Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast

Elisabeth 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 choose a gift! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. 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 the given deadline, and we will see it! If you really like us or feel the exact opposite, f

A 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.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 the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book read aloud by us, simply join the group

Ever 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, 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 level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book read al

We 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! 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 level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book read aloud by us, simply join t

EPISODE 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 discuss all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to choose a gift! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. 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 the given deadline, a

Exactly 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.) 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 level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book

Long 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. 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 level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book read aloud by us, simply join

Got 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 “The Sinister Sponge” (which appears to be about birth control). Happy Holidays! 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 level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads!

While “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 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 level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book read aloud by us, simply join the group, p

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 the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. 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 the given deadline, and we will see it! If you really like us or feel the exact opposite, feel free to comment on our Faceboo

Good 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 bigger,” and all sorts of amazing subjects regarding Terrance Dicks’ novelization of TERROR OF THE ZYGONS, sensibly renamed THE LOCH NESS MONSTER. 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 level gets you our extras! Visit t

Where 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 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 the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. 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 the given deadli

How 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 the DOCTOR WHO novelizations, you'll be able to choose a gift! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. 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 the given deadline, and we will see it! If you

What 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 be a shout-out by our panel, a card signed by all of us, or a BBC Book of your choosing! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. 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 the give

Just 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 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 panel, a card signed by all of us, or a BBC Book of your choosing! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book read aloud by us, simpl

How 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 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 panel, a card signed by all of us, or a BBC Book of your choosing! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given bo

What 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 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 panel, a card signed by all of us, or a BBC Book of your choosing! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given

We 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 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 panel, a card signed by all of us, or a BBC Book of your choosing! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very own on Goodreads! It can be found at the link below. If you want to have your question, discussion, or review of a given book re

Can 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. 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 be a shout-out by our panel, a card signed by all of us, or a BBC Book of your choosing! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! 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 hav

EPISODE 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 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 be a shout-out by our panel, a card signed by all of us, or a BBC Book of your choosing! Contributing at any level gets you our extras! Visit the site for more details! We also have a book discussion group of our very