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Subject: Target Dr Who novels
19/08/2006 17:41 GMT
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Hi there!
I deperately want all the Target Dr Who novels right up to the end of the Colin Baker era of Dr Who.
If anyone has second hand copies that they'd like to sell - please, please let me know.
ALSO........any Dr Who books (non fiction ones such as David Banks' "The Cybermen" or "Doctor Who: The Sixties", "The Seventies" or "The Eighties" .....or books like "Twenty Five Glorious Years", etc.) - please let me know if you'd like to sell them...........
I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO EXAPND MY COLLECTION! |
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sneb
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
20/08/2006 00:06 GMT
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I have a box full of target novels, there going so cheap I am practically giving them away heheheh
(Note - I have no idea what condition they are in, I haven't looked at them for at least 10 years) |
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axelf
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
20/08/2006 09:58 GMT
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I loved those Target books, One of my fave memories is of me reading the classic Dr Who books as a little tacker.
I found the cover arts for the 70s ones to be very well detailed and captured the tone of the story well.
They should publish a coffee table book with the cover art I reckon! |
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Martin
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
20/08/2006 10:24 GMT
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That's a pretty good return--ask at three, get a positive response at nine!
We occasionally get hopeful inquires about the club buying collections, one in particular was the son's books while he was out of the country. The answer is "No, the club isn't buying books, but feel free to bring them to a meeting...". We never seem to get the huxters actually show up! |
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jestear
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
23/08/2006 05:08 GMT
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I found a list of Target Novels if anyone is interested.
The Abominable Snowmen Terrance Dicks
The Android Invasion Terrance Dicks
The Androids of Tara Terrance Dicks
The Ark in Space Ian Marter
The Armageddon Factor Terrance Dicks
The Auton Invasion Terrance Dicks
The Brain of Morbius Terrance Dicks
Carnival of Monsters Terrance Dicks
The Cave Monsters Malcolm Hulke
The Claws of Axos Terrance Dicks
The Creature from the Pit David Fisher
The Crusaders David Whitaker
The Curse of Peladon Brian Hayles
The Cybermen Gerry Davis
The Dæmons Barry Letts
The Daleks David Whitaker
The Dalek Invasion of Earth Terrance Dicks
Day of the Daleks Terrance Dicks
The Deadly Assassin Terrance Dicks
Death to The Daleks Terrance Dicks
Destiny of the Daleks Terrance Dicks
The Dinosaur Invasion Malcolm Hulke
The Doomsday Weapon Malcolm Hulke
The Enemy of the World Ian Marter
The Face of Evil Terrance Dicks
Full Circle Andrew Smith
Genesis of the Daleks Terrance Dicks
The Giant Robot Terrance Dicks
The Green Death Malcolm Hulke
The Hand of Fear Terrance Dicks
The Horns of Nimon Terrance Dicks
Horror of Fang Rock Terrance Dicks
The Ice Warriors Brian Hayles
Image of the Fendahl Terrance Dicks
The Invasion of Time Terrance Dicks
The Invisible Enemy Terrance Dicks
The Keeper of Traken Terrance Dicks
The Keys of Marinus Philip Hinchcliffe
The Leisure Hive David Fisher
The Loch Ness Monster Terrance Dicks
Logopolis Christopher H. Bidmead
The Masque of Mandragora Philip Hinchcliffe
The Monster of Peladon Terrance Dicks
The Mutants Terrance Dicks
Nightmare of Eden Terrance Dicks
Planet of the Daleks Terrance Dicks
Planet of Evil Terrance Dicks
The Planet of the Spiders Terrance Dicks
The Power of Kroll Terrance Dicks
Pyramids of Mars Terrance Dicks
Revenge of the Cybermen Terrance Dicks
The Ribos Operation Ian Marter
The Robots of Death Ian Marter
The Sea Devils Malcolm Hulke
The Seeds of Doom Philip Hinchcliffe
The Sontaran Experiment Ian Marter
The Space War Malcolm Hulke
State of Decay Terrance Dicks
The Stones of Blood Terrance Dicks
The Sunmakers Terrance Dicks
The Talons of Weng Chiang Terrance Dicks
The Tenth Planet Gerry Davis
