lords.
** In the novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E1TheRibosOperation The Ribos Operation]]", Romana's comment about Unstoffe having an honest face is said to be ironic, rather than the Doctor having to explain to her that he is a crook. Also, Garron's line about dying being the last thing he'll do is given to the Doctor and rewritten to remove much of the
** "Night of The Doctor" left the reason Cass's ship was crashing unexplained. The novelisation of "Day of The Doctor" has it being shot down by indiscriminate Time Lord fire, adding slightly more reason for Cass's sheer hatred for Time Lords.
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* BackportedDevelopment: Novelisations released after 2006 have Doctors faced with or coming out of regeneration mentioning the RunningGag of the Doctor wanting to be ginger, something only established with 2005's "The Christmas Invasion".
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In 2011, the BBC reissued six of the novelisations in new editions with introductions by writers including Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/StephenBaxter, and Creator/RussellTDavies. In 2012, they reissued six more. In 2013, when the BBC reissued a spin-off novel for each Doctor as part of the 50th anniversary, the first six were Past Doctor Adventures released in the late 1990s and 2000s, but the Seventh Doctor's was the 1990 novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]". In 2016, they reissued ten more novelisations, three of which were hardback facsimiles of the original Frederick Muller novelisations. 2021 will see the release of ''The Essential Terrance Dicks'', a two-volume hardback collection of ten of Dicks' novelisations, marking the second anniversary of his death.
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In 2011, the BBC reissued six of the novelisations in new editions with introductions by writers including Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/StephenBaxter, and Creator/RussellTDavies. In 2012, they reissued six more. In 2013, when the BBC reissued a spin-off novel for each Doctor as part of the 50th anniversary, the first six were Past Doctor Adventures released in the late 1990s and 2000s, but the Seventh Doctor's was the 1990 novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]". In 2016, they reissued ten more novelisations, three of which were hardback facsimiles of the original Frederick Muller novelisations. 2021 will see saw the release of ''The Essential Terrance Dicks'', a two-volume hardback collection of ten of Dicks' novelisations, marking the second anniversary of his death.
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* DreamSequence: In "The Sontaran Experiment", the Doctor falls down a hole and has a dream about rats chewing their way through the TARDIS.
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* ImagineSpot: In "The Claws of Axos", the Brigadier has a daydream where he has Chinn taken out and shot in the head.
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* RageAgainstTheReflection: "The Day of the Doctor" reveals that upon regenerating, the Ninth Doctor smashed every mirror in the TARDIS to avoid seeing his new face, and thought of how many children he must save to make up for the ones killed on Gallifrey.
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Notable authors included Creator/TerranceDicks (who wrote more ''Doctor Who'' novelisations than anyone else), Creator/MalcolmHulke, Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe, Creator/IanMarter, and David Whitaker, all of whom had worked on the TV series in various capacities.
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Notable authors included Creator/TerranceDicks (who wrote more ''Doctor Who'' novelisations than anyone else), Creator/MalcolmHulke, Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe, Creator/IanMarter, and David Whitaker, Creator/DavidWhitaker, all of whom had worked on the TV series in various capacities.
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** In "Remembrance of the Daleks", while summarising the Daleks' history to Ace, the Doctor recalls his own first encounter with them. In an interesting display of continuity, his recollection of Temmosus, begging for peace while the Daleks gunned him down, bears a striking resemblance to David Whitaker's depiction of events in ''Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks''.
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** In "Remembrance of the Daleks", while summarising the Daleks' history to Ace, the Doctor recalls his own first encounter with them. In an interesting display of continuity, his recollection of Temmosus, begging for peace while the Daleks gunned him down, bears a striking resemblance to David Whitaker's Creator/DavidWhitaker's depiction of events in ''Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks''.
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* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: Quite a lot of this. The three novels originally published in the 1960s weren't subject to the familiar Target rules; in particular, they're all well over 150 pages. While ''Doctor Who and the Zarbi'' is pitched at about the same reading level as Target aimed for, David Whitaker's two are aimed at adult readers, with developed characters, polished prose, and, it has to be said, a certain amount of child-unfriendly violence. The first one takes the form of a first person account by Ian Chesterton. Additionally, they sometimes refer to the Doctor (in description, not dialogue) as "Doctor Who". (The very first ''Doctor Who'' novelisation does not, though).
