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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 26, 2013 13:31:26 GMT
Yes, the whole getting rid of Gallifrey and the Time Lords and amnesia to avoid the backstory getting in the way of the stories didn't work out all that well in the end. It became too big a question and loomed too large over the books.
I do also think the Nation estate didn't help by the Dalek negotiations dickery, which resulted in Sometime Never.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 27, 2013 0:25:31 GMT
Let us not speak of that book.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 23, 2013 18:09:35 GMT
Picked up Remembrance of the Daleks and Last of the Gadarene from Waterstones today.
Read Remembrance today, very good stuff. The trade dress for these books is fantastic.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 23, 2013 18:22:51 GMT
Rememberance is one of the best
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Post by blueshift on Mar 23, 2013 19:09:14 GMT
Is it tiny compared to the other reprints?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 23, 2013 23:29:56 GMT
No, it didn't look too bad actually.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 11, 2013 11:32:50 GMT
I needed the Target Book to look something up and while flicking through it discovered that May 2nd was the 40th anniversary of the publication of the Target versions of Daleks, Crusaders and Zarbi!
A belated Happy birthday to an important part of my youth!
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Post by The Doctor on May 11, 2013 16:49:04 GMT
I recently listed to the audiobook of Daleks, which I am sure is popular with Thal fans called Thaleks!
It really is still stirring stuff, better than a lass with a crusty muff!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 24, 2013 10:47:20 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 24, 2013 15:21:23 GMT
I sighted 2013 reprints of Scream of the Shalka and the 8th Doctor Cornell one where the Brigadier goes GrimDark after his wife dies. I had no idea these reprints existed! Obviously scanned covers and thin interior paper. Felt fan produced but were being sold in a Real Bookshop and appeared to be properly licensed. How strange!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 25, 2013 10:45:29 GMT
Impulse bought the trade of NEMESIS OF THE DALEKS. I don't usually bother buying the Panini DW trades as they are rather large and unwieldy to store and are often banged up to fook in bookshops* (usually a library borrow only) but I flicked through and saw it had the strips from The incredible Hulk Presents and was engulfed in sudden overwhelming nostalgia and red hazed. That was a great and sadly short lived comic.
-Ralph
*I would buy the lot in digital editions if they became available, however. Or smaller sized printed volumes.
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Post by legios on May 25, 2013 20:14:56 GMT
Been tempted by Nemesis of the Daleks myself. One to consider after my rationalisation makes some space available.
Karl
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Post by blueshift on Aug 24, 2013 20:33:17 GMT
The Works have some of the second wave of Target reprints 3 for £5
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 25, 2013 16:45:25 GMT
Amusingly, the Burger store only has two titles in the 3 for 2!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 25, 2013 19:03:35 GMT
Which two? One of mine has a misprinted cover
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Post by blueshift on Aug 25, 2013 19:48:55 GMT
What's the misprint?
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 25, 2013 20:09:03 GMT
Amusingly, the Burger store only has two titles in the 3 for 2! -Ralph Which two? One of mine has a misprinted cover Ark in Space and The Ice Warriors, if my memory is not failing me. -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 25, 2013 20:22:42 GMT
Was in there today. They no longer have any of them.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 26, 2013 16:21:06 GMT
Which two? One of mine has a misprinted cover What's the misprint? Arc in Space I think. Everything's 5mm-1cm lower than it should be and it doesn't line up with the others on the shelf |
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Post by blueshift on Aug 26, 2013 16:53:34 GMT
Interesting, mine is ok
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 26, 2013 17:44:17 GMT
It'll be the jacket that's been miscut as it's applied to the cover
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 1, 2013 21:19:02 GMT
It'll be the jacket that's been miscut as it's applied to the cover It was Ark - you can see how the head, author and logo don't line up. Driving me mental! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 4, 2013 15:47:57 GMT
Ahhhh, that's better. Thank You, the Works.
Also got Romans and Space Museum soundtracks. The latter should deal with the problems I've had getting off to sleep recently.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 4, 2013 17:35:02 GMT
PHIL! Is that a Space Sentinels DVD??????
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 4, 2013 18:00:32 GMT
It is. Do the team need a loan?
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 4, 2013 18:53:48 GMT
No! It's utterly awful!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 3, 2013 14:51:26 GMT
Get thee to The Works! I had a pleasant surprise there on my lunch break.
The BBC Books set of 11 reprint novels in 50th anniversary dress had clearly just been put out as the piles were minty fresh. I had been after them but at £7.99 a pop had not got round to them yet. But wonder of wonders! They were only £1.99 each or 3 for £5. So the whole set was netted for £18.98. They will look splendid on my shelf.
For anyone hunting, the books are mixed in their piles so worth hunting through the full stacks.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 4, 2013 13:01:41 GMT
Neither of mine have any. I even carried my walking frame up to the second floor to look up there in the town branch
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 4, 2013 13:13:20 GMT
Keep checking. I've only just today seen an OG post that someone else found them. I think they're just entering the chain now.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Dec 4, 2013 20:16:17 GMT
I have managed to obtain eight of them - two were not locatable within the stacks, and the eleventh was something I already have in a nice hardcover format so I passed on it. But eight Doctor Who books for thirteen pounds is not to be sniffed at.
Karl
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