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'''''Decide Your Destiny''''' was a series of children's ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[gamebook]]s published by [[Penguin Character Books]] from [[2007 (releases)|2007]] to [[2010 (releases)|2010]].


'''Decide Your Destiny''' were a series of [[BBC Books]] Doctor Who books. These books  interacted with the reader, making him or her one of the companions (although the canon of this is uncertain). When the reader starts the book, at the end of the page there would be two or more options (for example, "to go right, go to page 56. To go left, go to page 77") and tell you which page to go to. (The generic term for this is [[wikipedia:Choose Your Own Adventure|Choose Your Own Adventure]], after a long-running series of books that began in the late 1970s and popularized this genre of "interactive" novel. ''Decide Your Destiny'' follows a number of ''Doctor Who''-related CYOA-style books dating back to the mid-1980s.
They were of the style commonly referred to as "{{w|Choose Your Own Adventure}}," written in the second person and with branching narratives, with each page ending with two or more options with instructions to advise the reader as to which page to go to depending on their choice. For example: "To go right, go to page 56. To go left, go to page 77."


Originally featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]], the books are continuing in 2010 with the release of editions featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]].
''Decide Your Destiny'' follows [[Doctor Who Make Your Own Adventure Books|a number of ''Doctor Who''-related gamebooks in this genre]] dating back to the mid-1980s.


Unlike previous decide your destiny titles, all four 2010 books appear to feature the return of a monster or alien that has appeared on T.V. These creatures are the Macra, Sycorax, Judoon and Werewolf.
Originally featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]], the books continued into 2010 with the release of editions featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. Unlike previous ''Decide your Destiny'' titles, all four 2010 books appear to feature the return of a monster or alien that had previously appeared in the television series, the Macra, Sycorax, Judoon and "Werewolves" respectively. They also featured links to exclusive online content.


==List of books==
== Releases ==
*[[The Spaceship Graveyard]] -by Colin Brake
=== Tenth Doctor ===
*[[Alien Arena]] -by Richard Dungworth
{| {{prettytable}}
*[[The Time Crocodile]] -by Colin Brake
|-
*[[The Corinthian Project]] -by Davey Moore
! Title || Author || Featuring || Published
*[[The Crystal Snare]] -by Richard Dungworth
|-
*[[War of the Robots]] -by Trevor Baxendale
|''[[The Spaceship Graveyard (novel)|The Spaceship Graveyard]]''
*[[Dark Planet]] -by Davey Moore
||[[Colin Brake]]
*[[The Haunted Wagon Train]] -by Colin Brake
|rowspan=8|[[Martha Jones|Martha]]
*[[Lost Luggage]] -by Colin Brake
|rowspan=4|[[5 July (releases)|5 July]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
*[[Second Skin]] -by Richard Dungworth
|-
*[[The Dragon King]] -by Trevor Baxendale
|''[[Alien Arena (novel)|Alien Arena]]''
*[[The Horror of Howling Hill]] -by Jonathan Green
|[[Richard Dungworth]]
*[[Claws of the Macra]] -by Trevor Baxendale
|-
*[[The Coldest War]] -by Colin Brake
|''[[The Time Crocodile (novel)|The Time Crocodile]]''
*[[Judoon Monsoon]] -by Oli Smith
|Colin Brake
*[[Empire of the Wolf]] -by Neil Corry
|-
|''[[The Corinthian Project (novel)|The Corinthian Project]]''
|[[Davey Moore]]
|-
|''[[The Crystal Snare (novel)|The Crystal Snare]]''
|Richard Dungworth
|rowspan=4|[[4 October (releases)|4 October]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|-
|''[[War of the Robots (novel)|War of the Robots]]''
|[[Trevor Baxendale]]
|-
|''[[Dark Planet (novel)|Dark Planet]]''
|[[Davey Moore]]
|-
|''[[The Haunted Wagon Train (novel)|The Haunted Wagon Train]]''
|rowspan=2|Colin Brake
|-
|''[[Lost Luggage (novel)|Lost Luggage]]''
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=4|[[6 March (releases)|6 March]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|-
|''[[Second Skin (novel)|Second Skin]]''
|Richard Dungworth
|-
|''[[The Dragon King (novel)|The Dragon King]]''
|Trevor Baxendale
|-
|''[[The Horror of Howling Hill (novel)|The Horror of Howling Hill]]''
|[[Jonathan Green]]
|Martha
|}