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* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: Quite a lot of this. The three novels originally published in the 1960s weren't subject to the familiar Target rules; in particular, they're all well over 150 pages. While ''Doctor Who and the Zarbi'' is pitched at about the same reading level as Target aimed for, David Whitaker's Creator/DavidWhitaker's two are aimed at adult readers, with developed characters, polished prose, and, it has to be said, a certain amount of child-unfriendly violence. The first one takes the form of a first person account by Ian Chesterton. Additionally, they sometimes refer to the Doctor (in description, not dialogue) as "Doctor Who". (The very first ''Doctor Who'' novelisation does not, though).
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As the '80's wore on, Target began to branch out. It did abridged versions of the "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot Robot]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]" novelisations [[AbridgedForChildren for younger children]] under the Junior Doctor Who sub-series. It adapted the audio drama ''Doctor Who and the Pescatons'' into ''The Pescatons'', as well as another audio story, ''Slipback''. It novelised ''Series/K9AndCompany'' under the Companions of Doctor Who sub-series, which had previously included the original novels ''Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma'' by Tony Attwood and ''Harry Sullivan's War'', written by Ian Marter, the Target author who had played Harry on ''Doctor Who''. Three novelisations of the original, cancelled Season 23 stories ''The Nightmare Fair'', ''The Ultimate Evil'' and ''Mission to Magnus'' appeared under another sub-series, ''The Missing Adventures''.
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As the '80's wore on, Target began to branch out. It did abridged versions of the "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot Robot]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]" novelisations [[AbridgedForChildren for younger children]] under the Junior Doctor Who sub-series. It adapted the audio drama ''Doctor Who and the Pescatons'' into ''The Pescatons'', as well as another audio story, ''Slipback''. It novelised ''Series/K9AndCompany'' under the Companions of Doctor Who sub-series, which had previously included the original novels ''Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma'' by Tony Attwood and ''Harry Sullivan's War'', written by Ian Marter, Creator/IanMarter, the Target author who had played Harry on ''Doctor Who''. Three novelisations of the original, cancelled Season 23 stories ''The Nightmare Fair'', ''The Ultimate Evil'' and ''Mission to Magnus'' appeared under another sub-series, ''The Missing Adventures''.
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In 2012, BBC Books published the first new novelisation in years: Gareth Roberts' novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]". Unlike previous novelisations, it was aimed at a general audience, and clocked in at approximately 400 pages. James Goss's novelisation of "City of Death" followed in 2015, with his novelisation of "The Pirate Planet" officially completing the set of Adams-related novelisations in 2017. Goss's novelisation of Adams' unmade film proposal "Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen" (best known [[DolledUpInstallment as the basis for]] ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'') was released in 2018, followed in 2019 by ''[[Literature/DoctorWhoMeetsScratchman Scratchman]]'', a collaboration between Goss and Tom Baker, adapting "Doctor Who Meets Scratchman", an unproduced screenplay Baker had co-written with Ian Marter. Eric Saward adapted his two [=80s=] Dalek serials as Target-length books for BBC Books in 2019, meaning every classic serial at last had a novelisation.
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In 2012, BBC Books published the first new novelisation in years: Gareth Roberts' novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]". Unlike previous novelisations, it was aimed at a general audience, and clocked in at approximately 400 pages. James Goss's novelisation of "City of Death" followed in 2015, with his novelisation of "The Pirate Planet" officially completing the set of Adams-related novelisations in 2017. Goss's novelisation of Adams' unmade film proposal "Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen" (best known [[DolledUpInstallment as the basis for]] ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'') was released in 2018, followed in 2019 by ''[[Literature/DoctorWhoMeetsScratchman Scratchman]]'', a collaboration between Goss and Tom Baker, adapting "Doctor Who Meets Scratchman", an unproduced screenplay Baker had co-written with Ian Marter.Creator/IanMarter. Eric Saward adapted his two [=80s=] Dalek serials as Target-length books for BBC Books in 2019, meaning every classic serial at last had a novelisation.
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Notable authors included Creator/TerranceDicks (who wrote more ''Doctor Who'' novelisations than anyone else), Creator/MalcolmHulke, Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe, Ian Marter, and David Whitaker, all of whom had worked on the TV series in various capacities.
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Notable authors included Creator/TerranceDicks (who wrote more ''Doctor Who'' novelisations than anyone else), Creator/MalcolmHulke, Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe, Ian Marter, Creator/IanMarter, and David Whitaker, all of whom had worked on the TV series in various capacities.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In "Earthshock", the Cybermen aboard the freighter prove to be far more resilient to weapons fire than their televisual counterparts, surviving numerous impacts and requiring concentrated blasts to their ventilator units to be bested in combat.
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** In "City of Death", Countess Scarlioni gets a bit more to do than snark and look fabulous -- such as opening up on Romana and the Doctor with a machine gun!
