Target Books
W. H. Allen Ltd (1975–1987) (2018–present) | |
| Founded | 1973 |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Target Books is a British
The most prolific writer in the Doctor Who range was Terrance Dicks,[2] while actor turned writer Ian Marter, Malcolm Hulke, Philip Hinchcliffe and Nigel Robinson (who was for a time the editor of the range) were also contributors.
The company also produced novelisations of various other films and television series, again aimed mostly at the child and teenage markets. They also published a number of original children's and teenage novels. In 1973, the company produced a successful paperback edition of Tim Dinsdale's book, The Story of the Loch Ness Monster. In 1977, Target published the novelisation of the Ray Harryhausen film, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.
W. H. Allen was acquired by Virgin Books in a process that spanned late 1986 to late 1987.[3] In 1994, the Target imprint was closed down and the last three novelisation published by Virgin were under the Doctor Who Books imprint.[4] They did, however, feature the Target logo inside and were numbered in Target's "Doctor Who Library" on inside pages.
Random House, through its United Kingdom division, acquired a 90% stake in Virgin Books (including Target) in March 2007.[5] In November 2009, Virgin became an independent imprint within Ebury Publishing, a division of the Random House Group.[6]
Ebury Publishing having acquired a majority shareholding of BBC Books in 2006,[7] BBC Books published reprints of several of the Target Doctor Who novelisations starting in 2011 .[8]
In 2018, BBC Books started publishing novelisations of select post-2005 Doctor Who stories and a new abridged version of City of Death using the Target branding in a range of books called the Target Collection.
See also
References
- ^ "Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who Interview Archive".
- ^ "Daleks, doctors and a dog called Goliath". 20 February 2008.
- ^ Howe, David J. (2007). The Target Book. Surrey: Telos Publishing Ltd. p. 112.
- ^ Howe, David J. (2007). The Target Book. Surrey: Telos Publishing Ltd. pp. 131–134.
- ^ Joel Rickett, Random House UK buys Virgin Books, The Bookseller, 5 March 2007 (via archive.org)
- ^ Benedicte Page, "Virgin joins Ebury stable, Sadler leaving", The Bookseller, 2 November 2009
- ^ The Random House Group acquires majority shareholding in BBC Books BBC Press Office. 22 June 2006
- ^ "SFX - GamesRadar+". gamesradar.
- ^ "Steven Moffat and Russell T Davies are writing special Doctor Who novels". Radio Times. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "New Target Novalisations". doctorwhonews.net. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
External links
- On Target - fansite, mainly covering the company's Doctor Who books. at archive.today (archived December 23, 2012)
