#target books

[joumanadraws]

I twigged that Seán Carlsen loves Target books so before meeting him I made him a Narvin one... It's an actual handbound book, only blank inside (or psychic paper if you prefer).

He was chuffed ☺️ (probably not as much as I was!)

[type40capsule]

Target Books 1985 Dalek poster by Graham Potts

[thedoctorwhocompanion]

Coming Soon: Celebrating Doctor Who's 60th Anniversary with Illustrated Target Book of Rose

Coming Soon: Celebrating #DoctorWho's 60th Anniversary with Illustrated Target Book of Rose

Following the popularity of last year’s Illustrated Edition of Doctor Who and the Daleks, BBC Books is set to release a follow-up version of Rose, the first story of Doctor Who‘s 21st Century revival. The story was novelised by Russell T Davies back in 2018, and while this edition republishes the whole narrative, it comes with brand new illustrations by acclaimed artist, Robert Hack. BBC Books…

[legok9]

The first Doctor Who novelization was Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks. It featured a Glass Dalek leader that was not in the original serial:

He was resting on a kind of dais and his casing was totally made of glass. Inside, I could see the same sort of repulsive creature that the Doctor and I had taken out of the machine and wrapped in the cloak. The Dalek looked totally evil, sitting on a tiny seat with two squat legs not quite reaching the floor. The head was large, and I shuddered at the inhuman bumps where the ears and nose would normally be and the ghastly slit for a mouth. One shrivelled little arm moved about restlessly and the dark-green skin glistened with the same oily substance that had revolted me before.

As this novelization has had many editions, we are blessed with multiple different artists' takes on the Glass Dalek:

1965 edition by Peter Archer

1980 edition by Michiaki Sato

2005 illustration by Roger Langridge (DWM 354)

2022 edition by Robert Hack

[charliejaneanders]

You know you're an overly obsessed #DoctorWho fan when you see headlines about a "Target letter" and you think... "ooh, did they announce more novelizations of some of the recent stories?!??"

[whatdoyoudoieat]

Ive been re/reading Wild Blue Yonder & this story has gotten inside of my head! It's just so good. I am obsessed.

And my favourite thing abt it happens in the first chapter - Isaac Newton & Mavity! I think it's hilarious.

[anotheruserwithnoname]

Zygon Invasion novel coming

The Radio Times is reporting that a new set of novels based on “new era” Doctor Who done in the old Target Books style is coming from BBC Books this spring. Among the selections is The Zygon Invasion by Peter Harness.

This is significant for Twelve-Clara fans as this is the first time a story from the Whouffaldi era (Series 8/9) has been adapted as a novel. Harness, of course, co-wrote the two-parter with Steven Moffat. 

I confess to a few concerns. Putting aside the fact I have general apathy for the Who franchise (the last 5 years did a real job on the show for me), so I just can’t get as excited for this as I might have been back in 2016, there have been a few cases of the new-era novelizations inserting characters that had no business being in them (one reason why the novels based on Rose and Day of the Doctor were no-sells for me and based on that I initially skipped the one based on Crimson Horror, even though I don’t believe Mark Gatiss did that to his book). Also, there’s the chance that despite Zygon Invasion/Inversion being considered a major source for Whouffaldi references ( “Once Clara gets into your head, she doesn’t leave”; “I’ll be the judge of time” etc) there’s always the chance that Harness could somehow downplay or contradict some of that. (Though we might get an answer as to why Clara is dressed to the nines at the start - I’m sorry, she was NOT dressed for teaching.) A chapter consisting of Twelve doing nothing but leaving messages on her mobile would be funny though. And seeing how Harness adapts the Doctor’s war speech will be interesting. And there may be opportunities for Harness to enhance Whouffaldi, too, so I’m not assuming it’ll go one way or the other. I’m in Canada and we won’t get the books till later in the year if not 2024 (there was quite a lag when the last set of Targets came out), so I’ll wait to hear from folks who actually read it when it comes out in a few months. The one I’m really waiting for, though, is a novel based on the Raven Trilogy.

Other books in the new set include adaptations of the Tennant story Waters of Mars and Planet of the Ood, as well as a new edition of Warriors’ Gate by the Fourth Doctor story’s original writer, Stephen Gallagher. Gallagher, under the pseudonym John Lydecker, wrote the original Target book around 1981; this appears to be an expanded version as opposed to a rewrite (some classic-era stories have been “readapted” in this new Target Books line), and interestingly is supposed to include some new short stories, which will be a first for the Target line. According to the RT article the stories explore the “consequences” of the original TV story, which famously wrote out Romana. It’s possible the new stories might hint at Romana’s adventures in E-Space with K9?

[agameofbooksblog]

New book! I haven’t read this yet. Have you?

[fictionparadox]

New Point-of-Sale Poster for retailers to promote the latest batch of Target Books

[radiofreeskaro]

Radio Free Skaro #909 - I've Got A Feeling

Radio Free Skaro #909 - I've Got A Feeling - #DoctorWho missing episodes chatter! - Waris Hussein diaries! - The Timelash!

http://traffic.libsyn.com/freyburg/rfs909.mp3 Download MP3 It’s time for a Return of the Omnirumour as mysterious film canisters are pored over by specialists to see if heretofore undiscovered missing Doctor Who episodes have emerged or in fact it’s all just the same copy of Match of the Day over and over. Intriguing! Also Waris Hussein chronicles a trip to Moscow while Doctor Who’s debut hits…

[azazel-dreams]

Pyramids of Mars (Doctor Who) by Terrance Dicks

Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤

[lunawho47]

Anyone who quickly gets their hands on the new Target book release of James Moran's Fires of Pompeii, can you look into something for the community?

In the scene where (in the episode, at least), the Soothsayer tells the Doctor that "She is returning," can you make note of what the narrative tells us about that scene? Does it tell us the Doctor's thoughts? Does it focus on what Donna is thinking instead? As a shipper, I've just always wondered if the Doctor had any hope that it referred to Rose or if he refused to think about it at all. As a DW collector, I do intend to get a copy of it eventually, but it may be awhile before I can around to it.

But curious minds want to know, and my curiosity is also impatient, lol.

[thedoctorwhocompanion]

Covers Revealed for the Target Novelisations of Doctor Who's 60th Anniversary Specials

Covers Revealed for the Target Novelisations of #DoctorWho's 60th Anniversary Specials

The covers for the three upcoming Target novelisations of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials have been released, and though they don’t spoil anything from the plots or tell us too much about what each Fourteenth Doctor adventures has in store for us, they are nonetheless gorgeous. These covers have original art by Anthony Dry, who uses the pointillism technique to evoke the work of Chris…

[legok9]

*sigh*

They really don't put the Doctor's entire face in the logo like they used to...

Why didn't they bring this logo design back for the 60th anniversary? Cowards...

(Fun fact: This was only done for the novelization of Robot and then it was never seen again.)

[downthetubes]

Doctor Who books out in July, writers revealed

Five new Doctor Who novels will be released in July. Here's a guide to the titles and their authors, who include Stephen Gallagher and Peter Harness

[timetravel-tv]

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