February 23rd, 2018
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Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (Target Collection)
Available to order from www.amazon.co.uk
Also available to order from www.bookdepository.com
Discover the new Doctor Who classics.
When the entire universe is at stake, three different Doctors will unite to save it.
The Tenth Doctor is hunting shape-shifting Zygons in Elizabethan England. The Eleventh is investigating a rift in space-time in the present day. And one other – the man they used to be but never speak of – is fighting the Daleks in the darkest days of the Time War.
Driven by demons and despair, this battle-scarred Doctor is set to take a devastating decision that will threaten the survival of the entire universe… a decision that not even a Time Lord can take alone.
On this day, the Doctor’s different incarnations will come together to save the Earth… to save the universe… and to save his soul.
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toptimelord
May 15th, 2018 - 10:55amNow this is some of the nicest Doctor Who merchandise I have seen in a long time! I will definitely be purchasing the whole set of these classy novels!
Whorules
February 23rd, 2018 - 12:27pmDo we know who the cover artist is yet?
booboo
February 23rd, 2018 - 12:32pmI have heard the name Anthony Dry mentioned?
not sure if that’s right the press release doesn’t mention the artist
Whorules
February 23rd, 2018 - 12:49pmThanks boo boo
booboo
February 23rd, 2018 - 1:43pmwas him https://twitter.com/AnthonyDry
The Surgeon
February 23rd, 2018 - 11:17amI love how the Target novelisations were known for having dodgy cover pictures, and they continued this here
Anonymous
February 23rd, 2018 - 11:09amGreat cover. Love the fact that they have kept the daleks drawn the same as the original target books, like Dr who and the daleks for example.
Doctor Stu
February 23rd, 2018 - 10:30amAh here we are, the episode that undid 7 series’ of post war doctor characterization because moffatt couldn’t bare to leave all those timelords dead because we know how much he loves unkilling people. The whole episode should have been about the doctor accepting his decision right up to the projection scene where the war doctor has his two other selves with him by his side while they make the toughest decision of their lives for the good of the universe. But no let’s just undo the whole thing because why not
The Surgeon
February 23rd, 2018 - 11:15amI absolutely wholeheartedly disagree. It was completely the right decision to bring the Time Lords back – RTD said he would’ve done it himself eventually. The Time Lords are as much part of Doctor Who as the Daleks, so getting rid of them in the first place was a bad move. The Day of the Doctor had to have a happy ending – and ending it with Tom Baker telling Matt Smith that his people were still alive was perfection
The Outcast
February 23rd, 2018 - 11:19amI wish the entire story had been about the Doctor finding a Timelord colony on an Asteroid (a surviving splinter of Gallifrey) and dealing with the destruction of most of Gallifrey. I’d much rather have had that than have them get resurrected.
Whorules
February 23rd, 2018 - 12:20pmThey weren’t resurrected, they never actually died.
Whorules
February 23rd, 2018 - 12:26pmIt never sat right with me that the doctor would destroy the time lords even to destroy the daleks. It’s just not what the doctor would do. And that is exactly what this story is about, what it means to be the doctor. And it doesn’t alter the fact that from the moment war doctor regenerates until the 11th doctor experiences the events of this story, the doctor believes he did destroy gallifrey. The fact that he saved it is just the doctor being the doctor.
Doctor Stu
February 23rd, 2018 - 7:04pmI’d have let it slide if we’d seen people actually die in the episode. The fact that into the Dalek had four onscreen extermination’s and the day of the doctor, the episode depicting the actual time war had a grand total of….0 extermination’s is a shambles
The Outcast
February 25th, 2018 - 6:09amI think Day would have been better if we’d had the 8th or 9th Doctor in it, and a few more cameos from classic characters. Imagine seeing Sylvester McCoy as the Black Archive Security guard, Colin Baker in the background of the Timelord war room and Peter Davison as the commander of the soldiers who turn up to save Queen Elizabeth.
DoctorFan
February 23rd, 2018 - 7:57amThis is the best cover so far!
The Outcast
February 23rd, 2018 - 11:19amAgreed!
