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'''[[Target Books]]' ''[[Doctor Who]]'' output in [[1979 (releases)|1979]]''' was entirely of [[Fourth Doctor]] adaptations, save for the seminal [[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|novelisation of ''The War Games'']]. It was thus the first year that the [[Third Doctor]] had been ignored by Target since 1973. Target also made its first attempt at novelisations specifically aimed at younger readers, with the book ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation)|Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]''.
'''[[Target Books]]' ''[[Doctor Who]]'' output in [[1979 (releases)|1979]]''' was entirely of [[Fourth Doctor]] adaptations, save for the seminal [[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|novelisation of ''The War Games'']]. It was thus the first year that the [[Third Doctor]] had been ignored by Target since 1973. Target also made its first attempt at novelisations specifically aimed at younger readers, with the book ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation)|Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]''.


== Novelisation covers ==
== Stories ==
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
File:Hand_of_Fear_novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear]]
File:Invisible_Enemy_novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy]]
File:Robots_of_Death_novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Robots of Death (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Robots of Death]]
File:Image_of_The_Fendahl_novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl]]
File:War_games_novel.jpg|[[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the War Games]]
File:Destiny_of_The_Daleks_novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks]]
File:Ribos_Operation_novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation]]
 
</gallery>
== Reprints and other title covers ==
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
File:Terror_of_the_Autons _novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons]]
File:Green_death_novel.jpg|[[Doctor Who and the Green Death (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Green Death]]
File:Sea_Devils _novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils]]
File:Giant_Robot_novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]
File:ClawsAxos2.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos]]
File:Doomsday_Weapon _novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]
File:JDWRobot1.jpg|[[Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation)|Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]
</gallery>
 
== Publishing history ==
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
!No. || Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Based on || Released
|-
|-
!Month!!Title!!Writer!!Cover Artist!!Illustrator
|030
|-
|''[[Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear]]''
||[[January]]||[[Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear]]||[[Terrance Dicks]]||[[Roy Knipe]]||
|rowspan=4|[[Terrance Dicks]]
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Fourth Doctor|4th]]
||[[March]]||[[Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy]]||Terrance Dicks||Roy Knipe||
|[[Sarah]]
|-
|''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]''
||March||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Green Death (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Green Death]]||[[Malcolm Hulke]]||New cover: [[Alun Hood]]||
|[[18 January (releases)|18 January]] [[1979 (releases)|1979]]
|-
||March||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons]]||Terrance Dicks||New cover: Alun Hood||
|-
||[[April]]||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Sea Devils]]||Malcolm Hulke||New cover: [[John Geary]]||
|-
||April||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]||Terrance Dicks||New cover: [[Jeff Cummins]]||
|-
||[[May]]||[[Doctor Who and the Robots of Death (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Robots of Death]]||Terrance Dicks||John Geary||
|-
|May||[[Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation)|Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]||Terrance Dicks||[[Harry Hants]]||[[Peter Edwards]]
|-
|-
||[[June]]||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos]]||Terrance Dicks||New cover: John Geary||
|036
|''[[Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy]]''
|[[Leela]], [[K9 Mark I]]
|''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]''
|[[29 March (releases)|29 March]] 1979
|-
|-
||[[July]]||[[Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl]]||Terrance Dicks||John Geary||
|053
|''[[Doctor Who and the Robots of Death (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Robots of Death]]''
|Leela, [[Sandminer robot]]s
|''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]''
|[[24 May (releases)|24 May]] 1979
|-
|-
||[[August]]||Reissue: [[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]||Malcolm Hulke||New cover: Jeff Cummins||
|034
|''[[Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl]]''
|Leela, [[K9 Mark I]], [[Fendahl]]
|''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]''
|[[26 July (releases)|26 July]] 1979
|-
|-
||[[October]]||[[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the War Games]]||Malcolm Hulke||John Geary||
|070
|''[[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the War Games]]''
|[[Malcolm Hulke]]
|[[Second Doctor|2nd]]
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]], [[the War Chief]]
|''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''
|[[25 September (releases)|25 September]] 1979
|-
|-
||[[November]]||[[Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks]]||Terrance Dicks||[[Andrew Skilleter]]||
|021
|''[[Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks]]''
|Terrance Dicks
|rowspan=2|4th
|[[Romana II]], [[Movellan]]s, [[Dalek]]s, [[Davros]]
|''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]''
|[[20 November (releases)|20 November]] 1979
|-
|-
||[[December]]||[[Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation]]||[[Ian Marter]]||John Geary||
|052
|''[[Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation]]''
|[[Ian Marter]]
|[[Romana I]], [[K9 Mark II]], [[White Guardian]]
|''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]''
|[[11 December (releases)|11 December]] 1979
|}
|}
== Novelisation covers ==
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
Hand_of_Fear_novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear]]''
Invisible_Enemy_novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy]]''
Robots_of_Death_novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Robots of Death (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Robots of Death]]''
Image_of_The_Fendahl_novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl]]''
War_games_novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the War Games (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the War Games]]''
Destiny_of_The_Daleks_novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks]]''
Ribos_Operation_novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation]]''
</gallery>
== Reprints and other book covers ==
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
Terror_of_the_Autons _novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons]]''
Green_death_novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Green Death (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Green Death]]''
Sea_Devils _novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils]]''
Giant_Robot_novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]''
ClawsAxos2.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos]]''
Doomsday_Weapon _novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]''
JDWRobot1.jpg|''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation)|Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]''
</gallery>


== Publishing notes ==
== Publishing notes ==

Revision as of 17:25, 23 June 2022

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Target Books' Doctor Who output in 1979 was entirely of Fourth Doctor adaptations, save for the seminal novelisation of The War Games. It was thus the first year that the Third Doctor had been ignored by Target since 1973. Target also made its first attempt at novelisations specifically aimed at younger readers, with the book Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot.

Stories

No. Title Author Doctor Featuring Based on Released
030 Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear Terrance Dicks 4th Sarah The Hand of Fear 18 January 1979
036 Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy Leela, K9 Mark I The Invisible Enemy 29 March 1979
053 Doctor Who and the Robots of Death Leela, Sandminer robots The Robots of Death 24 May 1979
034 Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl Leela, K9 Mark I, Fendahl Image of the Fendahl 26 July 1979
070 Doctor Who and the War Games Malcolm Hulke 2nd Jamie, Zoe, the War Chief The War Games 25 September 1979
021 Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks Terrance Dicks 4th Romana II, Movellans, Daleks, Davros Destiny of the Daleks 20 November 1979
052 Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation Ian Marter Romana I, K9 Mark II, White Guardian The Ribos Operation 11 December 1979

Novelisation covers

Reprints and other book covers

Publishing notes

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