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'''Target Books''' was a [[publisher]] of [[book]]s, who focused on novelisations of episodes of ''[[Doctor Who (N-Space)|Doctor Who]]'' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]'') and educational books. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') | '''Target Books''' was a [[publisher]] of [[book]]s, who focused on novelisations of episodes of ''[[Doctor Who (N-Space)|Doctor Who]]'' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]'') and educational books. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') | ||
They published '' | They published [[150 (number)|150]] ''Doctor Who'' novelisations, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bafflement and Devotion (short story)|Bafflement and Devotion]]'') including ''[[State of Decay (book)|State of Decay]]'' and ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== | === The Doctor's universe === | ||
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 (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') | 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 (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') | ||
By [[1981]], Target Novels were sold in [[WHSmith]]'s. David and Chris regularly bought these novels. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]'') | By [[1981]], Target Novels were sold in [[WHSmith]]'s. David and Chris regularly bought these novels. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]'') | ||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] found a copy of a Target novel, | 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]]'') | ||
=== Godfrey Porter's world === | === Godfrey Porter's world === | ||
Revision as of 02:13, 4 February 2021
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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
The Doctor's universe
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
"The Thief of Sherwood" was a Target novel based upon the television story "The Outlaws". (PROSE: The Thief of Sherwood)
Behind the scenes
Information from invalid stories
The Complete Guide to Doctor Who?
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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