MJS
February 19th, 2018 - 1:41pmJust had an email through stating these (day of the Doctor, Rose & Christmas Invasion) will now be released on April 5th and not June as previously reported. Don’t know if this affects the audiobooks or not and no update on Twice Upon a time, sorry.
MJS
February 19th, 2018 - 2:37pmUpdate – just been advised Twice Upon a Time is also due 5th April
Whorules
November 14th, 2017 - 1:21amAmazon have listings for the audio versions for june, not available to order but they’re there. No sign of the paperbacks yet either.
Alex
November 14th, 2017 - 3:06pmI wonder who’s going to read the recording for these audiobooks. Normally they get actors who were in some way associated with the productions, but that could still mean a lot of people. Perhaps Camille Coduri for The Christmas Invasion or Rose?
I can’t imagine the paperbacks will take too much longer to come to order. They’re already on Book Depository at the very least (which is my preferred service anyway).
Whorules
November 14th, 2017 - 5:51pmOh i prefer book depository as well, have had real trouble with amazon recently. So as soonnas the right price goes on book depository ill be ordering
Whorules
November 15th, 2017 - 2:01amAudios have been removed from amazon now!
koloth
November 15th, 2017 - 2:45pmThis would bookend my Time War audios. Can’t Wait!
Billy Edwards
November 13th, 2017 - 6:22amWould be excellent to have some other writers involved like Mark Gatiss and Toby Whithouse writing a book.
Whorules
November 12th, 2017 - 9:40pmHere’s a thought, how about target books of the matt smith adventure games? I’d love a novel based on city of the daleks or the gunpower plot. Oh, and it’s time for dr who meets scratchman as well.
Should explain why I’m so excited about these novels. I have read the target novels for 40 years now. I mean that literally i started when i was seven and I’m now 47 and every year i read at least 4 or 5 target books again. The fact that a new generation can now start with new who adaptations is just wonderful, my nephew and niece are really buzzing about day of the doctor and twice upon a time. Here’s to the future of who books… long may they continue.
koloth
November 15th, 2017 - 2:46pmYup! Would go for them. I never played all of them so to read them would be a welcome catchup.
The Dalek Whovian
November 12th, 2017 - 7:22pmAs someone who doesn’t know too much about Target Novelisations, are these likely to be very different to the actual episode due to no budget restraint?
DoctorSong2016
November 12th, 2017 - 9:36pmIt depends. The Target novels are notorious for being extended, more developed versions of the original stories, however most of them were written by Terrence Dicks. So considering that they’ll be written by other people, for all we know it could just be a straight up adaptation of the script.
Michael
November 12th, 2017 - 10:19pmDepends really. Some of them were straight tv story versions in print. Others were somewhat different. I always found it difficult to read one where I knew the dialogue but the sentences were moved or altered. I found it was quite jarring.
I imagine these will see a good few extra scenes as there isn’t enough material in an hour show for a novel.
I will be interested to read a Moffat novel based on one of his own scripts. Could be quite revealing.
Anonymous
November 12th, 2017 - 10:22pmThat’s really down to the author, they tend to delve a lot more into the background of events and characters than can be given on screen,but generally the events are faithful to what is on screen.
The real master
November 13th, 2017 - 7:19amProbably, look at the novel version of the Kings Demon the tv version was less than an hour, the novel version is nearly 5 and half hours
Anonymous
November 14th, 2017 - 11:55amDoctor who
Whorules
November 12th, 2017 - 4:01pmChoices for next wave (hopefully!)
Shada or pirate planet
Resurrection of the daleks (if possible)
Doctor who the movie with target makeover
Unquiet dead
Impossible planet/satan pit
Asylum of the daleks
Empress of mars
Personally I would happy with a monthly single release or a set every few months. Or frankly anything!
Vortexsurfer
November 15th, 2017 - 2:23pmI agree, apart from yet another Shada. We have Shadas coming out of our ears.
The Movie I would particularly like to see, especially if it could retcon a few things with later additions to the mythology. What if the pocket watch Chang Lee opens is a chameleon arch?
Doctor Mysterio
November 12th, 2017 - 2:52pmWas really interested in these but so far they are only paperbacks and not hardbacks, which is a shame.
