Trap One: A Doctor Who Podcast
- Description:
- Join me each to discuss each new episode of Doctor Who with a different guest co-host.
Homepage: https://trapone.podbean.com
RSS Feed: https://trapone.podbean.com/feed/
- Episodes:
- 436
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:12:11
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:6:37:31
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 21 days, 20 hours, 34 minutes and 30 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 5 April 2017 (1:03pm GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 18 October 2025 (6:09am GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 7 days, 3 hours, 37 minutes and 1 second
Trap One: A Doctor Who Podcast Episodes
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Evolution of the Toy Dalek
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 38 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode, UK Jason and Conrad talk with illustrator and graphic designer Alex Storer about his Evolution of the Toy Dalek book from Telos Publishing: telos.co.uk/shop/doctor-who/evolution-pb/ Follow Alex Storer's work at TheLightdream.net Play the Dalek Attack game simulator: gamesnostalgia.com/game/dalek-attack
Watch & subscribe to UK Jason's YouTube channel Bearded Geek Toy Reviews: www.youtube.com/@beardedgeektoyreviews836
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Spectral Scream
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 31 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
This time Mark, Hannah and Keith are discussing the recent Fifteenth Doctor novel Spectral Scream By Hannah Fergesen.
You can order a copy of the book here #ad
The movie which Keith mentions, Attack of the Mushroom People, is on Youtube here.
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The Moonbase on Vinyl
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 11 minutes and 59 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode Si, Frazer, Tom and Andrew mark the release of The Moonbase on vinyl with a discussion of this classic 1967 Patrick Troughton story.
You can order the vinyl edition here #ad
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A Tribute to Christopher H. Bidmead
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 35 minutes and 36 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode US Jason, Denise, Adam, Ian and Si pay tribute to the late Doctor Who writer and script editor Christopher H. Bidmead.
Links:
Jonathan Morris' blog post about Christoper H. Bidmead is here.
You can find Jim Sangster's 'Ghastly Woke Zombie' T-shirt here.
Order An Eternal Golden Braid from Amazon #ad
Doctor Who Literature episodes on Bidmead's Target novelisations:
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Terror of the Zygons at the BFI Field Report
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 25 minutes and 50 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
With the Doctor Who Season 13 Bluray Collection set on the horizon, we try to bring you a taste of the Terror of the Zygons event at the BFI, with Pete, Conrad, James, Mark D, Dan, Hannah, Chris, Si, Tom and Ben!
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Fear Death by Water
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 4 minutes and 34 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode Bryn, Chris and Mark dive into the Fifteenth Doctor novel Fear Death by Water by Emily Cook.
You can buy the hardback novel here or the audiobook here #ad
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Whooverville 16 - Field Report
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 22 minutes and 21 secondsOn the brand new Trap One Podcast Pete, Dan, Hannah and Mark file a field report from this year's brilliant Whooverville event in Derby.
You can find the Whoovers website here.
You can order Go Figure from Roundel Books
Order Doctor Who Myths and Legends: The Reeltime Pictures Story here
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Smith and Sullivan: Reunited
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 27 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode Dan, Si, Hannah and Pete review the debut 'Smith and Sullivan' release from Big Finish's Worlds of Doctor Who range, starring Sadie Miller and Christopher Naylor, with John Leeson as K9, and 'introducing' Annette Badland as Aunt Lavinia.
The review contains some spoilers as plots are discussed.
The set is available now from Big Finish.
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Series 2 Retrospective
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 14 minutes and 48 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode Simon, Melvin, Bryn & Mark look back over the Fifteenth Doctor's second series to mark its release on DVD and Blu-ray.
You can order the series here:
#ad
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Dead or Alive
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 21 minutes and 41 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode Keith, Melvin, Dan and Mark discuss the second volume of adventures for the Fugitive Doctor from Big Finish: Dead or Alive.
Contains spoilers.
You can order the set from Big Finish.
The Trap One episode about the final part of Doom's Day that Melvin mention can be found here.
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Shirley Jackson and the Chaos Box
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 40 minutes and 0 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One podcast.
On this episode US Jason introduces Mark to the celebrated American writer Shirley Jackson and discuss her enrolment in the Whoniverse in the recent Doctor Who book, Shirley Jackson and the Chaos Box.
