Target Books/1981: Difference between revisions

* Beginning with the 1981 releases, there was a noticeable change in the format of the Target Book series. Up until this point, with a few exceptions (such as [[Brian Hayles]] and [[Gerry Davis]]), Target Books usually commissioned one of its staff writers to write the novelisations (more often than not, [[Terrance Dicks]], but also [[Malcolm Hulke]] and several ''Doctor Who'' TV producers). The release of ''[[Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit]]'' marked the start of a concerted effort by Target to, whenever possible, commission the original teleplay writer to also write the novelisation; in this initial case, [[David Fisher]]. This practise soon extended to include script writers from the 1960s as well; if the original writer was not available or not willing, Target would commission a staff writer such as Dicks or [[Ian Marter]] to take on the job (due to the smaller-than-usual number of releases in 1981, this means scriptwriter-penned novelisations would not begin to appear in force until 1982. This practice continued through to the tend of the Target novelisations series.