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The Doctor Who Collectors’s PodcastEpisode 85: 1986 hardcovers with Tony Whitt
Today we cover the 1986 WH Allen, Amereon, Aeonian, and Nelson Doubleday hardcovers in our continuing series about these hard-to-find books. Joining me is Tony Whitt, the host of the Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast. I cover the information and value while Tony tells you what the story was worth. This and the most outrageous offer. The books covered here in publication order:
Revenge of the Cybermen (Amereon)
Mark of the Rani
The Further Adventures of Doctor Who (Nelson-Doubleday)
The King's Demons
The Savages
The Giant Robot
Slipback
Fury From th...2025-01-291h 20
Outrageous Offer – The Doctor Who Collectors Podcast StoreEpisode 85: 1986 hardcovers with Tony Whitt
Today we cover the 1986 WH Allen, Amereon, Aeonian, and Nelson Doubleday hardcovers in our continuing series about these hard-to-find books. Joining me is Tony Whitt, the host of the Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast. I cover the information and value while Tony tells you what the story was worth. This and the most outrageous offer. The books covered here in publication order:
Revenge of the Cybermen (Amereon)
Mark of the Rani
The Further Adventures of Doctor Who (Nelson-Doubleday)
The King’s Demons
The Savages
The Giant Robot
Slipback
Fury From the Deep
Loch Ness Monsters (Amereon)
The Celestial Toymaker
Imag...2025-01-2900 minPodcast Episodes – The Doctor Who Collectors Podcast StoreEpisode 85: 1986 hardcovers with Tony Whitt
Today we cover the 1986 WH Allen, Amereon, Aeonian, and Nelson Doubleday hardcovers in our continuing series about these hard-to-find books. Joining me is Tony Whitt, the host of the Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast. I cover the information and value while Tony tells you what the story was worth. This and the most outrageous offer. The books covered here in publication order:
Revenge of the Cybermen (Amereon)
Mark of the Rani
The Further Adventures of Doctor Who (Nelson-Doubleday)
The King’s Demons
The Savages
The Giant Robot
Slipback
Fury From the Deep
Loch Ness Monsters (Amereon)
The Celestial Toymaker
Imag...2025-01-2900 minDr. Who Collectors Podcast – The Doctor Who Collectors Podcast StoreEpisode 85: 1986 hardcovers with Tony Whitt
Today we cover the 1986 WH Allen, Amereon, Aeonian, and Nelson Doubleday hardcovers in our continuing series about these hard-to-find books. Joining me is Tony Whitt, the host of the Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast. I cover the information and value while Tony tells you what the story was worth. This and the most outrageous offer. The books covered here in publication order:
Revenge of the Cybermen (Amereon)
Mark of the Rani
The Further Adventures of Doctor Who (Nelson-Doubleday)
The King’s Demons
The Savages
The Giant Robot
Slipback
Fury From the Deep
Loch Ness Monsters (Amereon)
The Celestial Toymaker
Imag...2025-01-2900 min
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 152: TURLOUGH AND THE EARTHLINK DILEMMAWhat do you think happened to Turlough and his brother Malcon went they went back to Trion after the events of PLANET OF FIRE? Well, whatever you guessed, you’re likely to be wrong – especially if you said anything at all about Malcon. Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as they discuss Tony Attwood’s sometimes fascinating, often frustrating, and endlessly LONG original novel TURLOUGH AND THE EARTHLINK DILEMMA.
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Doctor Who LiteratureEpisode 110A -- Find Your Fate: Mission to Venus (with Tony Whitt)This week Doctor Who Literature is NOT covering a Target book. 1986 was a bumper year for Doctor Who fiction, and, in the States, Ballantine Books got in on the action with both the man in the blue box, AND the still going-strong Choose Your Own Adventure craze, with a series of six books in the Find Your Fate series.
Joining me to read through -- and play -- this book is my old friend Tony Whitt of the Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast, without which this show might not exist. Tony never holds back on his...2024-04-211h 34
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 125: WARRIORS' GATEWhat is going on in this story? If that’s something you’ve always wondered…well, the book will make it clearer, and maybe the discussion by Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, Dalton Hughes, and special guest Jennifer Picker might help. Might. Let us know what you think!
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 124: STATE OF DECAYGet out your tourniquets and your butterfly syringes, and put those pesky crosses away – it’s time for the blood letting to commence! Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes try their damnedest to celebrate Halloween as they discuss Terrance Dicks’ novelization of his own script for STATE OF DECAY and find themselves wishing he’d stolen even more from Bram Stoker than he did.
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 123: FULL CIRCLEEPISODE 123: FULL CIRCLE
If Limahl had been cast as Adric, we could’ve made endless jokes about FULL CIRCLE being a Never-Ending Story. Instead, we get Matthew Waterhouse. F*ck. On the other hand, we also get Andrew Smith’s surprising novelization! Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as we discuss how much better Adric is on the page!
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 122: MEGLOSCan the puny minds of Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Alyson Fitch-Safreed even conceive the power of Terrance Dicks’ novelization of MEGLOS? Make sure to bring your towel and some Band-aids (sticking plasters if you’re in the UK), because this one is a little sticky. Ouch!
