The latest addition to the Target Books range is included with the next issue of Doctor Who Magazine – The Evil of the Daleks.
The Evil of the Daleks novelisation is adapted by actor Frazer Hines who played companion Jamie alongside Patrick Troughton’s Second Doctor. Ranging from Victorian England to Skaro, home world of the Daleks, this epic adventure tests the bond between the Doctor and Jamie like never before. The Evil of the Daleks introduces the Emperor Dalek, whose evil scheme threatens all human history. Based on episodes first broadcast in the sixties, this seven-part epic – that claimed at the time to show the “final end” of the Daleks – was first broadcast between 20 May and 1 July 1967.
In the summer of 1968, it became the first complete Doctor Who story to be repeated, with a scene at the end of The Wheel in Space showing the Doctor project the story via ‘thought patterns’ onto a screen to inform new companion Zoe what dangers she might encounter on their travels. This novelisation, based on Jamie’s reaction to this retelling, is designed to fit between previously published adaptations of The Wheel in Space and The Dominators.
First published in 2023 as a hardback, this exclusive paperback edition, has brand-new cover artwork by Target cover artist Dan Liles and a foil embossed logo.
The Target Books range is published by BBC Books. This title joins others covering all the Doctors – including four Fifteenth Doctor novelisations published earlier this year. Doctor Who Magazine previously gave away a selection of old Target Books in 2008, and published samples of new books in the range in 2021’s The Library of Time, but this is the first time it has gone on sale with a previously unreleased, full-length Target Book.
Also in the Doctor Who Magazine 609, production updates on both Doctor Who Season Two and the currently-filming spin-off. Russell T Davies will give an update on Ncuti Gatwa’s second series plus a message on the cast of The War Between the Land and the Sea from producer Edo Ferretti, and executive producer Phil Collinson.
Plus:
• Tom Spilsbury interviews Eighth Doctor Paul McGann and companion India Fisher, who talk about their roles and their wider Doctor Who career, in a break from rehearsing for the live performances of audio play The Stuff of Legend
• Full-length Eighth Doctor audio drama download
• Gallifrey Guardian – the latest news from the Whoniverse
• Monster magic! The performers behind the creatures stalking the latest Doctor Who Prom share their experiences
• Script to Screen – discover the design process behind the deadly Villengard ambulance in the episode Boom
• The Monster Makers – the second instalment of the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby comic strip
• The Fact of Fiction – Alan Barnes scrutinises the Fifth Doctor two-parter Black Orchid
• This Month In… 1977 – Find out the newspapers’ initial reaction to K9
• Shelf Life – reviews of the latest books and audio releases
• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in the Doctor Who expanded universe
• Stand-up comedian Alison Zrada considers the pitfalls of leaving home to travel with the Doctor
• Prizes to be won including the new Season 25 Blu-ray box set, The Gold Archive hardback and a new audio adventure for the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby
DWM 609 also covers the Season 25 Blu-ray Special Features
• Story-by-story guide to the reimagined versions of Remembrance of the Daleks, The Happiness Patrol, Silver Nemesis and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
• A look back at the daytime TV celebration of the 25th Anniversary
• Producer Eric Luskin on the documentary he made for the New Jersey Network in the eighties covering the making of Silver Nemesis
• Dick Fiddy and Justin Johnson talk about the BFI screening of The Happiness Patrol
Doctor Who Magazine 609 is on sale Thursday 10 October from Panini and WH Smith priced £10.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from Pocketmags priced £9.99.