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'''Quick Reads''' is a literacy organisation which works with book publishers to provide low-cost, low-page count books | '''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 novel was released each year, | During the [[David Tennant]] years, one [[Tenth Doctor]] Quick Reads novel was released each year, including the "transition" year of 2010. No Quick Reads was 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 [[BBC Wales]] franchise to be written by [[Terrance Dicks]], a script editor and writer for the original TV series and a prolific writer of ''Doctor Who'' prose fiction. | The [[2007]] release, ''[[Made of Steel]]'' was notable for being the first piece of original fiction based upon the [[BBC Wales]] franchise to be written by [[Terrance Dicks]], a script editor and writer for the original TV series and a prolific writer of ''Doctor Who'' prose fiction. | ||