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{{target years}}'''[[Target Books]]' ''[[Doctor Who]]'' output in 1976''' was its most varied to date. Each of the first four Doctors had at least one novelisation that year, with the bulk split evenly between the [[Third Doctor|Third]] and [[Fourth Doctor]]s. Target continued to focus on novelising [[serial]]s with [[missing episode]]s from the [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Second Doctor]]s' eras. 1976 also marked Target's first foray into the "educational" market with ''[[The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book]]''.  
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== Novelisation covers ==
'''[[Target Books]]' ''[[Doctor Who]]'' output in [[1976 (releases)|1976]]''' was its most varied to date. Each of the first four Doctors had at least one novelisation that year, with the bulk split evenly between the [[Third Doctor|Third]] and [[Fourth Doctor]]s. Target continued to focus on novelising [[serial]]s with [[missing episode]]s from the [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Second Doctor]]s' eras. 1976 also marked Target's first foray into the "educational" market with ''[[The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book]]''.
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File:1LochNessMonster.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster]]
File:1DinosaurInvasion.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]
File:Tenth_Planet_novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]
File:1IceWarriors.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors]]
File:Revenge_of_the_Cybermen _novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen]]
File:Genesis_of_The_Daleks_novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]
File:1WebFear.jpg | [[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]]
File:1SpaceWar.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Space War]]
File:Planet_of_The_Daleks_novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks]]
File:Pyramids_of_Mars_novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars]]
</gallery>


== Reprints and other title covers ==
== Stories ==
 
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File:MakingDoctorWho2.jpg|[[The Making of Doctor Who]]
File:The_Doctor_Who_Monster_Book.jpg|[[The Doctor Who Monster Book]]
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== Publishing history ==
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
!No. || Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Based on || Released
|-
|-
!Month!!Title!!Writer!!Cover Artist
|040
|''[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster]]''
|[[Terrance Dicks]]
|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
|Sarah, [[Harry Sullivan|Harry]], [[Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], [[John Benton|Benton]], [[Zygon]]s
|''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]''
|[[15 January (releases)|15 January]] [[1976 (releases)|1976]]
|-
|-
|[[January]]||[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster]]||[[Terrance Dicks]]||[[Chris Achilleos]]
|022
|''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]''
|[[Malcolm Hulke]]
|[[Third Doctor|3rd]]
|Sarah, the Brigadier, [[Mike Yates|Yates]], Benton
|''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]''
|rowspan=2|[[19 February (releases)|19 February]] 1976
|-
|-
|[[February]]||[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]||[[Malcolm Hulke]]||Chris Achilleos
|062
|''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]''
|[[Gerry Davis]]
|[[First Doctor|1st]]
|[[Ben Jackson|Ben]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]], [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]], [[Second Doctor]]
|''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''
|-
|-
|February||[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]||[[Gerry Davis]]||Chris Achilleos
|033
|''[[Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors]]''
|[[Brian Hayles]]
|2nd
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]], [[Ice Warrior]]s
|''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]''
|[[18 March (releases)|18 March]] 1976
|-
|-
|[[March]]||[[Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors]]||[[Brian Hayles]]||Chris Achilleos
|051
|''[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen]]''
|rowspan=3|Terrance Dicks
|rowspan=2|4th
|Sarah, Harry, Cybermen
|''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]''
|[[20 May (releases)|20 May]] 1976
|-
|-
|[[May]]||[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen]]||Terrance Dicks||Chris Achilleos
|027
|''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]''
|Sarah, Harry, [[Dalek]]s, [[Davros]]
|''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]''
|[[22 July (releases)|22 July]] 1976
|-
|-
|[[July]]||[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]||Terrance Dicks||Chris Achilleos
|072
|''[[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]]''
|2nd
|Jamie, Victoria, Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart, [[Great Intelligence]], [[Robot Yeti]]
|''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''
|[[19 August (releases)|19 August]] 1976
|-
|-
|[[August]]||[[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]]||Terrance Dicks||Chris Achilleos
|057
|''[[Doctor Who and the Space War (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Space War]]''
|Malcolm Hulke
|rowspan=2|3rd
|[[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Draconian]]s, [[Ogron]]s, {{Delgado}}, Daleks
|''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]''
|[[23 September (releases)|23 September]] 1976
|-
|-
|[[September]]||[[Doctor Who and the Space War]]||Malcolm Hulke||Chris Achilleos
|046
|''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks]]''
|rowspan=2|Terrance Dicks
|Jo, Daleks
|''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]''
|[[21 October (releases)|21 October]] 1976
|-
|-
|[[October]]||[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks]]||Terrance Dicks||Chris Achilleos
|050
|''[[Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars]]''
|4th
|Sarah, [[Sutekh]]
|''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]''
|[[16 December (releases)|16 December]] 1976
|}
 
