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[[File:logo_pinnacle.png|thumb|right|Pinnacle Books' [[Doctor Who logo|''Doctor Who'' logo]].]]
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'''Pinnacle Books''' is an imprint of [[America]]n book publishing company {{w|Kensington Books}}. From April 1979 to June 1980 they published Americanised editions of ten [[Target Books]] novelisations. Reprints continued to April 1989.  
{{Infobox Company
|image          = Pinnacle Books logo.jpg
|founding date  = 1969
|closure date  =
|ranges        =
|time          = 1979-1989
}}
'''Pinnacle Books''' was an [[America]]n book publishing company. From April 1979 to June 1980 they published Americanised editions of ten [[Target Books]] novelisations. After going bankrupt in 1985, it was purchaed by Windsor Publishing Corp, which  continued reprints until April 1989.


== Changes ==
== Changes ==
* New front-cover illustrations by [[David Mann]] were used, and new back-cover blurbs were written.
* New front-cover illustrations by [[David Mann]] were used, and new back-cover blurbs were written.
* The UK English text was Americanised to incorporate US spellings (e.g. "colour" became "color") and terms (e.g. car bonnets and boots became "hoods" and "trunks" respectively). Also, references to certain UK-specific items unfamiliar to American readers of the time were changed (e.g. the Doctor's [[jelly baby|jelly babies]] became "jelly beans").
* The UK English text was Americanised to incorporate US spellings (e.g. "colour" became "color") and terms (e.g. car bonnets and boots became "hoods" and "trunks" respectively). Also, references to certain UK-specific items unfamiliar to American readers of the time were changed (e.g. the Doctor's [[jelly baby|jelly babies]] became "jelly beans").
* The books were prefaced by brief bios of the story's Doctor and companions, and an introduction by noted science fiction author [[Harlan Ellison]]. In his introduction, Ellison proclaimed his own fandom of ''Doctor Who'' and explained some of the concepts behind the series.[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.drwho/msg/75c6c6040b76a937?hl=en]
* The books were prefaced by brief bios of the story's Doctor and companions, and an introduction by noted science fiction author [[Harlan Ellison]]. In his introduction, Ellison proclaimed his own fandom of ''Doctor Who'' and explained some of the concepts behind the series.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.drwho/msg/75c6c6040b76a937?hl=en Full text of Harlan Ellison's introduction to ''Doctor Who'']</ref>


== Logo ==
== Logo ==
The Pinnacle book covers bore the same [[Doctor Who logo|''Doctor Who'' logo]] as used by the limited-run 1978 [[Aeonian Press]] reprints of the ''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks|Day of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot|Robot]]'' novelisations.
The Pinnacle book covers bore the same [[Doctor Who logo|''Doctor Who'' logo]] as used by the limited-run 1978 [[Aeonian Press]] reprints of the ''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks|Day of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot|Robot]]'' novelisations.


The logo was used in various colours on each novelisation. Some of Pinnacle's novelisations are known to have been reprinted with the same cover image, but the colour of the logo changed.
The logo was used in various colours on each novelisation. The colour of the logo was usually changed each time a book was reprinted.


== Books released ==
== Books released ==
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Android Invasion]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Android Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Android Invasion]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom]]''
# ''[[Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom]]''


