Target Books/1986

Target Books' Doctor Who output in 1986 totaled eleven new novelisations. At the time, it was the greatest number printed in a single year. As had become the custom over the previous couple of years, a generous supply of 1960s adventures were provided. In fact, the First Doctor had the plurality of novelisations in 1986.

The year was perhaps most significant, however, for introducing the concept of the "original novel" to Doctor Who publishing. With The Companions of Doctor Who imprint, Target would publish two novels about former companions, in the time after they had travelled with the Doctor. Nothing like them had ever been published, and they paved the way for Doctor Who novels that would come in the next decade.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

No.	Title	Author	Doctor	Featuring	Based on	Released
101	The Gunfighters	Donald Cotton	1st	Steven, Dodo	The Gunfighters	9 January 1986
102	The Time Monster	Terrance Dicks	3rd	Jo, the Brigadier, Yates, Benton, The Master	The Time Monster	13 February 1986
103	The Twin Dilemma	Eric Saward	6th	Peri	The Twin Dilemma	13 March 1986
104	Galaxy Four	William Emms	1st	Vicki, Steven	Galaxy 4	10 April 1986
105	Timelash	Glen McCoy	6th	Peri	Timelash	15 May 1986
107	The Mark of the Rani	Pip and Jane Baker	6th	Peri, The Rani, The Tremas Master	The Mark of the Rani	12 June 1986
108	The King's Demons	Terence Dudley	5th	Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion, The Tremas Master	The King's Demons	10 July 1986
109	The Savages	Ian Stuart Black	1st	Steven, Dodo	The Savages	11 September 1986
110	Fury from the Deep	Victor Pemberton	2nd	Jamie, Victoria	Fury from the Deep	16 October 1986
111	The Celestial Toymaker	Gerry Davis & Alison Bingeman	1st	Steven, Dodo, Celestial Toymaker	The Celestial Toymaker	20 November 1986
112	The Seeds of Death	Terrance Dicks	2nd	Jamie, Zoe, Ice Warriors	The Seeds of Death	4 December 1986

Novelisation covers[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title	Author	Doctor	Featuring	Based on	Released
The Companions of Doctor Who: Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma	Tony Attwood				13 May 1986
Doctor Who: Travel Without the TARDIS	Jean Airey & Laurie Haldeman				17 July 1986
Slipback	Eric Saward	6th	Peri	Slipback	14 August 1986
The Companions of Doctor Who: Harry Sullivan's War	Ian Marter		Sarah, the Brigadier		11 September 1986

Reprints and other books covers[[edit] | [edit source]]

Publishing history[[edit] | [edit source]]

Month	Title	Writer	Cover Artist
January	The Gunfighters	Donald Cotton	Andrew Skilleter
February	The Time Monster	Terrance Dicks	Andrew Skilleter
March	The Twin Dilemma	Eric Saward	Andrew Skilleter
April	Galaxy 4	William Emms	Andrew Skilleter
May	Timelash	Glen McCoy	David McAllister
May	The Companions of Doctor Who: Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma	Tony Attwood	Tony Masero
June	The Mark of the Rani	Pip and Jane Baker	Andrew Skilleter
July	The King's Demons	Terence Dudley	David McAllister
July	Travel Without the TARDIS	Jean Airy and Laurie Haldeman	Photographic cover
August	Slipback	Eric Saward	Paul Mark Tams
September	The Savages	Ian Stuart Black	David McAllister
September	The Companions of Doctor Who: Harry Sullivan's War	Ian Marter	Tony Masero
October	Fury from the Deep	Victor Pemberton	David McAllister
November	The Celestial Toymaker	Gerry Davis and Alison Bingeman	Graham Potts
December	The Seeds of Death	Terrance Dicks	Tony Masero

Publishing notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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