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If you like what you hear, plea...2022-09-181h 05The Doctor Who Collectors’s PodcastEpisode 54: Dr. Who Classic Hardcovers year 6 (1979) with Tony Whitt1979 was a tough year for the world with high inflation and gasoline prices doubling! It was a good year for Dr. Who. Tom Baker's Doctor in his 2nd year in the USA and now rural parts of Canada. WH Allen decided to reprint 1 book and print 8 new books this year. Not even keeping pace with 1 per month. Nelson-Doubleday works with Pinnacle to produce a book club hardcover of 3 stories only available in the USA. Tony Whitt and I go through the list in publication order with Tony giving perspective on the actual stories. Larry talks about book conditions and valu...2022-09-111h 42Tony Whitt – Doctor Who Collectors PodcastEpisode 54: Dr. Who Classic Hardcovers year 6 (1979) with Tony Whitt1979 was a tough year for the world with high inflation and gasoline prices doubling! It was a good year for Dr. Who. Tom Baker’s Doctor in his 2nd year in the USA and now rural parts of Canada. WH Allen decided to reprint 1 book and print 8 new books this year. Not even keeping pace with 1 per month. Nelson-Doubleday works with Pinnacle to produce a book club hardcover of 3 stories only available in the USA. Tony Whitt and I go through the list in publication order with Tony giving perspective on the actual stories. Larry talks about book conditions and values...2022-09-1100 minTony Whitt – Doctor Who Collectors PodcastEpisode 54: Dr. Who Classic Hardcovers year 6 (1979) with Tony Whitt1979 was a tough year for the world with high inflation and gasoline prices doubling! It was a good year for Dr. Who. Tom Baker’s Doctor in his 2nd year in the USA and now rural parts of Canada. WH Allen decided to reprint 1 book and print 8 new books this year. Not even keeping pace with 1 per month. Nelson-Doubleday works with Pinnacle to produce a book club hardcover of 3 stories only available in the USA. Tony Whitt and I go through the list in publication order with Tony giving perspective on the actual stories. Larry talks about book conditions and values...2022-09-1100 min
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 121: THE LEISURE HIVEWe finally, and I mean FINALLY, begin looking at Tom Baker’s final season as the Doctor, as Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and special guest Jennifer Picker talk about the very last (and possibly very best) David Fisher novelization we will ever read, from his script for THE LEISURE HIVE. Bring your beach chair and your winter coat, and come freeze with us on Brighton Beach for a spell!
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 120: THE ANDROIDS OF TARA (NEW)We join the Fourth Doctor on a fishing trip (a Fisher trip?) as Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and special guest Erik Gulbrandsen talk about the BBC Books Target release of David Fisher’s THE ANDROIDS OF TARA! Thrill to swashbuckling sword fighting and cybernetic sadism as Fisher tries to inject some interest into this tepid tale – but does he succeed? Eh…
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 119: THE STONES OF BLOOD (NEW)Was it really worth it for David Fisher to demonstrate how much he hated Terrance Dicks’ novelization of THE STONES OF BLOOD by going and writing his own? The only way you’re going to know (except by going out and buying a copy yourself, ya cheap mook) is by listening in as Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and special guest Jenny Ingersoll talk about the newest BBC Books Target release!
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 117: SHADAWhy is it so much easier to successfully emulate Terrance Dicks than it is to emulate Douglas Adams? Maybe it’s easier to do when it’s a better Douglas Adams script, and SHADA…well… Come join Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and special guest Trey Korte as they discuss the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club adaptation of the notoriously incomplete story, and why certain adaptations just aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on (not this one!).
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 116: THE HORNS OF NIMONThere are times when a novelization can just about rehab even the most reviled story, and this is…almost one of those times. Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and guest panelist Jason Miller discuss the general horniness of the Nimon and why Terrance Dicks is still the best when it comes to making a silk purse out of a bull’s ear.
We are now a proud part of the Direction Point Podcast Network, including such fine shows as THE DOCTOR WHO COLLECTORS PODCAST, THE POLICE BOX IN A JUNKYARD PODCAST, and TIMESTREAMS. You can check out these and other podcasts in t...2022-05-151h 02
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 115: THE NIGHTMARE OF EDENAfter a long series of mishaps keeping us from recording, we finally get to the one story we’ve been looking forward to for months now. Just kidding – we’re discussing THE NIGHTMARE OF EDEN, a story that lives up to its name both behind and in front of the cameras. Come join Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and guest panelist Jennifer Picker as we figure out whether even Terrance Dicks can polish a turd of this magnitude (magniturd?).
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 114: DR. WHO AND THE DALEKSIn a new installment of TECHNICALLY TARGET, we tackle a book that’s neither a Target book nor a novelization of a televised story. Instead, we look at the novelization of the movie DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS by Alan Smithee (yes, that’s actually the name on the book). Come join Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and guest panelist Danny Celedon as we grapple with that most important of questions: Who the hell actually has “Who” as a surname, anyway?
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 113: CREATURE FROM THE PITEPISODE 113: CREATURE FROM THE PIT
The cast is great, the writing is clever, the creature is…turgid. What’s not to like about CREATURE FROM THE PIT? Just about everything, really, even in book form. Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as they consider whether there’s such a thing as too much Tom Baker, and whether Erato had something in his pocket or was just really happy to see him.
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 112: CITY OF DEATHOr should that be CITIES OF DEATH? A TALE OF TWO CITIES OF DEATH? TWO CITIES, ONE CUP? Whatever it should be called, this is our long-awaited and much-delayed discussion of the two different novelizations of Douglas Adams’ acclaimed story. Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as they try to figure out the answer to the question, “Where DO those face masks come from, anyway?”
We are now a proud part of the Direction Point Podcast Network, including such fine shows as THE DOCTOR WHO COLLECTORS PODCAST, THE POLICE BOX IN A JUNKYARD PODCAST, and TIMESTREAMS. You can ch...2022-03-061h 15The Doctor Who Collectors’s PodcastEpisode 48: Dr. Who Classic Hardcovers Year 4 (1977) with Tony WhittIn 1977, 17 hardcover novels were published for Dr. Who under the Allan Wingate imprint. This will be the final year for Allan Wingate and the last year for most reprints. Some of the books listed are only rumored to exist so we still seek proof of life. While obtaining all 17 from this year are very difficult and expensive, some collectors will pay to get them. Join me and Professor of Target Bookology, Tony Whitt (host and producer of the Dr. Who Target Book Club Podcast, for a deep dive into these books. While I give the economics, Tony tells you...2022-02-151h 27Tony Whitt – Doctor Who Collectors PodcastEpisode 48: Dr. Who Classic Hardcovers Year 4 (1977) with Tony WhittIn 1977, 17 hardcover novels were published for Dr. Who under the Allan Wingate imprint. This will be the final year for Allan Wingate and the last year for most reprints. Some of the books listed are only rumored to exist so we still seek proof of life. While obtaining all 17 from this year are very difficult and expensive, some collectors will pay to get them. Join me and Professor of Target Bookology, Tony Whitt (host and producer of the Dr. Who Target Book Club Podcast, for a deep dive into these books. While I give the economics, Tony tells you if...2022-02-1500 minTony Whitt – Doctor Who Collectors PodcastEpisode 48: Dr. Who Classic Hardcovers Year 4 (1977) with Tony WhittIn 1977, 17 hardcover novels were published for Dr. Who under the Allan Wingate imprint. This will be the final year for Allan Wingate and the last year for most reprints. Some of the books listed are only rumored to exist so we still seek proof of life. While obtaining all 17 from this year are very difficult and expensive, some collectors will pay to get them. Join me and Professor of Target Bookology, Tony Whitt (host and producer of the Dr. Who Target Book Club Podcast, for a deep dive into these books. While I give the economics, Tony tells you if...2022-02-1500 min
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 111: DESTINY OF THE DALEKSTony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes start a new season of the podcast by talking about how awesome Lalla Ward is, how much the post-Davros Daleks suck, and whether there’s anything that screams 1979 more than Movellans do. Now with 100% less Key to Time!
