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By [[1981]], Target Novels were sold in [[WHSmith]]'s. [[David Taylor (Fanboys)|David]] and [[Chris (Fanboys)|Chris]] regularly bought these novels. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]'') | By [[1981]], Target Novels were sold in [[WHSmith]]'s. [[David Taylor (Fanboys)|David]] and [[Chris (Fanboys)|Chris]] regularly bought these novels. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]'') | ||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] found a copy of a Target novel, ''Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks'', inside [[Iris Wildthyme]]'s [[Celestial Omnibus|TARDIS]], which he claimed contradicted [[Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child|another title]] in the series. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bafflement and Devotion (short story)|Bafflement and Devotion]]'') | The [[Eighth Doctor]] found a copy of a Target novel, ''Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks'', inside [[Iris Wildthyme]]'s [[Celestial Omnibus|TARDIS]], which he claimed contradicted [[Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child (in-universe)|another title]] in the series. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bafflement and Devotion (short story)|Bafflement and Devotion]]'') | ||
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The [[Editor (Doctor Who? 114)|editor]] of Target Books once told two of his [[writer]]s to write 128 [[page]]s and then simply stop. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[The Complete Guide to Doctor Who? (comic story)|The Complete Guide to Doctor Who?]]'') | The [[Editor (Doctor Who? 114)|editor]] of Target Books once told two of his [[writer]]s to write 128 [[page]]s and then simply stop. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[The Complete Guide to Doctor Who? (comic story)|The Complete Guide to Doctor Who?]]'') | ||
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Target Books was a publisher of books, who focused on novelisations of episodes of Doctor Who (PROSE: Fanboys) and educational books. (AUDIO: The Kingmaker)
They published 150 Doctor Who novelisations, (PROSE: Bafflement and Devotion) including State of Decay and Planet of the Spiders. (PROSE: Fanboys)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor's universe[[edit] | [edit source]]
While the Fourth Doctor worked for UNIT, he wrote a series of educational children's books. It was intended to be called The Doctor, Who Discovers... but the publisher misprinted the covers as Doctor Who Discovers. (AUDIO: The Kingmaker)
By 1981, Target Novels were sold in WHSmith's. David and Chris regularly bought these novels. (PROSE: Fanboys)
The Eighth Doctor found a copy of a Target novel, Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks, inside Iris Wildthyme's TARDIS, which he claimed contradicted another title in the series. (PROSE: Bafflement and Devotion)
Godfrey Porter's world[[edit] | [edit source]]
"The Thief of Sherwood" was a Target novel based upon the television story "The Outlaws". (PROSE: The Thief of Sherwood)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Information from invalid stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Complete Guide to Doctor Who?[[edit] | [edit source]]
The editor of Target Books once told two of his writers to write 128 pages and then simply stop. (NOTVALID: The Complete Guide to Doctor Who?)
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