[Doctor Who · Target-Library 11] • The Creature from the Pit

Tom Baker, regarded by many as being the definitive Doctor Who, narrates this

novelization based on a serial from the original TV series. The planet Chloris

is very fertile, but metal is in short supply, and has therefore become

extremely valuable. A huge creature, with most unusual physical properties,

arrives from an alien planet which can provide Chloris with metal from its own

unlimited supplies, in exchange for chlorophyll. However, the ruthless Lady

Adrasta has been able to exploit the shortage of metal to her own advantage,

and has no wish to see the situation change. The Doctor and Romana land on

Chloris just as the creature's alien masters begin to lose patience over their

ambassador's long absence. The action the aliens decide to take will have

devastating consequences for Chloris, unless something is done to prevent it.