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-'''Quick Reads''' is a sub-series of the [[BBC Books]] line of original ''Doctor Who'' novels, published at the rate of one per year.
+'''Quick Reads''' is the name of a series of original ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novels, published at the rate of one per year by [[BBC Books]].
-The Quick Reads books were launched in [[2006]] as an effort by BBC Books, in conjunction with other partners, to promote reading. Although the cover design is the same as that of the full-length ''Doctor Who'' novels that have been published since [[2005]], the Quick Reads differ in that they are exclusively published in paperback at a lower cover price than the hardcovers, and they have a much lower page count, which puts them into the category of novellas (even though in some cases the page count actually exceeds that of many [[Target novelisation]]s, which are considered novels).
+Quick Reads books were launched in [[2006]] as an effort by BBC Books, in conjunction with other partners, to promote reading. Although the cover design has some commonality with the hardbound ''Doctor Who'' [[New Series Adventures]], Quick Reads were significantly different in content.  They are exclusively published in paperback at a lower cover price than the hardcovers, and they have a much lower page count.
-The [[2007]] release, ''[[Made of Steel]]'' was notable for being the first piece of original fiction based upon the revived franchise to be written by [[Terrance Dicks]], a script editor and writer for the original TV series and a prolific writer of ''Doctor Who'' fiction and novelisations since the 1970s.
+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.
-The first Quick Reads featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]], ''Magic of the Angels'', will be released in 2012.[http://www.quickreads.org.uk/content/doctor-who-magic-angels]
+The first Quick Reads featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]], ''Magic of the Angels'', was released in 2012.
 ==Releases==
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-|''[[Magic of the Angels]]'' ||[[Jacqueline Rayner]]|| ISBN 978-1-849-90286-1<br>||[[File:6_Magic_of_the_Angels.jpg|100px]]
+|''[[Magic of the Angels]]''<ref>[http://www.quickreads.org.uk/content/doctor-who-magic-angels Announcement of the coming of the Eleventh Doctor's first Quick Reads]</ref> ||[[Jacqueline Rayner]]|| ISBN 978-1-849-90286-1<br>||[[File:6_Magic_of_the_Angels.jpg|100px]]
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+==Footnotes==
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
 * [http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/guides/merchandise/books/newseries/ The Doctor Who Online Merchandise Guide - BBC Books - Quick Reads]
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