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'''The Doctor Who Discovery Series''' was a shortlived series of large format stapled paperback titles from [[Target Books]] published 1977/78. | '''The Doctor Who Discovery Series''' were a series of children's books apparently written by [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] during his time working with [[UNIT]]. Rather than being credited to "The Doctor", the books were mistakenly credited to "Doctor Who". ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Kingmaker]]'') | ||
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==Doctor Who Discovery Series Covers== | In reality, '''The Doctor Who Discovery Series''' was a shortlived series of large format stapled paperback titles from [[Target Books]] published in 1977/78. | ||
Although not strictly speaking part of the series the title [[The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book]], published in 1976, established the format. | |||
The series was intended to run to 24 titles, but only five titles were released in the Discovery series, with '''The Miners''', '''Inventors''' and '''Pirates''' due next for publication before the range was cancelled due to poor sales. | |||
Each of the books included a pull-out poster stapled to the centre depicting the cover artwork. | |||
An in-universe reference to the Doctor having written these books appears in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Kingmaker]]''. | |||
===Doctor Who Discovery Series Covers=== | |||
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Image:DWDEarlyMan.jpg|[[Doctor Who Discovers: Early Man]] | Image:DWDEarlyMan.jpg|[[Doctor Who Discovers: Early Man]] | ||
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Image:DWDStrangeCreatures.jpg|[[Doctor Who Discovers: Strange and Mysterious Creatures]] | Image:DWDStrangeCreatures.jpg|[[Doctor Who Discovers: Strange and Mysterious Creatures]] | ||
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[[Category:Galleries]] | [[Category:Galleries]] | ||
[[Category:Books]] | |||
