Target Books/1986

Target Books' Doctor Who output in 1986 totaled eleven new novelisations. At the time, it was the greatest number printed in a single year. As had become the custom over the previous couple of years, a generous supply of 1960s adventures were provided. In fact, the First Doctor had the plurality of novelisations in 1986.
The year was perhaps most significant, however, for introducing the concept of the "original novel" to Doctor Who publishing. With The Companions of Doctor Who imprint, Target would publish two novels about former companions, in the time after they had travelled with the Doctor. Nothing like them had ever been published, and they paved the way for Doctor Who novels that would come in the next decade.
== Stories ==
No.	Title 	Author 	Doctor	Featuring 	Based on 	Released
101	The Gunfighters 	Donald Cotton 	1st 	Steven, Dodo 	The Gunfighters 	9 January 1986
102	The Time Monster 	Terrance Dicks 	3rd 	Jo, the Brigadier, Yates, Benton, 	The Time Monster 	13 February 1986
103	The Twin Dilemma 	Eric Saward 	6th 	Peri 	The Twin Dilemma 	13 March 1986
104	Galaxy Four 	William Emms 	1st 	Vicki, Steven 	Galaxy 4 	10 April 1986
105	Timelash 	Glen McCoy 	6th 	Peri 	Timelash 	15 May 1986
107	The Mark of the Rani 	Pip and Jane Baker 	6th 	Peri, , 	The Mark of the Rani 	12 June 1986
108	The King's Demons 	Terence Dudley 	5th 	Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion, The Tremas Master	The King's Demons 	10 July 1986
109	The Savages 	Ian Stuart Black 	1st 	Steven, Dodo 	The Savages 	11 September 1986
110	Fury from the Deep 	Victor Pemberton 	2nd 	Jamie, Victoria 	Fury from the Deep 	16 October 1986
111	The Celestial Toymaker	Gerry Davis & Alison Bingeman	1st 	Steven, Dodo, Celestial Toymaker 	The Celestial Toymaker	20 November 1986
112	The Seeds of Death 	Terrance Dicks 	2nd 	Jamie, Zoe, Ice Warriors 	The Seeds of Death 	4 December 1986
== Novelisation covers ==
Gunfighters _novel.jpg|The Gunfighters
Time_Monster_novel.jpg|The Time Monster
Twin_Dilemma_novel.jpg|The Twin Dilemma
Galaxy_Four_novel.jpg|Galaxy Four
Timelash_novel.jpg|Timelash
Mark_of_the_Rani_novel.jpg|The Mark of the Rani
Kings_Demons _novel.jpg|The King's Demons
Savages_novel.jpg|The Savages
Fury_From_The_Deep_novel.jpg|Fury from the Deep
Celestial_Toymaker_novel.jpg|The Celestial Toymaker
Seeds_of_Death_novel.jpg|The Seeds of Death
== Other Books ==
Title 	Author 	Doctor	Featuring 	Based on	Released
The Companions of Doctor Who: Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma	Tony Attwood 	 	 	 	13 May 1986
Doctor Who: Travel Without the TARDIS 	Jean Airey & Laurie Haldeman	 	 	 	17 July 1986
Slipback 	Eric Saward 	6th 	Peri 	Slipback	14 August 1986
The Companions of Doctor Who: Harry Sullivan's War 	Ian Marter 	 	Sarah, the Brigadier	 	11 September 1986
== Reprints and other books covers ==
Turlough_Earthlink_cover.jpg|The Companions of Doctor Who: Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma
TravelWithouttheTARDIS.jpg|Doctor Who: Travel Without the TARDIS
XSlipback.jpg|Doctor Who: Slipback
Harry_Sullivans_War.jpg|The Companions of Doctor Who: Harry Sullivan's War
== Publishing history ==
Month 	Title 	Writer 	Cover Artist
January 	The Gunfighters 	Donald Cotton 	Andrew Skilleter
February 	The Time Monster 	Terrance Dicks 	Andrew Skilleter
March 	The Twin Dilemma 	Eric Saward 	Andrew Skilleter
April 	Galaxy 4 	William Emms 	Andrew Skilleter
May 	Timelash 	Glen McCoy 	David McAllister
May 	The Companions of Doctor Who:Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma	Tony Attwood 	Tony Masero
June 	The Mark of the Rani 	Pip and Jane Baker 	Andrew Skilleter
July 	The King's Demons 	Terence Dudley 	David McAllister
July 	Travel Without the TARDIS 	Jean Airy and Laurie Haldeman 	Photographic cover
August 	Slipback 	Eric Saward 	Paul Mark Tams
September	The Savages 	Ian Stuart Black 	David McAllister
September	The Companions of Doctor Who:Harry Sullivan's War 	Ian Marter 	Tony Masero
October 	Fury from the Deep 	Victor Pemberton 	David McAllister
November 	The Celestial Toymaker 	Gerry Davis and Alison Bingeman	Graham Potts
December 	The Seeds of Death 	Terrance Dicks 	Tony Masero
== Publishing notes ==
* to be added
Category:Target Books by year