==See also==
=== Eleventh Doctor ===
*[[Doctor Who Make Your Own Adventure Books]]
{| {{prettytable}}
*[[Solo-Play Adventure Game]]
|-
*[[Find Your Fate]]
! Title || Author || Featuring || Published
*[[Time Lord (role playing book)]]
|-
|''[[The Coldest War (novel)|The Coldest War]]''
|[[Colin Brake]]
|[[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Sycorax]]
|rowspan=2|[[29 April (releases)|29 April]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|-
|''[[Claws of the Macra (novel)|Claws of the Macra]]''
|[[Trevor Baxendale]]
|Amy, [[UNIT]], [[Macra]]
|-
|''[[Judoon Monsoon (novel)|Judoon Monsoon]]''
|[[Oli Smith]]
|Amy, [[Rory Williams|Rory]], [[Judoon]]
|rowspan=2|[[2 September (releases)|2 September]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|-
|''[[Empire of the Wolf (novel)|Empire of the Wolf]]''
||[[Neil Corry]]
|Amy, Rory, [[Werewolf|Werewolves]]
|}


== Cover gallery ==
=== Tenth Doctor ===
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" caption="">
DYD 1 The Spaceship Graveyard.jpg|''[[The Spaceship Graveyard (novel)|The Spaceship Graveyard]]''
Destiny 2.jpg|''[[Alien Arena (novel)|Alien Arena]]''
Destiny 3.jpg|''[[The Time Crocodile (novel)|The Time Crocodile]]''
Destiny 4.jpg|''[[The Corinthian Project (novel)|The Corinthian Project]]''
The Crystal Snare (novel).jpg|''[[The Crystal Snare (novel)|The Crystal Snare]]''
DYD 6 War of the Robots.jpg|''[[War of the Robots (novel)|War of the Robots]]''
DYD 7 Dark Planet.jpg|''[[Dark Planet (novel)|Dark Planet]]''
DYD 8 The Haunted Wagon Train.jpg|''[[The Haunted Wagon Train (novel)|The Haunted Wagon Train]]''
DYD 9 Lost Luggage.jpg|''[[Lost Luggage (novel)|Lost Luggage]]''
DYD 10 Second Skin.jpg|''[[Second Skin (novel)|Second Skin]]''
DYD 11 Dragon King.jpg|''[[The Dragon King (novel)|The Dragon King]]''
DYD 12 The Horror of Howling Hill.jpg|''[[The Horror of Howling Hill (novel)|The Horror of Howling Hill]]''
</gallery>
=== Eleventh Doctor ===
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" caption="">
The Coldest War.jpg|''[[The Coldest War (novel)|The Coldest War]]''
Destiny 14.png|''[[Claws of the Macra (novel)|Claws of the Macra]]''
Judoon Monsoon.png|''[[Judoon Monsoon (novel)|Judoon Monsoon]]''
Empire of the Wolf.png|''[[Empire of the Wolf (novel)|Empire of the Wolf]]''
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Decide Your Destiny was a series of children's Doctor Who gamebooks published by Penguin Character Books from 2007 to 2010.

They were of the style commonly referred to as "Choose Your Own Adventure," written in the second person and with branching narratives, with each page ending with two or more options with instructions to advise the reader as to which page to go to depending on their choice. For example: "To go right, go to page 56. To go left, go to page 77."

Decide Your Destiny follows a number of Doctor Who-related gamebooks in this genre dating back to the mid-1980s.

Originally featuring the Tenth Doctor, the books continued into 2010 with the release of editions featuring the Eleventh Doctor. Unlike previous Decide your Destiny titles, all four 2010 books appear to feature the return of a monster or alien that had previously appeared in the television series, the Macra, Sycorax, Judoon and "Werewolves" respectively. They also featured links to exclusive online content.

Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Featuring Published
The Spaceship Graveyard Colin Brake Martha 5 July 2007
Alien Arena Richard Dungworth
The Time Crocodile Colin Brake
The Corinthian Project Davey Moore
The Crystal Snare Richard Dungworth 4 October 2007
War of the Robots Trevor Baxendale
Dark Planet Davey Moore
The Haunted Wagon Train Colin Brake
Lost Luggage 6 March 2008
Second Skin Richard Dungworth
The Dragon King Trevor Baxendale
The Horror of Howling Hill Jonathan Green Martha

Eleventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Featuring Published
The Coldest War Colin Brake Amy, Sycorax 29 April 2010
Claws of the Macra Trevor Baxendale Amy, UNIT, Macra
Judoon Monsoon Oli Smith Amy, Rory, Judoon 2 September 2010
Empire of the Wolf Neil Corry Amy, Rory, Werewolves

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Eleventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

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