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'''''The Second History Collection''''' was the fifth in a series of [[Target Books|Target]] novelisation audiobook collections. As the title suggested, all novelisations were of stories set in the past.
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'''''The Second History Collection''''' was the twelfth in a series of [[Target Books|Target]] novelisation audiobook collections. As the title suggested, all novelisations were of stories set in the past.
 
== Publisher's summary ==
Five exciting novelisations set in Earth's past history, featuring the Doctor and his companions.
 
In Doctor Who - ''[[The Gunfighters (novelisation)|The Gunfighters]]'' [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] arrives in the heart of the Old Wild West, just as [[Wyatt Earp]]'s in town.
 
In Doctor Who - ''[[The Highlanders (novelisation)|The Highlanders]]'' the scene is the [[Battle of Culloden]], [[1746]], where the Scots are fighting the English.
 
In ''[[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the War Games]]'' [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] and friends seem to arrive in the trenches of the First World War, but appearances can be deceptive.
 
''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' takes [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Leela]] to Victorian London, and a battle with [[Magnus Greel|a foe from the future]].
 
Finally, in Doctor Who - ''[[Black Orchid (novelisation)|Black Orchid]]'', the [[Fifth Doctor]] and friends are entertained at a 1920s country house - where murder is afoot.
 
[[Shane Rimmer]], [[Anneke Wills]], [[David Troughton]], [[Christopher Benjamin]] and [[Michael Cochrane]] are the readers of these five classic stories, first published as Target Books paperbacks.
 
== Stories ==
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Author || Read by || Released
|-
|''[[The Gunfighters (novelisation)|The Gunfighters]]''
|[[Donald Cotton]]
|[[Shane Rimmer]]
|rowspan=5|[[17 September (releases)|17 September]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|-
|''[[The Highlanders (novelisation)|The Highlanders]]''
|[[Gerry Davis]]
|[[Anneke Wills]]
|-
|''[[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the War Games]]''
|[[Malcolm Hulke]]
|[[David Troughton]]
|-
|''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''
|[[Terrance Dicks]]
|[[Christopher Benjamin]]
|-
|''[[Black Orchid (novelisation)|Black Orchid]]''
|[[Terence Dudley]]
|[[Michael Cochrane]]
|}
 
== Notes ==
''to be added''
 
== External links ==
* {{penguin|1120155/doctor-who--the-second-history-collection/9781529134490.html}}
 
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Latest revision as of 14:45, 17 September 2023

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The Second History Collection was the twelfth in a series of Target novelisation audiobook collections. As the title suggested, all novelisations were of stories set in the past.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Five exciting novelisations set in Earth's past history, featuring the Doctor and his companions.

In Doctor Who - The Gunfighters the TARDIS arrives in the heart of the Old Wild West, just as Wyatt Earp's in town.

In Doctor Who - The Highlanders the scene is the Battle of Culloden, 1746, where the Scots are fighting the English.

In Doctor Who and the War Games the Doctor and friends seem to arrive in the trenches of the First World War, but appearances can be deceptive.

Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang takes the Doctor and Leela to Victorian London, and a battle with a foe from the future.

Finally, in Doctor Who - Black Orchid, the Fifth Doctor and friends are entertained at a 1920s country house - where murder is afoot.

Shane Rimmer, Anneke Wills, David Troughton, Christopher Benjamin and Michael Cochrane are the readers of these five classic stories, first published as Target Books paperbacks.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Read by Released
The Gunfighters Donald Cotton Shane Rimmer 17 September 2020
The Highlanders Gerry Davis Anneke Wills
Doctor Who and the War Games Malcolm Hulke David Troughton
Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang Terrance Dicks Christopher Benjamin
Black Orchid Terence Dudley Michael Cochrane

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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