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* In 1969 the Tandem imprint set up in 1964 by Anthony Gibbs, Ralph Stokes and Brian Miles to simultaneously release titles in hardback and paperback was bought by Universal Publishing. A UK subsidiary named Universal-Tandem was formed. | * In 1969 the Tandem imprint set up in 1964 by Anthony Gibbs, Ralph Stokes and Brian Miles to simultaneously release titles in hardback and paperback was bought by Universal Publishing. A UK subsidiary named Universal-Tandem was formed. | ||
* By 1972 Universal-Tandem was looking to set up a children's imprint aimed at 14-15 year olds. That imprint became Target Books. | * By 1972 Universal-Tandem was looking to set up a children's imprint aimed at 14-15 year olds. That imprint became Target Books. | ||
* Richard Henwood suggested to Brian Miles that he might like to pick up the option on three Frederick Muller titles which had previously been published for libraries in 1964, ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'' (re-titled ''Doctor Who and the Daleks'') and ''[[Doctor Who and the Zarbi]]'' and a third, ''[[Doctor Who and the Crusaders]]'', that had been recently printed in paperback by Armada. | * Richard Henwood suggested to Brian Miles that he might like to pick up the option on three Frederick Muller titles which had previously been published for libraries in 1964, ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'' (re-titled ''Doctor Who and the Daleks'') and ''[[Doctor Who and the Zarbi]]'' and a third, ''[[Doctor Who and the Crusaders]]'', that had been recently printed in paperback by Armada. | ||
* In November 1972 [[Barry Letts]] ([[producer]] of ''Doctor Who'' at the time) was keen to raise the profile of the show and agreement was reached with the BBC for Target to have first option on all ''Doctor Who'' scripts and access to photographs from the series for illustration purposes. | * In November 1972 [[Barry Letts]] ([[producer]] of ''Doctor Who'' at the time) was keen to raise the profile of the show and agreement was reached with the BBC for Target to have first option on all ''Doctor Who'' scripts and access to photographs from the series for illustration purposes. | ||
* The suggestion to re-illustrate the cover of the first three titles with the face of the Third (current) Doctor was rejected by the BBC. | * The suggestion to re-illustrate the cover of the first three titles with the face of the Third (current) Doctor was rejected by the BBC. | ||
