User:WaltK/Doctor Who media in Japan

The Doctor Who series has had a small but dedicated following in Japan since it first arrived there in the 1980s.

History
The earliest Doctor Who media to appear in the Land of the Rising Sun were Japanese translations of five Target novelisations, published by Hayakawa Bunko. The novels in question were The Daleks, The Auton Invasion, The Cave-Monsters, and The Day of the Daleks. Each book had their own unique illustrations from artist Michiaki Sato, who lacked documentation of the series, thus presenting their own interpretations of characters and concepts.