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 110: THE ARMAGEDDON FACTOR.Can we please stop talking about the Key to Time now? Join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as they discuss just how tired they are of segments, tracers, and shadows, and why Mary Tamm deserved so much better.
We are now a proud part of the Direction Point Podcast Network, including such fine shows as THE DOCTOR WHO COLLECTORS PODCAST, THE POLICE BOX IN A JUNKYARD PODCAST, and TIMESTREAMS. You can check out these and other podcasts in the network at http://www.directionpoint.org!
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Doctor Who LiteratureEpisode 7 - Day of the Daleks (with Tony Whitt)March 1974 saw two Target novelization releases; Episode 6 covered one of those, Malcolm Hulke's Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon. This week we jump back in time from the 30th century to the 22nd and take a long look at Terrance Dicks' Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks. A remarkable book, one of Terrance's longest, this expands greatly on the troubled TV production, adding a prologue and epilogue not seen on TV, and giving us Terrance with some of his most evocative prose ever.
The first half of the episode features Jason's trademark deep dive into...2021-12-261h 19
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 109: HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2021Our usual gang of Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Jenny Ingersoll decides to take a holiday break from the Target books to look at three short stories from the DOCTOR WHO ANNUAL 1980 – you know, the one with Romana and K-9, the one with the actual logo on the cover for a change? Tune in to find out whether it’s naughty or nice!
Link to the PDF of the DOCTOR WHO ANNUAL 1980 mentioned in this episode:
https://tinyurl.com/y9ucknbw
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 108: THE POWER OF KROLL.We resume our regular programming with a discussion of colonialism, Dalek p*rn, and Aunt Jemima syrup. Oh, and a giant squid god named Nick Kroll or something. Come join Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Jenny Ingersoll as we try to find something interesting about a story that just kinda lies there in the mud like…well, like a giant squid god. (Features a remembrance of the late Chris Achilleos.)
Link to the PDF of the DOCTOR WHO ANUUAL 1980 mentioned in this episode:
https://tinyurl.com/y9ucknbw
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 107: JUNIOR DOCTOR WHO AND...Remember going to your elementary school’s book fair and seeing such exciting books as GOOSEBUMPS, NANCY DREW, VALLEY HIGH, and…JUNIOR DOCTOR WHO? Yeah, we don’t either. (The last one, we mean – those others were awesome!) Turns out there are good reasons why you’d never have seen these back then, which is also why you rarely see them these days, either. Tune in as Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and special guests Trey Korte and DOCTOR WHO COLLECTORS PODCAST host Larry VanMersbergen discuss why, if you’re reading titles like JUNIOR DOCTOR WHO AND THE BRAIN OF MORBIUS to your six...2021-11-261h 06
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 106: THE ANDROIDS OF TARATHE PRISONER OF ZENDA, with some androids thrown in? Yep, that’s about it, really – but can Terrance Dicks make a silk purse of a derivative sow’s ear? (Spoiler alert: No.) Join Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and special guest, host of the POLICE BOX IN A JUNKYARD podcast Erik Gulbrandsen, as they discuss Dicks’ novelization of David Fisher’s THE ANDROIDS OF TARA. (And no, Fisher didn’t like this one, either.)
Links to the PDFs of the JUNIOR DOCTOR WHO books for our next episode:
JUNIOR DOCTOR WHO AND THE GIANT ROBOT: https://tinyurl.com/rkwnrb9r
JUNIOR DOCTOR WHO A...2021-11-1455 min
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 105: THE STONES OF BLOODEver watched a horror movie that you thought would be really scary, and it turned out to be…not really a horror movie at all? Join Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and special guest Jenny Ingersoll as they discuss the DOCTOR WHO equivalent of such an experience just in time for Halloween, Terrance Dicks’ novelization of David Fisher’s THE STONES OF BLOOD: two episodes of terror followed by…two episodes of courtroom antics? If you’re terrified of courtrooms, then this is the episode for you!
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 104: THE PIRATE PLANETJust how different can two books written by two authors from a single script be? And can they both be any good, especially when the original story is so full of subtlety, pathos, and restrained acting? Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes discuss both the fan version by David Bishop and the “official” version by James Goss of Douglas Adams’ script of THE PIRATE PLANET to find out, and the answers are…well, mostly harmless.
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 103: THE RIBOS OPERATIONEver have that favorite uncle or aunt that gave you the best Christmas gifts, but one year they gave you a pair of socks – and even worse, the socks didn’t fit right? That’s exactly how Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes feel about discussing Ian Marter’s version of THE RIBOS OPERATION. If you like ill-fitting socks, you just might like this episode.
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 102: THE INVASION OF TIMEWhat could THE INVASION OF TIME possibly have in common with MIGHTY MORPHIN’ POWER RANGERS? And why are bathrooms so inherently funny? These questions – as well as the usual ones about what’s the difference between a Gallifreyan and a Time Lord, or the difference between an Outside and a Larper – are all answered as Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes discuss Terrance Dicks’ adaptation of the (ahem!) epic season finale story THE INVASION OF TIME!
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 101: UNDERWORLDWhy is UNDERWORLD (or, as Target calls it, THE UNDERWORLD) so reviled? And why is the book not much better, to be honest? Join Tony Whitt and guest panelists J.G. McQuarrie of the TALKING WHO TO YOU podcast and Jenny Ingersoll as we discuss how even on the printed page, UNDERWORLD just about works, but only if you squint really hard.
