The Target Book - A History of the Target Doctor Who Books

By David J Howe

Reviewed By Ken Parker

One of the first things I collected when I was getting into Doctor Who back in the early 80's was the line of Doctor Who novels by Target Books. It was all new. I had seen a bunch of Tom Baker stories and had read about some of the other Doctors. I grew hungry for Doctor Who and what better way to dine on the books. Very soon I had caught up with the releases and had to wait for new books to hit the stores. It was all very exciting especially since many of the novels where of stories I had not seen either because they had not aired in America or were of episodes that were “missing.”

BBC Books To Reissue Seven Classic Doctor Who Target Novelizations

BBC Books will yet again re-release a bunch of Classic Doctor Who Novelizations that where out during the 70's to early 90's.  The books first published by Target will feature one Doctor from that range.  The first seven to come out will be released on April 28th and the titles will be Doctor Who and the Zarbi by Bill Strutton (First Doctor); Doctor Who and the Web of Fear by Terrance Dicks (Second Doctor); Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion by Malcolm Hulke (Third Doctor); Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks by Terrance Dicks (Fourth Doctor); Doctor Who: The Visitation by Eric Saward (Fifth Doctor); Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos by Philip Martin (Sixth Doctor) and Doctor Who: Battlefield by Marc Platt (Seventh Doctor) all with covers by artist Chris Achilleos who also drew three new covers for The Visitation, Vengeance on Varos and Battlefield.  It is worth buying the books for the covers alone.

Also announced is that BBC Books will also be releasing hard cover editions of the first three Doctor Who books Doctor Who and the Daleks by David Whitaker, Doctor Who and the Zarbi by Bill Strutton, Doctor Who and the Crusaders by David Whitaker and these will be out on November 3rd.  So if you are a fan of classic Who or a fan of NuWho and want to learn about the classic series then these books are for you.