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*[[Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen]] Writer: [[Terrance Dicks]] Cover Artist: [[Chris Archilleos]] | *[[Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen]] Writer: [[Terrance Dicks]] Cover Artist: [[Chris Archilleos]] | ||
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* to | * [[1974]] saw the first wave of new Doctor Who novelisations. Predominantly featuring the Third (new) Doctor in recently televised adventures. | ||
* Script writers were encouraged to fill out their scripts with more detail, giving a larger word count than some of the later novels. | |||
* These early books continued with the '''Frederick Muller''' tradition of including black and white illustrations. | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 21:59, 23 October 2007
Target Books was the main publishing imprint of Doctor Who titles from 1973 until the early 1990’s.
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Novelisation Covers
- 1CaveMonsters.jpg
- 1DayDaleks.jpg
- 1Doomsday.jpg
- 1SeaDevils.jpg
Reprints and Other Title Covers
None
Publishing History
January
- Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion Writer: Terrance Dicks Cover Artist: Chris Archilleos
- Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters Writer: Malcolm Hulke Cover Artist: Chris Archilleos
April
- Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks Writer: Terrance Dicks Cover Artist: Chris Archilleos
- Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon Writer: Malcolm Hulke Cover Artist: Chris Archilleos
October
- Doctor Who and the Dæmons Writer: Barry Letts Cover Artist: Chris Archilleos
- Doctor Who and the Sea Devils Writer: Malcolm Hulke Cover Artist: Chris Archilleos
November
- Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen Writer: Terrance Dicks Cover Artist: Chris Archilleos
Publishing Notes
- 1974 saw the first wave of new Doctor Who novelisations. Predominantly featuring the Third (new) Doctor in recently televised adventures.
- Script writers were encouraged to fill out their scripts with more detail, giving a larger word count than some of the later novels.
- These early books continued with the Frederick Muller tradition of including black and white illustrations.
External Links
- On Target A comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations. Site created and maintained by Tim Neal.
- Dr Who Gallery This gallery only site shows all TV Novelisations (Armada, Dragon, Target, Virgin and BBC) in order of publication date.
Other Reference Sources
- Including a series of in depth articles by David Howe (see Issue 291, Issue 293, Issue 295, Issue 297, Issue 299 and Issue 301)
- Collectors guides
- The Target Book by David Howe release date 2007
