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'''Quick Reads''' is a literacy organisation which works with book publishers to provide low-cost, low-page count books to encourage people to read. A major focus of their outreach are adult readers who need to improve their literacy skills. [[BBC Books]] is one of the non-profit's partners. Beginning in [[2006]], this relationship produced original ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fiction.

During the [[David Tennant]] years, one [[Tenth Doctor]] Quick Reads novella was released each year, including the "transition" year of 2010. No Quick Reads were issued in [[2011]], but the series resumed in [[2012]] with the [[Eleventh Doctor]].    

The [[2007]] release, ''[[Made of Steel]]'' was notable for being the first piece of original fiction based upon the revival series to be written by [[Terrance Dicks]], a script editor and writer for the original TV series, as well as a prolific writer of ''Doctor Who'' prose fiction. ''Made of Steel'' was also published a month before the episode ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]] was first broadcast, making it the first appearance of companion [[Martha Jones]].

!'''Title'''

! '''Author'''

|''[[I Am a Dalek]]''||[[Gareth Roberts]]||ISBN 0-563-48648-1||[[File:IAmaDalek.jpg|100px]]

|''[[Made of Steel]]''||[[Terrance Dicks]]||ISBN 978-1-84607-204-8||[[File:Made of Steel.jpg|100px]]

|''[[Revenge of the Judoon]]''||[[Terrance Dicks]]||ISBN 1-84607-372-3||[[File:Revenge judoon.jpg|100px]]

|''[[The Sontaran Games]]'' ||[[Jacqueline Rayner]]|| ISBN 1-84607-643-9<br />||[[File:Sontaran Games.jpg|100px]]

|''[[Code of the Krillitanes]]''||[[Justin Richards]]|| ISBN 978-1-84607-928-3 ||[[File:Books-codekrillitains.jpg|100px]]

!'''Title'''

! '''Author'''

|''[[Magic of the Angels]]''||[[Jacqueline Rayner]]|| ISBN 978-1-84990-286-1<br />||[[File:6_Magic_of_the_Angels.jpg|100px]]

|''[[The Silurian Gift]]''||[[Mike Tucker]] || ISBN 978-1-84990-558-9 || [[File:Silurian gift.png|100px]]

 

* From ''Made of Steel'' onwards, the Quick Reads price label was printed directly onto the front cover as opposed to being the peel-off sticker used for ''I Am a Dalek''.

* [[Donna Noble]] is the only regular companion of the 10th Doctor to not appear in Quick Reads.

* The Quick Reads price label on the front covers of ''Magic of the Angels'' and ''The Silurian Gift'' indicated that the organisation was supported by Galaxy, the highly popular milk chocolate brand made and marketed by Mars Incorporated.

* [http://www.quickreads.org.uk Official Quick Reads website]