Editing The Pirate Planet (section)

===In print===
{{Infobox book
|name = Doctor Who – The Pirate Planet
|image =
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| exclude_cover     = yes
|author = James Goss
|series = [[List of Doctor Who novelisations|''Doctor Who'' novelisations]]
|release_date = 5 January 2017
|publisher = [[BBC Books]]
|pages = 416
|isbn = 978-1-849-90677-7
}}

This is one of five ''Doctor Who'' serials that were never novelised by [[Target Books]] (the others being ''[[City of Death]]'', ''[[Shada (Doctor Who)|Shada]]'', ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', and ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]''), in this case because they were unable to come to an agreement with Douglas Adams that would have allowed him or another writer to adapt the script. BBC Books published a novelised version of the serial, written by [[James Goss (producer)|James Goss]], on 5 January 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01KWKAJS0/|title=Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet|first1=Douglas|last1=Adams|first2=James|last2=Goss|date=5 January 2017|publisher=BBC Digital|access-date=25 August 2016|via=Amazon|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229003413/https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01KWKAJS0/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Gallifrey Guardian |journal=[[Doctor Who Magazine]] |issue=486 |page=7 |location=[[Tunbridge Wells]] |publisher=Panini UK Ltd |date=April 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/pirate-planet-novelisation-announced/|title=Doctor Who Pirate Planet Novelisation Announced|first=Dave|last=Golder|date=30 April 2015|work=GamesRadar+|access-date=2 May 2015|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229003454/https://www.gamesradar.com/pirate-planet-novelisation-announced/|url-status=live}}</ref> An abridged [[Target Books]] edition titled ''Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet'' was published in paperback 11 March 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=five-adventures-new-doctor-who-target-book|title=New Target novel collection in July 2020|website=Doctor Who.tv|access-date=11 December 2019|archive-date=22 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322143408/https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=five-adventures-new-doctor-who-target-book|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet (Target Collection): Amazon.co.uk: Douglas Adams, James Goss: 9781785945304: Books|id={{ASIN|1785945300|country=uk}}}}</ref>