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{{Real world}}{{target years}}'''[[Target Books]]' ''[[Doctor Who]]'' output in [[1982]]''' saw the number of new novelisations rise to levels that had been broadly typical in the late [[1970s]]. The [[Fifth Doctor]] debuted, although with [[Doctor Who and the Visitation|''The Visitation'']] instead of ''[[Castrovalva (novelisation)|Castrovalva]]''. The other seven novels went to the [[Fourth Doctor]], making 1982 the first year in which none of the first three Doctors were novelised.
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'''[[Target Books]]' ''[[Doctor Who]]'' output in [[1982 (releases)|1982]]''' saw the number of new novelisations rise to levels that had been broadly typical in the late 1970s. The [[Fifth Doctor]] debuted, although with ''[[Doctor Who and the Visitation (novelisation)|The Visitation]]'' instead of ''[[Castrovalva (novelisation)|Castrovalva]]''. The other seven novels went to the [[Fourth Doctor]], making 1982 the first year in which none of the first three Doctors were novelised.


1982 was also a year in which no new non-fiction books were published, however, one new quiz and puzzle book was published, [[The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book]].
1982 was also a year in which no new non-fiction books were published, but one new quiz and puzzle book was published, ''[[The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book]]''.
== Novelisation Covers ==
<gallery hideaddbutton="true" >
file:State_of_Decay _novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the State of Decay]]
file:Warriors_Gate _novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate]]
file:Keeper_of_Traken _novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken]]
file:Leisure_Hive _novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive]]
file:Visitation_novel.jpg|[[Doctor Who and the Visitation]]
file:Full_Circle _novel.jpg | [[Full Circle (novelisation)|Doctor Who- Full Circle]]
file:Logopolis_novel.jpg | [[Logopolis (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Logopolis]]
file:Sunmakers_novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Sunmakers]]
</gallery>
 
== Reprints and Other Title Covers ==
<gallery hideaddbutton="true" >
file:4Crusaders.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Crusaders]]
file:3AutonInvasion.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]
file:3DayDaleks.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]
file:2PyramidsMar.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars]]
file:2PlanetEvil.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil]]
file:QuizBook2.jpg |[[The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book]]
</gallery>


== Publishing History ==
== Stories ==
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
!No. || Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Based on || Released
|-
|-
!Month!!Title!!Writer!!Cover Artist
|058
|''[[Doctor Who and the State of Decay (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the State of Decay]]''
|[[Terrance Dicks]]
|rowspan=4|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
|[[Romana II]], [[Adric]], [[K9 Mark II]], [[Vampire]]s
|''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]''
|[[14 January (releases)|14 January]] [[1982 (releases)|1982]]
|-
|-
|||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Crusaders]]||[[David Whitaker]]||New cover: [[Andrew Skilleter]]
|071
|''[[Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate (novelisation)|Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate]]''
|[[John Lydecker]]
|Romana II, Adric, K9 Mark II
|''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]''
|[[15 April (releases)|15 April]] 1982
|-
|-
|||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]||[[Terrance Dicks]]||New cover: Andrew Skilleter
|037
|''[[Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken]]''
|Terrance Dicks
|Adric, [[Nyssa]], [[The Master]]
|''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]''
|[[20 May (releases)|20 May]] 1982
|-
|-
|||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]||Terrance Dicks||New cover: Andrew Skilleter
|039
|''[[Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive]]''
|[[David Fisher (writer)|David Fisher]]
|Romana II, K9 Mark II
|''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]''
|[[22 July (releases)|22 July]] 1982
|-
|-
|||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars]]||Terrance Dicks||New cover: Andrew Skilleter
|069
|''[[Doctor Who and the Visitation (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Visitation]]''
|[[Eric Saward]]
|[[Fifth Doctor|5th]]
|Adric, Nyssa, [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]]
|''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]''
|[[19 August (releases)|19 August]] 1982
|-
|-
|||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil]]||Terrance Dicks||New cover: Andrew Skilleter
|026
|''[[Full Circle (novelisation)|Full Circle]]''
|[[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]]
|rowspan=3|4th
|Romana II, Adric, K9 Mark II
|''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]''
|[[16 September (releases)|16 September]] 1982
|-
|-
|[[January]]||[[Doctor Who and the State of Decay]]||Terrance Dicks||Andrew Skilleter
|041
|''[[Logopolis (novelisation)|Logopolis]]''
|[[Christopher H. Bidmead]]
|Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, The Master
|''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''
|[[21 October (releases)|21 October]] 1982
|-
|-
|[[April]]||[[Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate]]||[[John Lydecker]]||Andrew Skilleter
|060
|-
|''[[Doctor Who and the Sunmakers (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Sunmakers]]''
|[[May]]||[[Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken]]||Terrance Dicks||Andrew Skilleter
|Terrance Dicks
|-
|Leela, K9 Mark I
|[[July]]||[[Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive]]||[[David Fisher]]||Andrew Skilleter
|''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]''
|-
|[[18 November (releases)|18 November]] 1982
|[[August]]||[[Doctor Who and the Visitation]]||[[Eric Saward]]||Photographic Cover
|}
|-
 
