of SFX was less positive, giving The Sun Makers two and a half out of five stars. He wrote, "The satire is rather blunt, and the gags don't make up for a story that's even more about running down corridors than normal. And these ones are really boring corridors (the concept of set-dressing clearly having eluded the designer). Some good performances and an on-form Tom Baker keep it watchable." Commercial releases In print A novelisation of this serial, written by Terrance Dicks, was published by Target Books in November 1982. Dicks chose to tone down the scene in which revolutionaries cheer as they hurl one of their former oppressors from a roof, reducing the apparent horror so that the rebels concerned feel that their actions have gone "a bit too far". Home media This story was released on VHS in July 2001. The Sun Makers was released on region 2 DVD on 1 August 2011. Soundtrack The February 2020 issue of Doctor Who Magazine announced that Dudley Simpson's score for this serial would be released on CD and vinyl. Release date and track listing were announced on 1 May 2020. Track listing References External links Target novelisation Fourth Doctor serials Doctor Who serials novelised by Terrance Dicks 1977 British television episodes Fiction set on Pluto