January 13th, 2021
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Doctor Who The Crimson Horror Target Paperback
Available to order in the UK from www.amazon.co.uk
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‘We must get to the bottom of this dark and queer business, no matter what the cost!’
Something ghastly is afoot in Victorian Yorkshire. Something that kills. Bodies are washing up in the canal, their skin a waxy, glowing red… But just what is this crimson horror?
Madam Vastra, Jenny and Strax are despatched to investigate the mystery. Strangely reluctant to assist their enquiries is Mrs Winifred Gillyflower, matriarch of ‘Sweetville’, a seemingly utopian workers’ community.
Why do all roads lead to the team’s old friends Clara and the Doctor?
Who is Mrs Gillyflower’s mysterious silent partner Mr Sweet?
And will the motley gang be in time to defeat the mysterious power that threatens all the world with its poison?
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Robert Sienicki
January 16th, 2021 - 11:24amDo anyone have those new Target books and can confirm their spines are similar? I have so far only three new ones (Rose, Day of the Doctor and Twice Upon) and they have matching spines, I was wondering if the rest will follow that same pattern (I am weird that way, I like things to match). 🙂
AD
January 18th, 2021 - 1:18pmFrom the last proofs I saw, the spines all lined up and had the Target logo on them. No idea if that has changed or not but I can’t see it.
Anonymous
January 18th, 2021 - 1:26pmApparently it’s been confirmed all spines will match including witchfinders which has new logo on cover but “target logo” on spine.
bryan
January 13th, 2021 - 10:56amSo looking forward to these , and So positive of the Cover reveals, but this one seems lacking.
No paternoster Gang, which seems a shame, No Mrs Gillyflower, which seems a bigger shame. I dont know how use of Actors images works now,and how expensive it is to clear. No Clara .
Anonymous
January 13th, 2021 - 12:48pmI agree about the companions on the covers, Clara, rose, paternoster gang and grace would gave been nice but considering how many of the original books didn’t even have the doctor on we should be happy with what they have done (and I am, they look glorious)
Mark
April 3rd, 2020 - 10:13pmRelease date put back to 11th March 2021 along with Pirate Planet, Revelation of The Daleks and Witchfinders according to emails from Amazon, expect the others to be the same soon
Anonymous
January 13th, 2020 - 11:35pmI think they should do nightmare in silver considering that it was originally planned to be a 2 partner, novelising it would allow for it to be expanded upon a lot more. I also hope we get more capaldi stories in future…
Elliot
January 13th, 2021 - 1:17pmFor Peter capaldi book should be World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls
Anonymous
January 13th, 2021 - 3:48pmEmpress of Mars for me
Robert Sienicki
December 12th, 2019 - 6:41amThis is definitely a buy. Liked this episode and I am curious about how Mark Gatiss will novelize it.
It’s a long shot, but I would love if Neil Gaiman adapted The Doctor’s Wife.
Anonymous
December 14th, 2019 - 2:53amI image he would be up for doing both his stories its whether he has the time and his agent/publisher agrees that he can do them. I would love doctor’s wife!
Ian Cotterill
December 10th, 2019 - 11:07pmI can see why they picked this one for novelising as they can cover the flashback scenes with the Doctor and Clara in much more detail, rather than rush through them as the tv episode did.
Anonymous
December 12th, 2019 - 12:18amI wished these were released monthly on a regular basic
Anonymous
December 12th, 2019 - 1:08amI’ve been saying that since they did the first reprints in 2012. At this rate I’ll never see all the TV stories novelised!
The Flying Shark
December 12th, 2019 - 7:49amUp to the end of Series 11, it will take until the early 2030s at least to see all the new series novelised at the rate of one a month, even if you combine two part stories into one book. They can’t come soon enough for me!
