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{{real world}}{{target years}}'''[[Target Books]]' ''[[Doctor Who]]'' output in [[1991]]''' was the lowest in the range's history. With just the one new [[Seventh Doctor]] television novelisation, ''[[Battlefield (novelisation)|Battlefield]]'', the series effectively ended, although in [[September]] they produced a new novelisation of a | {{real world}} | ||
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'''[[Target Books]]' ''[[Doctor Who]]'' output in [[1991 (releases)|1991]]''' was the lowest in the range's history. With just the one new [[Seventh Doctor]] television novelisation, ''[[Battlefield (novelisation)|Battlefield]]'', the series effectively ended, although in [[September]] they produced a new novelisation of a 1978 audio drama with the [[Fourth Doctor]], ''[[The Pescatons (novelisation)|The Pescatons]]''. Though a few more novelisations would be forthcoming in the next couple of years, these novelisations did not follow the Target format in that they had a much higher word count and were intended for a higher reading level. ''Battlefield'' was also the last television novelisation to go out under the Target logo. | |||
1991 was, however, a big year for reprints. Nineteen novelisations were reprinted, including some reprints of Fourth Doctor stories. The inclusion of the Fourth Doctor was significant, as he had been all but ignored by Target for a decade. | 1991 was, however, a big year for reprints. Nineteen novelisations were reprinted, including some reprints of Fourth Doctor stories. The inclusion of the Fourth Doctor was significant, as he had been all but ignored by Target for a decade. | ||
== | == Stories == | ||
{| {{prettytable}} | {| {{prettytable}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Month!!Title!!Writer!!Cover Artist | !Month!!Title!!Writer!!Cover Artist | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[January]]||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Zarbi|The Web Planet]]||[[Bill Strutton]]||New cover: [[Alister Pearson]] | |[[January]]||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Zarbi (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Web Planet]]||[[Bill Strutton]]||New cover: [[Alister Pearson]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|January||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]||[[Terrance Dicks]]||New cover: Alister Pearson | |January||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Brain of Morbius]]||[[Terrance Dicks]]||New cover: Alister Pearson | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[February]]||Reissue: [[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Five Doctors]]||Terrance Dicks||New cover: Alister Pearson | |[[February]]||Reissue: [[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Five Doctors]]||Terrance Dicks||New cover: Alister Pearson | ||
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|[[May]]||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Ark in Space]]||Ian Marter||New cover: Alister Pearson | |[[May]]||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Ark in Space]]||Ian Marter||New cover: Alister Pearson | ||
|- | |- | ||
|May||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen]]||Terrance Dicks||New cover: Alister Pearson | |May||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Revenge of the Cybermen]]||Terrance Dicks||New cover: Alister Pearson | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[June]]||Reissue: [[Castrovalva (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Castrovalva]]||[[Christopher H. Bidmead]]||New cover: Alister Pearson | |[[June]]||Reissue: [[Castrovalva (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Castrovalva]]||[[Christopher H. Bidmead]]||New cover: Alister Pearson | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|July||[[Battlefield (novelisation)|Battlefield]]||[[Marc Platt]]||Alister Pearson | |July||[[Battlefield (novelisation)|Battlefield]]||[[Marc Platt]]||Alister Pearson | ||
|- | |||
|July||Reissue: [[The Chase (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Chase]]||[[John Peel]]||Original Cover Art | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[August]]||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders]]||Terrance Dicks||New cover: Alister Pearson | |[[August]]||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders]]||Terrance Dicks||New cover: Alister Pearson | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|[[October]]||Reissue: [[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Time and the Rani]]||[[Pip and Jane Baker]]||New cover: Alister Pearson | |[[October]]||Reissue: [[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Time and the Rani]]||[[Pip and Jane Baker]]||New cover: Alister Pearson | ||
|- | |||
|[[November]]||Reissue: [[Delta and the Bannermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who – Delta and the Bannermen]]||[[Malcolm Kohll]]||Original Cover Art | |||
|- | |||
|[[November]]||Reissue: [[Dragonfire (novelisation)|Doctor Who – Dragonfire]]||[[Ian Briggs]]||Original Cover Art | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[December]]||Reissue: [[Logopolis (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Logopolis]]||Christopher H. Bidmead||New cover: Alister Pearson | |[[December]]||Reissue: [[Logopolis (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Logopolis]]||Christopher H. Bidmead||New cover: Alister Pearson | ||
|- | |||
|[[December]]||Reissue: [[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (novelisation)|Doctor Who – The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]||[[Stephen Wyatt]]||Original Cover Art | |||
|} | |} | ||
== Publishing | == Publishing notes == | ||
* The publication of ''[[Battlefield (novelisation)|Battlefield]]'' marked the last release of a new television novelisation in the "standard" Target Books format. The remaining three books published in | * The publication of ''[[Battlefield (novelisation)|Battlefield]]'' marked the last release of a new television novelisation in the "standard" Target Books format. The remaining three books published in 1993 and 1994 would feature a much expanded word count and would not include the Target logo on their covers. | ||
== Cover gallery == | |||
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" > | |||
File:Battlefield _novel.jpg | [[Battlefield (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Battlefield]] | |||
File:XPescatons.jpg|[[The Pescatons (novelisation)|Doctor Who – The Pescatons]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Reprints and other title covers == | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
File:4Zarbi.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Zarbi (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Web Planet]] (formerly [[Doctor Who and the Zarbi]]) | |||
