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( 1983 )	Doctor Who Target Novelization. Title: #6 Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion Author: Terrance Dicks Originally Published: January 17, 1974 Publisher: Target Books Doctor: Third Publication Years In Preserve Collection: 1983 Back Cover (1983): A mysterious shower of meteorites lands in Essex, and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart of UNIT has reason to believe that they have been deliberately aimed at the Earth's surface. The Doctor joins forces with the Brigadier and Liz Shaw in a desperate bid to prevent the nightmarish invasion of the sinister Autons. Living models of human beings - like waxwork dummies - their murderous behaviour is controlled and directed by the Nestene Consciousness, a malignant, squid-like monster of cosmic proportions and indescribably hideous appearance. Price: (1983) $2.50 Pages: 156 ISBN: 0-426-11295-4 (back cover) (1983) A Target Book Published in 1974 by the Paperback Division of W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd, A Howard & Wyndham Company 44 Hill Street, London W1X 8LB Reprinted 1974 Reprinted 1982 Reprinted 1983 Novelisation copyright © 1980 by Terrance Dicks Original script copyright © 1979 Bob Baker 'Dr Who' series copyright © 1979, 1980 by the British Broadcasting Corporation Printed and bound in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman Ltd, Reading ISBN: 0 426 20103 5 This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. (1984) A Target Book Published in 1977 by Wyndham Publications Ltd A Howard & Wyndham Company 44 Hill St, London W1X 8LB Reprinted 1981, 1982, 1984 Published simultaneously in Great Britain by Allan Wingate (Publishers) Ltd, 1977 Text of book copyright © 1977 by Ian Marter Original script copyright © Robert Holmes 1975 'Doctor Who' series copyright © British Broadcasting Corporation 1975, 1977 Printed in Great Britain by Hunt Barnard Printing Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. (1991) A Target Book Published in 1991 by the Paperback Division of W. H. Allen & Co. Plc 26 Grand Union Center 338 Ladbroke Grove, London W10 5AH Novelization copyright © Ian Marter Original script copyright © Robert Holmes 1974 'Doctor Who' series copyright © British Broadcasting Corporation 1975 The BBC producer of The Ark in space was Philip Hinchcliffe The director was Rodned Bennett The role of the Doctor was played by Tom Baker This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.