== Novelisation covers ==
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Loch Ness Monster novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster]]''
Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]''
Tenth Planet novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]''
Ice Warriors novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors]]''
Revenge of the Cybermen novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen]]''
Genesis of The Daleks novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]''
Web of Fear novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]]''
Space War novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Space War (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Space War]]''
Planet of The Daleks novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks]]''
Pyramids of Mars novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars]]''
</gallery>
 
== Other Books ==
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Author || Released
|-
|-
|[[December]]||[[Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars]]||Terrance Dicks||Chris Achilleos
|''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Terrance Dicks]]
|rowspan=2|[[16 December (releases)|16 December]] [[1976 (releases)|1976]]
|-
|-
|December||[[The Making of Doctor Who]]||Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke||Chris Achilleos
|''[[The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book (novel)|The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book]]''
|-
|December||[[The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book]]||Terrance Dicks||[[George Underwood]]
|}
|}


== Publishing notes ==
== Other Books covers ==
* to be added
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MakingDoctorWho2.jpg|''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]''
The Doctor Who Monster Book.jpg|''[[The Doctor Who Monster Book]]''
DWDDinosaurs.jpg|''[[The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book (novel)|The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book]]''
</gallery>
 
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[[Category:Target Books by year]]
[[Category:Target Books by year]]

Latest revision as of 19:43, 8 April 2023

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Target Books' Doctor Who output in 1976 was its most varied to date. Each of the first four Doctors had at least one novelisation that year, with the bulk split evenly between the Third and Fourth Doctors. Target continued to focus on novelising serials with missing episodes from the First and Second Doctors' eras. 1976 also marked Target's first foray into the "educational" market with The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

No. Title Author Doctor Featuring Based on Released
040 Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster Terrance Dicks 4th Sarah, Harry, the Brigadier, Benton, Zygons Terror of the Zygons 15 January 1976
022 Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion Malcolm Hulke 3rd Sarah, the Brigadier, Yates, Benton Invasion of the Dinosaurs 19 February 1976
062 Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet Gerry Davis 1st Ben, Polly, Cybermen, Second Doctor The Tenth Planet
033 Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors Brian Hayles 2nd Jamie, Victoria, Ice Warriors The Ice Warriors 18 March 1976
051 Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen Terrance Dicks 4th Sarah, Harry, Cybermen Revenge of the Cybermen 20 May 1976
027 Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks Sarah, Harry, Daleks, Davros Genesis of the Daleks 22 July 1976
072 Doctor Who and the Web of Fear 2nd Jamie, Victoria, Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart, Great Intelligence, Robot Yeti The Web of Fear 19 August 1976
057 Doctor Who and the Space War Malcolm Hulke 3rd Jo, Draconians, Ogrons, the Master, Daleks Frontier in Space 23 September 1976
046 Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks Terrance Dicks Jo, Daleks Planet of the Daleks 21 October 1976
050 Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars 4th Sarah, Sutekh Pyramids of Mars 16 December 1976

Novelisation covers[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Released
The Making of Doctor Who Terrance Dicks 16 December 1976
The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book

Other Books covers[[edit] | [edit source]]