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=== In print=== {{Infobox book |name = Doctor Who and the Giant Robot |image = Doctor Who and the Giant Robot.jpg |border = yes |caption = |author = [[Terrance Dicks]] |cover_artist = [[Peter Brookes]] |series = ''[[Doctor Who]]'' book:<br />[[List of Doctor Who novelisations|Target novelisations]] |release_number = 28 |subject = Featuring:<br />[[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], [[Harry Sullivan (Doctor Who)|Harry Sullivan]] |release_date = 13 March 1975 |publisher = [[Target Books]] |pages = 124 |isbn= 0-426-10858-2 |italic title = no }} A novelisation of this serial, written by [[Terrance Dicks]], was published by [[Target Books]] in 1975, titled ''Doctor Who and the Giant Robot''.<ref name="programmeguide"/> A second edition was released in 1978 by [[Virgin Books|W. H. Allen Ltd]] with new cover art; a third edition, retitled ''Doctor Who β Robot'' and using the VHS release artwork, was released in 1992.<ref name="programmeguide">{{cite book|first=Jean-Marc and Randy|last=Lofficier|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-60i_3373McC&q=doctor+who|chapter=Fourth Doctor|title=The Doctor Who Programme Guide|date=1 May 2003|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=0595276180|page=119}}</ref> It was also one of two ''Doctor Who'' serials to have a second novelisation written, aimed at younger readers using simpler language (the other being ''Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius''). Also written by Dicks, this edition was titled ''Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?445328|title=Publication: Doctor Who and the Giant Robot: A Junior Doctor Who Book|website=isfdb.org}}</ref> ==== Audio book ==== An unabridged reading of the novelisation by actor Tom Baker was released on [[compact disc]] on 5 November 2007 by [[BBC Audiobooks]].<ref name="CD release 2007" /> The audio book was released as ''Doctor Who: The Giant Robot'' on 4 CDs for an American audience in 2008 by Chivers Children's Audio Books.<ref name="AudioFile staff 2009" /><ref name="CD release 2008" /> The audio book was released a third time as a pre-loaded [[Playaway]] digital audio book in 2009 by BBC Audiobooks.<ref name="digital release 2009" />
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