Talk:Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)

Rename suggestion
We should use article titles that reflect the original title of the books featured. As the original publication title for this novel was Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks, the article should be moved here, with Doctor Who and the Daleks becoming a redirect. Does anyone have any objections? If there aren't any in, say, a week or so I'll make the move. 23skidoo 06:02, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed should be named after the first publication Dark Lord Xander 06:08, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * This is a really tricky one. A general wiki guideline is that things should have a name the most number of people are likely to use. One thing to consider is that it has sold more copies, more recently, under the title, Doctor Who and the Daleks.  It would seem logical that more people will be looking for it under that name than the original name.  Still, I do think it should be listed  under the longer name, because this page should be a disambig page.  I think the vast majority of users won't recognize that the Cushing film is listed at Dr. Who and the Daleks, and I think that most people looking for the book will look under "doctor who  and daleks".   Thus, this page should be repurposed as a disambig to send both streams of searches off to the right page.  I'm therefore in agreement that the page should be renamed, but I think that what links here currently should be hand-edited to point directly to Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks.  Czech Out   ☎ | ✍  12:00, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I was going to mention the disambiguation issue as a possible additional rationale. I agree we should avoid redirects when possible and unless someone beats me to it I'll be happy to do some of that legwork. 23skidoo 19:35, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Page move and What Links Here fixes completed. 23skidoo 17:52, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

From the main serial page
Just to preserve information from the main serial page, here's the unexpurgated version of what that article said about the novelisation:

Novelisation and its audiobook

 * Main article: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks

The novelisation, by David Whitaker, has no continuity with An Unearthly Child (which would be adapted into novel form 17 years later), with Ian and Barbara having never met each other or the Doctor and Susan prior to the events of the story.

It was originally titled Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks and was first published in hardback by Frederick Muller Ltd on 12 November 1964 at a price of 12s 6d. It was reprinted in December 1964. It featured cover art and 12 internal illustrations by Arnold Schwartzman.

A paperback edition was issued on 4 October 1965 by May Fair Books Ltd, under the "Armada Paperbacks for Boys &amp; Girls" imprint (priced 2s 6d). This version did not use Schwartzman's artwork, using cover and 6 illustrations by Peter Archer. This version used the variant title Dr. Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks. It was followed by an American edition in 1967, the first US publication of a Doctor Who novel.

It was then reprinted as the first title in the new range of Doctor Who novelisations planned by Target Books. It was published 2 May 1973 as Doctor Who and the Daleks (ISBN 0-426-10110-3) with the subtitle "Based on the popular BBC television serial", and with cover art by Chris Achilleos. It was later number as number 16 in the Target Books Doctor Who Library. It could be purchased for 25p.

Reprints
 * Oct/Nov 1973 (25p)
 * Jan/Feb 1974 (25p)
 * Oct 1974 (30p "Second Impression")
 * 1975 (40p "Second Impression")
 * Autumn 1975 (40p)
 * 1975 (60p)
 * Jan 1976 (40p)
 * 1977 (60p)
 * 1977 (70p "Third Impression", print run 20,000)
 * 1978 (85p "Fourth Impression", print run 6,000)
 * 1979 (70p "Third Impression", print run 12,000)
 * 1980 (85p "Fourth Impression", print run 15,000)
 * 1982 (£1.50)
 * 1983 (£1.50)
 * 1984 (£1.50)

The book was re-issued as Doctor Who - The Daleks on 16 January 1992 (priced £2.99). It featured new cover art by Alister Pearson.