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'''Decide Your Destiny''' were a series of [[BBC Books]] Doctor Who books | |||
'''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. | |||
Originally featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]], the books are continuing in 2010 with the release of editions featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. | Originally featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]], the books are continuing in 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 has appeared on T.V. These creatures | 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. | ||
==List of books== | ==List of books== | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 29 January 2011
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 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.
Originally featuring the Tenth Doctor, the books are continuing in 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 has appeared on T.V. These creatures are the Macra, Sycorax, Judoon and Werewolf.
List of books
- The Spaceship Graveyard -by Colin Brake
- Alien Arena -by Richard Dungworth
- The Time Crocodile -by Colin Brake
- The Corinthian Project -by Davey Moore
- The Crystal Snare -by Richard Dungworth
- War of the Robots -by Trevor Baxendale
- Dark Planet -by Davey Moore
- The Haunted Wagon Train -by Colin Brake
- Lost Luggage -by Colin Brake
- Second Skin -by Richard Dungworth
- The Dragon King -by Trevor Baxendale
- The Horror of Howling Hill -by Jonathan Green
- Claws of the Macra -by Trevor Baxendale
- The Coldest War -by Colin Brake
- Judoon Monsoon -by Oli Smith
- Empire of the Wolf -by Neil Corry