** In "Earthshock", the Cybermen aboard the freighter prove to be far more resilient to weapons fire than their televisual counterparts, surviving numerous impacts and requiring concentrated blasts to their ventilator units to be bested in combat.
** In "City of Death", Countess Scarlioni gets a bit more to do than snark and look fabulous -- such as opening up on Romana and the Doctor with a machine gun!
** In "Earthshock", the Cybermen aboard the freighter prove to be far more resilient to weapons fire than their televisual counterparts, surviving numerous impacts and requiring concentrated blasts to their ventilator units to be bested in combat.
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* ActorAllusion: The novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]]" has the Doctor compare Victoria to [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Alice Liddell]]. Deborah Watling had previously played Alice in Creator/DennisPotter's TV play of the same name. The novelisation even goes to the length of making Victoria blonde so she resembles the Tenniel illustrations of Alice.
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* ActorAllusion: The novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]]" has the Doctor compare Victoria to [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Alice Liddell]]. Deborah Watling Creator/DeborahWatling had previously played Alice in Creator/DennisPotter's TV play of the same name. The novelisation even goes to the length of making Victoria blonde so she resembles the Tenniel illustrations of Alice.
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** In "City of Death", the Doctor gives the remaining Mona Lisa to Duggan at the end; the televised version is vague as to what happened to it.
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*** Scaroth's uncannily convincing human masks are explained as technology he scavenged from a Nestene invasion in human prehistory (which failed because humans hadn't invented plastic yet).
*** The Doctor's ability to accurately pilot the TARDIS to Florence and then to the site of Scaroth's ship explosion, despite being fitted with a randomiser (and being hard to steer even without the randomiser), is hand-waved as being down to the TARDIS locking on to the time shenanigans that Scarlioni/Scaroth are engaging in.
*** The Doctor gives the remaining Mona Lisa to Duggan at the end; the televised version is vague as to what happened to it.
*** Scaroth's uncannily convincing human masks are explained as technology he scavenged from a Nestene invasion in human prehistory (which failed because humans hadn't invented plastic yet).
*** The Doctor's ability to accurately pilot the TARDIS to Florence and then to the site of Scaroth's ship explosion, despite being fitted with a randomiser (and being hard to steer even without the randomiser), is hand-waved as being down to the TARDIS locking on to the time shenanigans that Scarlioni/Scaroth are engaging in.
*** The Doctor gives the remaining Mona Lisa to Duggan at the end; the televised version is vague as to what happened to it.
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* TimeStandsStill: The novelisation of "City of Death" portrays Kerensky's RapidAging from his perspective, in which he is aging normally and everything around him is frozen.
* TomatoInTheMirror: The novelisation of "City of Death" shows that Scarlioni doesn't realise he's an alien for most of the story.
* TomatoInTheMirror: The novelisation of "City of Death" shows that Scarlioni doesn't realise he's an alien for most of the story.
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* ActorAllusion: The novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]]" has the Doctor compare Victoria to [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Alice Liddell]]. Deborah Watling had previously played Alice in Creator/DenisPotter's TV play of the same name. The novelisation even goes to the length of making Victoria blonde so she resembles the Tenniel illustrations of Alice.
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* ActorAllusion: The novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]]" has the Doctor compare Victoria to [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Alice Liddell]]. Deborah Watling had previously played Alice in Creator/DenisPotter's Creator/DennisPotter's TV play of the same name. The novelisation even goes to the length of making Victoria blonde so she resembles the Tenniel illustrations of Alice.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In "Earthshock", Commander Scott is more visibly shaken by Professor Kyle's death than his grim resignation in televised story. He has to repeatedly order Nyssa to let him out of the TARDIS to help the Doctor.
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** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E8TheReignOfTerror The Reign of Terror]]", Ian and Barbara are more despondent about their inability to change the course of history than on television. The latter questions whether they learnt anything at all, which Susan refutes by pointing out they aren't the same people who came aboard in Totter's Lane.
** In "Earthshock", Commander Scott is more visibly shaken by Professor Kyle's death than his grim resignation in televised story. He has to repeatedly order Nyssa to let him out of the TARDIS to help the Doctor.
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E8TheReignOfTerror The Reign of Terror]]", Ian and Barbara are more despondent about their inability to change the course of history than on television. The latter questions whether they learnt anything at all, which Susan refutes by pointing out they aren't the same people who came aboard in Totter's Lane.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E8TheReignOfTerror The Reign of Terror]]", Ian and Barbara are more despondent about their inability to change the course of history than on television. The latter questions whether they learnt anything at all, which Susan refutes by pointing out they aren't the same people who came aboard in Totter's Lane.
