Just finished “Doctor Who and the Daleks”.
Love all the relationships that were built in that book, including the budding romance between Ian and Barbara! 
The “first look” at the Daleks was also quite cool and the “Glass Dalek” was a marvel to imagine!
Fun all around! 
This weekend I’ll start “The Edge of Destruction” —> Sounds intense! 
Edge of Destruction is one of my favourite First Doctor TV stories!! I’ve not read the novelisation, but I hope it’s good and you enjoy it!
Thanks, I’ll definitely let you know!
I liked the novel more than the episodes!
I love love love Edge of Destruction, but, like @sircarolyn, haven’t read the novelisation, so I too can’t wait to see what you make of it!
The novelisation, unsurprisingly, adds A LOT to the story. On TV, @JohnnyRockets, it was only two episodes long so about 50 minutes in total. The book has lots scenes that are completely new to the book.
Possible dumb question but why did they skip pirate planet in the og target novelisation range like I just realised I didn’t do it in my target marathon and thought i accidentally skipped it
Douglas adams didn’t want his stories novelised iirc
Same reason City of Death was skipped, and Shada too, no doubt. They were written by Douglas Adams, who had gotten really big with Hitchhikers. He had bigger irons in the fire than novelizing his own stories and they could not come to a financial agreement to have someone else do them.
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
-Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams may have been a great author, but he wasn’t exactly a prolific one, and the book “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish” notably ended up getting written by his being locked in a hotel room until he finished it by his editor. It’s hardly surprising to me that he didn’t end up novelizing his episodes…
Eric Saward also refused to allow Resurrection and Revelation of the Daleks to be novelised which is why we only got those recently.
It also took a long time to get Power and Evil of the Daleks because of something or other.
How odd like very interesting but still odd in the grand scheme
In the main it was about the owners of the rights - Adams, Saward, Nation’s estate - wanting more money for the rights to novelise than Target/WH Allen were able to offer. Not that unusual in the world of business and an author’s ownership of their work.
Oh 100% just didn’t expect there to be more then just pirate planet etc
Last night I finished “The Edge of Destruction” and I really liked it a lot. It had a “spooky flair” I thought. 
—> Less “explore-y” and more “mental”!
Last night I also started “Marco Polo”, and am liking this one as well. Quite a departure from “The Edge of Destruction” though, LOL! 
By now I feel that I am starting to see all of the companions being developed more and more as things move forward and the Doctor is getting a bit less “edgy” it feels like!
I didn’t know there was an Edge of Destruction novelisation, but I love the story so may give it a go in the future.
All the classic who serials have target novelisation afaik
Awesome. Glad you’re enjoying these. Before home video and DVDs, these were the the only way to re-experience your favorite story, or to enjoy stories you’d missed or that aired before your time. I personally prefer when the novels expand on their respective TV story, but that’s not always the case.
Thoughts on “Marco Polo”? 
Yep, with the exception of the few that I mention a few posts above, every single story was novelised.