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Post by The Doctor on Feb 1, 2021 2:03:32 GMT
Hmmm. Themed year books could appeal to me. There MUST be a 1986 edition.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 3, 2021 12:13:30 GMT
I'm really intrigued by DWM's claim they're giving away a new and exclusive Target novel. Surely not a full blown TV story novelisation? I know they gave away Target books before, but that was just a warehouse clearance exercise. A proper new Target book? I would be really impressed by that. Seems fishy to me. Going by OG'ers who have their subs copy it's...just preview chapters from the new Target books. Glad I am a subber. Would have been pissed to pay an extra 4 quid for an advert. -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 3, 2021 12:48:28 GMT
That's a bit shite, should have been upfront about that.
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Post by blueshift on Feb 3, 2021 13:20:23 GMT
I'm really intrigued by DWM's claim they're giving away a new and exclusive Target novel. Surely not a full blown TV story novelisation? I know they gave away Target books before, but that was just a warehouse clearance exercise. A proper new Target book? I would be really impressed by that. Seems fishy to me. Going by OG'ers who have their subs copy it's...just preview chapters from the new Target books. Glad I am a subber. Would have been pissed to pay an extra 4 quid for an advert. -Ralph Ew |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 3, 2021 15:15:58 GMT
I suspect a bit of a backlash, also once word gets out will it impact newsagent/superrmarket sales?
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 3, 2021 19:54:44 GMT
Going by OG'ers who have their subs copy it's...just preview chapters from the new Target books. Glad I am a subber. Would have been pissed to pay an extra 4 quid for an advert. That's shite. How fantastically disappointing. Claiming that is 'new and exclusive' is naughty. I was really lookig forward to that. The wallchart better be good then, but yes, paying for promotional material? That's bad. |
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 3, 2021 20:55:48 GMT
Folk who have it say the wallchart is very nice but to be careful opening it as some have torn.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 8, 2021 20:27:54 GMT
Yeah. This is all shite.
DWM posters mostly come on thin stuff that pretty much tears in half when folded. Mine had a hole at the central fold point before I'd even opened it. It's a double sided poster with (at a quick glance, may be wrong) the original Target covers on one side and reprint versions on the other.
The book is indeed marketing bobbins. The only thing remotely interesting is that the except from Pirate Planet has a preface that says the Target version is based on the televised version of the story and Penguin's website says it's 'all new'. For a minute I thought that might mean Goss had rewritten parts to make it more Target styled, but having flicked through I don't think he has. It's just heavily abridged to remove anything that isn't directly plot.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 8, 2021 20:42:08 GMT
Definitely glad I skipped it now.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 23, 2021 20:54:20 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 28, 2021 12:21:17 GMT
It's good! I never bothered with the previous Bookazines but they've got me with this series. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 5, 2021 10:06:34 GMT
DWM arrived on time! The comic strip is being rested again.  Cake Bastard interview next issue!!! -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 10, 2021 14:48:36 GMT
Picked up the 1965 special in Smiths. Looks a more interesting read than the last bookazine line had become.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 10, 2021 16:44:37 GMT
It's fab. I didn't bother with the previous Bookazine line but I'd buy more of these year-based specials.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 10, 2021 17:11:59 GMT
Can't wait for the 1985 bookazine.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 10, 2021 17:26:50 GMT
With at least 10 pages devoted to Slipback.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 3, 2021 17:47:14 GMT
I see from this month's DWM that the next 'years' bookazine is 1975.
And also that the McGann movie to now is just as long as it was between An Unearthly Child and Silver Nemesis.
(But that doesn't matter because years were longer in the 80s).
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Post by The Doctor on May 3, 2021 19:20:01 GMT
Lies.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 18, 2021 22:21:27 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 20, 2021 9:57:31 GMT
I will be having that!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 21, 2021 12:20:13 GMT
Agreed. The first one is one of the best ones they've done for a long time (Dalek comics special aside, a very different beast)
And adding a preorder option is a result given recent difficulties obtaining them both in shops and online
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Post by The Doctor on May 21, 2021 12:22:24 GMT
Indeed. I have found their new web shop to be pretty good.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 21, 2021 18:11:34 GMT
Agreed. The first one is one of the best ones they've done for a long time (Dalek comics special aside, a very different beast) And adding a preorder option is a result given recent difficulties obtaining them both in shops and online The difficulty is only if you want them immediately. If you wait a month, Smiths is always overflowing with them. They just don't get the first run. Mine had armloads of Dalek Chronicles and still has loads of 1965 books. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 15, 2021 15:56:36 GMT
The 1975 Bookazine is in the post!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 15, 2021 16:01:05 GMT
As is mine
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 26, 2021 11:33:38 GMT
1975 Bookazine procured from Smiths this morning.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 30, 2021 18:24:51 GMT
A wave of blissful nostalgia has washed over me while reading the DWM article about DW cassettes. I...I...must not look on Ebay...I do not need to reacquire some items...
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2021 12:57:44 GMT
New DWM day. Editorial mentions plans to bring the comic strip back are afoot. A text story by Joy Wilkinson starts next issue in the meantime. Hooray. I don't think they've run text stories since the NA 'Brief Encounter' tie-ins?
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 14, 2021 19:22:57 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 8, 2021 22:53:33 GMT
Found the 1983 special in Sainsbury's of all places this evening. Was going to check Smiths tomorrow. No need now!
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