Terror of the Autons Terrance Dicks
The Three Doctors Terrance Dicks
The Time Warrior Terrance Dicks
The Tomb of the Cybermen Gerry Davis
Underworld Terrance Dicks
An Unearthly Child Terrance Dicks
The Visitation Eric Saward
The War Games Malcolm Hulke
Warriors' Gate John Lydecker
The Web of Fear Terrance Dicks
The Zarbi Bill Strutton
Time Flight Peter Grimwade
Meglos Terrance Dicks
Castrovalva Christopher H. Bidmead
Four to Doomsday Terrance Dicks
Earthshock Ian Marter
Terminus John Lydecker
Arc of Infinity Terrance Dicks
The Five Doctors Terrance Dicks
Mawdryn Undead Peter Grimwade
Snakedance Terrance Dicks
Kinda Terrance Dicks
Enlightenment Barbara Clegg
The Dominators Ian Marter
Warriors of the Deep Terrance Dicks
The Aztecs John Lucarotti
Inferno Terrance Dicks
The Highlanders Gerry Davis
Frontios Christopher H. Bidmead
The Caves of Androzani Terrance Dicks
Planet of Fire Peter Grimwade
Marco Polo John Lucarotti
The Awakening Eric Pringle
The Mind of Evil Terrance Dicks
The Myth Makers Donald Cotton
The Invasion Ian Marter
The Krotons Terrance Dicks
The Two Doctors Robert Holmes
The Gunfighters Donald Cotton
The Time Monster Terrance Dicks
The Twin Dilemma Eric Saward
Galaxy Four William Emms
Timelash Glen McCoy
Vengeance on Varos Philip Martin
The Mark of the Rani Pip and Jane Baker
The King's Demons Terence Dudley
The Savages Ian Stuart Black
Fury From The Deep Victor Pemberton
The Celestial Toymaker Gerry Davis and Allison Bingeman
The Seeds of Death Terrance Dicks
Black Orchid Terence Dudley
The Ark Paul Erickson
The Mind Robber Peter Ling
The Faceless Ones Terrance Dicks
The Space Museum Glyn Jones
The Sensorites Nigel Robinson
The Reign of Terror Ian Marter
The Romans Donald Cotton
The Ambassadors of Death Terrance Dicks
The Massacre John Lucarotti
The Macra Terror Ian Stuart Black
The Rescue Ian Marter
Terror of the Vervoids Pip and Jane Baker
The Time Meddler Nigel Robinson
The Mysterious Planet Terrance Dicks
Time and the Rani Pip and Jane Baker
The Underwater Menace Nigel Robinson
The Wheel in Space Terrance Dicks
The Ultimate Foe Pip and Jane Baker
The Edge of Destruction Nigel Robinson
The Smugglers Terrance Dicks
Paradise Towers Stephen Wyatt
Delta and the Bannermen Malcolm Kohll
The War Machines Ian Stuart Black
Dragonfire Ian Briggs
Attack of the Cybermen Eric Saward
Mindwarp Philip Martin
The Chase John Peel
Mission to The Unknown John Peel
The Mutation of Time John Peel
Silver Nemesis Kevin Clarke
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Stephen Wyatt
Planet of Giants Terrance Dicks
The Happiness Patrol Graeme Curry
The Space Pirates Terrance Dicks
Remembrance of the Daleks Ben Aaronovitch
Ghost Light Marc Platt
Survival Rona Munro
The Curse of Fenric Ian Briggs
Battlefield Marc Platt
The Pescatons Victor Pemberton
The Power of the Daleks John Peel
The Evil of the Daleks John Peel
The Paradise of Death Barry Letts
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jestear
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
23/08/2006 05:11 GMT
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How many of the Missing Episodes are there I Have 2 Mission to Magnus and the other I can not remeber at this time.
Also What where the TV Title for the pescatons. Which Cyberman storie is Doctor Who and the Cyberman Target Novel?
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Martin
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
23/08/2006 07:57 GMT
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Three--Mission to Magnus, The Nightmare Fair and The Ultimate Evil. The Pescatons was a one off record. Doctor Who and the Cybermen is The Moonbase. |
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jestear
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
24/08/2006 03:31 GMT
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why is there no novelisations of The Pirate Planet, The City Of Death and the last to Daleks stories?
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jestear
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
24/08/2006 05:43 GMT
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I know it weird to answer your own questions, but It just came to me didnt Douglas Adams write Pirate planet and City of Death. this could be the reason.
And didnt they have trouble with the writer of the Colin Baker Dalek story, that is why they could not show it on the Colin Baker years Video.