== Cover images ==
== Cover images ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
{| {{Prettytable}}
File:DayDaleksPinnacle.jpg|#1: The Day of the Daleks
!Title
File:DoomsdayWeaponPinnacle.jpg|#2: The Doomsday Weapon
!1st printing<br>1979-80<br>$1.75
File:Dinosaur_Invasion_Pinnacle.jpg|#3/1: The Dinosaur Invasion
!width="310px"|2nd printing<br>1981-82<br>$1.95
Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion Pinnacle edition blue logo.jpg|#3/2: The Dinosaur Invasion
!3rd printing<br>1983-84<br>$2.95
genesis.jpg|#4: Genesis of the Daleks
!4th printing<br>1989<br>$3.50
cyberman.jpg|#5: Revenge of the Cybermen
|-
lochness.jpg|#6/1: The Loch Ness Monster
|''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and <br>the Day of the Daleks]]''
Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster Pinnacle edition Yellow logo.jpg|#6/2: The Loch Ness Monster
|[[File:DayDaleksPinnacle.jpg|150px]]<br>Red logo
Talonsofwengchiang.jpg|#7/1: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
|[[File:DayDaleksPinnacle 2nd printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Orange logo
Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang Pinnacle edition green logo.jpg|#7/2: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
|[[File:DayDaleksPinnacle 3rd printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Yellow logo
File:MandragoraUS.jpg|#8 The Masque of Mandragora
|[[File:DayDaleksPinnacle 4th printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Yellow logo
android.jpg|#9: The Android Invasion
|-
doom.jpg|#10: The Seeds of Doom
|''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (novelisation)|Doctor Who and <br>the Doomsday Weapon]]''
</gallery>
|[[File:DoomsdayWeaponPinnacle.jpg|150px]]<br>Orange logo
|[[File:DoomsdayWeaponPinnacle 2nd printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Green logo
|[[File:DoomsdayWeaponPinnacle 3rd printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Red logo
|[[File:DoomsdayWeaponPinnacle 4th printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Red logo
|-
|''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and <br>the Dinosaur Invasion]]''
|[[File:Dinosaur Invasion Pinnacle 1st printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Blue logo
|[[File:Dinosaur Invasion Pinnacle.jpg|150px]]<br>Green logo
|[[File:TBA.jpg|150px]]<br>Blue logo
|[[File:Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion Pinnacle edition blue logo.jpg|150px]]<br>Blue logo
|-
|''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and <br>the Genesis of the Daleks]]''
|[[File:Genesis Pinnacle 1st printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Green logo
|[[File:Genesis.jpg|150px]]<br>Orange logo
|[[File:Genesis Pinnacle 3rd printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Green logo
|[[File:Genesis Pinnacle 4th printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Green logo
|-
|''[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and <br>the Revenge of the Cybermen]]''
|[[File:Cyberman Pinnacle 1st printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Magenta logo
|[[File:cyberman.jpg|150px]]<br>Orange logo
|[[File:Cyberman Pinnacle 3rd printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Magenta logo
|[[File:Cyberman Pinnacle 4th printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Magenta logo
|-
|''[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster (novelisation)|Doctor Who and <br>the Loch Ness Monster]]''
|[[File:Lochness Pinnacle 1st printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Orange logo
|[[File:Lochness.jpg|150px]]<br>Blue logo
|[[File:TBA.jpg|150px]]<br>Yellow logo
|[[File:Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster Pinnacle edition Yellow logo.jpg|150px]]<br>Yellow logo
|-
|''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang (novelisation)|Doctor Who and <br>the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''
|[[File:AmericanTalons.jpg|150px]]<br>Red logo
|[[File:Talonsofwengchiang.jpg|150px]]<br>Orange logo
|[[File:Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang Pinnacle 3rd printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Green logo
|[[File:Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang Pinnacle edition green logo.jpg|150px]]<br>Green logo
|-
|''[[Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora (novelisation)|Doctor Who and <br>the Masque of Mandragora]]''
|[[File:MandragoraUS.jpg|150px]]<br>Purple logo
|[[File:Mandragora Pinnacle 2nd printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Orange logo
|[[File:Mandragora Pinnacle 3rd printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Purple logo
|[[File:Mandragora Pinnacle 4th printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Purple logo
|-
|''[[Doctor Who and the Android Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and <br>the Android Invasion]]''
|[[File:PinnacleAndroidInvasion.jpg|150px]]<br>Blue logo
|[[File:Android.jpg|150px]]<br>Orange logo
|[[File:TBA.jpg|150px]]<br>Green logo
|[[File:PinnacleAndroidInvasion 4th printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Green logo
|-
| ''[[Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom (novelisation)|Doctor Who and <br>the Seeds of Doom]]''
|[[File:SeedsOfDoom Pinnacle 1st printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Green logo
|[[File:SeedsOfDoom Pinnacle 2nd printing.jpg|150px]][[File:doom.jpg|150px]]<br>Blue logo
|[[File:AmericanSeedsOfDoom.jpg|150px]]<br>Blue logo
|[[File:SeedsOfDoom Pinnacle 4th printing.jpg|150px]]<br>Blue logo
|}


== External links ==
== Footnotes ==
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.drwho/msg/75c6c6040b76a937?hl=en Full text of Harlan Ellison's introduction to ''Doctor Who'']
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[[Category:Book publishers]]
[[Category:Book publishers]]

Latest revision as of 13:15, 29 March 2024

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Pinnacle Books was an American book publishing company. From April 1979 to June 1980 they published Americanised editions of ten Target Books novelisations. After going bankrupt in 1985, it was purchaed by Windsor Publishing Corp, which continued reprints until April 1989.