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** In "The Curse of Fenric", Nurse Crane is implied to be a soviet agent.
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** The early Target covers sometimes featured elements taken from another story; for example, the picture of the First Doctor on Target's first ''Doctor Who and the Daleks'' cover was taken from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E6TheCelestialToymaker The Celestial Toymaker]]", while the Cyberman picture on the first ''Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen'' cover was that of an "Invasion" Cyberman, not a "Tomb" Cyberman.
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** The early Target covers sometimes featured elements taken from another story; for example, the picture of the First Doctor on Target's first ''Doctor Who and the Daleks'' cover was taken from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E6TheCelestialToymaker "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E7TheCelestialToymaker The Celestial Toymaker]]", while the Cyberman picture on the first ''Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen'' cover was that of an "Invasion" Cyberman, not a "Tomb" Cyberman.
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** The novelisation of "Shada" nods to [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie The TV Movie]] (temporal orbit), "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode The Shakespeare Code]]" (Carrionites), "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth The Stolen Earth]]" (time locks), "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]" (Visionaries), and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]]" (the Corsair), etc.
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** The novelisation of "Shada" nods to [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie The TV Movie]] (temporal orbit), "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode The Shakespeare Code]]" (Carrionites), "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth The Stolen Earth]]" (time locks), "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]" (Visionaries), and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]]" (the Corsair), etc.
* EverybodyLives: Unlike in the original story, Gareth Roberts' "Shada" rewrites the ending of the story to achieve this.
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** In the TV movie, the scene where the Doctor is shot shows that one of Lee's fellow gang members is explicitly female.
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** In the TV movie, Movie novelisation, the scene where the Doctor is shot shows that one of Lee's fellow gang members is explicitly female.
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* TragicBackstoryFlashback: In the TV Movie, when the Doctor says to Grace, "It was a child's dream that made you want to be a doctor," the movie leaves the audience to wonder what that dream might have been. The book shows us a flashback to Grace's youth in Sacramento. There, we witness her mother dying young and Grace dreaming of finding a way to prevent other kids having to endure the pain of their parent's premature death.
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* TragicBackstoryFlashback: TroubledBackstoryFlashback: In the TV Movie, when the Doctor says to Grace, "It was a child's dream that made you want to be a doctor," the movie leaves the audience to wonder what that dream might have been. The book shows us a flashback to Grace's youth in Sacramento. There, we witness her mother dying young and Grace dreaming of finding a way to prevent other kids having to endure the pain of their parent's premature death.
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** When Terrance Dicks novelised "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E2TheAbominableSnowmen The Abominable Snowmen]]", he made slight changes to the names of characters - Padmasambhava became Padmasambvha, Songsten became Songtsen, Thonmi became Thomni and so on - apparently on the advice of Barry Letts who, as a follower of Buddhism, considered what Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln had done was unnecessary and risked offence (the names were real historical figures).
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** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadsFromSpace Spearhead from Space]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion''.
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In 2012, BBC Books published the first new novelisation in years: Gareth Roberts' novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]". Unlike previous novelisations, it was aimed at a general audience, and clocked in at approximately 400 pages. James Goss's novelisation of "City of Death" followed in 2015, with his novelisation of "The Pirate Planet" officially completing the set of Adams-related novelisations in 2017. Goss's novelisation of Adams' unmade film proposal "Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen" (best known [[DolledUpInstallment as the basis for]] ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'') was released in 2018, followed in 2019 by ''Scratchman'', a collaboration between Goss and Tom Baker, adapting "Doctor Who Meets Scratchman", an unproduced screenplay Baker had co-written with Ian Marter. Eric Saward adapted his two [=80s=] Dalek serials as Target-length books for BBC Books in 2019, meaning every classic serial at last had a novelisation.
BBC Books released the first novelisations of stories from the revival series in 2018, resurrecting the Target logo for the covers: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose Rose]]", novelised by Creator/RussellTDavies, "[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion The Christmas Invasion]]", novelised by Jenny Colgan, "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", novelised by Creator/StevenMoffat, and "[[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime Twice Upon a Time]]", novelised by Creator/PaulCornell. "City of Death" was released in an abridged and restructured version alongside them, with the same cover design. They were followed in 2021 by "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]", novelised by Robert Shearman, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror The Crimson Horror]]", novelised by Creator/MarkGatiss, and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E8TheWitchfinders The Witchfinders]]", novelised by Joy Wilkinson, along with paperback editions of the Saward Dalek stories, a new version of "The Pirate Planet",[[note]]The original 2017 novelisation adapted Adams' original treatment; the 2021 version adapted the story as-broadcast[[/note]] and a slightly revised reissue of the TV Movie novelisation.
