returned to play a role other than their original character. Brotadac is an anagram of "Bad Actor", an in-joke by the production team. Bill Fraser only agreed to take the role of Grugger on condition the character was allowed to kick K9. His request was granted; he later appeared in the spin-off pilot K-9 and Company. Crawford Logan also provided the voice of Meglos but was credited only as Deedrix. Commercial releases In print Terrance Dicks' novelisation was published by Target Books in February 1983. Dicks names Meglos' unfortunate human host and bookends the novel with his kidnapping and subsequent return to Earth. A French translation was published in 1987. An audiobook of the Target novelisation was released by BBC Audio on 1 July 2021 read by Jon Culshaw and John Leeson. Home media Meglos was released on VHS in April 2003, on DVD in January 2011, and as part of the Doctor Who DVD Files (issue 109) in March 2013. Paddy Kingsland and Peter Howell's incidental music for the serial was released as part of the compilation album Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle in 2002. References External links Target novelisation Fourth Doctor serials Doctor Who serials novelised by Terrance Dicks 1980 British television episodes