The Lottery can be read here;
Watched here;
and listened to here.
You can order Shirley Jackson and Chaos Box here #ad.
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Frankenstein and the Patchwork Man
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 48 minutes and 20 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode Frazer, Mark D and Mark M discuss Frankenstein and the Patchwork Man by Jack Heath.
You can order a copy of the book here.
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The Cloud Exiles & Other Stories
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes and 28 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
This week Conrad, Denise, Si and Mark discuss the latest volume of the Audio Annual series, The Cloud Exiles & Other Stories.
You can order The Cloud Exiles & Other Stories here.
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Simon Fox & Lucy McCaul Interviews
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 23 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
This week the talented writers Lucy McCaul and Simon Fox join Mark to talk about their brilliant Doctor Who books.
Simon has written The Official Doctor Who Puzzle Book and it is available to order here.
Check out his excellent Cryptic Who blog.
Lucy is the author of Benton & Hawthorne Investigate. This is available to order from Candy Jar Books.
You can find more of Lucy's fantastic writing here.
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The Jon Pertwee Collection
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 4 minutes and 54 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
This week Si, UK Jason, Keith and Mark look at the Jon Pertwee Collection - available now on CD and vinyl.
Included on this are Pertwee's abridged audiobooks of The Curse of Peladon and Planet of the Daleks, his hit single Who is the Doctor? and various clips and interviews from the BBC archives.
You can find our episode on the Amazing World of Doctor Whop here.
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The Collection: Season 7
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 9 minutes and 39 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode UK Jason, Si, US Jason and Tom explore the explore the Season 7 Blu-ray collection box set.
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Big Finish Day 2025 - Field Report
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 26 minutes and 55 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode Hannah and Mark file report from Big Finish Day 2025.
You can download the free Short Trip: A Feast of Steven here.
Big Finish's eBay page is here.
Hannah's website Visual Mutterings.
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Utopia 2025 Field Report
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 39 secondsJoin our annual jaunt to Utopia, where Pete, Dan, Tom, Mark D, Si, and Hannah review the weekend's goings on, with photographer Paul Phipps-Williams giving the view from the other side of the convention photoshoot lens.
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Reality War
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 14 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode US Jason, UK Jason, Hannah and Adam report from the front line of the Reality War; the series 2 finale and end of the Fifteenth Doctor era.
Paul Magrs' video about The Reality War is here.
James Cooray Smith's article Ncuti Doc Thing.
The IGN Review of this story.
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Wish World
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 6 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
This week Si, UK Jason, Ruth and Daniel's wish to podcast about the first part of the series 2 finale comes true with our episode on Wish World.
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The Interstellar Song Contest
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 58 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode Pete, Si, Denise and Dan are the jury for the The Interstellar Song Contest!
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The Story & The Engine
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 7 minutes and 54 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
This week Denise, Frazer, Miranda and Mark have a close shave with The Story & The Engine.
the prequel short story What I Did on my Holidays can be found here.
The Den of Geek interview with Inua Ellams is here.
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Lucky Day
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 16 minutes and 49 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this week's episode it is UK Jason, US Jason, Keith and James' Lucky Day as they discuss the latest episode of Doctor Who.
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The Well
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 4 minutes and 27 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode Si, Col, Joumana and Lucy discuss The Well.
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2.2 Lux
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 8 minutes and 15 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode, Pete, Denise, Mark D and Mark M settle into their seats at the local picture house for Lux.
The New Yorker interview with Alan Cumming can be heard here.
You can pre-order series 2 of Doctor Who here.
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The Robot Revolution
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 57 minutes and 1 secondThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
On this episode US Jason, Chris, Matt and Mark join The Robot Revolution to discuss the series 2 opener.
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The Tenth Planet
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 23 minutes and 39 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast. On this episode US Jason, Pete, Jeff and Jim discuss the seminal story The Tenth Planet to mark its release on vinyl for Record Store Day 2025.
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The Five Faces of New Who
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 23 minutes and 46 secondsOn the brand new Trap One Podcast we celebrate the 20th anniversary of New Who with a look at what a modern version of the Five Faces of Dr Who might look like.