BBC Books released the first novelisations of stories from the revival series in 2018, resurrecting the Target logo for the covers: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose Rose]]", novelised by Creator/RussellTDavies, "[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion The Christmas Invasion]]", novelised by Jenny Colgan, "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", novelised by Creator/StevenMoffat, and "[[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime Twice Upon a Time]]", novelised by Creator/PaulCornell. "City of Death" was released in an abridged and restructured version alongside them, with the same cover design. They were followed in 2021 by "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]", novelised by Robert Shearman, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror The Crimson Horror]]", novelised by Creator/MarkGatiss, and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E8TheWitchfinders The Witchfinders]]", novelised by Joy Wilkinson, along with paperback editions of the Saward Dalek stories, a new version of "The Pirate Planet",[[note]]The original 2017 novelisation adapted Adams' original treatment; the 2021 version adapted the story as-broadcast[[/note]] and a slightly revised reissue of the TV Movie novelisation.
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In 2012, BBC Books published the first new novelisation in years: Gareth Roberts' novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]". Unlike previous novelisations, it was aimed at a general audience, and clocked in at approximately 400 pages. James Goss's novelisation of "City of Death" followed in 2015, with his novelisation of "The Pirate Planet" officially completing the set of Adams-related novelisations in 2017. Goss's novelisation of Adams' unmade film proposal "Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen" (best known [[DolledUpInstallment as the basis for]] ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'') was released in 2018, followed in 2019 by ''Scratchman'', ''[[Literature/DoctorWhoMeetsScratchman Scratchman]]'', a collaboration between Goss and Tom Baker, adapting "Doctor Who Meets Scratchman", an unproduced screenplay Baker had co-written with Ian Marter. Eric Saward adapted his two [=80s=] Dalek serials as Target-length books for BBC Books in 2019, meaning every classic serial at last had a novelisation.
BBC Books released the first novelisations of stories from the revival series in 2018, resurrecting the Target logo for the covers: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose Rose]]", novelised by Creator/RussellTDavies, "[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion The Christmas Invasion]]", novelised by Jenny Colgan, "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", novelised by Creator/StevenMoffat, and "[[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime Twice Upon a Time]]", novelised by Creator/PaulCornell. "City of Death" was released in an abridged and restructured version alongside them, with the same cover design. They were followed in 2021 by "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]", novelised byRobert Shearman, Creator/RobertShearman, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror The Crimson Horror]]", novelised by Creator/MarkGatiss, and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E8TheWitchfinders The Witchfinders]]", novelised by Joy Wilkinson, along with paperback editions of the Saward Dalek stories, a new version of "The Pirate Planet",[[note]]The original 2017 novelisation adapted Adams' original treatment; the 2021 version adapted the story as-broadcast[[/note]] and a slightly revised reissue of the TV Movie novelisation.
BBC Books released the first novelisations of stories from the revival series in 2018, resurrecting the Target logo for the covers: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose Rose]]", novelised by Creator/RussellTDavies, "[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion The Christmas Invasion]]", novelised by Jenny Colgan, "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", novelised by Creator/StevenMoffat, and "[[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime Twice Upon a Time]]", novelised by Creator/PaulCornell. "City of Death" was released in an abridged and restructured version alongside them, with the same cover design. They were followed in 2021 by "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]", novelised by
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* ActorAllusion: The novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]]" has the Doctor compare Victoria to [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Alice Liddell]]. Deborah Watling had previously played Alice in Denis Potter's TV play of the same name. The novelisation even goes to the length of making Victoria blonde so she resembles the Tenniel illustrations of Alice.
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* ActorAllusion: The novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]]" has the Doctor compare Victoria to [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Alice Liddell]]. Deborah Watling had previously played Alice in Denis Potter's Creator/DenisPotter's TV play of the same name. The novelisation even goes to the length of making Victoria blonde so she resembles the Tenniel illustrations of Alice.
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* AdaptationDyeJob:
** The novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]]" makes Victoria blonde.
** In "The Daleks' Master Plan", Karlton was bald. In the novelisation, he has grey hair.
** The novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno Inferno]]" describes Liz as having red hair.
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]", Anat has long hair. In the novelisation, she is described and illustrated as having short hair here. However, her hair on television is at most shoulder length and, while not accurately depicting her bouffant, the hair in the illustrations is not much longer.
