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==Publisher's Summary==
==Publisher's Summary==
Here it is... the story behind one of television's most successful, longest-running shows. Come with Doctor Who on a trip through time... to the early days of the programme when it all began... meet actors, authors and television staff... see inside a TV studio and watch a production take shape... learn the secrets of the monsters... relive every Doctor Who story since the beginning... follow the Doctor through four incarnations and — perhaps — begin to discover just who is Doctor Who?
Here it is... the story behind one of television's most successful, longest-running shows. Come with Doctor Who on a trip through time... to the early days of the programme when it all began... meet actors, authors and television staff... see inside a TV studio and watch a production take shape... learn the secrets of the monsters... relive every [[Doctor Who]] story since the beginning... follow [[the Doctor]] through four incarnations and — perhaps — begin to discover just who is Doctor Who?


==Main Focus==
==Main Focus==
A behind-the-scenes guide to producing Doctor Who.
A behind-the-scenes guide to the production of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.


==Notable Features==
==Notable Features==
* Script to screen account of the Fourth Doctors TV adventure [[Robot]], incidentally novelised by Terrance Dicks (see [[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]
* Script-to-screen account of the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s debut adventure ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'', incidentally written by novelised by author [[Terrance Dicks]] as ''[[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]''.




==Notes==
==Notes==
* This Target Books titles is a complete rewrite of a previous title [[The Making of Doctor Who (Piccolo Title)|The Making of Doctor Who]] published by Piccolo Books on which Terrance Dicks was a co-writer along with [[Malcolm Hulke]].
* This Target Books title is a complete rewrite of a previous title ''[[The Making of Doctor Who (Piccolo Title)|The Making of Doctor Who]]'' published by Piccolo Books, on which Terrance Dicks was a co-writer along with [[Malcolm Hulke]].
* Terrance Dicks writing aims this book at a younger audience than the previous edition of this title.
* Terrance Dicks writing aimed this book at a younger audience than the previous edition of this title.
* [[Chris Achilleos]] provided the cover artwork of this title which ran to a print run of 50,000 copies and was priced 60p (UK).
* [[Chris Achilleos]] provided the cover artwork.
* This title saw a reprint by [[Target Books]], [[W. H. Allen]] in March 1980 of 15,000 copies. The only difference was a price increase to £1.80 (UK).
* It had a print run of 50,000 copies and was priced 60p (UK).
* This title saw a reprint by [[Target Books]], [[W. H. Allen]] in March 1980 of 15,000 copies. Despite the, by then, out-of-date information in the first printing, the only difference was a price increase to £1.80 (UK).


==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[The Making of Doctor Who (Piccolo Title)|The Making of Doctor Who]]
*[[The Making of Doctor Who (Piccolo Title)]]
*[[A Day with a TV Producer]]
*[[A Day with a TV Producer]]
*[[Doctor Who: The Making of a Television Series]]
*[[Doctor Who: The Making of a Television Series]]
*[[Doctor Who: The Unfolding Story]]
*[[Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text]]


==External Links==
==External Links==
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[[Category:Target Books]]

Revision as of 06:02, 20 March 2008


Publisher's Summary

Here it is... the story behind one of television's most successful, longest-running shows. Come with Doctor Who on a trip through time... to the early days of the programme when it all began... meet actors, authors and television staff... see inside a TV studio and watch a production take shape... learn the secrets of the monsters... relive every Doctor Who story since the beginning... follow the Doctor through four incarnations and — perhaps — begin to discover just who is Doctor Who?

Main Focus

A behind-the-scenes guide to the production of Doctor Who.

Notable Features


Notes

  • This Target Books title is a complete rewrite of a previous title The Making of Doctor Who published by Piccolo Books, on which Terrance Dicks was a co-writer along with Malcolm Hulke.
  • Terrance Dicks writing aimed this book at a younger audience than the previous edition of this title.
  • Chris Achilleos provided the cover artwork.
  • It had a print run of 50,000 copies and was priced 60p (UK).
  • This title saw a reprint by Target Books, W. H. Allen in March 1980 of 15,000 copies. Despite the, by then, out-of-date information in the first printing, the only difference was a price increase to £1.80 (UK).

See Also

External Links

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