You may have seen his art in the comics and TV title sequence ofThe Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Seizing on the rising Dalekmania of the time, the book sold well and was reprinted twice.

Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks were positive about the idea, with Dicks offering to write adaptations.

Doctor Who and the daleks new edition cover cropped BBC Books

Now adapting stories featuring current Doctor Jon Pertwee, the range was off to a very solid start.

In the Seventies there were non-fiction tie-in books and fiction aimed at younger readers.

In the Eighties, though, the audience for the books was shifting to older and more committed fans.

Doctor Who Target novel covers

These books, even at their most economical, often altered or expanded upon what we saw on screen.

After a few years they were joined by the Missing Adventures range that featured past Doctors and companions.

Virgins licence forDoctor Whobooks was not renewed.

Doctor Who Afterlife BBC Books cover cropped

These were paperback-sized hardbacks featuring the current Doctor, with the 9 releases in 2006 selling 321,230 copies.

Meanwhile, past Doctor stories returned.

Kennedys Fourth Doctor novel over the next two years).

Theres a definite sense of the book ranges gaining and then losing inertia.

So where canDoctor Whobooks go from here?

We dont know what scale any releases would be on, and what age groups theyd be aimed at.

Doctor Who and the Daleks isavailable to buy now.