Anonymous
December 10th, 2019 - 7:52pmReally pleased gatiss is involved with target. Just need him to do cold war, empress of Mars and unquiet dead now! (3 stories high on my list of wanted novels)
The Flying Shark
December 11th, 2019 - 7:46amI’d like him to do Victory of the Daleks or Night Terrors as we don’t have an Amy Pond novelisation yet, but I’d like either of the Ice Warrior ones after them!
Anonymous
December 11th, 2019 - 9:56amForgot victory there, yep that’s another must have
Anonymous
December 10th, 2019 - 5:57pmThis one should be good I can image gatiss going for it!
Adam Thorne
December 10th, 2019 - 5:43pmPleasantly surprised they went with Crimson Horror 🙂
Was expecting them to go through all the “big” ones first (finales, specials, etc.) and I do love me some Clara. That and I’ve always felt like Series 7 is a bit underrated, plus it’ll be good to see Matt’s Doctor get a novelisation he doesn’t have to share with any other Doctors, so I’m thoroughly pleased to see this happening on all fronts.
Mikey C
January 13th, 2020 - 11:01pmEspecially as 11/Clara were rather underrepresented in the novels
MJS
December 10th, 2019 - 12:59pmThe titles are;
Dalek
The TV movie
Resurrection of the Daleks
revelation of the Daleks
The crimson Horror
Pirate Planet
The Witchfinders.
Anonymous
October 20th, 2019 - 4:17pmBeen thinking, given that two of these were announced as being the resurrection and revelation paperbacks, assuming that there are only 3 and no others are announced then I wonder if given that the first two are the Eric saward paperbacks if the third will be a Jodie book. Resolution would be an obvious choice given the others are dalek books
Anonymous
October 23rd, 2019 - 8:27pmAre three announced? I thought their were only gonna be two. The paperback target edition versions of ressurection and revelation
Anonymous
October 24th, 2019 - 11:18amEr, the title above is target 3…
Anonymous
October 24th, 2019 - 1:21pmAnd it looks like a 4th gas been added with a target version of pirate planet
MIKK89
October 15th, 2019 - 1:25amId like to see then novelize a new series 2-parter I’d say Ecclestone you adapt Bad Wolf and Parting of the Ways, Tennant Either Impossible Planet/Satan Pit or Stolen Earth/Journey’s End, Matt Smith in Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon and for Capaldi The Magician’s Apprentice/The Witch’s Familiar.
But also i would like to see either The Woman Who Fell To Earth or Resolution novelized
Anonymous
December 10th, 2019 - 7:58pmThe 5 I’d like to see for the modern doctors are:
Bad wolf/ parting of the ways
Army of ghosts/ doomsday
The Eleventh Hour
Under the Lake/Before the flood
It takes you away
TIMELORDTC .
December 10th, 2019 - 11:17pmOr just Paul Cornell rewriting Human Nature
Anonymous
October 15th, 2019 - 1:04amIf reprints then my choice per doctor would be :
Reign of terror
Wheel in space
Inferno
Horror of fang rock
Resurrection of the daleks (already announced for 2020)
Revelation of the daleks (already announced for 2020)
Ghost light
Doctor who book of the film
New who :
Dalek
Impossible planet/satan pit
Waters of Mars
Cold war
Empress of Mars
Resolution
Binboy Baggins
December 10th, 2019 - 5:31pmResurrection and Revelation were never published before 2020 due to Eric Saward not doing them so they’re not reprints.
Anonymous
December 10th, 2019 - 7:50pmThey are reprints. They are reprints in paperback of the hardcovers!
The 14th Doctor
October 14th, 2019 - 9:29pmJust thought, wouldn’t it be cool if one of them is a target book version of scratchman
Sean Bassett
October 15th, 2019 - 12:49amNo. No thanks. Not when we could have more new series novelizations.
Sean Bassett
October 14th, 2019 - 1:02pmPLEASE let this be a new series novelization.
SamWho
October 14th, 2019 - 8:15pmYes please and thank you that would be brilliant