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"Each book is capable of standing on its own without the television series. The turning of a script into a book is not as easy as it might sound..."Terrance Dicks worked on Doctor Who for many years as script editor and after he left went onto write several TV stories himself. This second volume of the prolific author's Doctor Who works features two novelisations of his own scripts, including the 20th anniversary celebration story The Five Doctors.It also features some of his most celebrated books for the Fourth Doctor as played by Tom Baker - the Doctor whose persona he helped create for television in 1974. As voted for by fans, Volume Two contains, complete and DOCTOR WHO AND THE GENESIS OF THE DALEKSDOCTOR WHO AND THE PYRAMIDS OF MARSDOCTOR WHO AND THE TALONS OF WENG-CHIANGDOCTOR WHO AND THE HORROR OF FANG ROCKDOCTOR WHO AND THE FIVE DOCTORS

Recuperating after the trauma of his recent regeneration, the Doctor falls foul of a final booby-trap set by his arch-enemy, the Master. When he recovers, the disoriented Doctor looks in a mirror and sees the face of a stranger. He knows only that he is called "the Doctor" -- nothing more. But something deep inside tells him to trust the TARDIS, and his hands move over the controls of their own accord. The TARDIS takes him to a strangely familiar junkyard in late-nineties London, where he is flung into a confrontation between local drug-dealers and Samantha Jones, a rebellious teenage from Coal Hill School. But the Doctor soon finds the TARDIS transporting him to various other places in order to recover all of his memories -- and that involves seeing seven strangely-familiar faces."--Page 4 of cover.

For over 50 years, Terrance Dicks was the secret beating heart(s) of Doctor Who - from joining production of The Invasion in 1968 to his final short story in 2019. As the undisputed master of Doctor Who fiction, Terrance wrote 64 Target novels from his first commission in 1973 to his last, published in 1990. He helped introduce an entire generation to the pleasures of reading and writing, and his fans include Neil Gaiman, Sarah Waters, Mark Gatiss, Alastair Reynolds, Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat, Frank-Cottrell Boyce, and Robert Webb, among many others. This special two-volume collection, published on the anniversary of Terrance's death, features the very best of his Doctor Who novels as chosen by fans - from his first book, The Auton Invasion, to his masterwork, the 20th anniversary celebration story The Five Doctors, voted all-time favourite. With forewords by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Robert Webb, The Essential Terrance Dicks is a masterclass in contemporary fiction, by a writer of unlimited imagination

UNIT is called in when an important diplomat is attacked in his own home - by a man who then vanishes into thin air. The Doctor and Jo spend a night in the 'haunted' house and meet the attackers - who have time-jumped back from the 22nd century in the hope of changing history.

From the moment they land on the planet Androzani Minor, everything goes wrong for the Doctor and his new young companion, Peri. They become involved in the struggle between brutal gun-runners, ruthless Federation troops, and the hideously mutilated Sharaz Jek, who lurks in the depths of the caves with his android army. Key to the struggle is spectrox, the most valuable substance in the universe. Suitably processed, spectrox is an elixir of life, but in its raw state it is a deadly poison – a fact that will cost the Doctor another of his Time Lord lives . . .

The Time Lords have a mission for the Doctor. But Kaled scientist Davros has perfected a life support system and travel machine for the creature he knows his race will ultimately evolve into - the Dalek. But with Davros's plans to destroy the Thals and to wipe out any dissenters among his own ranks in progress, is the Doctor already too late?

Put on trial by the Time Lords, and found guilty of interfering in the affairs of other worlds, the Doctor is exiled to Earth in the 20th century, his appearance once again changed. Can the Doctor recover and win UNIT's trust before the invasion begins?

A mysterious black hole is draining away power from the Universe.The Time Lords bring together the first three incarnations of the Doctor to discover the truth about the black hole and stop the energy drain. Here they meet one of the very first Time Lords - Omega, who gave his race the power to travel through time.

Breaking free, the Doctor and his companions Jamie and Victoria land in the London Underground system. With time running out, the Doctor and his friends realise they can trust no one... This novel is based on a Doctor Who story which was originally broadcast from 3 February-9 March 1968.

Maria's fascinated by her new neighbour, Sarah Jane Smith -- she's a journalist, but she also helps aliens! After a visit to the Bubble Shock factory, Sarah Jane and Maria's lives change forever when they meet the Archetype. But why is everything he does so strange? And what does he have to do with Bane, the mysterious organic ingredient in Bubble Shock? Based on an episode of 'Sarah Jane Adventures', this novel has colour inserts showing scenes from the BBC series.