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The Doctor Who Technical Manual (Mark Harris) Sphere Books Ltd

The Doctor Who Technical Manual (Mark Harris)
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1983 Sphere Books Ltd UK
REF: ISBN 0-7221-4825-9
OP: £2.50 lfp/b
NM: £10
 
The Doctor Who Technical Manual (Mark Harris)
The Doctor Who Technical Manual (Mark Harris) EditUse as template for a new item
1983 Random House US
REF: ISBN 0-394-86214-7
 
The Doctor Who Technical Manual (Mark Harris)
The Doctor Who Technical Manual (Mark Harris) EditUse as template for a new item
1983 J M Dent Pty Ltd Australia
OP: $8.95
 
The Doctor Who Technical Manual (Mark Harris)
The Doctor Who Technical Manual (Mark Harris) EditUse as template for a new item
03/1983 Severn House Publishers Ltd UK

The Technical Manual was originally going to have been published in 1980/81 by Arrow, under their Sparrow Books imprint, around the same time that they produced their 'Adventures of K-9' series for children, though the Technical Manual was said to be aimed at older readers. The book was described as a large illustrated "step-by-step guide" to the monsters seen in the series. A year after it was first announced, the book was cancelled. Arrow had been angling to take over the Doctor Who book publishing rights from WH Allen at the time when the publisher was prevented from publishing any new novelisations. The Technical Manual seems to have been caught up in this as the cancellation occurred around the same time that WH Allen resumed publishing new titles. This was covered in Doctor Who Weekly #38 and Doctor Who Monthly #54.

REF: ISBN 0-7278-2034-6
OP: £4.95 h/b
NM: £15