Target Books/1982

Target Books' Doctor Who output in 1982 saw the number of new novelisations rise to levels that had been broadly typical in the late 1970s. The Fifth Doctor debuted, although with The Visitation instead of Castrovalva. The other seven novels went to the Fourth Doctor, making 1982 the first year in which none of the first three Doctors were novelised.
1982 was also a year in which no new non-fiction books were published, but one new quiz and puzzle book was published, The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book.
== Stories ==
No.	Title 	Author 	Doctor	Featuring 	Based on 	Released
058	Doctor Who and the State of Decay 	Terrance Dicks 	4th 	Romana II, Adric, K9 Mark II, Vampires	State of Decay 	14 January 1982
071	Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate 	John Lydecker 	4th 	Romana II, Adric, K9 Mark II 	Warriors' Gate 	15 April 1982
037	Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken	Terrance Dicks 	4th 	Adric, Nyssa, The Master 	The Keeper of Traken	20 May 1982
039	Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive 	David Fisher 	4th 	Romana II, K9 Mark II 	The Leisure Hive 	22 July 1982
069	Doctor Who and the Visitation 	Eric Saward 	5th 	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan 	The Visitation 	19 August 1982
026	Full Circle 	Andrew Smith 	4th 	Romana II, Adric, K9 Mark II 	Full Circle 	16 September 1982
041	Logopolis 	Christopher H. Bidmead	4th 	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, The Master 	Logopolis 	21 October 1982
060	Doctor Who and the Sunmakers 	Terrance Dicks 	4th 	Leela, K9 Mark I 	The Sun Makers 	18 November 1982
== Novelisation covers ==
State_of_Decay _novel.jpg|Doctor Who and the State of Decay
Warriors_Gate _novel.jpg|Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate
Keeper_of_Traken _novel.jpg|Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken
Leisure_Hive _novel.jpg|Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive
Visitation_novel.jpg|Doctor Who and the Visitation
Full_Circle _novel.jpg|Full Circle
Logopolis_novel.jpg|Logopolis
Sunmakers_novel.jpg|Doctor Who and the Sunmakers
== Other Books ==
Title 	Author 	Released
The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book	Nigel Robinson	8 December 1982
== Reprints and other books covers ==
4Crusaders.jpg|Doctor Who and the Crusaders
Auton_invasion_hardcover2.jpg|Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion
Day of the daleks uk hardcover.JPG|Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks
1982-pyramidsofmars.jpg|Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars
SkilleterPlanetOfEvil.jpg|Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil
QuizBook2.jpg|The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book
== Publishing notes ==
* After a tentative start the previous year, the notion of commissioning the original teleplay writers to pen novelisations entered full force this year (ironically, beginning with Target stalwart Terrance Dicks, this time adapting one of his own scripts, State of Decay).
* An agreement regarding the use of artistic renderings of Peter Davison for cover art could not be reached, resulting in the decision to resort to using photographic covers for the Fifth Doctor novelisations, which begin publishing this year.
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