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll...2021-08-291h 09
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 100: THE DOCTOR AND THE ENTEPRISEHow do you celebrate the landmark episode of a podcast you’ve been doing for years now that talks about Target books? Talk about something entirely different! This time, our three-person discussion panel of Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes is joined by friend of the podcast Larry VanMersbergen for a special bumper volume (hey, that’s a Target reference) for a joint episode with his own show, THE DOCTOR WHO COLLECTORS PODCAST. And what are we discussing? Only the first major crossover between our favorite show and another franchise (and no, I don’t mean the DARK SHADOWS/VAMPIR...2021-08-091h 59
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 99: THE SUNMAKERSThe Company mistreats its workers, taxes their earnings to nothingness, and works them until they die. But enough about Amazon – let’s talk about Terrance Dicks’ novelization of THE SUNMAKERS instead! Come join our three-person discussion panel of Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and special guest Jenny Ingersoll as we examine this story from the 1970s that has nothing, and I mean absolutely NOTHING, to do with life in 2021. Seriously. It really doesn’t. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a damn socialist. Or communist. Or some other word that means “bad.”
Our next episode is our 100th, and we’re doing a specia...2021-07-251h 06
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 98: IMAGE OF THE FENDAHLHow do you become the head of a coven, anyway? Can anyone do it, or do you need a certificate? And just exactly what is the best way to make a fruitcake – and why would anyone want to do such a vile thing in the first place? Come join our three-person discussion panel of Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as we ask these and other stimulating questions about Terrance Dicks’ novelization of IMAGE OF THE FENDAHL.
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to s...2021-07-1158 min
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 97: THE INVISIBLE ENEMY“The Age of the Virus has begun” – get out the hypodermics and the bleach! It’s 2021, when vaccination rates are up (in some places), while in others Contact has definitely been Made. Come join our three-person discussion panel of Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as we say far, FAR less about the pandemic than this stupid description would have you believe, in our discussion of Terrance Dicks’ novelization of THE INVISIBLE ENEMY.
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 96: THE HORROR OF FANG ROCKWhy exactly IS the Doctor wearing that bowler hat, anyway? And what’s his obsession with always putting Leela in petticoats? These are two questions that will NOT be answered, as our panelists Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Alyson Fitch-Safreed Terrance Dicks’ novelization of THE HORROR OF FANG ROCK (and how much we all wish Vince had survived, of course)!
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to c...2021-06-1459 min
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 95: THE TALONS OF WENG - CHIANGIs it time to “cancel” Weng-Chiang? Or can we continue to enjoy a well-written story featuring Chinese stereotypes, yellowface makeup, and poorly realized giant rats? Come join our panelists Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Alyson Fitch-Safreed as we talk about this and other pugilistic peregrinations pertaining to Terrance Dicks’ novelization of THE TALONS OF WENG-CHIANG!
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to choose a gift! Contributing at any...2021-05-231h 21
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 94: THE ROBOTS OF DEATHNOTE: This version has been edited to correct for a factual error spoken during the original recording.
What is the Wilhelm Scream, and why doesn’t Taren Capel use it in his bizarre machinations with machine men? Come join our panelists Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Alyson Fitch-Safreed as we ask this and other stimulating questions about Terrance Dicks’ novelization of THE ROBOTS OF DEATH!
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO...2021-05-0956 min
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 93: THE FACE OF EVILWhat does this story have to do with the New Age musician Yanni, or the Arab-Israeli conflict? For that matter, does it have anything to do with either of those two things? Come join our panelists Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Alyson Fitch-Safreed as we look at Terrance Dicks’ novelization of THE FACE OF EVIL to find out!
(An earlier version of this podcast claimed that Chris Boucher is the only writer from the original series to have two consecutive stories produced. This is incorrect. The currently posted version has been edited to remove that misinformation.)
If you like what yo...2021-04-251h 06
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 92: THE DEADLY ASSASSINWhen is a Time Lord not a Time Lord? Why is that people who can’t regenerate do and people who can regenerate don’t? And why does the Master look like he had a bad chemical peel? Come join our panelists Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Alyson Fitch-Safreed as we look at Terrance Dicks’ novelization of THE DEADLY ASSASSIN, also known as “Everything You Wanted To Know About Time Lords But Didn’t Know You Needed To Ask.”
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 91: THE HAND OF FEARElisabeth Sladen requested that her last story as Sarah Jane Smith be nothing special, and boy, did was she not disappointed. Come join our panelists Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and special guest Jennifer Picker, as we look at Terrance Dicks’ attempt to novelize the only script for a companion’s departure written on the back of a napkin.
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to c...2021-03-291h 08
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 90: THE MASQUE OF MANDRAGORAA good novelization trims the fat. An anorexic novelization trims off bits that you actually need to survive. Guess which one Philip Hinchcliffe’s novelization of THE MASQUE OF MANDRAGORA is? Come join our panelists Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and special guest Erik Gulbrandsen of the VIDEO JUNKYARD PODCAST and the POLICE BOX IN A JUNKYARD PODCAST, as we try to figure out how the producer of a sci-fi show doesn’t know simple things like how many hearts his main character actually has.
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patr...2021-03-141h 13Target Books – Doctor Who Collectors PodcastEpisode 34: Unusual Target Books with Tony WhittToday, we talk with the host and producer of the Target Book Club Podcast, Tony Whitt, about unusual Target Books. These are the books that were not novels, but marketing filler to capitalize on the successful sales run of Target novels. Some appealing to children, some to adults, and who knows about the others. Listen why most of these are not as collectible and you can still get some of them new! Links to buy the selected titles from Doctorwhostore.com is below. Also the most outrageous offer and collection protection!