Someone
November 12th, 2017 - 2:18pmmaybe the next ones they could do
Fathers Day
School Reunion
Night Terrors
Time Heist
DoctorFan
November 12th, 2017 - 2:16pmMy list for future releases
TV movie (rerelease)
Dalek
Utopia/Sound Of Drums/Last Of The Timelords
Time Of The Doctor
Heaven Sent/Hell Bent
DoctorFan
November 12th, 2017 - 4:41pmOr
Bad wolf/parting of the ways (book named potw)
Stolen earth/journeys end (book named se)
The Snowmen
World enough and time/the doctor falls (booked called tdt)
Doctor Mysterious
November 12th, 2017 - 7:20pmHopefully they’d get Rob Shearman to adapt Dalek.
The Outcast
November 12th, 2017 - 1:32pmOk, if theoretically they were to do another wave of these books, which stories would you want novelised?
My list:
Revelation of the Daleks (if possible. This novelisation would fill in a gap in the target novels)
Aliens of London/World War 3
Blink
The Eleventh Hour
Flatline
Aaron Beavis
November 12th, 2017 - 5:11pmI would have 6 stories in the next wave (and I think they should have multiple part stories as one book under the name of the first episode eg the parallel earth 2 parter would be called just Rise of the Cybermen like the early classic serials) and I think they should see if they can get 9th done quite quickly as he only needs 12 more books. I would have the next wave as:
Dalek (oh the cover possibilities)
Bad Wolf (can you tell I’m a dalek fan and again the cover possibilities)
Gridlock (just a personal favourite)
The Rebel Flesh
The Woman Who Lived (I think this story could work really well as a story opposed to an episode)
Empress Of Mars (very classic story)
And also it would be nice for the few classic stories that haven’t been done to get one also.
Sean Bassett
November 12th, 2017 - 10:52pmDalek
Voyage of the Damned, with a Time Crash prologue
The Doctor’s Wife
World Enough And Time/The Doctor Falls
Series 11 Episode One (Would be nice to get a Jodie Whittaker story sometime after S11).
Ian
November 12th, 2017 - 10:52amReally pleased about these. Well over due. However why are they expensive?
booboo
November 12th, 2017 - 11:14amcould be just an initial price, no where else has them listed for sale
Penguin Australia has details on their official site but no the UK
Alex
November 12th, 2017 - 12:41pmDoes the price often lower on Book Depository? I’m getting a decent pay this week so I might pre-order these now, but then if you think I should wait for a cheaper price on BD (I should add that I really only get my books on BD, Amazon shipping prices are too much for me).
Coolicle
November 12th, 2017 - 3:40pmIf you spend £10 or over on books on Amazon you get free delivery!!
Whorules
November 12th, 2017 - 3:56pmAlex don’t preorder yet, you pay the price younfirst payed even if they go down. Just wait the price will drop. I ordered an alien book at £7.15 that was originally priced at £11.19 the retail price was £7.99, so just hang fire until the correct price goes on
Whorules
November 12th, 2017 - 4:03pmDon’t know what happened there, meant to read ‘until the price goes down’. Temperamental autocorrect i think…
Alex
November 12th, 2017 - 11:23pmOk ok, thanks, I’ll make sure to hold off on ordering then 😀 I get trigger finger when it comes to pre-orders sometimes!
Whorules
November 12th, 2017 - 10:30amI really hope they are the same size as the target reprints. Mind, even if they are not – more please! Oh as ebury press are saying they have exclusive rights to series 11 i wonder if that means chris chibnall has given the ok for novels of the stories. I do hope so as i was very disappointed when r t davies said the new stories wouldn’t be novelised back in 2005.
Whorules
November 12th, 2017 - 10:48amSo I’m very happy about these books. Reminds me of my childhood, waiting for the next tv story book to come out… happy times
Borg
November 12th, 2017 - 1:09pmI was too. Now we finally have some… this is great.Now only if they cut the price in half…
Someone
November 12th, 2017 - 9:35amdoes anyone know when the covers will be revealed ???
The Outcast
November 12th, 2017 - 10:00amSometime before their release in April 2018.
DoctorFan
November 12th, 2017 - 11:01amDefinitely after christmas as the cover for twice upon a time may have spoilers for the episode!