Nov. 23, 2025
TARGET Novelization Reviews
Happy Doctor Who Day! 62 years ago, the BBC premiered Doctor Who with "An Unearthly Child". With the stories came novelizations from the folks at Target Books. In celebration, John will be taking on the task of reading the books in episode order and sharing his thoughts here in the blog. Make sure you're subscribed to the page in order to get notifications when a new review appears. The plan is to read the books as though watching an episode a day. So expect to see his review of "An Unearthly Child" on the 26th.
Have a good one, Time Travellers!
Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks Novelization
The Daleks novelization is an interesting artifact. It was published in November of 1964 by Frederick Muller Publishing. As such, it didn't have to follow the Target page limit. In fact, when Target published the book itself, it kept the story intac…
An Unearthly Child Novelization
When one reads a novelization, there is always the bonus of extra material or extended scenes to enrich the story or the characterization of one of the players. In the opening moments of "An Unearthly Child," we see a police officer walking about ou…
