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Post by nucleusofswarm on Dec 26, 2021 15:08:44 GMT
We know them and love them, but which is your all-time favourite, and why? Purely nostalgic or one that expands a story into something even better and deeper?
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Post by grinch on Dec 26, 2021 15:42:44 GMT
I absolutely adore the Target novelisation of The Mind Robber by its original author Peter Ling. Really takes full advantage of the fact it’s a work of fiction about fiction and even adds certain elements which were never in nor could ever be attempted in the original serial.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2021 17:21:23 GMT
For me, Remembrance of the Daleks is my all-time favourite Target novelisation. Not just because it's a Dalek story, more because Ben Aaronovitch wrote a damn good adaptation of his TV script, which was a really good Doctor Who story to begin with. Remembrance of the Daleks was a more mature Target novel and it added plenty of background to what we saw in the TV episode. Ben Aaronovitch is still one of my favourite authors because of this book... I love his Rivers of London series of novels.
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Post by agentten on Dec 26, 2021 19:42:35 GMT
Steven Moffat's The Day of The Doctor adaptation has some really nice extra scenery in it and some off camera events that add a lot of charm to the story. It's probably my favorite, but I also really like Nigel Robinson's The Edge of Destruction novelization, especially the audio book as ready by William Russell, who is one of my favorite narrators of Who stories.
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Post by doctorkernow on Dec 26, 2021 21:23:58 GMT
Hello again
I haven't read any of the NuWho adaptstions but Target novelisations, well now Victor Pemberton's Fury from the Deep was very atmospheric. Genesis of the Daleks was an early favourite of mine, but my earliest favourite was Malcolm Hulkes's The Cave Monsters. I was about 7 when I read this. I was an early reader and read everything I could get my hands on. I loved the idea of beings who had lived on Earth before humans. The characters and their backstories really enthralled me too.
Of the later noveliations I loved the historicals particularly Ian Marter's The Massacre and John Lucarotti's The Aztecs. I remember laughing out loud when I read Ian's parting, "Oh by the way Doctor, congratulations!" on hearing of the Doctor's engagement to Cameca. The Sylvester McCoy books were great too my favourites: Ghostlight because it demystified the tv version, The Curse of Fenric and Survival, with that evocative cover.
Of course you can't talk about Target without mentioning Uncle Terry. The Dalek Invasion of Earth is probably my favoourite of his. As you may of guessed I love Target books. They were my window on all the past adventures of the Doctor. The collecting of each precious volume was part of the adventure, the last book before completing the series as was The Mysterious Planet, which I found on Ebay. I have yet to add the final volumes due to funds. Which would you suggest hardback or paperback?
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Post by shutupbanks on Dec 27, 2021 0:51:08 GMT
Remembrance of the Daleks is the easy answer but Marc Platt’s novelisation of Battlefield is superb: it fleshes out the characters, provides a lot of backstory (does it also provide a reason for the Doctor to check if he’s a ginger on each regeneration?). I’m also an immense fan of “John Lydecker’s” Warrior’s Gate which is just astonishing in how different it was from the novelisations that came before it. The Dalek Invasion Of Earth is also brilliant. And one I haven’t read but only listened to is Mark Gatiss reading Paul Cornell’s Twice Upon A Time which I loved… and I’m not really a fan of Mr Cornell.
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Post by tuigirl on Dec 28, 2021 16:48:59 GMT
I might be biased, but my voice also goes to Day of the Doctor. The book just is something else. Making a fresh story out of a TV story that I have seen a dozen times is a real feat.
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Post by bonehead on Dec 28, 2021 18:00:36 GMT
I'm going for Christopher H Bidmead's novelisation of his 'Logopolis' story. CHB has been criticised for, shall we say, being too much in love with his own contributions to Doctor Who - but reading this book (and 'Castrovalva' too), you really get the impression he wants you to love his story too. He captures the atmosphere of the locations and really sells the idea of time running out for the Doctor nicely, and also gives me a new appreciation of the television adventure.
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Post by grinch on Dec 28, 2021 18:14:42 GMT
I'm going for Christopher H Bidmead's novelisation of his 'Logopolis' story. CHB has been criticised for, shall we say, being too much in love with his own contributions to Doctor Who - but reading this book (and 'Castrovalva' too), you really get the impression he wants you to love his story too. He captures the atmosphere of the locations and really sells the idea of time running out for the Doctor nicely, and also gives me a new appreciation of the television adventure. Now this just makes me wish he’d novelise his Big Finish script ‘Renaissance of the Daleks’ Might improve it significantly or at least make it somewhat coherent.
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Post by bonehead on Dec 28, 2021 18:36:53 GMT
I'm going for Christopher H Bidmead's novelisation of his 'Logopolis' story. CHB has been criticised for, shall we say, being too much in love with his own contributions to Doctor Who - but reading this book (and 'Castrovalva' too), you really get the impression he wants you to love his story too. He captures the atmosphere of the locations and really sells the idea of time running out for the Doctor nicely, and also gives me a new appreciation of the television adventure. Now this just makes me wish he’d novelise his Big Finish script ‘Renaissance of the Daleks’ Might improve it significantly or at least make it somewhat coherent. I'd be temnpted to say 'you can't polish a t*rd.'
What a bizarre story that was.
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Post by grinch on Dec 28, 2021 22:28:17 GMT
Now this just makes me wish he’d novelise his Big Finish script ‘Renaissance of the Daleks’ Might improve it significantly or at least make it somewhat coherent. I'd be temnpted to say 'you can't polish a t*rd.'
What a bizarre story that was. It’s not even ‘interesting bizarre’ like something Paul Magrs or Marc Platt would write. It’s just incomprehensible.
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Post by constonks on Dec 29, 2021 0:38:59 GMT
I've only read a handful (although I own quite a few more) but my favourites so far have been The Auton Invasion, Remembrance of the Daleks & Rose! All three are great expansions of their TV stories.
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Post by shutupbanks on Dec 29, 2021 0:50:23 GMT
I'm going for Christopher H Bidmead's novelisation of his 'Logopolis' story. CHB has been criticised for, shall we say, being too much in love with his own contributions to Doctor Who - but reading this book (and 'Castrovalva' too), you really get the impression he wants you to love his story too. He captures the atmosphere of the locations and really sells the idea of time running out for the Doctor nicely, and also gives me a new appreciation of the television adventure. Castrovalva is wonderful. It really does sell the story as being even smarter than it was on tv.
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Post by bonehead on Dec 29, 2021 8:20:07 GMT
I'm going for Christopher H Bidmead's novelisation of his 'Logopolis' story. CHB has been criticised for, shall we say, being too much in love with his own contributions to Doctor Who - but reading this book (and 'Castrovalva' too), you really get the impression he wants you to love his story too. He captures the atmosphere of the locations and really sells the idea of time running out for the Doctor nicely, and also gives me a new appreciation of the television adventure. Castrovalva is wonderful. It really does sell the story as being even smarter than it was on tv. I agree about Castrovalva. Strangely, I haven't got round to reading Frontios yet. But it is astonishing how brilliant I find his television Who stories, and yet his work for Big Finish has been ... not so good.
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