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Date: Tue, 14-Feb-84 00:58:41 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 14 00:58:41 1984
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TARGET is a British publisher.  They have been printing Dr Who
novelizations for about 10 years, and there are over 80 in print.
As far as I can tell, they follow the shows fairly closely.
Sometimes they are a little better, and sometimes a little worse.
The two-volume program guide is one book of plot synopses (my
edition only covers the first 18 seasons) and a cross-reference of
characters, places, things, and stuff.  It is extensive, but not
complete (at least I failed to find a few of the things I looked up).

Up until about a year ago these books were very difficult to get
in the States.  SF bookstores usually carried a very limited number
and you could sometimes pick them up in the Dealer's Rooms at cons.
The average price was usually three to four dollars.  With the current
popularity the show now enjoys mainstream bookstores are beginning to
carry more.

	"Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is
	 obscurantist drivel; Star Trek can turn your brains to
	 puree of bat guano; and the greatest science fiction
	 series of all time is Doctor Who!  And I'll take you
	 all on, one-by-one or all in a bunch to back it up!"

This is not my opinion!  In 1979, Pinnacle Books, based in Los Angeles,
published 10 of the novelizations virtually intact.  Harlan Ellison
wrote one introduction for all 10 books, from which the above is
extracted.  Ellsion seems to unashamedly, unabashedly, unapologetically
LIKE Dr Who; the introduction is good reading.

"This type's not really my forte..."
susan