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 89: THE SEEDS OF DOOMEver planted the seed of a very robust kind of plant, only to have it not only NOT grow but wither miserably? Ever find a flower that looked good but smelled horrible? Then you may have some idea what it’s like to read Philip Hinchcliffe’s novelization of THE SEEDS OF DOOM. Come join our panelists Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, Jenny Ingersoll, and special guest Erik Gulbrandsen of the VIDEO JUNKYARD PODCAST and the POLICE BOX IN A JUNKYARD PODCAST, as we try to figure out exactly why this particular plant didn’t bloom…
If you like what you hear, pl...2021-02-281h 15
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 88: THE BRAIN OF MORBIUSWe completely lose our heads over the novelization of THE BRAIN OF MORBIUS by Terrance Dicks – get it, lose our…oh, forget it. Suffice it to say, though, who would’ve thought such a good novelization could be done by the very man whose script was essentially butchered and then sewn up together again by Robert Holmes? (See, there’s another one. You’re welcome.) Come join our panelists Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Jenny Ingersoll as we try to piece together (ha!) what makes this book so good!
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 87: SCRATCHMANEPISODE 87: SCRATCHMAN
How exactly does a novelization of a story that was never actually made fit into our humble little project? Come join our three-person discussion panel, including host Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes, as we discuss why it’s called TECHNICALLY TARGET and how Tom Baker’s book of SCRATCHMAN is simply to good to pass up discussing. (And yes, it comes after THE ANDROID INVASION. Fight me.)
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to d...2021-02-081h 37
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 86: THE ANDROID INVASION w/Danny HornExactly what ARE those three race car drivers doing out in the middle of the woods together? Why do androids need to be “trained” to do something? And is Sarah so attached to that jacket that it’s part of her self-image? These questions, and more, are addressed by our four-person discussion panel, including host Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, Dalton Hughes, and special guest panelist, the creator and writer of the DARK SHADOWS EVERY DAY blog, Danny Horn! (Spoiler alert: someone on our panel likes this story. Seriously.)
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 85: THE PYRAMIDS OF MARSLong Live Ernie! That seems to be the consensus of our panelists this time (Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, Dalton Hughes, and Jenny Ingersoll) as we discuss Terrance Dicks’ novelization of the classic Tom Baker story THE PYRAMIDS OF MARS – and if you have to ask who “Ernie” is, you need to go read it to find out! And yes, we will also be talking about racist Egyptian caricatures, the role of time travel in shaping history, and hilarious deaths via group hug, just in case you were wondering.
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 84: HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2020Got a bit of cash lying around and want to get that DOCTOR WHO fan in your life a holiday gift that says, “Just so you know, you’re on the Naughty list”? Why not find a tatty copy of the DOCTOR WHO ANNUAL 1976, then send them the link to our three-person discussion of three stories in that annual? It’s the perfect gift for the fan whose time you want to waste! Join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as we discuss “The Hospitality on Hankus” (aka “Planet of Giants II”), “Neuronic Nightmare” (in which no two pictures are the same), and “...2020-12-2359 min
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 83: PLANET OF EVILWhile “Not a complete piece of trash” may not be the most glowing review we’ve ever given on this show, it’s just one of the many opinions heard in our discussion of Terrance Dicks’ novelization of PLANET OF EVIL. (Trust me, it’s not as negative as that makes it sound.) Who could possibly have said such a thing? Could it be our host Tony Whitt? Could it be our regular panelist Dalton Hughes? Or could it be that plucky guest panelist Jenny Ingersoll? Come take a listen and find out!
If you like what you hear, please come visit o...2020-12-121h 13
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 82: THE PESCATONS (LIVE!)What exactly does Victor Pemberton have against the smell of fish, anyway…? Come join our three-person discussion (including Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes) to find out, as we discuss Pemberton’s novelization of the very first “audio drama” (quotation marks intended), the long-playing record album THE PESCATONS.
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to choose a gift! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit th...2020-11-291h 13
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 81: THE LOCH NESS MONSTERGood news, everyone! The Monster has finally been defeated, he's going back home, and he's not going to destroy us after all! (I’m talking about the Loch Ness Monster – who were YOU thinking about? Though that other one does spend a lot of time in Scotland and is essentially a stop-motion puppet, too…) Come choke on your haggis as you listen to our four-person discussion (including Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, Dalton Hughes, and Trey Korte) talking about pirated audiobooks for the blind, how a Sister is not a Sister, what the Doctor’s talking about when he says he’s “seen bi...2020-11-081h 10
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 80: REVENGE OF THE CYBERMENWhere does one go on Craigslist to get a job as a double-agent for the Cybermen and the Vogans, especially in this economy? And would Goldfinger be a villain not just for James Bond but for the Cybermen as well? Come join our sausage fest of a three-person discussion panel (Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Trey Korte) as we address these and other stimulating questions regarding Terrance Dicks’ novelization of REVENGE OF THE CYBERMEN.
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in ou...2020-10-251h 15
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 79: GENESIS OF THE DALEKSHow exactly do Daleks work, anyway? And how do two enemy nations carry on a thousand year war when they live literally a few minutes’ walk away from each other? Come join our four-person discussion panel (Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, Dalton Hughes, and Trey Korte) as we address these and other burning questions you were too bored to ask about Terrance Dicks’ novelization of GENESIS OF THE DALEKS.
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of t...2020-10-111h 12
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 78: THE SONTARAN EXPERIMENTWhat possible connection could there be between Ian Marter’s novelization of THE SONTARAN EXPERIMENT and the movie MEAN GIRLS? Come join our three-person discussion panel (Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Trey Korte) as we talk about how Sarah Jane is the most durable companion on the printed page, and why Sontarans are absolutely disgusting.
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to choose a gift, whether it...2020-09-201h 05
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 77: THE ARK IN SPACEJust how many times can four people say the word “visceral” in an hour and a half? And why do portable hard drives suck so much? Come join our discussion panel (Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, Dalton Hughes, and guest Trey Korte) to find out the answers to those questions, as well as why Ian Marter is possibly one of the best writers in the Target range (and yes, I will fight you if you disagree).
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in o...2020-09-061h 25
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 76: THE GIANT ROBOTHow does the Fourth Doctor translate to the page? And what’s the most scandalous thing Tom Baker said about his time in the monastery? (If we left that at “the most scandalous thing” period, we’d be here for days…) Come join our GIANT discussion panel (Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, Dalton Hughes, and guest Trey Korte) as we talk about Dicks adapting Dicks (not as fun as it sounds), and why that front cover looks so awful.
