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Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars
Series:	Doctor Who- Target Novelisation
Release Number:	50 (given to later editions)
Doctor:	Fourth Doctor
Companions:	Sarah Jane Smith
Enemy:	Sutekh, Mummies
Setting:	The Old Priory Earth, 1911 Mars
Author:	Terrance Dicks
Publisher:	Target Books, W.H. Allen & Co
Publication:	December 1976
Format:	Hardcover and paperback editions, 125 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-426-11666-6
Previous Story:	Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil
Following Story:	Doctor Who and the Android Invasion

Novelisation

• This novelisation is based on the original television serial (DW): Pyramids of Mars which was shown from 25th October 1975 and written by Stephen Harris
• The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of Chris Achilleos. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).

Publisher's Cover Blurb

1976 edition

For Many thousands of years SUTEKH had waited … trapped in the heart of an Egyptian Pyramid. Now at last the time had come – the moment of release, when all the force of his pent-up evil and malice would be unleashed upon the world …
The TARDIS lands on the site of UNIT headquarters in the year 1911, and the Doctor and Sarah emerge to fight a terrifying and deadly battle … against Egyptian Mummies, half-possessed humans – and the overwhelming evil power of SUTEKH!

1982 edition

The mind of Sutekh the Destroyer is consumed with jealousy and hatred. Convinced that all living things are his mortal enemy, he is determined to annihilate all forms of life throughout the universe.

Imprisoned at the heart of an Egyptian pyramid, the force of his maniacal evil has been paralysed for centuries. But now, after thousands upon thousands of years of long captivity, the moment of deliverance has arrived.

Sutekh's vicious megalomania is about to be unleashed upon the world - unless the Doctor succeeds in outwitting a mind so powerful it can force him to his knees and torture him at a glance ...

Illustrations

• None

Deviations from the Televised Story

• Featured a prologue and Sutekhs imprisonment.

Author, Writing and Publishing Notes

• The inside page includes the comment: "THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCTOR WHO. The cover illustration of this book portrays the fourth DOCTOR WHO."

Associated Images

1982 edition; Cover by Andrew Skilleter

1993 edition; Cover by Alister Pearson

Publishing History (UK)

To be added

First Publication:

• Hardback

W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK

• Paperback

Target

Re-issues:

International Editions

To be added

Audio Release

This Target Book was released complete and unabridged by BBC Audio Books and read by Tom Baker who was the Fourth Doctor.
The audio set of 4 CD's with an ISBN 1-405-? was released in August 2008 priced £13.99 (UK)
The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleevenotes by David J. Howe. Music and sound effects by Simon Power

External Sources

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