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target novelisations

introduction

From 1973 to 1994, various publishing companies (including Universal-Tandem, W.H. Allen and Virgin Publishing) released Doctor Who novelisations under the Target Books label. The majority of these books were novelisations of television stories, however there were a few exceptions.

contents

No Title Author ISBN Publication Date
001 Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen Terrance Dicks 0 426 10583 4 November 1974
002 Doctor Who and the Android Invasion Terrance Dicks 0 426 20037 3 November 1978
003 Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara Terrance Dicks 0 426 20108 6 April 1980
004 Doctor Who and the Ark in Space Ian Marter 0 426 11631 3 May 1977
005 Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor Terrance Dicks 0 426 20104 3 June 1980
006 Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion Terrance Dicks 0 426 11295 4 January 1974
007 Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbuis Terrance Dicks 0 426 11674 7 June 1977
008 Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters Terrance Dicks 0 426 11025 0 January 1977
009 Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters Malcolm Hulke 0 426 11471 X January 1974
010 Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos Terrance Dicks 0 426 11703 4 April 1977
011 Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit David Fisher 0 426 20123 X January 1981
012 Doctor Who and the Crusaders David Whitaker 0 426 11316 0 May 1973
013 Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon Brian Hayles 0 426 11498 1 January 1975
014 Doctor Who and the Cybermen Gerry Davis 0 426 11463 9 February 1975
015 Doctor Who and the Dæmons Barry Letts 0 426 11332 2 October 1974
016 Doctor Who and the Daleks David Whitaker 0 426 10110 3 May 1973
017 Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth Terrance Dicks 0 426 11244 X March 1977
018 Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks Terrance Dicks 0 426 10380 7 April 1974
019 Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin Terrance Dicks 0 426 11965 7 October 1977
020 Doctor Who -- Death to the Daleks Terrance Dicks 0 426 20042 X July 1978
021 Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks Terrance Dicks 0 426 20096 9 November 1979
022 Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion Malcolm Hulke 0 426 10874 0 February 1976
023 Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon Malcolm Hulke 0 426 10372 6 April 1974
024 Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World Ian Marter 0 426 20126 4 April 1981
025 Doctor Who and the Face of Evil Terrance Dicks 0 426 20006 3 January 1978
026 Doctor Who -- Full Circle Andrew Smith 0 426 20150 7 September 1982
027 Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks Terrance Dicks 0 426 11260 1 July 1976
028 Doctor Who and the Giant Robot Terrance Dicks 0 426 11279 2 May 1975
029 Doctor Who and the Green Death Malcolm Hulke 0 426 10647 4 August 1975
030 Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear Terrance Dicks 0 426 20033 0 January 1979
031 Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon Terrance Dicks 0 426 20131 0 October 1980
032 Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock Terrance Dicks 0 426 20009 8 March 1978
033 Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors Brian Hayles 0 426 10866 3 March 1976
034 Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl Terrance Dicks 0 426 20077 2 July 1979
035 Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time Terrance Dicks 0 426 20093 4 February 1980
036 Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy Terrance Dicks 0 426 20054 3 March 1979
037 Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken Terrance Dicks 0 426 20148 5 May 1982
038 Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus Philip Hinchcliffe 0 426 20125 6 August 1980
039 Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive David Fisher 0 426 20147 7 July 1982
040 Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster Terrance Dicks 0 426 11041 2 January 1976
041 Doctor Who -- Logopolis Christopher H. Bidmead 0 426 20149 3 October 1982
042 Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora Phillip Hinchcliffe 0 426 11893 6 December 1977
043 Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon Terrance Dicks 0 426 20132 9 December 1980