** In the novelisation of "Death to the Daleks", Jill is stated to be blonde. On screen, she has red hair.
** In "Warriors of the Deep", Vorshak is described as dark-haired. On screen, he was greying.
** In "Frontios", Plantagenet is described as having white hair, rather than being dark haired as on screen.
** In the novelisation of "The Curse of Fenric", Jean is described as blonde. On screen, she has dark hair.
** The novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]]" makes Victoria blonde.
** In "The Daleks' Master Plan", Karlton was bald. In the novelisation, he has grey hair.
** The novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno Inferno]]" describes Liz as having red hair.
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]", Anat has long hair. In the novelisation, she is described and illustrated as having short hair here. However, her hair on television is at most shoulder length and, while not accurately depicting her bouffant, the hair in the illustrations is not much longer.
** In the novelisation of "Death to the Daleks", Jill is stated to be blonde. On screen, she has red hair.
** In "Warriors of the Deep", Vorshak is described as dark-haired. On screen, he was greying.
** In "Frontios", Plantagenet is described as having white hair, rather than being dark haired as on screen.
** In the novelisation of "The Curse of Fenric", Jean is described as blonde. On screen, she has dark hair.
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** The novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]]" makes Victoria blonde.
** In "The Daleks' Master Plan", Karlton was bald. In the novelisation, he has grey hair.
** The novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno Inferno]]" describes Liz as having red hair.
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]", Anat has long hair. In the novelisation, she is described and illustrated as having short hair here. However, her hair on television is at most shoulder length and, while not accurately depicting her bouffant, the hair in the illustrations is not much longer.
** In the novelisation of "Death to the Daleks", Jill is stated to be blonde. On screen, she has red hair.
** In "Warriors of the Deep", Vorshak is described as dark-haired. On screen, he was greying.
** In "Frontios", Plantagenet is described as having white hair, rather than being dark haired as on screen.
** In the novelisation of "The Curse of Fenric", Jean is described as blonde. On screen, she has dark hair.
** In the TV movie, the Eighth Doctor has brown hair instead of black and Grace notices his left eye to be a darker shade of blue than the right. Lee also notices his eyes to be two shades. The Second Doctor is described as having grey green eyes while he usually is described as blue-eyed.
** The novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]]" makes Victoria blonde.
** In "The Daleks' Master Plan", Karlton was bald. In the novelisation, he has grey hair.
** The novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno Inferno]]" describes Liz as having red hair.
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]", Anat has long hair. In the novelisation, she is described and illustrated as having short hair here. However, her hair on television is at most shoulder length and, while not accurately depicting her bouffant, the hair in the illustrations is not much longer.
** In the novelisation of "Death to the Daleks", Jill is stated to be blonde. On screen, she has red hair.
** In "Warriors of the Deep", Vorshak is described as dark-haired. On screen, he was greying.
** In "Frontios", Plantagenet is described as having white hair, rather than being dark haired as on screen.
** In the novelisation of "The Curse of Fenric", Jean is described as blonde. On screen, she has dark hair.
** In the TV movie, the Eighth Doctor has brown hair instead of black and Grace notices his left eye to be a darker shade of blue than the right. Lee also notices his eyes to be two shades. The Second Doctor is described as having grey green eyes while he usually is described as blue-eyed.
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** "The Crimson Horror" novelisation introduces a mysterious associate of Mrs. Gillyflower's named Dr. Fetch who has a mechanical arm.
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* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: Quite a lot of this. The three novels originally published in the 1960s weren't subject to the familiar Target rules; in particular, they're all well over 150 pages. While ''Doctor Who and the Zarbi'' is pitched at about the same reading level as Target aimed for, David Whitaker's two are aimed at adult readers, with developed characters, polished prose, and, it has to be said, a certain amount of child-unfriendly violence. The first one takes the form of a first person account by Ian Chesterton. Additionally, they sometimes refer to the Doctor (in description, not dialogue) as "Doctor Who". (The very first ''Doctor Who'' novelisation does not, though.)
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* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: Quite a lot of this. The three novels originally published in the 1960s weren't subject to the familiar Target rules; in particular, they're all well over 150 pages. While ''Doctor Who and the Zarbi'' is pitched at about the same reading level as Target aimed for, David Whitaker's two are aimed at adult readers, with developed characters, polished prose, and, it has to be said, a certain amount of child-unfriendly violence. The first one takes the form of a first person account by Ian Chesterton. Additionally, they sometimes refer to the Doctor (in description, not dialogue) as "Doctor Who". (The very first ''Doctor Who'' novelisation does not, though.)though).
