BOOK DETAILS

SYNOPSIS

From his one previous visit The Doctor remembers the inhabitants of the planet Dido as a gentle, peace-loving people.

But when he returns, things have changed dramatically.

It seems that the Dido have brutally massacred the crew of the crashed spaceliner Astra. Even now they are threatening the lives of the sole survivors,

Bennett and the orphan girl Vicki.

Why have the Didoi apparently turned against their peaceful natures? Can Bennett and Vicki survive until the rescue ship from Earth arrives? And who is the mysterious Koquillion?

NOTES

CHAPTER TITLES

• Prologue
  

1. Chapter One
   
2. Chapter Two
   
3. Chapter Three
   
4. Chapter Four
   
5. Chapter Five
   
6. Chapter Six
   
7. Chapter Seven
   
8. Chapter Eight
   
9. Chapter Nine
   
10. Chapter Ten
    
11. Chapter Eleven
    
12. Chapter Twelve
    
13. Chapter Thirteen
    
14. Chapter Fourteen
    
15. Chapter Fifteen

DEVIATIONS FROM THE TELEVISED STORY

• In this novel the natives who surprise Bennett are a male and a female (they both appeared to be male on screen). They are killed by the crew of the rescue ship.
  
• The novel includes scenes set on board the rescue ship.
  
• Dido is presented as a dying planet that will soon be uninhabitable, unlike the television story.
  
• The TARDIS nearly crashes into the rescue ship twice.
  
• An epilogue is added.