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Doctor Who Classic Target Novel Re-releases

Doctor Who Classic Target Novel Re-Issues

The Following target novels have been listed on www.amazon.co.uk . They are all due for release on the 7th July.

The covers are the same as the originals shown below but with an “Introduction by” printed at the bottom and Gold Logo lettering.

Doctor Who and the Daleks
David Whitaker

This is DOCTOR WHO’s first exciting adventure–with the DALEKS!

Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright travel with the mysterious DOCTOR WHO and his grand-daughter, Susan, to the planet of Skaro in the space-time machine, Tardis.

There they strive to save the peace-loving Thals from the evil intentions of the hideous DALEKS.

Can they succeed? And what is more important, will they ever again see their native
Earth?

Originally Published 2 May 1973

DOCTOR WHO
AND THE CRUSADERS
David Whitaker

Based on the BBC television serial by David Whitaker by arrangement with the British Broadcasting Corporation

Back on Earth again, Tardis lands DOCTOR WHO and his friends into the midst of the harsh, cruel world of the twelfthcentury Crusades.

Soon the adventurers are embroiled in the conflict between Richard the Lionheart and the Sultan Saladin, ruler of the warlike Saracens…

Originally Published 2 May 1973

DOCTOR WHO AND THE AUTON INVASION
TERRANCE DICKS

In this, the first adventure of his third ‘incarnation’, DOCTOR WHO, Liz Shaw and the Brigadier grapple with the nightmarish invasion of the AUTONS

The Autons are living, giantsized, plastic-modelled ‘humans’ with no hair and sightless eyes

Waxwork replicas and tailors’ dummies whose murderous behaviour is directed by the NESTENE CONSCIOUSNESS – a malignant, squid-like monster of cosmic proportions and indescribably hideous appearance.

Originally Published 17 January 1974

DOCTOR WHO AND THE CAVE-MONSTERS
MALCOLM HULKE
Illustrated by Chris Achilleos

All is not well at the Wenley Moor underground atomic research station: there are unaccountable losses of power-output; nervous breakdowns amongst the staff; and then—a death!

UNIT is called in and the Brigadier is soon joined by DOCTOR WHO and Liz Shaw in a tense and exciting adventure with subterranean reptile men—SILURIANS— and a 40 ft. high Tyrannosaurus rex, the biggest, most savage mammal which ever trod the earth!

Originally Published 17 January 1974

DOCTOR WHO AND THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMEN
TERRANCE DICKS
Illustrated by Alan Willow

A single blow from the giant, hairy paw smashes the explorer to the ground. Terrified, he flees from the monster’s glowing eyes and savage fangs… Why are the peaceful Yeti now spreading death and destruction?

And what is the secret behind the glowing cave on the mountain? When DOCTOR WHO discovers that a long-dead friend is still alive, he knows why his visit to the lonely Himalayan monastery has led to a struggle to save the Earth!

Originally Published 21 November 1974

DOCTOR WHO AND THE CYBERMEN
GERRY DAVIS Illustrated by Alan Willow

One by one, their limbs became diseased—they were replaced by plastic and steel! Little by little, their brains tired—computers worked just as well! With metal limbs, they had the strength of ten men. They could live in the airless vacuum of space. They had no heart, no feelings, no emotions, and only one goal – power! In the year 2070, a small blue planet caught their attention. They would land on its satellite and, from there, attack, ransack, destroy and finally abandon…
THE SATELLITE WAS THE MOON THE HELPLESS PLANET—EARTH THEIR NAMES? THE CYBERMEN! Can the Doctor defeat an enemy whose threat is almost as great as that of the mighty Daleks?

Originally Published on 20 February 1975

Other places of interest…

Wikipedia Resource for Target Doctor Who Novels with selectable dates, numbers and listings.

On Target A comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations including Alternative covers.

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