Doctor Who On Target

Doctor Who's greatest ever writer joins forces with Doctor Who's greatest ever script editor and novelist to make… The Space Pirates! Surely it should be an epic of screen and novelization? Download and listen to what the On Target team David and Greg make of this long lost story.

A Post-broadcast review of Smile by Frank Cottrell Boyce.

Starting our review of the final Peter Capaldi outing - season 10 we give our post-broadcast thoughts on The Pilot by Steven Moffatt, which introduces Pearl Mackie as new companion Bill Potts.

Dare you confront the Three Who Rule! This time we are lost in E Space - and this story is read by Geoffrey Beevers - the Master! Can he be trusted in this world outside of normal time and space? Joins us as we prepare to face The Great Vampire! And Adric…

The Horror…the horror… of Fang Rock! Yes - this week Greg and David announce their schedule for reviewing the upcoming series 10 of Doctor Who - Peter Capaldi's final in the role, reveal their competition winner for The Pirate Planet and of course, review the fabulous Terrance Dicks classic starring the 4th Doctor The Horror of Fang Rock. There's even some poetry thrown in for to whet your appetite…

Space Queens! Killer robot parrots! Mentiads! Diamond rain and time-hopping planets captained by a cyborg pirate captain! It can only be the legendary Douglas Adams. And no amount of madcap mayhem will stop the Doctor Who on Target team bringing you their review of this classic Tom Baker tale from the Key to Time season.

After a gap of some time, the expectation has been high, but finally, the wait is over -they have returned - Greg and David, no, sorry, of course we mean the Daleks, return to Doctor Who in their first meeting with the 3rd incarnation as played by the one and only Jon Pertwee. A Terrance Dicks novezisation, a UNIT story, and the new audio version voiced by Richard Franklin - what will we make of it all? Plus a competition to win a copy of the new BBC Audio version on CD.

It's Christmas, so we take a break from the Target books to review the Doctor Who Christmas special - The Return of Doctor Mysterio. The first time there has been new Doctor Who on our screen for a whole year!

This time we are joined by Doctor Who novelist Una McCormack where vampires, ancient Arabic legends, Viking folklore, Christian religious doubt, moral conflict, sexuality, and world wars are tipped into the huge bubbling cauldron which is: The Curse of Fenric. Whew! Let's see what sort of a magic potion Greg, David and Una can concoct from this to try and counteract that age old Curse.

David and Greg attended the screening of the new animated version of the 2nd Doctor's classic first story - The power of the Daleks. Please enjoy our review and enter our competition at doctorwhoontarget@gmail.com

1066 and all that - Doctor Who style! Greg and David review The Time Meddler by Nigel Robinson with the audio version read by Peter Purves. The 1st Doctor story has a number of firsts for Doctor Who - We discuss the original TV version, the Target novelization and also the new audio version released this month from the BBC.

This time we are reviewing The Sontaran Experiment by Ian Marter - the two-part TV story which was written into a full length Target novelization - how did Ian Marter fare with this? And what about Jon Culshaw's reading of the new BBC Audio version? Liston on…

In this episode we are held in …The claws of Axos - The classic 3rd Doctor story by Terrance Dicks.

Watch your back! Check their ID! Throw away your transistor radio - International Electromatics are watching you. We review Cybermen - The Invasion by Ian Marter - and, there will be blood…

Cracking crustaceans! It's the Macra Terror! Greg, David and Michael must walk at a very leisurely pace to try and escape their advance. In time for the new audio version from BBC Audio read by Anneke Wills, we review this mysterious lost story.

The Second part of our Target cover special - this time we are joined by Grant to let us know what he thought of the exhibition and what the Target Covers mean to him.

I veer away from the world of Target this week - apart from one mention - see if you can find it - but stay well within the realms of Doctor Who fandom with selected highlights and an interview with astrophysicist Dr Edward Gomez. Let me know if you enjoy it. Email doctorwhoontarget@gmail.com or Tweet OnTarget.

This time we look at the classic Jon Pertwee story which was novelised for Target by Terrance Dicks.

Doctor Who On Target visit the Cartoon Museum in London for the fabulous display of original cover artwork for the Target books - generously organised by Ed Russell - Brand Manager for Doctor Who. A big thank you to him and all the owners of the artwork who so kindly loaned them for us to see.

This time the Doctor Who: On Target team are being spooked by shop mannequins and thrilled by the BBC iPlayer of the 1970s-Terrance Dicks! And goodness, isn't Caroline John good!