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support...2020-08-221h 36
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 75: PLANET OF THE SPIDERSWhat do this story and CHARLOTTE’S WEB have in common? That’s right, they both end with the death of a major character! (What did you think we would say?) Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, Dalton Hughes, and guest Trey Korte, to discuss how a whole generation of schoolkids came to believe that spiders die after laying an egg sac. It’s more fun than it sounds! (The discussion, I mean, not laying an egg sac. That hurts.)
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you de...2020-08-111h 21
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 74: THE MONSTER OF PELADONWe tried, dammit, we really tried, but we couldn’t find much to say about Terrance Dicks’ novelization of THE MONSTER OF PELADON – and yet we talked about it for about an hour anyway! Come join us (Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes) to see how we managed to waste your time in brand new and less than exciting ways! (It’s actually a better one than I’m making out here. I like it, and maybe you will, too.)
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you dec...2020-07-251h 02
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 73: THE GHOSTS OF N - SPACECan a DOCTOR WHO story still be a good one if it uses words like “tits,” “marmalade,” and “cowsh*t”? Are we all going to N-Space when we die – or are we doomed to go into E-Space? Do they have anything to do with each other at all? And who cares? These are a few of the many burning questions that Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes explore in their discussion of Barry Letts’ TECHNICALLY TARGET novelization of his radio play THE GHOSTS OF N-SPACE.
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 72: DEATH TO THE DALEKSEPISODE 72: DEATH TO THE DALEKS
Add two cups of previous Dalek story tropes. Sprinkle in some seasoning from other non-Dalek stories. Liberally baste with sometimes ludicrously out of place incidental music. Throw it in the oven and don’t bother to time it or see how the mix turns out. That’s the recipe for Terry Nation’s DEATH TO THE DALEKS. Can Terrance Dicks pull off a move worthy of TOP CHEF and somehow fix this dog’s breakfast of a story by putting it into print form? Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes to find out!
If...2020-06-281h 21
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 71: THE DINOSAUR INVASIONEPISODE 71: THE DINOSAUR INVASION
Warning: Political Content Ahead! In other words, no different from our other episodes - except in addition to our usual gang of Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes, we are joined by Trey Korte to discuss one of the most overtly political novels in the Target range, Malcolm Hulke’s THE DINOSAUR INVASION. If we don’t offend at least one person on BOTH sides of the political divide with this one, we haven’t been doing our jobs properly. And speaking of which, though it shouldn’t even have to be said: BLACK LIVES MATTER...2020-06-141h 35
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 70: PARADISE OF DEATHLet’s get all sliggy hoo and drink ourselves blatt! Actually, let’s just get reasonably drunk and discuss Barry Letts’ adaptation of his own 1993 radio play THE PARADISE OF DEATH – and if you don’t feel like you’re in some sort of virtual reality by the end of this one, there’s no helping you. Our three-person panel of Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes discuss what may be the second most-reviled DOCTOR WHO release of the 1990s. (No need to name the first one here, since you already know what it is, but it starts with “Ch” and ends wit...2020-05-311h 38
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 69 - THE TIME WARRIORAnd then there was Sarah Jane Smith. And the Sontarans. And Gallifrey (or at least its name). And there’s even the Tom Baker logo before there was Tom Baker! Unfortunately, there was also Irongron, Bloodaxe, and a whole host of other Ren Fest rejects. Our three-person panel of Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes discuss Terrance Dicks’ novelization of the eleventh season opener by Robert Holmes!
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of t...2020-05-171h 28
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 68: THE GREEN DEATHThe environment is in peril, there’s a food crisis, and a megalomaniac emerges from a corporation to try to take over the world? The only difference between this story and the world of 2020 is we don’t have giant maggots – yet! But we do have our three-person panel of Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes to discuss Malcolm Hulke’s novelization of the tenth season finale!
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the D...2020-04-261h 49
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEP 67: PLANET OF THE DALEKS…or, as so many have noted, PLANET WITH SOME DALEKS ON IT. Wish we could say that’s the only thing wrong with this story, but we really don’t like to lie. That, and it reminds us at times of viruses and bad leadership, two things we’re trying to escape these days. What’s not to hate? Turns out, there’s some good here, as our three-person panel of Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes discover!
If you like what you hear, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to su...2020-04-101h 26
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 66: THE SPACE WARWhat’s worse than a sitting President not listening to the truth about a pandemic? A sitting President not listening to the truth about an impending interstellar conflict. (That, and a whole lot of running around. I mean, SO much running around. ENDLESS running around.) All that, and tons of background hum, is what you’ll get from our discussion of Malcolm Hulke’s novelization of the story FRONTIER IN SPACE, THE SPACE WAR, brought to you by your socially distant friends on Zoom, Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes!
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 65: CARNIVAL OF MONSTERSA new year, a new way of recording the podcast…a new pandemic…But hey, you can’t have everything. What you CAN have is our discussion of Terrance Dicks’ novelization of CARNIVAL OF MONSTERS, brought to you by your friends on Skype, Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes!
We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at https://tinyurl.com/y7kmaspr. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book read aloud by us, simply join the group, post your response to the group by...2020-03-141h 21
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 64: THE THREE DOCTORS-Live at ChicagoTARDIS!EPISODE 64: THE THREE DOCTORS
If the book is called DOCTOR WHO AND THE THREE DOCTORS, then in the immortal words of Fraser Hines, who is Doctor Who? Does a gel monster split in the woods? And why in the hell is Alyson so LOUD this episode? Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes try to answer only one of these three – can you guess which one? Recorded live at Chicago TARDIS 2019!
Although we are as of now going on a two month hiatus – we will be back in March 2020, never fear - if you’d like to hear more of this s...2019-12-011h 02
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 63: THE TIME MONSTERJust how many damn Atlantises WERE there, anyway? Should we attribute all that’s witty and good in this book to Dicks? And is Kronos truly beyond good and evil? Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes struggle with those questions and more, while still laughing at the naughty bits.
If you’d like to hear more of this sort of quality content (better content than THIS episode, anyway), please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. In our hopes of getting more Patreons onboard, between now and November 29, the first day of Chicago TARDIS, any...2019-11-171h 38
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 62: THE MUTANTSI should have known that any episode I would edit during Halloween week would be cursed, but boy howdy. If you can manage to listen to this discussion of Terrance Dicks’ novelization of THE MUTANTS, by our usual panel of Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes, and still enjoy it, then all we can do is paraphrase Sally Field and say, “You like us! You really LIKE us!”