|[[September]]||[[Full Circle (novelisation)|Full Circle]]||[[Andrew Smith (writer)|Andrew Smith]]||Andrew Skilleter
== Novelisation covers ==
|-
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
|[[October]]||[[Logopolis (novelisation)|Logopolis]]||[[Christopher H. Bidmead]]||Andrew Skilleter
State_of_Decay _novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the State of Decay (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the State of Decay]]''
|-
Warriors_Gate _novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate (novelisation)|Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate]]''
|[[November]]||[[Doctor Who and the Sunmakers]]||Terrance Dicks||Andrew Skilleter
Keeper_of_Traken _novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken]]''
Leisure_Hive _novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive]]''
Visitation_novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Visitation (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Visitation]]''
Full_Circle _novel.jpg|''[[Full Circle (novelisation)|Full Circle]]''
Logopolis_novel.jpg|''[[Logopolis (novelisation)|Logopolis]]''
Sunmakers_novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Sunmakers (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Sunmakers]]''
</gallery>
 
== Other Books ==
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Author || Released
|-
|-
|[[December]]||[[The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book]]||[[Nigel Robinson]]||
|''[[The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book]]''
|[[Nigel Robinson]]
|[[8 December (releases)|8 December]] [[1982 (releases)|1982]]
|}
|}


== Publishing Notes ==
== Reprints and other books covers ==
* After a tentative start the previous year, the notion of commissioning the original teleplay writers to pen novelisations entered full force this year (ironically, beginning with Target stalwart [[Terrance Dicks]], this time adapting one of his own scripts, ''[[State of Decay]]'').
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
4Crusaders.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Crusaders]]''
Auton_invasion_hardcover2.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]''
Day of the daleks uk hardcover.JPG|''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]''
1982-pyramidsofmars.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars]]''
SkilleterPlanetOfEvil.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil]]''
QuizBook2.jpg|''[[The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book]]''
</gallery>
 
== Publishing notes ==
* After a tentative start the previous year, the notion of commissioning the original teleplay writers to pen novelisations entered full force this year (ironically, beginning with Target stalwart [[Terrance Dicks]], this time adapting one of his own scripts, ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'').
* An agreement regarding the use of artistic renderings of [[Peter Davison]] for cover art could not be reached, resulting in the decision to resort to using photographic covers for the [[Fifth Doctor]] novelisations, which begin publishing this year.
* An agreement regarding the use of artistic renderings of [[Peter Davison]] for cover art could not be reached, resulting in the decision to resort to using photographic covers for the [[Fifth Doctor]] novelisations, which begin publishing this year.


[[Category:Target Books by year| Target Books (1982)]]
[[Category:Target Books by year]]

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Target Books' Doctor Who output in 1982 saw the number of new novelisations rise to levels that had been broadly typical in the late 1970s. The Fifth Doctor debuted, although with The Visitation instead of Castrovalva. The other seven novels went to the Fourth Doctor, making 1982 the first year in which none of the first three Doctors were novelised.

1982 was also a year in which no new non-fiction books were published, but one new quiz and puzzle book was published, The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

No. Title Author Doctor Featuring Based on Released
058 Doctor Who and the State of Decay Terrance Dicks 4th Romana II, Adric, K9 Mark II, Vampires State of Decay 14 January 1982
071 Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate John Lydecker Romana II, Adric, K9 Mark II Warriors' Gate 15 April 1982
037 Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken Terrance Dicks Adric, Nyssa, The Master The Keeper of Traken 20 May 1982
039 Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive David Fisher Romana II, K9 Mark II The Leisure Hive 22 July 1982
069 Doctor Who and the Visitation Eric Saward 5th Adric, Nyssa, Tegan The Visitation 19 August 1982
026 Full Circle Andrew Smith 4th Romana II, Adric, K9 Mark II Full Circle 16 September 1982
041 Logopolis Christopher H. Bidmead Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, The Master Logopolis 21 October 1982
060 Doctor Who and the Sunmakers Terrance Dicks Leela, K9 Mark I The Sun Makers 18 November 1982

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

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

Title Author Released
The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book Nigel Robinson 8 December 1982

Reprints and other books covers[[edit] | [edit source]]

Publishing notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • After a tentative start the previous year, the notion of commissioning the original teleplay writers to pen novelisations entered full force this year (ironically, beginning with Target stalwart Terrance Dicks, this time adapting one of his own scripts, State of Decay).
  • An agreement regarding the use of artistic renderings of Peter Davison for cover art could not be reached, resulting in the decision to resort to using photographic covers for the Fifth Doctor novelisations, which begin publishing this year.
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