‘Wait a minute, do you mean this is the genesis of the Daleks?’ David Tennant’s return to the role of Doctor Who begins, fittingly, with a Children In Need special, just like 2005. “Just like 2005” (well, “2008”) might be the tag-line for the upcoming 60th Anniversary Specials, a reminder of the peak of the 21st Century show’s public popularity with its most iconic Doctor/companion pairing.
Continue readingWritten by Gerry Davis, based on Kit Pedler’s scripts for the 1967 TV serial The Moonbase.
Written by Terrance Dicks, based on Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln’s scripts for the 1967 TV serial.
Written by Barry Letts, based on the “Guy Leopold” (i.e., Barry Letts and Robert Sloman’s) scripts for the 1971 TV serial.
Written by Malcolm Hulke, based on his scripts for the 1971 TV serial Colony in Space.
Written by Malcolm Hulke, based on his scripts for the 1970 TV serial Doctor Who and the Silurians.
One of the joys of the Target Books has always been their cover art, from the earliest, in Frank Bellamy comic style, to the later, more photorealistic “blue spines”. Here are 10 of my favourites, sticking to no more than one per artist.
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