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Post by The Doctor on Apr 10, 2018 12:08:22 GMT
DOCTOR WHO AND THE KRIKKETMEN is a book I read for free. Yay for libraries.
Dear modern authors using a famous deceased author's material: DO NOT TRY TO WRITE IN THEIR STYLE. This is a NO-WIN SCENARIO. Repeat: this is a NO-WIN SCENARIO. Just write in your own style and let the deceased author's material pop through naturally. Thankyou.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 10, 2018 22:45:28 GMT
I read portions of it.
Awful.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 12, 2018 21:16:58 GMT
Only one Target Book was to be found in Dunfermline.
Rose by Russell T Davies.
Fantastic, I enjoyed the back story given to certain characters who are blink and you will miss them in the episode and it was done in the Target fashion.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 14, 2018 23:04:20 GMT
City of Death now acquired.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 24, 2018 9:13:14 GMT
The four new Target novelisations are here and plugged into the reading pile. I hate to be That Guy but the spine for Rose does not match! The DW logo is printed too far down compared to the others aaaarrrrrgggghhhhhhh.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 24, 2018 17:32:14 GMT
That is very poor. These people know how important things like that are to us!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 27, 2018 19:06:35 GMT
The Day of the Doctor book by the Moff is fantastic. Just finished it this afternoon.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on May 1, 2018 9:35:46 GMT
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Post by Dave on May 5, 2018 9:18:17 GMT
Interview with RTD and the Moff about Target Rose/Day:
Really liked both of these. Enjoyed all four of the new ones actually although Christmas Invasion/Twice Upon a Time are more straightforward adaptations.
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Post by The Doctor on May 5, 2018 15:19:37 GMT
The Target edition of City of Death is an abridged version. Mad decision, especially when the original COD full length novel is still in print!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 5, 2018 15:30:57 GMT
I think they're aimed at different markets aren't they? A Target copy of City of Death as it was wouldn't be in the spirit of the series. It'd be bigger than the BUMPER EDITION Fury from the Deep for a start, and we can't have that.
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Post by The Doctor on May 5, 2018 15:42:34 GMT
Oh I understand but I can't help but think a new version written from the ground up as intended for the Target imprint would make more sense rather than hacking big chunks out of an existing novel. I just can't see who this pleases. It's why I am skipping the Target version.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 5, 2018 16:01:11 GMT
But... but your collection will be incomplete!
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Post by The Doctor on May 5, 2018 16:13:05 GMT
It already is. I don't have any of the Target re-issues. I need to rectify that at some point.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 11, 2018 22:15:56 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on May 11, 2018 22:21:44 GMT
This thread has nagged me all week. I feel a trip into the archive this weekend to catalogue my own target collection coming on. I fear it has big holes.
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Post by The Doctor on May 12, 2018 9:02:59 GMT
AND SO IT BEGINS.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on May 12, 2018 9:37:43 GMT
Okay, need to do this! Without cheating, very sure of some, less so of others. I await Phil's verdict. 1 - Mindwarp 2 - Ark in Space 3 - Timelash 4 - Kings Demons 5 - Time and the Rani? 6 - 7 - Greatest Show in the Galaxy 8 - Terror of the Autons 9 - Creature from the Pit? 10 - Twin Dilemma unused cover 11 - Silver Nemesis 12 - 13 - The Daemons 14 - Mission to Magnus 15 - 16 - Masque of Mandragora? 17 - Castrovalva 18 - Planet of Evil? 19 - Green Death 20 - The Romans 21 - Earthshock? 22 - Three Doctors 23 - 24 - Crusaders 25 - Paradise Towers 26 - Planet of Giants? 27 - Invisible Enemy 28 - Planet of the Spiders 29 - Deadly Assassin 30 - Daleks Masterplan: Mutation of Time |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 12, 2018 10:40:18 GMT
I know #15.....
At which point I reached for the Target book!
#23 I should have got.
Would not have got #6 in a million years.
#12 is Bugging me!
#18 is wrong. so is #21.
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Post by blueshift on May 12, 2018 10:53:54 GMT
Oh, 21 is Attack then. Those covers blur into one for me. Put me out of my misery for the rest, Phil!
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 12, 2018 11:09:55 GMT
6 is the Gunfighters
12 ????
15 is Auton Invasion (Pearson reprint cover)
18 is Kinda
21 is Attack of the Cybertmen
23 is Four to Doomsday (Pearson reprint cover)
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Post by blueshift on May 12, 2018 11:22:07 GMT
Oh, 7 is actually Celestial Toymaker, duuuuh 12 is Timewyrm: Exodus which I feel is cheating  |
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Post by Pinwig on May 13, 2018 19:58:21 GMT
Half way through cataloguing my Target novels. Which is the Doctor's fault. Quite nervous currently to find out which I don't own. Not looking good. My memory has deceived me here.
Of course the question now is, how do you order them? Story order, publication order or by target novel number?
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Post by The Doctor on May 13, 2018 20:07:18 GMT
Target novel number.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 13, 2018 20:12:08 GMT
A strong and persuasive argument. Any other takers?
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Post by blueshift on May 13, 2018 20:15:57 GMT
Half way through cataloguing my Target novels. Which is the Doctor's fault. Quite nervous currently to find out which I don't own. Not looking good. My memory has deceived me here. Of course the question now is, how do you order them? Story order, publication order or by target novel number? Story order |
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Post by Pinwig on May 13, 2018 20:19:33 GMT
Ah ha! A counter!
I would say whoever numbered the books made a massive mistake doing it alphabetically because it makes absolutely no sense. They should have been numbered in publication order because that's what came after. Totally stupid decision.
As such, Target number order doesn't hold any value. It's not a sensible referencing system.
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Post by The Doctor on May 13, 2018 20:56:56 GMT
I put the books on the shelf by number back in the day!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 13, 2018 20:59:52 GMT
24 missing from the numbered run of 156 books.
Unacceptable! Pretty sure some of these I have owned, so they may be in another box somewhere.
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Post by The Doctor on May 13, 2018 21:04:12 GMT
Come to think of it, I am really annoyed the new Target books are not numbered! How will I know where they go in the Target Library now???
-Ralph
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