* EntertaininglyWrong: The novelization of "An Unearthly Child" has Za concluding that the four strangers were emissaries of the sun god. Given his understanding of the world, that was the only logical conclusion.
* EntertaininglyWrong: The novelization of "An Unearthly Child" has Za concluding that the four strangers were emissaries of the sun god. Given his understanding of the world, that was the only logical conclusion.
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** "The Crusaders" opens with the Doctor and his companions having a conversation about the mutability of history while playing 'Martian chess'. The outcome of the chess game foreshadows the political maneuvrings later in the story.
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** "The Crusaders" opens with the Doctor and his companions having a conversation about the mutability of history while playing 'Martian chess'. The outcome of the chess game foreshadows the political maneuvrings manoeuvrings later in the story.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Quite a lot of this. The three novels originally published in the 1960s weren't subject to the familiar Target rules; in particular, they're all well over 150 pages. While ''Doctor Who and the Zarbi'' is pitched at about the same reading level as Target aimed for, David Whitaker's two are aimed at adult readers, with developed characters, polished prose, and, it has to be said, a certain amount of child-unfriendly violence. The first one takes the form of a first person account by Ian Chesterton. Additionally, they sometimes refer to the Doctor (in description, not dialogue) as "Doctor Who". (The very first ''Doctor Who'' novelisation does not, though.)
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: Quite a lot of this. The three novels originally published in the 1960s weren't subject to the familiar Target rules; in particular, they're all well over 150 pages. While ''Doctor Who and the Zarbi'' is pitched at about the same reading level as Target aimed for, David Whitaker's two are aimed at adult readers, with developed characters, polished prose, and, it has to be said, a certain amount of child-unfriendly violence. The first one takes the form of a first person account by Ian Chesterton. Additionally, they sometimes refer to the Doctor (in description, not dialogue) as "Doctor Who". (The very first ''Doctor Who'' novelisation does not, though.)
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* ExactWords: In the novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E7TheSpaceMuseum The Space Museum]]", the door to the armory is linked to a LieDetector and only opens when someone can truthfully answer to a series of questions about their identity, authorisation, and purpose. Unlike in the TV version, no reprogramming is required to bypass it, only the realisation that it's programmed to assess the truthfulness of the answers but not their meaning -- Vicki tells it exactly who they are, that they have no authorisation to remove weapons from the armory, and that they're taking the weapons for the purpose of "Revolution!", and the machine promptly lets her in.
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* ExactWords: In the novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E7TheSpaceMuseum The Space Museum]]", the door to the armory armoury is linked to a LieDetector and only opens when someone can truthfully answer to a series of questions about their identity, authorisation, and purpose. Unlike in the TV version, no reprogramming is required to bypass it, only the realisation that it's programmed to assess the truthfulness of the answers but not their meaning -- Vicki tells it exactly who they are, that they have no authorisation to remove weapons from the armory, armoury, and that they're taking the weapons for the purpose of "Revolution!", and the machine promptly lets her in.
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** In The Novel of the Film, the Doctor watches a news program about San Jose. The extended news report includes slightly different dialogue that reveals the names of the news anchors as Mi-Jung Kanaka and Joanna, both sharing their first name with their respective actresses, Mi-Jung Lee and Joanna Piros.
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** In The Novel of the Film, the Doctor watches a news program programme about San Jose. The extended news report includes slightly different dialogue that reveals the names of the news anchors as Mi-Jung Kanaka and Joanna, both sharing their first name with their respective actresses, Mi-Jung Lee and Joanna Piros.
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Notable authors included Creator/TerranceDicks (who wrote more ''Doctor Who'' novelisations than anyone else), Creator/MalcolmHulke, Philip Hinchcliffe, Ian Marter, and David Whitaker, all of whom had worked on the TV series in various capacities.
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Notable authors included Creator/TerranceDicks (who wrote more ''Doctor Who'' novelisations than anyone else), Creator/MalcolmHulke, Philip Hinchcliffe, Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe, Ian Marter, and David Whitaker, all of whom had worked on the TV series in various capacities.
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** Amelia Ducat's plot from "The Seeds of Doom" is largely excised due to Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe disliking the character. Some fans objected vocally to this decision.
