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'''[[Target Books]]' ''[[Doctor Who]]'' output in [[1974 (releases)|1974]]''' almost exclusively featured the [[Third Doctor]]. The year introduced readers to the prose talents of [[Terrance Dicks]] and [[Malcolm Hulke]], Target's two most prolific writers. It also marked the first appearance of the [[Second Doctor]] in the range.
'''[[Target Books]]' ''[[Doctor Who]]'' output in [[1974 (releases)|1974]]''' almost exclusively featured the [[Third Doctor]]. The year introduced readers to the prose talents of [[Terrance Dicks]] and [[Malcolm Hulke]], Target's two most prolific writers. It also marked the first appearance of the [[Second Doctor]] in the range.


== Novelisation covers ==
Script writers were encouraged to fill out their scripts with more detail, giving a larger word count than some of the later novels.
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
File:Auton_Invasion _novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]
File:Cave-Monsters novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters]]
File:The_Day_of_the_Daleks_(novelisation)_altcover.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]
File:1DoomsdayWeapon.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]
File:Daemons _novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Dæmons]]
File:Doctor_Who_and_the_Sea-Devils.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Sea Devils]]
File:Abominable_Snowmen_novel.jpg |[[Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen]]
</gallery>


== Reprints and other title covers ==
These early books continued with the "Frederick Muller" tradition of including black and white illustrations.
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== Publishing history ==
== Stories ==
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
!No. || Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Based on || Released
|-
|-
!Month!!Title!!Writer!!Cover Artist
|006
|''[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]''
|[[Terrance Dicks]]
|rowspan=6|[[Third Doctor|3rd]]
|[[Liz Shaw|Liz]], [[Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]], [[Second Doctor]], [[Auton]]s, [[Nestene Consciousness]]
|''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]''
|rowspan=2|[[17 January (releases)|17 January]] [[1974 (releases)|1974]]
|-
|-
|[[January]]||[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]||[[Terrance Dicks]]||[[Chris Achilleos]]
|009
|''[[Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Malcolm Hulke]]
|Liz, the Brigadier, [[Silurian]]s
|''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]''
|-
|-
|January||[[Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters]]||[[Malcolm Hulke]]||Chris Achilleos
|023
|''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]''
|[[Jo Grant|Jo]], {{Delgado}}
|''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]''
|rowspan=2|[[27 March (releases)|27 March]] [[1974 (releases)|1974]]
|-
|-
|[[April]]||[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]||Terrance Dicks||Chris Achilleos
|018
|''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]''
|Terrance Dicks
|Jo, the Brigadier, [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[John Benton|Benton]], [[Dalek]]s, [[Ogron]]s
|''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]''
|-
|-
|April||[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]||Malcolm Hulke||Chris Achilleos
|015
|''[[Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dæmons]]''
|[[Barry Letts]]
|Jo, the Brigadier, Yates, Benton, [[Tom Osgood|Osgood]], the Master
|''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]''
|rowspan=2|[[17 October (releases)|17 October]] [[1974 (releases)|1974]]
|-
|-
|[[October]]||[[Doctor Who and the Dæmons]]||[[Barry Letts]]||Chris Achilleos
|054
|''[[Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils]]''
|Malcolm Hulke
|Jo, [[Sea Devil]]s, the Master
|''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]''
|-
|-
|October||[[Doctor Who and the Sea Devils]]||Malcolm Hulke||Chris Achilleos
|001
|-
|''[[Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen]]''
|[[November]]||[[Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen]]||Terrance Dicks||Chris Achilleos
|Terrance Dicks
|[[Second Doctor|2nd]]
|[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]], [[Great Intelligence]], [[Robot Yeti]]
|''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''
|[[21 November (releases)|21 November]] [[1974 (releases)|1974]]
|}
|}


== Publishing notes ==
== Cover gallery ==
* 1974 saw the first wave of new ''Doctor Who'' novelisations, predominantly featuring the Third (new) Doctor in recently televised adventures.
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" >
* Script writers were encouraged to fill out their scripts with more detail, giving a larger word count than some of the later novels.
Auton Invasion  novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion]]''
* These early books continued with the "Frederick Muller" tradition of including black and white illustrations.
Cave-Monsters novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters]]''
The Day of the Daleks (novelisation) altcover.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]''
1DoomsdayWeapon.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon]]''
Daemons  novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Dæmons]]''
Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Sea Devils]]''
Abominable Snowmen novel.jpg|''[[Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen]]''
</gallery>


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