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Doctor Who – Delta and the Bannermen
Series:	Doctor Who- Target Novelisation
Release Number:	135
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Companions:	Mel
Enemy:	Bannermen,
Setting:	Tollport G715, South Wales, 1959
Author:	Malcolm Kohll
Publisher:	Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co
Publication:	January 1989
Format:	Paperback Book, --- Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20333-X
Previous Story:	Doctor Who – Paradise Towers
Following Story:	Doctor Who – Dragonfire

Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial (DW): Delta and the Bannermen which was shown from 2nd November 1987 and written by Malcolm Kohll
• The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of Alister Pearson. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

Publisher's Cover Blurb

1989 edition

As the billionth customers at a space tollport the Doctor and Mel win the Grand Prize – a place on the Fabulous Fifties Coach Tour to Disneyland, Planet Earth.
Unfortunately, they don’t quite make it there … Knocked off-course by a wayward satellite the coach party arrives instead at Shangri-la, a remote Welsh holiday camp.
But the peace and quiet of the countryside are soon shattered by the arrival of an army of marauding Bannermen soldiers, led by the ruthless Gavrok. They are tracking down Delta, the last of the Chimeron, with only one thought in mind – her destruction …

Illustrations

• None

Deviations from the Televised Story

• The Production Notes commentary on the 2009 DVD release of Delta and the Bannermen reveal that the first edition of the novelisation contains an unfortunate typographical error: during the scene in which the Doctor and Ray are caught snooping on Gavrok, the Doctor is described as "peeing over" instead of "peering over" a shelf. It is not known if this error also exists in the 1991 reissue.

Author, Writing and Publishing Notes

• Proclaims itself on the spine as Doctor Who – Delta and the Bannerman.
• A proposed hardback edition for January 1989 was never released.

Associated Images

1991 edition; Cover by Alister Pearson

Publishing History (UK)

First Publication: Paperback (January 1989)

• Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 21,000, priced £1.99 (UK).

Re-issues: (November 1991)

• Target / Virgin Publishing, estimated print run: 9,000, priced £2.99 (UK).

International Editions

To be added

External Sources

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