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Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon
Series:	Doctor Who- Target Novelisation
Release Number:	43 (given to later editions)
Doctor:	Third Doctor
Companions:	Sarah Jane Smith
Enemy:	Aggedor, Sskel, Azaxyr, Eckersley
Setting:	Peladon
Author:	Terrance Dicks
Publisher:	Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co
Publication:	February 1980
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions, --- Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-20132-9
Previous Story:	Doctor Who - Death to the Daleks
Following Story:	Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders

Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial DW: The Monster of Peladon which was shown from 23rd March 1974 and written by Brian Hayles
• The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of Steve Kyte. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

Publisher's Cover Blurb

1980 edition

Fifty years after his first visit to Peladon, the Doctor returns to find that Queen Thalira has inherited a troubled kingdom from her father.
Membership of the Galactic Federation was expected to bring peace and prosperity to the planet, but the spirit of the sacred monster Aggedor is once more spreading terror and death.
The Doctor uncovers a treacherous plot to steal the mineral wealth of Peladon, and is again confronted by his old enemies – the Ice Warriors.

Illustrations

• None

Deviations from the Televised Story

To be added

Author, Writing and Publishing Notes

To be added

Associated Images

1992 edition; Cover by Alister Pearson

Publishing History (UK)

To be added

First Publication:

• Hardback

W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK

• Paperback

Target

Re-issues:

1992 Target Books / Virgin Publishing with a new cover by Alister Pearson 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