Changes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • New front-cover illustrations by David Mann were used, and new back-cover blurbs were written.
  • The UK English text was Americanised to incorporate US spellings (e.g. "colour" became "color") and terms (e.g. car bonnets and boots became "hoods" and "trunks" respectively). Also, references to certain UK-specific items unfamiliar to American readers of the time were changed (e.g. the Doctor's jelly babies became "jelly beans").
  • The books were prefaced by brief bios of the story's Doctor and companions, and an introduction by noted science fiction author Harlan Ellison. In his introduction, Ellison proclaimed his own fandom of Doctor Who and explained some of the concepts behind the series.[1]

[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Pinnacle book covers bore the same Doctor Who logo as used by the limited-run 1978 Aeonian Press reprints of the Day of the Daleks and Robot novelisations.

The logo was used in various colours on each novelisation. The colour of the logo was usually changed each time a book was reprinted.

Books released[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks
  2. Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon
  3. Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion
  4. Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks
  5. Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen
  6. Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster
  7. Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang
  8. Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora
  9. Doctor Who and the Android Invasion
  10. Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom

Cover images[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title 1st printing
1979-80
$1.75 		2nd printing
1981-82
$1.95 		3rd printing
1983-84
$2.95 		4th printing
1989
$3.50
Doctor Who and
the Day of the Daleks 		DayDaleksPinnacle.jpg
Red logo 		DayDaleksPinnacle 2nd printing.jpg
Orange logo 		DayDaleksPinnacle 3rd printing.jpg
Yellow logo 		DayDaleksPinnacle 4th printing.jpg
Yellow logo
Doctor Who and
the Doomsday Weapon 		DoomsdayWeaponPinnacle.jpg
Orange logo 		DoomsdayWeaponPinnacle 2nd printing.jpg
Green logo 		DoomsdayWeaponPinnacle 3rd printing.jpg
Red logo 		DoomsdayWeaponPinnacle 4th printing.jpg
Red logo
Doctor Who and
the Dinosaur Invasion 		Dinosaur Invasion Pinnacle 1st printing.jpg
Blue logo 		Dinosaur Invasion Pinnacle.jpg
Green logo 		TBA.jpg
Blue logo 		Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion Pinnacle edition blue logo.jpg
Blue logo
Doctor Who and
the Genesis of the Daleks 		Genesis Pinnacle 1st printing.jpg
Green logo 		Genesis.jpg
Orange logo 		Genesis Pinnacle 3rd printing.jpg
Green logo 		Genesis Pinnacle 4th printing.jpg
Green logo
Doctor Who and
the Revenge of the Cybermen 		Cyberman Pinnacle 1st printing.jpg
Magenta logo 		Cyberman.jpg
Orange logo 		Cyberman Pinnacle 3rd printing.jpg
Magenta logo 		Cyberman Pinnacle 4th printing.jpg
Magenta logo
Doctor Who and
the Loch Ness Monster 		Lochness Pinnacle 1st printing.jpg
Orange logo 		Lochness.jpg
Blue logo 		TBA.jpg
Yellow logo 		Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster Pinnacle edition Yellow logo.jpg
Yellow logo
Doctor Who and
the Talons of Weng-Chiang 		AmericanTalons.jpg
Red logo 		Talonsofwengchiang.jpg
Orange logo 		Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang Pinnacle 3rd printing.jpg
Green logo 		Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang Pinnacle edition green logo.jpg
Green logo
Doctor Who and
the Masque of Mandragora 		MandragoraUS.jpg
Purple logo 		Mandragora Pinnacle 2nd printing.jpg
Orange logo 		Mandragora Pinnacle 3rd printing.jpg
Purple logo 		Mandragora Pinnacle 4th printing.jpg
Purple logo
Doctor Who and
the Android Invasion 		PinnacleAndroidInvasion.jpg
Blue logo 		Android.jpg
Orange logo 		TBA.jpg
Green logo 		PinnacleAndroidInvasion 4th printing.jpg
Green logo
Doctor Who and
the Seeds of Doom 		SeedsOfDoom Pinnacle 1st printing.jpg
Green logo 		SeedsOfDoom Pinnacle 2nd printing.jpgDoom.jpg
Blue logo 		AmericanSeedsOfDoom.jpg
Blue logo 		SeedsOfDoom Pinnacle 4th printing.jpg
Blue logo

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Full text of Harlan Ellison's introduction to Doctor Who
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