Terrance Dicks worked on Doctor Who for many years as script editor and after he left went onto write several TV stories himself. This second volume of the prolific author's Doctor Who works features two novelisations of his own scripts, including the 20th anniversary celebration story The Five Doctors.

It also features some of his most celebrated books for the Fourth Doctor as played by Tom Baker - the Doctor whose persona he helped create for television in 1974. As voted for by fans, Volume Two contains, complete and unabridged:

DOCTOR WHO AND THE GENESIS OF THE DALEKS
DOCTOR WHO AND THE PYRAMIDS OF MARS
DOCTOR WHO AND THE TALONS OF WENG-CHIANG
DOCTOR WHO AND THE HORROR OF FANG ROCK
DOCTOR WHO AND THE FIVE DOCTORS