044 Doctor Who and the Mutants Terrance Dicks 0 426 11690 9 September 1977
045 Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden Terrance Dicks 0 426 20130 2 August 1980
046 Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks Terrance Dicks 0 426 11252 0 October 1976
047 Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil Terrance Dicks 0 426 11682 8 August 1977
048 Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders Terrance Dicks 0 426 10655 5 October 1975
049 Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll Terrance Dicks 0 426 20101 9 May 1980
050 Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars Terrance Dicks 0 426 11666 6 December 1976
051 Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen Terrance Dicks 0 426 10997 X May 1976
052 Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation Ian Marter 0 426 20092 6 December 1979
053 Doctor Who and the Robots of Death Terrance Dicks 0 426 20061 6 May 1979
054 Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils Malcolm Hulke 0 426 11308 X October 1974
055 Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom Phillip Hinchcliffe 0 426 11658 5 February 1977
056 Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment Ian Marter 0 426 20049 7 December 1978
057 Doctor Who and the Space War Malcolm Hulke 0 426 11033 1 September 1976
058 Doctor Who and the State of Decay Terrance Dicks 0 426 20133 7 January 1982
059 Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood Terrance Dicks 0 426 20099 3 March 1980
060 Doctor Who and the Sunmakers Terrance Dicks 0 426 20059 4 November 1982
061 Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang Terrance Dicks 0 426 11973 8 November 1977
062 Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet Gerry Davis 0 426 11068 4 February 1976
063 Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons Terrance Dicks 0 426 11500 7 May 1975
064 Doctor Who -- The Three Doctors Terrance Dicks 0 426 11578 3 November 1975
065 Doctor Who and the Time Warrior Terrance Dicks 0 426 20023 3 June 1978
066 Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen Gerry Davis 0 426 11076 5 May 1978
067 Doctor Who and the Underworld Terrance Dicks 0 426 20068 3 January 1980
068 Doctor Who -- An Unearthly Child Terrance Dicks 0 426 20144 2 October 1981
069 Doctor Who and the Visitation Eric Saward 0 426 20135 3 August 1982
070 Doctor Who and the War Games Malcolm Hulke 0 426 20082 9 September 1979
071 Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate John Lydecker 0 426 20146 9 April 1982
072 Doctor Who and the Web of Fear Terrance Dicks 0 426 11084 6 August 1976
073 Doctor Who and the Zarbi Bill Strutton 0 426 11324 1 May 1973
074 Doctor Who -- Time-Flight Peter Grimwade 0 426 19297 4 April 1983
075 Doctor Who -- Meglos Terrance Dicks 0 426 20136 1 May 1983
076 Doctor Who -- Castrovalva Christopher H. Bidmead 0 426 19326 1 June 1983
077 Doctor Who -- Four to Doomsday Terrance Dicks 0 426 19334 2 July 1983
078 Doctor Who -- Earthshock Ian Marter 0 426 19377 6 August 1983
079 Doctor Who -- Terminus John Lydecker 0 426 19385 7 September 1983
080 Doctor Who -- Arc of Infinity Terrance Dicks 0 426 19342 3 October 1983
081 Doctor Who -- The Five Doctors Terrance Dicks 0 426 19510 8 November 1983
082 Doctor Who -- Mawdryn Undead Peter Grimwade 0 426 19393 8 January 1984
083 Doctor Who -- Snakedance Terrance Dicks 0 426 19457 8 May 1984
084 Doctor Who -- Kinda Terrance Dicks 0 426 19529 9 March 1984
085 Doctor Who -- Enlightenment Barbara Clegg 0 426 19537 X May 1984
086 Doctor Who -- The Dominators Ian Marter 0 426 19553 1 July 1984
087 Doctor Who -- Warriors of the Deep Terrance Dicks 0 426 19561 2 August 1984
088 Doctor Who -- The Aztecs John Lucarotti 0 426 19588 4 September 1984
089 Doctor Who -- Inferno Terrance Dicks 0 426 19617 1 October 1984
090 Doctor Who -- The Highlanders Gerry Davis 0 426 19676 7 November 1984
091 Doctor Who -- Frontios Christopher H. Bidmead 0 426 19780 1 December 1984
092 Doctor Who -- The Caves of Androzani Terrance Dicks 0 426 19959 6 March 1985
093 Doctor Who -- Planet of Fire Terrance Dicks 0 426 19940 5 February 1985
094 Doctor Who -- Marco Polo John Lucarotti 0 426 19967 7 April 1985
095 Doctor Who -- The Awakening Eric Pringle 0 426 20158 2 June 1985
096 Doctor Who -- The Mind of Evil Terrance Dicks 0 426 20166 3 July 1985
097 Doctor Who -- The Myth Makers Donald Cotton 0 426 20170 1 September 1985