File:3BrainMorbius.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Brain of Morbius]] | |||
File:3FiveDoctors.jpg | [[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Five Doctors]] | |||
File:2Dominators novel.jpg | [[The Dominators (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Dominators]] | |||
File:4AutonInvasion.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]] | |||
File:2Ambassadors novel.jpg | [[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death]] | |||
File:Day of the Daleks 1991.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]] | |||
File:2DeathtotheDaleks novel.jpg | [[Death to the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who Death to the Daleks]] | |||
File:2ArkSpace.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Ark in Space]] | |||
File:3RevengeCybermen.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Revenge of the Cybermen]] | |||
File:2Castrovalva.jpg | [[Castrovalva (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Castrovalva]] | |||
File:Four_Doomsday.jpeg | [[Four to Doomsday (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Four to Doomsday]] | |||
File:2Krotons novel.jpg | [[The Krotons (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Krotons]] | |||
File: Chase_1991_target.jpg | [[The Chase (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Chase]] | |||
File:3PlanetSpiders.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders]] | |||
File:3ThreeDoctors.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Three Doctors]] | |||
File:3GenesisDaleks.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]] | |||
File:2MasqueMandragora.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora]] | |||
File:2TimeRani.jpg | [[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Time and the Rani]] | |||
File: Paradise_towers_1991_target.jpg | [[Paradise Towers (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Paradise Towers]] | |||
File: Delta_and_the_bannermen_1991_target.jpg | [[Delta and the Bannermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Delta and the Bannermen]] | |||
File: Dragonfire_1991_target.jpg | [[Dragonfire (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Dragonfire]] | |||
File: Greatest_show_in_the_galaxy_1991_target.jpg | [[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]] | |||
File:2Logopolis.jpg | [[Logopolis (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Logopolis]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Target Books by year | [[Category:Target Books by year]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:48, 8 April 2023
Target Books' Doctor Who output in 1991 was the lowest in the range's history. With just the one new Seventh Doctor television novelisation, Battlefield, the series effectively ended, although in September they produced a new novelisation of a 1978 audio drama with the Fourth Doctor, The Pescatons. Though a few more novelisations would be forthcoming in the next couple of years, these novelisations did not follow the Target format in that they had a much higher word count and were intended for a higher reading level. Battlefield was also the last television novelisation to go out under the Target logo.
1991 was, however, a big year for reprints. Nineteen novelisations were reprinted, including some reprints of Fourth Doctor stories. The inclusion of the Fourth Doctor was significant, as he had been all but ignored by Target for a decade.
Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Month | Title | Writer | Cover Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | Reissue: Doctor Who - The Web Planet | Bill Strutton | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| January | Reissue: Doctor Who - The Brain of Morbius | Terrance Dicks | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| February | Reissue: Doctor Who - The Five Doctors | Terrance Dicks | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| February | Reissue: Doctor Who - The Dominators | Ian Marter | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| March | Reissue: Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion | Terrance Dicks | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| March | Reissue: Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death | Terrance Dicks | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| April | Reissue: Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks | Terrance Dicks | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| April | Reissue: Doctor Who Death to the Daleks | Terrance Dicks | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| May | Reissue: Doctor Who and the Ark in Space | Ian Marter | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| May | Reissue: Doctor Who - Revenge of the Cybermen | Terrance Dicks | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| June | Reissue: Doctor Who - Castrovalva | Christopher H. Bidmead | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| June | Reissue: Doctor Who - Four to Doomsday | Terrance Dicks | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| July | Reissue: Doctor Who - The Krotons | Terrance Dicks | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| July | Battlefield | Marc Platt | Alister Pearson |
| July | Reissue: Doctor Who - The Chase | John Peel | Original Cover Art |
| August | Reissue: Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders | Terrance Dicks | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| August | Reissue: Doctor Who and the Three Doctors | Terrance Dicks | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| September | Reissue: Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks | Terrance Dicks | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| September | Reissue: Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora | Philip Hinchcliffe | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| September | The Pescatons | Victor Pemberton | Pete Wallbank |
| October | Reissue: Doctor Who - Time and the Rani | Pip and Jane Baker | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| November | Reissue: Doctor Who – Delta and the Bannermen | Malcolm Kohll | Original Cover Art |
| November | Reissue: Doctor Who – Dragonfire | Ian Briggs | Original Cover Art |
| December | Reissue: Doctor Who - Logopolis | Christopher H. Bidmead | New cover: Alister Pearson |
| December | Reissue: Doctor Who – The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | Stephen Wyatt | Original Cover Art |
Publishing notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The publication of Battlefield marked the last release of a new television novelisation in the "standard" Target Books format. The remaining three books published in 1993 and 1994 would feature a much expanded word count and would not include the Target logo on their covers.
