Target Books/1991

Target Books' Doctor Who output in 1991 was the lowest in the range's history. WIth just the one new novelisation, Battlefield, the series effectively ended. Though a few more novelisations would be forthcoming in the next couple of years, these novelisations did not follow the Target format in that they had a much higher word count and were intended for a higher reading level. Battlefield was also the last novelisation to go out under the Target logo.

1991 was, however, a big year for reprints. Twenty novelisations were reprinted, including some of the Fourth Doctor's. This was significant, as the Fourth Doctor had been all but ignored by Target for a decade.

Publishing History
January
 * REISSUE: The Web Planet (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)

February
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who - The Five Doctors (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who - The Dominators (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)

March
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)

April
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who Death to the Daleks (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)

May
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who and the Ark in Space (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)

June
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who -  Castrovalva  (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who - Four to Doomsday(Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)

July
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who - The Krotons (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)

August
 * Battlefield Writer: Marc Platt Cover Artist: Alister Pearson
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who and the Three Doctors (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson)

September
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson

October
 * The Pescatons Writer: Victor Pemberton Cover Artist: Pete Wallbank
 * REISSUE: Doctor Who - Time and the Rani (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson

December REISSUE: Doctor Who  - Logopolis  (Issued with a new cover by Alister Pearson

Publishing Notes

 * The publication of Battlefield marked the last release of a new novelisation in the "standard" Target Books format. The remaining three books published in 1993 and 1994 would feature a much expanded word count and would not include the Target logo on their covers.