Quick Reads

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Quick Reads is a literacy organisation which works with book publishers to provide low-cost, low-page count books to encourage people to read. A major focus of their outreach are adult readers who need to improve their literacy skills. BBC Books is one of the non-profit's partners. Beginning in 2006, this relationship produced original Doctor Who fiction.

During the David Tennant years, one Tenth Doctor Quick Reads novel was released each year, including the "transition" year of 2010. No Quick Reads was issued in 2011, but the series resumed in 2012 with the Eleventh Doctor.

The 2007 release, Made of Steel was notable for being the first piece of original fiction based upon the BBC Wales franchise to be written by Terrance Dicks, a script editor and writer for the original TV series and a prolific writer of Doctor Who prose fiction.

Releases

Tenth Doctor

Title Author ISBN Image
I Am a Dalek Gareth Roberts ISBN 0-563-48648-1 IAmaDalek.jpg
Made of Steel Terrance Dicks ISBN 978-1-84607-204-8 Made of Steel.jpg
Revenge of the Judoon Terrance Dicks ISBN 1-84607-372-3 Revenge judoon.jpg
The Sontaran Games Jacqueline Rayner ISBN 1-84607-643-9
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Code of the Krillitanes Justin Richards ISBN 978-1-84607-928-3 Books-codekrillitains.jpg

Eleventh Doctor

Title Author ISBN Image
Magic of the Angels[1] Jacqueline Rayner ISBN 978-1-84990-286-1
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Notes

  • From Made of Steel onwards, the Quick Reads price label was printed directly onto the front cover as opposed to being the peel-off sticker used for I Am a Dalek.
  • The Quick Reads price label on the front cover of Magic of the Angels indicated that the organisation was supported by Galaxy, the highly popular milk chocolate brand made and marketed by Mars Incorporated.

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