On the panel this week are Si (@sihart), Hannah (@hannahcooper), Dan (@dhollingsworth), Mark D (@markdodyk) and Chris (@chrisphnx).
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The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi - Field Report
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 24 minutes and 49 secondsOn the brand new Trap One Podcast Conrad (@HairoftheHound) and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) report from the fantastic Musuem of Classic Sci-Fi in Allendale.
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The Fugitive Doctor: Most Wanted
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 52 minutes and 35 secondsOn the brand new Trap One Podcast Dan (@dhollingsworth.bksy.social), Frazer (@felixfrazer.bsky.social) and Mark (@quarkmcmanus.bsky.social) are on the run with the Fugitive Doctor in her first box set of stories: Most Wanted.
This episode includes an interview with Fugitive Doctor script editor and writer, Rob Valentine!
Contains spoilers.
You can order this box set from Big Finish here.
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Tom Newsom: Colourising The War Games
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 54 minutes and 59 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast. On this episode the multi-talented Tom Newsom joins Si to talk about his work on colourising The War Games.
You can watch the story on the iPlayer here.
You can pre-order The War Games in Colour here.
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House of Plastic & Agent of the Daleks
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 42 secondsOn the brand new Trap One Podcast Si (@Si_Hart), Chris (@chrisphnx) and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) look at recent Doctor Who audiobook releases House of Plastic and Agent of the Daleks.
Both stories are available now from Amazon:
Contains spoilers.
Please consider helping more fans find the Trap One Podcast by leaving a review or star rating on your podcast app of choice.
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The Savages Animation at the BFI Field Report
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 26 minutes and 50 secondsThis week Trap One ventures into The City to bring you an animated post-Savagery field report from the BFI with @Prof_Quiteamess @Si_Hart @MrsSimonTemplar @dhollingsworth & his birthday twin @BenCJolly, @chrisphnx, @matt04896 and @jamiebate.
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The Good Doctor - Encore
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes and 18 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast.
Following the recent announcement that Juno Dawson is writing an episode of the second series of Doctor Who for the Fifteenth Doctor, this episode is a special encore presentation of our look at her book The Good Doctor.
This episode was recorded by US Jason and Mark back in 2019 and the recording quality reflects the technology we had at the time.
We also covered both series of Redacted and you can find our episodes on series one and two.
The Good Doctor is available to buy here.
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Deadly Strangers
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 27 minutes and 51 secondsOn this week's Trap One Podcast Keith, Melvin (@kittenry) and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) discuss the Eighth Doctor boxset Deadly Strangers, which sees TV Movie writer Matthew Jacobs return to Doctor Who writing duties.
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Spearhead from Space at the BFI - Field Report
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 18 minutes and 0 secondsThank you for downloading the Trap One Podcast. This week Dan (@D_Hollingsworth), Joumana (@joumajnouna), Matt (@matt04896) and Ben (@BenCJolly) report from the BFI screening of Spearhead from Space.
You can pre-order The Season 7 Collection here.
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The War Games in Colour
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 40 secondsOn the brand new Trap One Podcast UK Jason (@jangomac72), Pete (@Prof_Quiteamess), US Jason and Keith have been conscripted to cover The War Games in Colour.
You can order the Blu-Ray here.
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Happy Who Year - Field Report
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 17 minutes and 28 secondsThe brand new Trap One Podcast is a field report from this weekend's Happy Who Year event with Pete (@Prof_Quiteamess), Si (@Si_Hart), Conrad (@HairoftheHound_), Denise (@CupOfTea69), Colin (@colin_neal) Dan (@D_Hollingsworth) Jason (@jason_jtt) and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus)!
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Eden Rebellion
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 10 secondsOn the brand new Trap One Podcast US Jason, Mark D (@Mark_Dodyk), Matt (@Matt04896) and Mark M (@QuarkMcMalus) join the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby on holiday in Eden Rebellion.
You can find the Dr Who Literature Podcast here.
You can order Eden Rebellion here.
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Joy to the World
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 15 secondsOn the brand new Trap One Podcast UK Jason (@jangomac73), Miranda (@CarouselUnique), Simon and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) check into the Time Hotel to discuss Joy to the World.