If you’d like to hear more of this sort of quality content (better content than THIS episode, anyway), please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTarget...2019-10-271h 29
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 61: THE SEA-DEVILSPizza, cocaine, sushi, and petty theft – one of these things doesn’t belong, right? And yet somehow they ALL come up, as Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes discuss Malcolm Hulke’s novelization of his own script for THE SEA-DEVILS (hyphen optional).
If you’d like to hear more of this sort of quality content, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to choose a gift, whether it be a shout-out by our pane...2019-10-131h 23
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 60: THE CURSE OF PELADONWill Britain join the EEC? Will the Doctor manage to discover who is trying to keep the backwater “developing” planet of Peladon from joining the Galactic Federation? And does anyone f**king care? If you’re Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, or Dalton Hughes on this week’s panel discussing Brian Hayles’ THE CURSE OF PELADON…well, you can figure it out, can’t you? In fact, you have our permission to skip this one if you want to. Really, go ahead. Listening to three adults trying to find something interesting to say about this story is a bit like listening to Trump’s law...2019-09-2959 min
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 59: DAY OF THE DALEKS/DICKS TRIBUTE (w/Larry VanMersbergen)Could one of the best Target novelizations of all time have been a Terrance Dicks book all along – and more surprisingly, could it have come from such a piece of crap episode? Join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, Dalton Hughes, and special guest Larry VanMersbergen as they discuss this amazing piece of writing. Then stay tuned for a special tribute to the late Terrance Dicks, who recently passed away, after the end credits. My thanks to Larry VanMersbergen and to Brandon Gantt for their recorded memorials, and credits for the clips used in this tribute appear below.
If you’d like to h...2019-09-221h 37
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 58: THE DAEMONS w/Jennifer PickerIs science really magic? Is religion really science? And how much does the Third Doctor actually hate Jo Grant? Our panel (Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes, joined by special guest Jennifer Picker) address those questions and more, during our discussion of Barry Letts’ novelization of THE DAEMONS. (That’s “DEE-mons,” by the way – the book even says so! What, did you fail Latin as well as English, you useless sack?)
If you’d like to hear more of this sort of quality content, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to su...2019-08-251h 19
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 57: THE DOOMSDAY WEAPON w/Jason A. MillerDystopiana, robber barons, pet coke, and Tinder – what do they all have in common? Somehow this week, our panel (Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes, joined by special guest Jason A. Miller) manages to link them all together and more, during our discussion of Malcolm Hulke’s novelization of THE DOOMSDAY WEAPON. Consider it the perfect way to lift your spirits now that your IMC-chosen wife has left you!
If you’d like to hear more of this sort of quality content, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to suppor...2019-08-111h 28
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 56: THE CLAWS OF AXOSCould Chin have become the Cousin Oliver of DOCTOR WHO? This is just one of the many stimulating questions that our panel (Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes, joined by special guest Trey Korte) discusses, during our episode on Terrance Dicks’ novelization of THE CLAWS OF AXOS. Let the Feeding Cycle begin – but don’t forget your Rolaids!
If you’d like to hear more of this sort of quality content, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effort to discuss all of the DOCTOR W...2019-07-141h 11
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 55: THE MIND OF EVIL w/Larry VanMersbergen of the DOCTOR WHO COLLECTORS PODCASTA creature that eats evil, bootleg Pinnacle hardcovers, and the Master’s bad taste in music: these subjects and more are covered as our panel (Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes) welcome guest panelist Larry Van Mersbergen of the DOCTOR WHO COLLECTORS PODCAST for Terrance Dicks’ novelization of THE MIND OF EVIL. All this, and the surprise reappearance of the Master, too! Will we ever see him again? Funny you should ask…
If you’d like to hear more of this sort of quality content, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you deci...2019-06-301h 10
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 54: TERROR OF THE AUTONSKiller Teletubbies, insecure madmen who are NOT the President, and a new assistant with the science knowledge of a third-grader: these are all things that our panel (Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes) discuss, and more, during our episode on Terrance Dicks’ novelization of TERROR OF THE AUTONS. All this, and the Master, too! Enjoy him, because you will NEVER see him again! (Ahem.)
If you’d like to hear more of this sort of quality content, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTargetBC. If you decide to support us in our ongoing effo...2019-06-091h 47
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 53: INFERNOA dictatorial nitwit who thinks he knows everything and listens to no one steers a project with no oversight on a course for disaster, all the while turning into a monster before everyone’s eyes. But enough about Trump. Let’s instead talk about the novelization of INFERNO, which our panel (Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes) discovers has its own shocking parallels to our own space-time continee… contin…continuum? (Is that what he was trying to say?) Then stick around to hear Tony ask David Tennant what his favorite Target book is!
If you’d like to hear more of th...2019-05-271h 15
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 50: THE AUTON INVASIONLife in plastic? It’s fantastic! But you can’t brush their hair or undress them anywhere – their creation is your extermination! It’s a new era for the podcast, with new artwork by our lovely Ron Schiding, a new arrangement of our theme music by Tony Whitt, and a Terrance Dicks book that feels brand-new! Come join our regular panelists Alyson Fitch-Safreed and Dalton Hughes as they discuss Dicks like they’ve never seen Dicks before!
If you’d like to hear more of this sort of quality content, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com...2019-03-301h 23
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 47: THE SEEDS OF DEATH w/Skip Benninghouse of the FICTION PARADOX podcastA freak disruption in the T-Mat system has caused our audio this week to go all FUBAR! (Actually, it’s just a fault in our Discord server, but as you will soon hear, we do have a lot to be upset about.) Not exactly the best way to welcome our guest panelist, Skip Benninghouse from the FICTION PARADOX podcast, but there you go. You’ll be able to hear him just fine, by the way – it’s Tony Whitt and Alyson Fitch-Safreed who sound like we’re speaking through a fan on high speed. Sigh.
