From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.
Publisher's Summary
There was no cover blurb to this title which featured on the back cover a reversal of the front artwork.
Main Focus
- The Doctor and the TARDIS takes the reader on a voyage of discovery.
Contents (double-page spreads)
- Introduction
- The Age of the Dinosaurs
- Coelophysis
- Apatosaurus
- Allosaurus
- Allosaurus v Apatosaurus
- Allosaurus v Stegosaurus
- Pterodactylus & Archaeopteryx
- Iguanadon
- Ankylosaurus
- Anatosaurus
- Protoceratops
- Struthiomimus & Albertosaurus
- Pteranodon
- Plesiosaurus
- Ichthosaurus
- Polacanthus
- Diplodocus
- Tyrannosaurus Rex
- Fighting Tyrannosaurs
- Brachiosaurus
- Compsognathus
- Triceratops
- The End of the Dinosaurs
- Megatherium
- An Animal Called Man
- Smilodon
- Mastodon
- A Dinosaur Montage
- Goodbye.
Notable Features
- This title included a pull-out stapled poster featuring the cover artwork by George Underwood.
Notes
- Following the success of The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book a range of educational books (Doctor Who Discovery Series) following a similar format, was launched in February 1977.
- This title had a print run of 75,000 copies and was priced 75p (UK).
- Terrance Dicks is not credited as the writer on the cover, but is inside.
- The book opens with a letter signed The Doctor.
- Question: is one of the tool-using "Animals Called Man" on page 57 wearing some sort of leggings? discuss!
Credits
Series editor: Fred Newman
Series Designer: Frank Ainscough
Cover Artwork and Internal Illustration: George Underwood
See Also
- Doctor Who Discovers: Early Man
- Doctor Who Discovers: Prehistoric Animals
- Doctor Who Discovers: Space Travel
- Doctor Who Discovers: The Conquerors
- Doctor Who Discovers: Strange and Mysterious Creatures
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