098 Doctor Who -- The Invasion Ian Marter 0 426 20169 8 October 1985
099 Doctor Who -- The Krotons Terrance Dicks 0 426 20189 2 November 1985
100 Doctor Who -- The Two Doctors Robert Holmes 0 426 20201 5 December 1985
101 Doctor Who -- The Gunfighters Donald Cotton 0 426 20195 7 January 1986
102 Doctor Who -- The Time Monster Terrance Dicks 0 426 20221 X February 1986
103 Doctor Who -- The Twin Dilemma Eric Saward 0 426 20155 8 March 1986
104 Doctor Who -- Galaxy Four William Emms 0 426 20202 3 April 1986
105 Doctor Who -- Timelash Glen McCoy 0 426 20229 5 May 1986
106 Doctor Who -- Vengeance on Varos Philip Martin 0 491 03502 0 June 1988
107 Doctor Who -- The Mark of the Rani Pip & Jane Baker 0 426 20232 5 June 1986
108 Doctor Who -- The King's Demons Terence Dudley 0 426 20227 9 July 1986
109 Doctor Who -- The Savages Ian Stuart Black 0 426 20230 9 September 1986
110 Doctor Who -- Fury from the Deep Victor Pemberton 0 426 20259 7 October 1986
111 Doctor Who -- The Celestial Toymaker Gerry Davis & Alison Bingeman 0 426 20251 1 November 1986
112 Doctor Who -- The Seeds of Death Terrance Dicks 0 426 20252 X December 1986
113 Doctor Who -- Black Orchid Terance Dudley 0 426 20254 6 February 1987
114 Doctor Who -- The Ark Paul Erickson 0 426 20253 8 March 1987
115 Doctor Who -- The Mind Robber Peter Ling 0 426 20286 4 April 1987
116 Doctor Who -- The Faceless Ones Terrance Dicks 0 426 20294 5 May 1986
117 Doctor Who -- The Space Museum Glyn Jones 0 426 20289 9 June 1987
118 Doctor Who -- The Sensorites Nigel Robinson 0 426 20295 3 July 1987
119 Doctor Who -- The Reign of Terror Ian Marter 0 426 20264 3 August 1987
120 Doctor Who -- The Romans Donald Cotton 0 426 20288 0 September 1987
121 Doctor Who -- The Ambassadors of Death Terrance Dicks 0 426 20305 4 October 1987
122 Doctor Who -- The Massacre John Lucarotti 0 426 20297 X November 1987
123 Doctor Who -- The Macra Terror Ian Stuart Black 0 426 20307 0 December 1987
124 Doctor Who -- The Rescue Ian Marter 0 426 20308 9 January 1988
125 Doctor Who -- Terror of the Vervoids Pip & Jane Baker 0 426 20313 5 February 1988
126 Doctor Who -- The Time Meddler Nigel Robinson 0 426 20312 7 March 1988
127 Doctor Who -- The Mysterious Planet Terrance Dicks 0 426 20319 4 April 1988
128 Doctor Who -- Time and the Rani Pip & Jane Baker 0 426 20232 5 May 1988
129 Doctor Who -- The Underwater Menace Nigel Robinson 0 426 20326 7 July 1988
130 Doctor Who -- The Wheel in Space Terrance Dicks 0 426 20321 6 August 1988
131 Doctor Who -- The Ultimate Foe Pip & Jane Baker 0 426 20329 1 September 1988
132 Doctor Who -- The Edge of Destruction Nigel Robinson 0 426 20327 5 October 1988
133 Doctor Who -- The Smugglers Terrance Dicks 0 426 20328 3 November 1988
134 Doctor Who -- Paradise Towers Stephen Wyatt 0 426 20330 5 December 1988
135 Doctor Who -- Delta and the Bannermen Malcolm Kohll 0 426 20333 X January 1989
136 Doctor Who -- The War Machines Ian Stuart Black 0 426 20332 1 February 1989
137 Doctor Who -- Dragonfire Ian Briggs 0 426 20322 4 March 1989
138 Doctor Who -- Attack of the Cybermen Eric Saward 0 426 20290 2 April 1989
139 Doctor Who -- Mindwarp Philip Martin 0 426 20335 6 June 1989
140 Doctor Who -- The Chase John Peel 0 426 20336 4 July 1989
141 Doctor Who -- Mission to the Unknown John Peel 0 426 20343 7 September 1989
142 Doctor Who -- The Mutation of Time John Peel 0 426 20344 5 October 1989
143 Doctor Who -- Silver Nemesis Kevin Clarke 0 426 20340 2 November 1989
144 Doctor Who -- The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Stephen Wyatt 0 426 20341 0 December 1989
145 Doctor Who -- Planet of Giants Terrance Dicks 0 426 20345 3 January 1990
146 Doctor Who -- The Happiness Patrol Graeme Curry 0 426 20339 9 February 1990
147 Doctor Who -- The Space Pirates Terrance Dicks 0 426 20346 1 March 1990
148 Doctor Who -- Remembrance of the Daleks Ben Aaronovitch 0 426 20337 2 June 1990
149 Doctor Who -- Ghost Light Marc Platt 0 426 20351 8 September 1990
150 Doctor Who -- Survival Rona Munro 0 426 20352 6 October 1990
151 Doctor Who -- The Curse of Fenric Ian Briggs 0 426 20348 8 November 1990
152 Doctor Who -- Battlefield Marc Platt 0 426 20350 X July 1991
153 Doctor Who -- The Pescatons Victor Pemberton 0 426 20353 4 September 1991
154 Doctor Who -- The Power of the Daleks John Peel 0 426 20390 9
155 Doctor Who -- The Evil of the Daleks John Peel 0 426 20389 5
156 Doctor Who -- The Paradise of Death Barry Letts 0 426 20413 1