Did they ever do A McCoy Years Video? |
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Martin
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
24/08/2006 05:48 GMT
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That's Revelation and Resurrection of the Daleks (not Rememberance), The Pirate Planet, City of Death and Shada. All down to disputes with the authors; Eric Saward in the Dalek stories and Douglas Adams in the other ones. The New Zealand club's done unofficial novelisations. When Adams died it was announced that Gareth Roberts would be writing at least one of the novels, we're still waiting. |
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jestear
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
08/09/2006 13:16 GMT
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why change the title of some of the novels from the title of the episode to something else.
eg coloney in spave to doomsday weapon or worse the crusades to the crusaders. |
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Martin
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
08/09/2006 15:03 GMT
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Mmm, that's a good question--some of the changes are pretty obvious, such as Doctor Who and the Cybermen for The Moonbase. This was the 14th Target (actually the 11th, the first three were Frederick Muller) and the first Cyber-novelisation, looks like a case of branding--a book on Cybermen would be expected to sell better than a book on moonbases! Target started churning their novelisations out in the mid-Seventies, and the title changes suggest both marketability and more description--Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion for Spearhead From Space, Doctor Who and the Space War for Frontier in Space, and Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters for Doctor Who and the Silurians. By the late Seventies they were simply adding "Doctor Who and the..." to the television titles, and in the early Eighties they simply used the television ones or episode titles for stories preceeding collective titles, albeit under the Who logo of the day.
DWM ran a nice history of Target, I'd give you the citations but Matthew's got me magazines! I recommend the "On Target" site, but the URLs too long to post! |
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
09/09/2006 03:38 GMT
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Having now accumulated some of the novels into my collection , I have found that they really are a damn good read!
(I once thought they were lame!) |
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jestear
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
09/09/2006 11:31 GMT
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I think they should revive the target novels to include the new series. |
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Martin
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
09/09/2006 13:58 GMT
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I have mixed feelings about them. The Dicks ones are pretty much by the numbers--I once saw a competition online to work out his most overused phrase, and "a shck of white hair" won.
However The Deadly Assassin was a pretty shockingly good experience; they wouldn't play the episodes but you could buy the book at your local newsagent!
I am very pleased at the editorial policy in the late '80s which saw the original authors given refusal over the novelisations, and these are the ones I read again and again.
And yes, I'm talking about Donald Cotton! |
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jestear
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
10/09/2006 00:37 GMT
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The one good thing about the Target novels is that you can read the missing episodes. |
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
10/09/2006 07:24 GMT
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You're damn right there, Jestear! |
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
10/09/2006 13:36 GMT
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Hey, dudes!
I just wanted to add that I think the Target Dr Who novels rock (well, most of them!)
Dicks' ain't that bad a writer - though he does have a panchant to always describe the TARDIS at the start of each story and then go on about Pertwee's shock of white hair, or Tom Baker's shock of brown hair.
The prologue to The Time Warrior (by Dicks) is excellent - a damn good read! |
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
12/09/2006 01:21 GMT
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I don't have any great objections to Dicks; he's one of the most prolific authors in this language. You get The Brain of Marbuis (in normal and junior editions!) by Dicks; all well and fine. But then you get The Claws of Axos by Dicks--well he was the script editor, and presumably Baker and Martin were off writing more exciting television adventures. But The Face of Evil? Terror of the Zygons? Johnny Byrne is a poet; how does Dicks' "shock of white hair"-isms add to The Keeper of Traken? I don't know what the story is with all the commissions; there may be good reasons why all but a handfull of authors let someone else adapt their scripts. Take your example of The Time Warrior prologue--this isn't Terrance Dicks but the entirety of Robert Holmes' attempt to write the novelisation himself! Until his final illness made him unreliable Holmes was too busy with his next television commission; The Two Doctors only happened because book deadlines are more forgiving. But to continue with this, since Dicks had already published The Time Warrior what chance would there have been that Holmes would have then gone on to adapt this? And the same goes for all the other examples; by the time Nigel Robinson was giving original authors the opportunity to rework their own scripts there just wasn't that many books left to adapt.
Some don't like John Peel where he was Terry Nation's writer of choice. Fair enough; I think using a different writer for The Paradise of Death could have but helped matters. |
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Subject: Re: Target Dr Who novels
12/09/2006 08:31 GMT
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So did Terrance Dicks actually write the prologue to The Time Warrior? Or was that Robert Holmes???
By the way, I can understand why you are so enraged about Dicks almost monoploisation over the novels - perhaps he had some special deal/contract with W. H. Allen & Co.??? |
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