Doctor Who: Snakedance (Audio book) - 5th Doctor Novelisation

About the author

Terrance Dicks became Script Editor of Doctor Who in 1968, co-writing Patrick Troughton’s classic final serial, The War Games, and editing the show throughout the entire Jon Pertwee era to 1974. He wrote many iconic episodes and serials for the show after, including Tom Baker's first episode as the Fourth Doctor, Robot; Horror at Fang Rock in 1977; State of Decay in 1980; and the 20th anniversary special, The Five Doctors in 1983. Terrance novelised over sixty of the original Doctor Who stories for Target books, including classics like Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen and Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, inspiring a generation of children to become readers and writers. He died in August 2019, only weeks before the publication of his final Doctor Who short story, ‘Save Yourself’, in The Target Storybook.

Summary

A novelisation of a terrifying adventure for the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa.

The TARDIS arrives on the planet Manussa, about to commemorate its ancient banishment of the evil entity known as the Mara.

Unbeknownst to the Manussans, the Doctor's companion, Tegan, has become an unsuspecting medium for the Mara. Now she has helped it to return home.

The Doctor realises that this could mark the spectacular revival of the Mara's reign of terror - but it seems that no-one will heed his warning.

? 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

Product details

• Authors: Terrance Dicks, Dicks Terrance
• Assisted by: Beevers Geoffrey (Reader / Narrator)
• Publisher: Random House Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: CD-Audio (Playing time: 240 Minutes)
• Released: 10.06.2025
• EAN: 9781529933154
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-3315-4
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 143 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 191 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy > Science fiction; Fiction: special features, FICTION / Science Fiction / Time Travel, PERFORMING ARTS / General, FICTION / Science Fiction / Alien Contact, Film, TV & radio, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Science fiction: time travel, Fiction: inspired by or adapted from other media, FICTION / Performing Arts / Dance, Theater & Musicals