If you’d like to hear more of...2019-02-111h 09
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 45: THE INVASIONWhat do the Cybermen have in common with Mormon polygamists? If you never thought you’d ever be asking that question then you’ve got to listen to our discussion of Ian Marter’s novelization of THE INVASION! Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as they discuss Cybercontinuity, Marter’s penchant for gore, and how UNIT and MST3K exist in the same universe. As Isobel Watkins might say, it’s a gas!
If you’d like to hear more of this sort of quality content, please come visit our Patreon page! It's at https://www.patreon.com/DWTarget...2019-01-131h 20
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 44: THE MIND ROBBER w/Stephen Fodor of TOO MUCH SCROLLINGWhere WAS Moses when the lights went out, anyway? How did Jamie lose his face? Even more importantly, how does Jamie suddenly know how to pilot the TARDIS? All of these questions – well, two of them – will be fully answered in our Holiday episode discussing THE MIND ROBBER by Peter Ling. Our usual panelists Tony Whitt and Dalton Hughes are joined by a special guest, Stephen Fodor of the TOO MUCH SCROLLING podcast! Download this to listen to on your way to Grandmother’s house (unless there are kids in the car – then don’t), and enjoy your travels! See you again...2018-12-231h 11
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 43: THE DOMINATORSJust how dull can a kiss get? If it’s on the planet Dulcis, pretty damn dull – and even a bit of domination can’t spice things up. Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as they discuss the sadomasochistic stylings of Ian Marter in his novelization of THE DOMINATORS by Norman Ashby (spoiler alert: not a real person). Plus we welcome our new Patron, Jay Berry!
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 42: THE WHEEL IN SPACE-LIVE!We have our second live recording and first room party at the best DOCTOR WHO convention in the Midwest, Chicago TARDIS! You’ll hear applause, audience participation, and the interruption of the occasional over-served guest while our three-person discussion discusses Terrance Dicks’ novelization of THE WHEEL IN SPACE! Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Trey Korte as they discuss this rarest of DW novelizations and discover that expensive does not equal good… Special guest appearance by our Patreon, Rick Taylor!
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 32: THE CYBERMENWe kick off Pride Month with an all-gay panel discussing whether THE CYBERMEN is a homophobic book. (The answer? Anything can be anything if you want it hard enough?) Come join Tony Whitt and co-panelists Dalton Hughes and Danny Celedon to find out whether the Cybermen really are meant to be a bunch of emotionally unavailable yet hunky men in fetish wear…oh.
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 31: THE UNDERWATER MENACEAtlantis (Version 1.0), a city without refrigerators…and a possible slap for Polly?! This week we debate possible sexism and definite lack of plot (albeit not the fault of the author this time) in Nigel Robinson’s novelization of THE UNDERWATER MENACE! Come join host Tony Whitt and a panel comprised of not one but two novice fans, our usual fish o’ the sea Alyson Fitch-Safreed and our fill-in Fish Person Rory Jobst! We also have a Patreon extra this time, available starting Sunday, May 20 – we watch episode three of the original disaster at sea and make a few comments throughout. Not MST3...2018-05-191h 23
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 30: THE HIGHLANDERS w/J.G. McQuarrie from TALKING WHO TO YOUOch, aye, we’ve bin oot and aboot…no, no, don’t do that. Just…don’t. In our discussion of Gerry Davis’ novelization of THE HIGHLANDERS, we find ourselves saying that a lot – especially since our extra-special guest panelist, J.G. McQuarrie of the TALKING WHO TO YOU podcast, has exactly that accent! (Or at least more of one than anyone onscreen or on the page does…) Join host Tony Whitt, J.G., and returning panelist Jenny Ingersoll as they try to figure out why historicals suck, why historicals like this one do not suck, what this story has to do with a sho...2018-05-051h 29
Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 29: POWER OF THE DALEKSIn this episode, we (finally!) kick off the Troughton-era novelizations with the extra-special double-length POWER OF THE DALEKS by John Peel! Come join host Tony Whitt and panelists Dalton Hughes and Alyson Fitch-Safreed as they marvel over the wonders of Whitaker, the prose of Peel, and how it’s possible they’ve done so many episodes together without going all Janley on each other! (Oh, and please ignore the echoes in Alyson's first five minutes? Didn't realize that had happened until after the whole thing had been edited...)
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 29a: John Peel Interview-Part OneAlthough our discussion of POWER OF THE DALEKS is delayed till next week due to real world problems, we do have a special treat this week: an interview with the author of the book, John Peel! In this discussion, our host Tony Whitt asks Peel about being the go-to guy for Target Books about the Daleks, his friendship with Terry Nation, and what Dalek character most resembles Donald Trump. It’s a fun time! Featuring special guest stars: John’s pet birds!
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 25: THE SAVAGES“Tuesdays!” Trust us, that’ll make a bit more sense after you listen to our host Tony Whitt slowly losing his mind over THE SAVAGES, the first of two books written by Ian Stuart Black for Black History Month. (No, we’re not kidding.) Come listen to the fun as regular panelists Alyson Fitch-Safreed and Dalton Hughes discuss the promise and perils of a 60s-era DOCTOR WHO story trying to (and sometimes even succeeding at) unpacking the seemingly endless struggles between the oppressor and the oppressed. (And no, we’re not entirely successful at figuring it out ourselves…)
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 2: DOCTOR WHO AND THE DALEKSIn our second episode, covering THE DALEKS, our panel decides that the Doctor is a pirate and that the Daleks are jerks. Come have a listen and find out why!
Welcome to THE DOCTOR WHO TARGET BOOK CLUB, the podcast in which we undertake the massive project of discussing, in story order, all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations. In our first episode, host Tony Whitt discusses the novelization of the first DOCTOR WHO episode, AN UNEARTHLY CHILD by Terrance Dicks, with his co-panelists Danny Celedon and Sheena Anna Para.
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Doctor Who Target Book Club PodcastEp 1: AN UNEARTHLY CHILDThe DOCTOR WHO TARGET BOOK CLUB PODCAST takes on the massive project of discussing the Doctor Who novelizations one at a time, in story order! In our first episode, host Tony Whitt is joined by co-panelists Danny Celedon and Sheena Anna Para to discuss the novelization of the first DOCTOR WHO story, AN UNEARTHLY CHILD by Terrance Dicks!
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