kucharsk@puff.UUCP (William Kucharski) (01/24/86)
If anyone knows the true answer to this, please respond. A friend had asked me why no novelisations exist of the Douglas Adams written episodes of Doctor Who (Pirate Planet, City of Death and of course, Shada). My answer was that it probably had something to do with Douglas having a contract with Harmony books (the publishers of Hitchhiker's) and W.H. Allen/ Target having rights to the Doctor Who novels. This is the only viable explanation I have been able to come up with; any input on this would be greatly appreciated. "The saddest day of my life was the one when I found out Sarah Sutton was married..." William Kucharski University of Wisconsin - Madison
doctor@ihuxb.UUCP (cjw) (01/28/86)
> A friend had asked me why no novelisations exist of the Douglas Adams written > episodes of Doctor Who (Pirate Planet, City of Death and of course, Shada). *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR DIMENSIONAL STABILIZER IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE YOUR COMPANION ALIVE!! *** I have heard many rumored reasons. The most popular one is that he is very busy on other projects and that novelizing the stories doesn't pay well enough to put the other projects on hold. I think this is the reason that is **usually** given at conventions when this question comes up CLAYTON JAMES WOOTTON AT&T NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS
giorgi@sjuvax.UUCP (John Giorgi) (01/28/86)
Douglas Adams is going to write the novelizations for his stories.
He does'nt want anyone else to do this which is why there are no
novelizaions for his stories. As soon as he has some time, he
will write them. As he has already expressed an interest to do so.
This information was obtained from one of the latest Doctor Who
magazines. I don't know if any of this has changed since then.
John A. Giorgi
Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
{allegra | astrovax | bpa | burdvax}!sjuvax!giorginyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) (01/30/86)
Douglas Adams is currently working on the novelisations of his
stories, possibly including Shada.
The Jagaroth certainly look forward to reading about themselves!
--
James C. Armstrong, Jnr. {ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa
"But Doctor, we're on that island!"
"Oh my word!" who said them, what story?