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In 2011, the BBC reissued six of the novelisations in new editions with introductions by writers including Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/StephenBaxter, and Creator/RussellTDavies. In 2012, they reissued six more. In 2013, when the BBC reissued a spin-off novel for each Doctor as part of the 50th anniversary, the first six were Past Doctor Adventures released in the late 1990s and 2000s, but the Seventh Doctor's was the 1990 novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]". In 2016, they reissued ten more novelisations, three of which were hardback facsimiles of the original Frederick Muller novelisations.
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In 2011, the BBC reissued six of the novelisations in new editions with introductions by writers including Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/StephenBaxter, and Creator/RussellTDavies. In 2012, they reissued six more. In 2013, when the BBC reissued a spin-off novel for each Doctor as part of the 50th anniversary, the first six were Past Doctor Adventures released in the late 1990s and 2000s, but the Seventh Doctor's was the 1990 novelisation of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]". In 2016, they reissued ten more novelisations, three of which were hardback facsimiles of the original Frederick Muller novelisations.
novelisations. 2021 will see the release of ''The Essential Terrance Dicks'', a two-volume hardback collection of ten of Dicks' novelisations, marking the second anniversary of his death.
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* ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: In ''Rose'', Jackie walks in on the Doctor and Rose in a compromising position after their encounter with the Auton arm.
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* AdaptationTitleChange:
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]]" was renamed ''Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E5TheWebPlanet The Web Planet]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Zarbi''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase The Moonbase]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Cybermen''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadsFromSpace Spearhead from Space]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians Doctor Who and the Silurians]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E4ColonyInSpace Colony in Space]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E3FrontierInSpace Frontier in Space]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Space War''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E2InvasionOfTheDinosaurs Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot Robot]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Giant Robot''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons Terror of the Zygons]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]]" was renamed ''Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E5TheWebPlanet The Web Planet]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Zarbi''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase The Moonbase]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Cybermen''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadsFromSpace Spearhead from Space]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians Doctor Who and the Silurians]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E4ColonyInSpace Colony in Space]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E3FrontierInSpace Frontier in Space]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Space War''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E2InvasionOfTheDinosaurs Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot Robot]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Giant Robot''.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons Terror of the Zygons]]" became ''Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster''.
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BBC Books released the first novelisations of stories from the revival series in 2018, resurrecting the Target logo for the covers: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose Rose]]", novelised by Creator/RussellTDavies, "[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion The Christmas Invasion]]", novelised by Jenny Colgan, "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", novelised by Creator/StevenMoffat, and "[[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime Twice Upon a Time]]", novelised by Creator/PaulCornell. "City of Death" was released in an abridged version alongside them, with the same cover design. They were followed in 2021 by "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]", novelised by Robert Shearman, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror The Crimson Horror]]", novelised by Creator/MarkGatiss, and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E8TheWitchfinders The Witchfinders]]", novelised by Joy Wilkinson, along with paperback editions of the Saward Dalek stories, a Target edition of "The Pirate Planet", and a slightly revised reissue of the TV Movie novelisation.
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BBC Books released the first novelisations of stories from the revival series in 2018, resurrecting the Target logo for the covers: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose Rose]]", novelised by Creator/RussellTDavies, "[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion The Christmas Invasion]]", novelised by Jenny Colgan, "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", novelised by Creator/StevenMoffat, and "[[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime Twice Upon a Time]]", novelised by Creator/PaulCornell. "City of Death" was released in an abridged and restructured version alongside them, with the same cover design. They were followed in 2021 by "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]", novelised by Robert Shearman, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror The Crimson Horror]]", novelised by Creator/MarkGatiss, and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E8TheWitchfinders The Witchfinders]]", novelised by Joy Wilkinson, along with paperback editions of the Saward Dalek stories, a Target edition new version of "The Pirate Planet", Planet",[[note]]The original 2017 novelisation adapted Adams' original treatment; the 2021 version adapted the story as-broadcast[[/note]] and a slightly revised reissue of the TV Movie novelisation.
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** In "The Robots of Death", Uvanov has feelings for Zilda, adding ‘we could be friends’ to their conversation, and stroking her hair after she is found dead.
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** In "Dalek", Bywater and Diana Goddard were in a relationship.
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** The novelisation of "Dalek" identifies the last person to touch the Dalek who "burst into flames" as Dr Yevgeny Kandinsky, while Bywater is revealed to have a first name. It's Owen.
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* DecompositeCharacter: In "Dalek", despite being referred to by name in the TV story, [=De Maggio=] is replaced by a new character called Klein.
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** "The Crimson Horror" novelisation is predominantly told from Jenny Flint's perspective, with some sections told through the eyes of other characters such as Jonas Thursday, Strax, and the Doctor.