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Trap One and Company
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 25 secondsOn the Trap One Christmas Special Si (@Si_Hart) and Pete (@Prof_Quiteamess) lead K9 and Company neophytes Hannah (@MrsSimonTemplar) and Colin (@colin_neal) through their first experience of Doctor Who's first spin-off.
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Season 25 Collection
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 11 minutes and 52 secondsOn the brand new Trap One Podcast UK Jason (@jangomac72), Pete (@Prof_Quiteamess), Simon (@UncleBeard1978) and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) ride to destiny with a look at the brilliant Season 25 blu-ray collection box set.
You can order The Collection: Season 25 here.
Simon's Cryptic Who website.
Maximum Power: The Blake's 7 Podcast
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Bonus Interview with Andy Lambert & Jeff Goddard
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 55 minutes and 27 secondsIn this bonus interview, Andy Lambert (@zygon71) and Jeff (@CityOf_Jeff) talk to Conrad (@hairofthehound_) about their Doctor Who fandom and creative inspirations, from cartoons to caricatures, puppets to toy photography. Follow Andy Lambert on Bluesky: @and-e-roo.bsky.social and Jeff Goddard @jeffgoddard.bsky.social. Andy Lambert's art: www.deviantart.com/andy-lambert-art Trap One Winter Special - Black Sun Rising: The Collected Back-up Strips Vol.2: tinyurl.com/49f9r7xr
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Black Sun Rising: Back-up Tales Vol. 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 55 minutes and 32 secondsOn the Trap One Winter Special, Andy (@zygon71), Jeff (@CityOf_Jeff), Eric (@egrissom) & Conrad (@HairoftheHound_) reunite to review the remaining 18 Doctor Who Monthly back-up strips in 'Black Sun Rising: The Complete Doctor Who Back-up Tales Volume 2' Bonus interview with Andy Lambert & Jeff Goddard released Sunday 15th December 2024. Andy Lambert's art: www.deviantart.com/andy-lambert-art Eric Grissom's work on www.ericgrissom.com & www.realmofgoblin.com Review of Return of the Daleks Vol 1: tinyurl.com/y4j8rhnp Bonus Interview with Eric Grissom: tinyurl.com/bdzfjf95 Doctor Who Metal Theme by inertia666
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Once Future: Coda - The Final Act
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 51 minutes and 47 secondsOn the brand new Trap One Podcast Frazer (@FelixFrazer), Keith, James & Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) return to the anniversary series Once & Future for its coda, The Final Act which introduces the Fugitive Doctor to Big Finish.
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The 12th Doctor Fan Audios: Series Finale
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 7 secondsOn the brand new Trap One Podcast Andrew and Guillaume from the Twelfth Doctor Fan Audios drop in discuss the two-part finale to their epic project.
Their website can be found here.
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The Adventures Before
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 13 secondsOn the brand new Trap One Podcast US Jason and Mark explore the short story anthology The Adventures Before: Eight Tales that prelude the Greatest Adventures of the Doctor.
You can order the book here.
Lucy's story that is mentioned in this episode, Cold Comfort for Ace, can be read here.
The Pieces of Eighth Podcast which Jason recommends can be heard here.
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On Ghost Beach & Sting of the Sasquatch
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 48 minutes and 40 secondsOne the brand new Trap One Podcast Hannah (@MrsSimonTemplar) and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) discuss fifteenth Doctor audio adventures On Ghost Beach and Sting of the Sasquatch.
You can order the stories here.
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Pandorica 2024 - Field Report
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 40 minutes and 44 secondsOn the brand new Trap One Podcast Hannah (@MrsSimonTemplar) and Dan (@D_Hollingsworth) report from the Pandorica 2024 convention, with special guests @thatcedric, @RealFloppyLion & @tardis_monkey.
Check out Fantom Events' website.
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The Evil of the Daleks by Frazer Hines
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 4 minutes and 16 secondsOn the brand new Trap One Podcast Pete (@Prof_Quiteamess), US Jason and Mark (@QuarkMcMalus) take a look at Frazer Hines' novelisation of The Evil of the Daleks - both the hardback and Target versions of the book.
You can order the hardback here.