The King of Terror

The King of Terror
AuthorKeith Topping
SeriesDoctor Who book:
Past Doctor Adventures
Release number
37
SubjectFeaturing:
Fifth Doctor
Tegan, Turlough, The Brigadier, and UNIT
Set inPeriod between
The Awakening and Frontios
PublisherBBC Books
Publication date
November 2000
Pages279
ISBN0-563-53802-3
Preceded byIndependence Day 
Followed byThe Quantum Archangel 

The King of Terror is a BBC Books original novel written by Keith Topping and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough, The Brigadier, and UNIT.

The title may be a reference to a purported prophecy by Nostradamus predicting the arrival of a "King of Terror." Some scholars have argued the phrase is a misinterpretation of one French word for another, but nevertheless it remains in popular use.[1]