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Four Fifteenth Doctor Stories to Be Adapted Into Doctor Who Target Novelisations

Four TV stories starring Ncuti Gatwa’s incarnation of the Doctor will be released as Doctor Who Target novelisations later this summer.

Empire of Death, The Robot Revolution, Lux, and The Well comprise the next run of book adaptations.

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Empire of Death

What’s gotten into the TARDIS?

Enlisting UNIT in their search for an enigmatic woman who appears all throughout time and space, the Doctor and Ruby uncover deeper mysteries. What is the secret of Susan Triad? What happened on the night that Ruby was born? The answers lead the Doctor and Ruby to a horrifying confrontation with the greatest evil of all…

Russell T Davies’ epic two-part finale of Ncuti Gatwa’s first season as the Doctor is novelised by series script editor Scott Handcock, reinstating material from earlier drafts. It also concludes the TARDIS travels of Ruby Sunday, played by Millie Gibson.

The Robot Revolution

What if the story of your life is written in the stars?

Belinda Chandra grew up longing to travel – but never imagined rocket ships would be part of the deal. Abducted by killer robots and taken to a strange planet, Belinda must join forces with the Doctor to put right a revolution that might just be her fault…

Reach for the stars as the Doctor and Belinda – as played by Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu – rock each other’s worlds for the first time. This novelisation of Russell T Davies’ script comes from best-selling tie-in author Una McCormack.

Lux

Fifteen missing people. A light that hungers. A trip outside reality.

A trip to 1950s Miami takes a dangerous turn, leaving the Doctor and Belinda at the mercy of Mr. Ring-a-Ding. A cartoon come to life who wants something that only the Doctor can give him. Can Belinda save the Doctor? Or will they be trapped by a trick of light?

Featuring Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor and Varada Sethu as Belinda, this Target novelisation by acclaimed author James Goss brings Russell T Davies’ format-busting adventure to vivid life.

The Well

A terror from the past is rising from the darkness five miles deep.

Joining a military rescue mission to an isolated mining colony, the Doctor and Belinda find a single survivor of a violent catastrophe. What killed the colonists? Why is every mirror in the base smashed? The chilling truth spells horror and death…

This spinetingling space adventure from Sharma Walfall and Russell T Davies is novelised by award-winning SF and horror writer Gareth L. Powell. It features the Doctor and Belinda as played by Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu.

These four books will be released on 10th July 2025.

Philip Bates

Editor and co-founder of the Doctor Who Companion. When he’s not watching television, reading books ‘n’ Marvel comics, listening to The Killers, and obsessing over script ideas, Philip Bates pretends to be a freelance writer. He enjoys collecting everything. Writer of The Black Archive: The Pandorica Opens/ The Big Bang, 100 Objects of Doctor Who, and Companions: More Than Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants.

Four Fifteenth Doctor Stories to Be Adapted Into Doctor Who Target Novelisations

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