Doctor Who Books: Target Books

On a peaceful rural planet, where the colourful pageantry of old Ruritania mingles with ultra-modern Android technology, the Doctor becomes a king-maker in spite of himself.

At a time in the far-off future, Earth has become uninhabitable. A selection of Humanity is placed, deep-frozen, in a fully automated space station, to await the day of their return to Earth...

Some time ago, the White Guardian, one of the most powerful beings in the Cosmos, had set the Doctor an urgent task — to find and reassemble the six segments of the Key to Time.

'We're in the wrong century,' wailed Tegan. 'No, we're not,' Turlough assured her grimly. 'It is 1984.'*

The Doctor stood up. 'There's to be a human sacrifice at sunset,' he said. 'Ian is to escort the chosen victim to the altar.'*

Only a few years from now, a squad of UNIT troops is escorting a nuclear missile through the English countryside. At the nearby archaeological dig, knights in armour are fighting battles with broadswords — and guns and grenades.

Why do so many spaceships crashland on Karn, a bleak, lonely and seemingly deserted planet?

Programming the TARDIS for a visit to the attractive planet of Metebelis 3, the Doctor and Jo are disappointed to find they've arrived in a cargo ship bound for Singapore. Or so they think. In fact, they are trapped in a time-loop on the far away planet Inter Minor, where all the life-forms of the Galaxy are miniaturised in the Scope - a peepshow for arch-showman Vorg. These life-forms include the terrifying Drashigs - huge underwater dragons who add to the monumental problems the Doctor and Jo face in trying to escape this nightmare circus.

The Doctor and Jo land on a cargo ship crossing the Indian Ocean in the year 1926.