Further Doctor Who books
December 31st 2006 05:27
Yesterday I talked about the various ranges of Doctor Who novels. Anyway, here are some oddities that I missed or glanced over...
Target spinoffs
Perhaps realising that they would eventually run out of novelisations to publish, or maybe just feeling creative, Target commissioned the odd non-televised Doctor Who novel. The first of these was the novelisation of 'K9 and Company' - the pilot episode for a failed 80s spinoff series that would've featured K9 and Sarah-Jane Smith (funnily enough, with the current revival of Doctor Who on television at the moment, both of these characters are soon to have brand new spinoff series of their own). Following on from this, it was decided to publish two further original spinoff novels detailing what happened to the Doctor's companions after they left him. Whether this series was originally planned to feature more entries or not, I don't know. These two novels were 'Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma' and 'Harry Sullivan's Private War'. The second of these was a spy-thriller written by the actor who originally portrayed the character on the show.
Target also published novelisations of three un-made television scripts, calling these the 'Missing Episodes'. These were stories that would've been produced in 1986 had the show not gone on hiatus for 18 months. Target also published two novelisations of Doctor Who audio plays - 'Slipback' and 'The Pescatons'.
Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who!
The 80s were a time of many crazes. Amongst these crazes was the 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books craze - Choose Your Own Adventure blog. The 'Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who' series was, amazingly enough, a Doctor Who-based version of this. Six of these were made, they all featured the 6th Doctor and they were...
'Search for the Doctor' - featuring K9, Drax and Omega.
'Crisis in Space' - featuring Peri and Turlough.
'The Garden of Evil'
'Mission to Venus' - featuring Peri.
'Invasion of the Ormazoids'
'Race Against Time' - featuring Peri.
Two other interactive books were also published by FASA in the 80s, these were 'The Vortex Crystal' (featuring the 4th Doctor, Sarah-Jane and Harry Sullivan) and 'The Rebel's Gamble' (featuring the 6th Doctor, Peri and Harry Sullivan). These were considerably more in-depth than the 'Make Your Own Adventure' series.
Who Killed Kennedy
Virgin books published this strange one-off novel. Whilst it didn't feature the Doctor directly, it did feature many characters from the 3rd Doctor's era, referencing a lot of his televised adventures and linking him to a conspiracy revolving around the assassination of JFK, amongst other things. I haven't read it.
Faction Paradox
Mad Norweigian press are a cult/TV tie-in based independent publisher who have published various unofficial guides to Doctor Who. Their six-book line of 'Faction Paradox' novels link in with a similar line of original audio plays they also produced. Faction Paradox are a group of villains that were featured in the BBC 8th Doctor range of books, created by writer Lawrence Miles. They were strikingly original and a popular foil for the 8th Doctor, and these books continue to explore their place in the Doctor Who universe - though, for copyright reasons, all references to Doctor Who in these books are disguised with different names.
Big Finish Books
Big Finish are a group who produce original Doctor Who audio-plays featuring the actors who portrayed the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Doctors, as well as various supporting characters and alien races from the television show. In recent years they have also started publishing the occasional book... so far they have published three spin-off novels based on original characters created for their range of Doctor Who audio-plays, this line is called 'New Worlds'. They also published a great number of Doctor Who short story anthologies called 'Short Trips'.
I Am a Dalek
As part of the recent initiative to encourage reading (both Britain and Australia currently have this, I'm not sure about America), BBC books released this special one-off novella featuring the 10th Doctor. It's fairly brief and written in a manner that allows people of all ages and all reading levels to be able to enjoy it.
Target spinoffs
Perhaps realising that they would eventually run out of novelisations to publish, or maybe just feeling creative, Target commissioned the odd non-televised Doctor Who novel. The first of these was the novelisation of 'K9 and Company' - the pilot episode for a failed 80s spinoff series that would've featured K9 and Sarah-Jane Smith (funnily enough, with the current revival of Doctor Who on television at the moment, both of these characters are soon to have brand new spinoff series of their own). Following on from this, it was decided to publish two further original spinoff novels detailing what happened to the Doctor's companions after they left him. Whether this series was originally planned to feature more entries or not, I don't know. These two novels were 'Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma' and 'Harry Sullivan's Private War'. The second of these was a spy-thriller written by the actor who originally portrayed the character on the show.
Target also published novelisations of three un-made television scripts, calling these the 'Missing Episodes'. These were stories that would've been produced in 1986 had the show not gone on hiatus for 18 months. Target also published two novelisations of Doctor Who audio plays - 'Slipback' and 'The Pescatons'.
Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who!
The 80s were a time of many crazes. Amongst these crazes was the 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books craze - Choose Your Own Adventure blog. The 'Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who' series was, amazingly enough, a Doctor Who-based version of this. Six of these were made, they all featured the 6th Doctor and they were...
'Search for the Doctor' - featuring K9, Drax and Omega.
'Crisis in Space' - featuring Peri and Turlough.
'The Garden of Evil'
'Mission to Venus' - featuring Peri.
'Invasion of the Ormazoids'
'Race Against Time' - featuring Peri.
Two other interactive books were also published by FASA in the 80s, these were 'The Vortex Crystal' (featuring the 4th Doctor, Sarah-Jane and Harry Sullivan) and 'The Rebel's Gamble' (featuring the 6th Doctor, Peri and Harry Sullivan). These were considerably more in-depth than the 'Make Your Own Adventure' series.
Who Killed Kennedy
Virgin books published this strange one-off novel. Whilst it didn't feature the Doctor directly, it did feature many characters from the 3rd Doctor's era, referencing a lot of his televised adventures and linking him to a conspiracy revolving around the assassination of JFK, amongst other things. I haven't read it.
Faction Paradox
Mad Norweigian press are a cult/TV tie-in based independent publisher who have published various unofficial guides to Doctor Who. Their six-book line of 'Faction Paradox' novels link in with a similar line of original audio plays they also produced. Faction Paradox are a group of villains that were featured in the BBC 8th Doctor range of books, created by writer Lawrence Miles. They were strikingly original and a popular foil for the 8th Doctor, and these books continue to explore their place in the Doctor Who universe - though, for copyright reasons, all references to Doctor Who in these books are disguised with different names.
Big Finish Books
Big Finish are a group who produce original Doctor Who audio-plays featuring the actors who portrayed the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Doctors, as well as various supporting characters and alien races from the television show. In recent years they have also started publishing the occasional book... so far they have published three spin-off novels based on original characters created for their range of Doctor Who audio-plays, this line is called 'New Worlds'. They also published a great number of Doctor Who short story anthologies called 'Short Trips'.
I Am a Dalek
As part of the recent initiative to encourage reading (both Britain and Australia currently have this, I'm not sure about America), BBC books released this special one-off novella featuring the 10th Doctor. It's fairly brief and written in a manner that allows people of all ages and all reading levels to be able to enjoy it.
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